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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size of bacterial aggregates in plants | Plants | >1,000 | bacterial cells | 115369 | Vorholt JA. Microbial... |
| Chicken cecal bacterial counts | bacteria | Table - link | N/A | 108552 | Salanitro JP, Fairchilds IG... |
| Mass of bacterial ribosome | bacteria | 2.5 (Table - link) | MDa | 106864 | Benjamin Lewin, Genes VIII... |
| Bacterial concentration in gut | Mammals | 10^13 - 10^14 | bacteria/gram fecal matter | 117012 | Fortier LC, Sekulovic... |
| Global bacterial population present in the phyllosphere [the aerial parts of plants] | Biosphere | ≤10^26 | bacterial cells | 115368 | Vorholt JA. Microbial... |
| Largest known bacterial genome size | Bacteria Sorangium cellulosum | 1.3e+7 | bp | 104469 | Schneiker S et al. Complete... |
| Diffusion rate of bacterial cell | Generic | 0.5 (Table - link) | µm^2/sec | 100295 | "Cell movements - from... |
| Highest (best) efficency bacterial growth | bacteria | 50-65 | Percent | 100753 | Sustainable Energy -... |
| Bacterial speed through fluid medium | bacteria | ≤25 | μm/sec | 109847 | Elston TC, Oster G. Protein... |
| Minimal size of bacterial cell | bacteria | diameter ≥0.2μm: volume 0.014 - 0.06 μm^3 | N/A | 110080 | Branko Velimirov, Na... |
| Internal pressure of bacterial cytoplasm | bacteria | a few - ~10 | atm | 113062 | Weitz, Joshua S. Quantitative... |
| Total bacterial and Streptococcus mutans activity per bacterial cell (RNA to DNA ratio) | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | N/A | 106834 | Gu F et al., In vivo... |
| Bacterial population in near coastal water (distributed over 100 different bacterial host species) | Biosphere | 1e+6 | cells/ml | 117030 | Chibani-Chennoufi S,... |
| Bacterial content of mammalian gut derived from bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences | bacteria | Firmicutes 65.7%: Bacteroidetes 16.3%: Proteobacteria 8.8%: see Comments section for the rest | % | 112854 | Ley RE et al., Evolution... |
| Calculated and measured values for buoyant densities of bacterial cells and bacterial pellets | bacteria | Table - link | g/cm^3 | 112013 | Bratbak G, Dundas I.... |
| Percent dry weight of bacterial cells | Bacteria Escherichia coli | 31.4 Table - link | % dry weight of cell | 108224 | Bratbak G, Dundas I.... |
| Percent dry weight of bacterial cells | Bacteria Bacillus subtilis | 51.5 Table - link | % dry weight of cells | 108225 | Bratbak G, Dundas I.... |
| Percent dry weight of bacterial cells | Bacteria Pseudomonas putida | 48.4 Table - link | % dry weight of cells | 108226 | Bratbak G, Dundas I.... |
| Estimated packing ratio for bacterial nucleoid | Bacteria Escherichia coli | 0.1 | unitless | 101854 | "Physical Biology of... |
| Number of genera in bacterial phylum | bacteria | Firmicutes ≥250: Bacteroidetes >20 | Genera | 109666 | Zhang H et al., Human... |