Antarctica's Hidden Giant: Organism 46B

The World's LARGEST Organism

The BIGGEST Living Organism in The Entire World

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This is a single-celled organism called Loxodes, and it is about to die. Loxodes have pigment granules that give them a yellowish-brown coloration, but they also make the organisms sensitive to light—though only when there is a high level of oxygen in the water. When light hits these pigment granules, it excites the pigment chemically and triggers a chain reaction that disassembles the entire cell membrane, almost like pulling a loose thread from a sweater. . Loxodes clings to life, its biologic

In a time where people don’t know about microbiology, something like bleeding bread is really wild! Now, we know that it was probably a micro-organism that caused this color. Knowing the cause doesn’t make it any less amazing though! #microbiology #biology #learnontiktok