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Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
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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Ratio between number of microbial cells and number of animal cells in body | Human Homo sapiens | 10 (outdated, updated value is 1.3, see comments section) | unitless | 102391 | Savage DC.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., ... |