| Range |
>16 maximum sized organisms: >22 all living organisms Orders of magnitude
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| Organism |
Biosphere |
| Reference |
Payne JL et al., Two-phase increase in the maximum size of life over 3.5 billion years reflects biological innovation and environmental opportunity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Jan 6 106(1):24-7 p.25 right column top paragraphPubMed ID19106296
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| Primary Source |
Schulz HN, Jorgensen BB. Big bacteria. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2001 55: 105-37.PubMed ID11544351
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| Method |
Researchers document the evolutionary history of body size on
Earth, focusing on the upper limit to size. |
| Comments |
Species in the maximum size dataset span >16 orders
of magnitude, and the sizes of all living organisms span >22
orders of magnitude (primary source). |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
107060 |