The World’s Largest Bacterium? Heide Schulz, a scientist from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, has discovered a giant bacterium in ocean - floor sediment off the coast of Namibia, Africa. The organism measures up to three hundredths of an inch [0.75 mm] in diameter and is 100 times bigger than any other known bacterium.
परंतु, १९९४ मध्ये ही प्रथा थांबवण्यात आली कारण कासवांची कमतरता भासू लागली आणि बेकायदेशीर शिकाऱ्‍यांमुळे कासवांचाच जीव धोक्यात येऊ लागला.