Thiomargarita magnifica press coverage
Our publication attracted a lot of attention. It was covered by 460 news outlets internationally!
Below is a selection of some news articles from major media 

CNN - These are bacteria like you’ve never seen before - likely because, until now, all known bacteria could only be seen using a powerful compound microscope.

You're supposed to need a microscope to see bacteria, right? Not Thiomargarita magnifica.

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The organism, identified by a Mexican scientist in a Caribbean mangrove, challenges the very definition of what a microbe is

NYT - Researchers found bacterial cells so large they are easily visible to the naked eye, challenging ideas about how large microbes can get.

For scientists, finding the huge, bizarrely complex microbe is like "encountering a human being ... as tall as Mount Everest.”

At about 1cm long, Thiomargarita magnifica is roughly 50 times larger than all other known giant bacteria