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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ribosome efficiency | Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae | 8.8 fast growing cells: 5.2 slow growing cells | aa/sec/ribosome | 106224 | Waldron C, Jund R, Lacroute... |
| Photosynthetic efficiency | Plants | 4.6 for C3 plants: 6.0 for C4 plants | % | 106364 | Blankenship RE et al.... |
| Muscle efficiency | Insect | D. hydei 11: euglossine bees 4-16: M. sexta 10: S. sanguineum 12.6: C. splendens 8.7: S. americana 6 | % | 109844 | Lehmann FO, Dickinson... |
| Swimming efficiency | Metazoa animals | rainbow trout ~10% squid ~5% | % | 110789 | Katsu-Kimura Y, Nakaya F... |
| Carbon conversion efficiency | Sunflower Helianthus annuus | 49.5 | % | 108760 | Alonso AP, Goffman FD... |
| Carbon-Use Efficiency | Thale cress Arabidopsis thaliana | Control 58±5: hyperosmotic stress 64±9 | % | 109005 | Williams TC, Poolman MG... |
| Global photosynthetic efficiency | Biosphere | 0.2 | % | 100761 | Barber J. Biological... |
| Glycolysis maximal efficiency | Unspecified | 50-60 | Percent | 100754 | Sustainable Energy -... |
| Milk production efficiency | Unspecified | 15-20 | Percent | 100756 | Sustainable Energy -... |
| Pregnancy energy efficiency | Unspecified | 10-20 | % | 100757 | Sustainable Energy -... |
| Beef production efficiency | Biosphere | 5-10 | Percent | 100758 | Sustainable Energy -... |
| "Efficiency" of sperm movement | Cow Bos Taurus | ~22 | % | 110794 | Rikmenspoel, Measurements... |
| Catalytic efficiency of Rubisco | Unspecified | ~3 | Carbons/active site/sec | 108735 | Losh JL, Young JN, Morel... |
| Peak field photosynthesis efficiency | Biosphere | 4-5 | % | 100759 | Sustainable Energy -... |
| Most productive ecosystems efficiency | Unspecified | 1-2 | Percent | 100760 | Sustainable Energy -... |
| Transformation efficiency-upper limit | Bacteria Escherichia coli | 1e+10 | transformants/µg plasmid | 105714 | Mueller-Cajar O, Morell M... |
| Quantum efficiency of bacteriorhodopsin | Archaea Halobacterium salinarum | ~60 | % | 111310 | Claassens NJ, Volpers M... |
| Membrane efficiency of respiration | Bacteria Escherichia coli | 4 (±1) | ATP/s/nm^2 | 114705 | Szenk M, Dill KA, de... |
| Timeline for improving photosynthetic efficiency | Plants | Table - link | % | 109832 | Zhu XG, Long SP, Ort... |
| Photosynthetic efficiency determined at 20°C | Plants | maize (C4 plant) 6.7: rice (C3 plant) 5.9 | mg CO2/mg N/hr | 116128 | Duursma EK, Boisson MPRM... |