Giant sulfur bacteria

Sediment core from the Chilean Pacific shelf. The spaghetti-like filaments
with a length of several centimeters are sheaths of giant sulfur bacteria.
Giant sulfur bacteria
The largest prokaryotes are found among sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. Thioplaca, who is living within the white filaments on the left, forms chains of cells with a length of several centimeters.

 <        ^        >

www.microbiological-garden.net