prokaryote abundance in top 1m of soil

Value 2e+9 cells/gram of soil
Organism Biosphere
Reference Whitman WB, Coleman DC, Wiebe WJ. Prokaryotes: the unseen majority. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A > v.95(12) Jun 9, 1998 pp.6578-6583PubMed ID9618454
Primary Source Paul, E A. Clark, F E. Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry. New York: Academic 1989.
Entered by Mike Springer
ID 100533