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'Spaghetti'-like megabacteria

One of the largest collaborations to investigate marine biodiversity has uncovered something on a mind-boggling scale: a giant mat of string-like bacteria - the size of Uruguay or the U.S. state of Alabama - has been discovered deep in the ocean depths off the coasts of Chile and Peru.
Uncovered as part of the Census of Marine Life - a global, decade-long effort to systematically identify and study oceanic organisms - scientists are now speculating whether this huge mat of mega-bacteria may somehow contribute to thriving fisheries found in these waters.

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