Fraction of deep sea organisms that are archaea
Value | 40 % |
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Organism | Biosphere |
Reference | Copley J. All at sea. Nature. 2002 Feb 7 415(6872):572-4. p.572 middle column top paragraphPubMed ID11832910 |
Comments | “They make up typically 40% of deep sea organisms — and the deep sea is by far the largest habitat on Earth,”says Fuhrman of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. |
Entered by | Uri M |
ID | 106621 |