Question

Thiomargarita namibiensis was discovered by __________in coastal waters of Namibia.

The size of this bacterium is about______________. 

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Answer 1

Heide N. Schulz

The species was discovered by Heide N. Schulz and others in 1997, in the coastal seafloor sediments of Walvis Bay (Namibia)

Heide N. Schulz

The species was discovered by Heide N. Schulz and others in 1997, in the coastal seafloor sediments of Walvis Bay (Namibia)

Bacterial cells are about one-tenth the size of eukaryotic cells and are typically 0.5–5.0 micrometres in length.