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Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
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Fraction of the microbial surface community that dies within a few mm to cm of burial | Microbes | ~90 | % | 115533 | Braun S et al., Size... |
Recorded variations in cell concentration in sea | Microbes | ≤20-fold over 10 to 30 mm | N/A | 110358 | Stocker R. Marine microbes... |
Lipopolysaccharide content of cell wall | bacteria | Gram positive 0%: Gram negative 13% Table - link | N/A | 111944 | The Microbial World,... |
Summary of the differences between gram-positive and gram-negative cell walls | bacteria | Table - link | N/A | 111938 | The Microbial World,... |
Thickness of cell wall | bacteria | Gram positive 20-80nm: Gram negative 10nm Table - link | nm | 111939 | The Microbial World,... |
Number of layers in cell wall | bacteria | Gram positive 1: Gram negative 2 Table - link | layers | 111940 | The Microbial World,... |
Peptidoglycan content of cell wall | bacteria | Gram positive >50%: Gram negative 10-20% Table - link | % | 111941 | The Microbial World,... |
Lipid and lipoprotein content of cell wall | bacteria | Gram positive 0-3%: Gram negative 58% Table - link | % | 111942 | The Microbial World,... |
Protein content of cell wall | bacteria | Gram positive 0%: Gram negative 9% Table - link | N/A | 111943 | The Microbial World,... |
Half life of accBC mRNA | Bacteria Escherichia coli | 2 | min | 102059 | Li SJ, Cronan JE Jr.... |
Range of genome sizes (Equivalent to Symbiodinium spp. 3×10^6kbp to Prorocentrum micans 245×10^6 kbp) | Dinoflagellates | coral reef symbiont Symbiodinium spp. 1.5-4.8 (average ∼3): Prorocentrum micans 250 | pg DNA/haploid genome | 112817 | Hou Y, Lin S. Distinct... |
Number of species that have been described as of 2015 | Protists | >100,000 | species | 114593 | Soyer-Gobillard MO, Dolan... |
Number of cells of bacteria and archaea estimated to inhabit Earth | Biosphere | ~10^30 | cells | 113931 | Locey KJ, Lennon JT.... |
Virus numbers in extreme environments | Various | undetectable - 10^9 | particles/ml | 113946 | Parikka KJ, Le Romancer M... |
Estimates of the total amount of microbial biomass (i.e., cellular organic carbon) in the seabed | Biosphere | 4 - 300 | Pg C | 115320 | Braun S et al., Size... |
Mean microbial cell volume in deep old marine sediments | Microbes | 0.042 | μm^3 | 115532 | Braun S et al., Size... |
Carbon content of bacteria in subseafloor sediment | bacteria | 14 | fg C/cell | 115339 | Braun S et al., Size... |
Fraction of total organic carbon (TOC) at seafloor and 60m below seafloor at Landsort Deep, Baltic Sea | Biosphere | at the sediment surface ∼3%: at 60 m below seafloor ∼0.2 | % | 115340 | Braun S et al., Size... |
Carbon density in growing E. coli cells, and in several other growing cultures | bacteria | <100 | fg C/µm^3 | 115343 | Braun S et al., Size... |
Cell volumes of microorganisms commonly found in natural environments such as soils, freshwater lakes and rivers, estuarine and brackish waters, coastal and nearshore marine waters, or pelagic marine waters | Microbes | 0.05 - 0.5 | µm^3 | 115344 | Braun S et al., Size... |