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"Large microorganisms have been observed in the gut of marine fish. The most noteworthy case is Epulopiscium fishelsoni inhabiting the intestinal tract of the herbivorous Acanthurus nigrofuscus, a surgeonfish found in the Red Sea...Individual organisms can be larger than 600µm by 80µm." Please see Young 2006 PMID 16959965 p.666 right column bottom paragraph: "At the other end of the spectrum is the giant endosymbiont Epulopiscium fishelsoni, averaging ∼40 μm in width and ∼250 μm in length but reaching 80 μm in diameter and up to 600 μm in length (ref 8)." |