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by shevy-java 2 days ago
> largest prokaryote:

Actually the wikipedia article states:

"It is the second largest bacterium ever discovered"

> The largest T. magnifica cell Volland found was 2 centimeters tall

https://www.science.org/content/article/largest-bacterium-ev...

Granted, they are grouped both in Thiomargarita. 2cm is pretty gigantic. What I always found more interesting was that they don't merely have just one genome.