there are some super-powered single cells which are far more than meets the unaided eye.  We might think their mightiest power is confining us to the bathroom after an ill-advised late night snack, but having only one cell to deal with means bacteria can adapt incredibly well - and a single mutation can give rise to powers that make Professor Xavier's wheelchair-accessible mansion look like a home for people who are good at minigolf.  Here we look at five organisms that would be called the Super-Cells, if that name wasn't probably already taken by Michael Crichton.

a species of bacteria with the ability to consume uranium and other extremely antisocial wastes has been discovered by US scientists

They form highly organized structures called biofilms, mini-city analogs which can share food intake and waste disposal routes for the good of the whole colony.