Candidatus thiomargarita magnifica is a species of sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacteria, found growing underwater on detached leaves of red mangroves from the guadeloupe archipelago in the รขโ‚ฌยฆ The scientists have named the microbe thiomargarita magnifica for its size and the pearl-like beads of sulphur found inside the cell. Magnifica is not only more than a thousand times bigger