Occurrence
The species was discovered by Heide N. Schulz and others in 1997, in the coastal seafloor sediments of Walvis Bay (Namibia). In 2005, a closely related strain was discovered in the Gulf of Mexico. Among other differences from the Namibian strain, the Mexican strain does not seem to divide along a single axis and accordingly does not form chains. No other species in the genus Thiomargarita are known at present.
The previously largest known bacterium was Epulopiscium fishelsoni, at 0.5 mm long.
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