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by Vaporeongirl on November 22nd, 2009
Bacteria are very small. I've seen them under a microscope. They are usually between 2-7 micrometers long.
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What 7 micrometers ! I think your wrong !
Most bacteria between 4 and 0.4 µm very few bacteria are bigger that that !
The biggest bacteria is Epulopiscium fishelsoni it's more than 0.7 mm
see it's image
http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/images/thumb/7/70/Aaa.JPG/400px-Aaa.JPG
it's like a rice Granule but smaller "you see it as a Dot" (.)<-- like this size
by Abdullah on November 22nd, 2009
Thanks, maybe I was thinking of something else. I have used microscopes before, you know.
by Vaporeongirl on November 22nd, 2009
You may mean the Paramecium or Ameba ...etc
but the Acetobacter is a kind of bacteria .bacteria are so small ,smaller than 7 micrometers !
You know I spend my life on the microscope ! he he ..! ^_^
by Abdullah on November 23rd, 2009