| Range |
≤15 μm
|
| Organism |
Archaea Staphylothermus marinus |
| Reference |
Schulz HN, Jorgensen BB. Big bacteria. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2001 55: 105-37. p.106 2nd paragraph & p.115 bottom paragraphPubMed ID11544351
|
| Primary Source |
Fiala G, StetterKO, JannaschHW, Langworthy TA, Madon J. 1986. Staphylothermus marinus sp. nov. represents a novel genus of extremely thermophilic submarine heterotrophic archaebacteria growing up to 98°C. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 8: 106– 13 |
| Comments |
"The
largest reported Archaea are probably the extremely thermophilic Staphylothermus
marinus, which in culture may occasionally have cell diameters up to 15µm
(primary source)...the thermophilic archaea, S.
marinus, are normally 0.5–1µm wide but may form giant cells up to 15µm in
diameter at high yeast extract concentration (primary source)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
110070 |