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Number of hairs on human head Human Homo sapiens 90,000-150,000 unitless 101509 Amazing numbers in biology...
Average duration of a single eye blink Human Homo sapiens 0.1-0.4 sec 100706 http://faculty.washi...
One unit of OD600 corresponds to a cell wet weight and a cell dry weight of Bacteria Escherichia coli Cell wet weight 1.7g/L: cell dry weight 0.39g/L 109836 Glazyrina J, Materne EM...
Length of neuron from base of spine to big toe-longest cell in human body Human Homo sapiens ≤1 meter 104901 Fletcher DA, Theriot...
Size of glucose molecule (open chain form) Generic 1.5 nm 106979 Daniel Minoli, Nanotechnology...
Cell concentration for culture with OD600 of 1 Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae 3e+7 Cells/ml 100986 Audra Day, Colette Schneider...
Density and mass of each organ/tissue Human Homo sapiens Table - link N/A 110245 International commission...
Human body mean volume Human Homo sapiens 65.22 Liters 109718 Bianconi E, et al., An...
Genomic DNA amount in diploid cell Human Homo sapiens ~6 pg/cell 111206 Russo Jose & Russo Irma...
Reaction times to sound, light and touch Human Homo sapiens mean auditory reaction times 140-160msec: touch 155msec: visual reaction times 180-200msec msec 110800 [1] Galton, F. 1899....
Percent of protein in body that is collagen Human Homo sapiens 30 to 40 % 109730 Hall, D. A. (ed) (1964)...
Number of blood and immune cells distributed throughout the human body Human Homo sapiens ~10^13 cells/body 117350 Jason Cosgrove, Lucie...
Identification of total proteins in A. baumannii DU202 cultured in LB medium supplemented with imipenem Bacteria Acinetobacter baumannii Table - link N/A 111523 Yun SH et al., Quantitative...
Diameter of human hair Human Homo sapiens 17 to 181 link μm 106856 The Physics Factbook™...
Ratio of cell dry weight (g/L)/OD600 Bacteria Escherichia coli 0.36 g/liter 109837 Ren Q, Henes B, Fairhead M...
Number of cells in colony Bacteria Escherichia coli 3.3e+9 (Table - link) Cells/colony 104458 Mashimo K, Nagata Y, Kawata M...
Diameter of HEK-293 cell Human Homo sapiens 13 μm 108893 http://www.invitroge...
Doubling time of "normal" laboratory haploid strain Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae ~90 in YPD [yeast extract peptone dextrose] medium: ~140 in synthetic media Minutes 108255 F. Sherman, Getting started...
Diameter of neutrophil Human Homo sapiens 8.4 (7.3-9.7 Table - link) µm 100510 Downey GP, Doherty DE...
Empirical elemental formula for biomass Bacteria Escherichia coli C:H(1.77):O(0.49):N(0.24) N/A 101800 von Stockar, U. Liu,...