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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of microbial cells in human body | Human Homo sapiens | 10^14 (see BNID 113000 for more updated value of 3.8x10^13) | microbial cells (mostly bacteria)/human body | 102392 | Savage DC. Microbial... |
| The Number Of Cells In Your Body | Human Homo sapiens | 3.7 (e+ 13) | Cells | 113040 | Bianconi E, et al., An... |
| Total number of cells in the human body (for a 70 kg adult man) | Human Homo sapiens | 3e+13 | cells/human body | 113006 | Sender R, Fuchs S, Milo... |
| The distribution of the number of human cells by cell type | Human Homo sapiens | Figure - link | N/A | 112985 | Sender R, Fuchs S, Milo... |
| Number of cells known to die in the adult human body daily | Human Homo sapiens | several hundred billion - 10^12 | cells | 116368 | Raghuram GV et al., Physical... |
| Ratio between number of microbial cells and number of animal cells in body | Human Homo sapiens | 10 (outdated, updated value is 1.3, see comments section) | unitless | 102391 | Savage DC. Microbial... |
| Number of blood and immune cells distributed throughout the human body | Human Homo sapiens | ~10^13 | cells/body | 117350 | Jason Cosgrove, Lucie... |
| Human body mean volume | Human Homo sapiens | 65.22 | Liters | 109718 | Bianconi E, et al., An... |
| Detailed calculations for number of cells in body-Spreadsheets with the detailed calculations mentioned throughout the text and references for all data sources | Human Homo sapiens | Excel table - link | N/A | 113009 | Sender R, Fuchs S, Milo... |
| Essential elements in the human body | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | N/A | 107256 | Emsley John, Nature's... |
| Number of cell types in human body | Human Homo sapiens | 200 | Unitless | 103626 | Junqueira, Carneiro, Kelley... |
| Distribution of cell number and mass for different cell types in the human body (for a 70 kg adult man) | Human Homo sapiens | Figure - link | N/A | 113005 | Sender R, Fuchs S, Milo... |
| Total cell number of organs or cell types (for more recent total number of cells in body, 3e+13, see BNIDS 113005, 113006) | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | Mean total cell number | 109708 | Bianconi E, et al., An... |
| Number of bacteria across the whole body of the "reference man" | Human Homo sapiens | 3.8e+13 | bacteria/human | 113000 | Sender R, Fuchs S, Milo... |
| Number of cells in adult human body (for value of 3e+13 see BNIDS 113005, 113006) | Human Homo sapiens | 1e+13 (check out BNID 109716 for more updated value of 3.7(±0.8)×10^13) | cells | 108493 | Alberts et al., 1989... |
| Overall mass of bacteria in the body | Human Homo sapiens | ~0.2 (~0.3% of overall body weight) | kg | 113003 | Sender R, Fuchs S, Milo... |
| Chemical composition of the human body | Human Homo sapiens | Site link - link | N/A | 106203 | http://www.stumbleup... |
| Chemical composition of the human body | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | N/A | 101913 | David R. Lide. CRC Handbook... |
| Abundance of essential elements in the human body | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | N/A | 106341 | Emsley John, Nature's... |
| Accumulated amount of iron in the human body | Human Homo sapiens | ≤20 | g | 114082 | Valko M et al., Redox-... |