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Re:One centimeter long bacterium discovered by chrisbrandow on Thursday June 23, 2022 @04:53PM (#31855022)
Amazing that cell walls are strong enough to maintain integrity at that size!
Re:One centimeter long bacterium discovered by 6equj5 on Thursday June 23, 2022 @05:18PM (#31855272)
Re:One centimeter long bacterium discovered by Teknoman117 on Thursday June 23, 2022 @06:23PM (#31855830)
The cytoplasm of those are very interesting. It has multiple partitions, and the cytoplasm is very viscous. They don't "pop" if there is damage or leak all their contents into the water. They can repair some amount of damage.
Re:One centimeter long bacterium discovered by pvaldes on Friday June 24, 2022 @05:18AM (#31859418)
More even if the think that the structure is inside a fluid and subject to strong forces of pressure, currents and tides and bombed with sand each day. And we have a thin 1cm long cell that still somehow navigates it and don't break. It just does not feel right physically.
Re:One centimeter long bacterium discovered by nonsapreiche on Thursday June 23, 2022 @05:09PM (#31855187)
not to mention the cell that is a chicken egg
Re:One centimeter long bacterium discovered by samatman on Thursday June 23, 2022 @07:16PM (#31856265)
It is the yolk of an egg which is the single cell / ovum in birds.

And yes, if there's a larger cell than an ostrich yolk I'm not aware what it is.

Re:One centimeter long bacterium discovered by sedatk on Thursday June 23, 2022 @06:29PM (#31855883)
Biologically, an eggshell isn't a cell wall.
Re:One centimeter long bacterium discovered by stjohnswarts on Thursday June 23, 2022 @05:38PM (#31855472)
ostrich egg?
Re:One centimeter long bacterium discovered by randoglando on Thursday June 23, 2022 @05:53PM (#31855600)
Ostrich yolk technically