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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...
Ratio between number of microbial cells and number of animal cells in body Human Homo sapiens 10 (outdated, updated value is 1.3, see comments section) unitless 102391 Savage DC.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 cells in human body (see BNID 113006 for more updated value of 3x10^13) Human Homo sapiens ~1e+13 cells/body 102390 Savage DC. Microbial...
Number of microbial cells, number of species and total mass in gastrointestinal tract Human Homo sapiens total population ~10^14cells: Num. of species ~500-1,000: total mass ~1.5kg N/A 112308 Rubio CA. The Natural...
The Number Of Cells In Your Body Human Homo sapiens 3.7 (e+ 13) Cells 113040 Bianconi E, et al., An...
Number of cell types in human body Human Homo sapiens 200 Unitless 103626 Junqueira, Carneiro, Kelley...
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...
Human body mean volume Human Homo sapiens 65.22 Liters 109718 Bianconi E, et al., An...
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...
Number of cells in body (see measurement section for methods) Human Homo sapiens [1] measuring the total amount of DNA 10^13 [2] counting number of cells in 1 g of tissue 3.5X10^13 cells/body 110895 Renato Baserga, "The...
Number of blood and immune cells distributed throughout the human body Human Homo sapiens ~10^13 cells/body 117350 Jason Cosgrove, Lucie...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Number of lymphocytes in body (for total number of cells in body, 3e+13, see BNIDS 113005, 113006) Human Homo sapiens ~2e+12 cells 103587 Alberts, Bruce Alexander...
Total cell number in body (for value of 3e+13 see BNIDS 113005, 113006) Human Homo sapiens 3.7e+13 (±0.8) Cells 109716 Bianconi E, et al., An...
Number of cell divisions in an average human lifespan Human Homo sapiens ~1E+16 Cell divisions 100379 Weinberg, R. The Biology...
Number of species out of 400 to 500 human intestinal microbial species that account for 99% of the total population Human Homo sapiens 30 - 40 species 117017 Breitbart M et al., ...