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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calculation of species diversity in low metal contaminated soil | Biosphere | 6400 | species/gram | 100553 | Jason Gans, Murray Wolinsky... |
| Calculation of species diversity in high metal contaminated soil | Biosphere | 790 | species/gram | 100554 | Jason Gans, Murray Wolinsky... |
| Fraction of forest carbon that is in soil | Biosphere | >50% (can reach 75%) | % | 114096 | Siles JA et al., Effect... |
| Estimates of total SOC (soil organic carbon content) per biome | Biosphere | Table - link | N/A | 112803 | Carvalhais et al., Global... |
| prokaryote abundance in 1-8m depth of soil in forest | Biosphere | 1e+6 | cells/gram of soil | 100532 | Whitman WB, Coleman DC... |
| Bacteriophage concentration in soil associated with plant roots in sugar beet | Biosphere | 1e+7 | phages/gram soil | 117026 | Chibani-Chennoufi S,... |
| Number of prokaryotes in the top 1m of soil worldwide | Biosphere | 2.6E+29 (Table - link) | cells | 100549 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Biomass C of bacteria in a glucose-amended field soil | bacteria | Table - link | μg C/g soil | 109515 | Editors Madilyn Fletcher... |
| Increase in whole-profile soil respiration caused by warming by 4˚C | Biosphere | 34 - 37 (depending on the measurement method) | % | 113325 | Hicks Pries CE, Castanha C... |
| Concentration in soil in ungrazed fields | Bacteria Escherichia coli | 0.2-20 | Cells/gr | 102103 | Michael A. Savageau, 1983... |
| Current global carbon-stock in forest soil (to 1-m depth) | Biosphere | 383 (±30) | Pg C | 114097 | Siles JA et al., Effect... |
| Average dry weight of a prokaryotic cell in soil | prokaryote | 200 | fg | 108508 | William B. Whitman, David... |
| Examples of estimates of bacterial growth rates in soil | bacteria | Table - link | N/A | 109514 | Editors Madilyn Fletcher... |
| Fraction of Earth’s ice-free land area covered by alfisols (a soil type) | Biosphere | 13.5 | % | 113323 | Hicks Pries CE, Castanha C... |
| Number of microbial species contained in one gram of soil | Microbes | 2,000 to 50,000 | Species | 107286 | Zhili He, Joy D. Van Nostrand... |
| Mean soil carbon properties ± SE (n = 3) in 10-cm increments from 0 to 100 cm | Biosphere | Table - link | N/A | 113327 | Hicks Pries CE, Castanha C... |
| Survival time of half of the population (half life) in soil | Bacteria Escherichia coli | 1-5 | days | 102542 | Hartl DL, Dykhuizen DE.... |
| Estimates of the biosphere's soil prokaryotic heterotrophic biomass | prokaryote | 15,000 to 26,000 Table - link | Mt C | 109616 | Vaclav Smil, The Earth's... |
| Increase in soil organic carbon stock as a result of afforestation of former croplands | Biosphere | 18 | Percent | 104573 | Gr¨unzweig et al, Bi... |
| Decrease in soil organic carbon stock as a result of afforestation of native forests or grasslands | Biosphere | 10-13 | Percent | 104574 | Gr¨unzweig et al, Bi... |