|
Species |
Comment |
Deinococcus radiodurans |
Occurs
in the Atacama Desert, |
Dehalococcoides ethenogenes |
half-micron-long bacterium that breaks down toxic industrial chemicals e.g trichlorethylene |
Nanoarchaeum equitans |
Smallest
bacterium discovered in |
Polaromonas naphthalenivorans |
Of value in decontamination of coal |
Serpulina pilosicoli |
Also known as "little serpent of the hairy colon", causes severe diarrhea in pigs |
Thiomargarita namibiensis |
Largest
prokaryote discovered off the coast of |
Wolbachia pipientis |
Bacterial symbiont associated with parthenogenesis and a change in host selection behavior in wasps |
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