| Value |
1E+28
Unitless
|
| Organism |
Archaea |
| Reference |
Karner MB, DeLong EF, Karl DM. Archaeal dominance in the mesopelagic zone of the Pacific Ocean. Nature. 2001 Jan 25 409(6819):507-10. p.509 right column top sentencePubMed ID11206545
|
| Method |
Data from monthly sampling (quantitative microscopic surveys using
single-cell, fluorescent in situ hybridization with rRNA-targeted
oligonucleotide probes) conducted throughout the water
column (surface to 4,750 m) combined with continental shelf data |
| Comments |
About 1.0×10^28 cells, that is, 20% of all the picoplankton
cells in the world ocean appear to be represented by one
specific clade, the pelagic crenarchaeota. See BNID 106262, 106263 |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
106264 |