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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Thiotrichaceae — amarine bacterium - the largest bacterium known.
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The bacteria resembled a string of pearls to its discoverers, who named it Thiomargarita namibienus ( "Sulfur pearl of Namibia").
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