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Minimum DNA content and fraction of cell fresh dry and wet weight that is DNA

Range	Table - link fg/cell
Organism	Various
Reference	John A.Raven, Why are there no picoplanktonic O2 evolvers with volumes less than 10^-19 m^3? J. Plankton Res. (1994) 16 (5): 565-580. doi: 10.1093/plankt/16.5.565 p.568 table 1
Comments	Table I shows that DNA is little more than 0.01% of the dry mass of a 5 µm radius eukaryotic cell and little more than 0.001% of the dry mass of a 5 µm radius prokaryotic cell.
Entered by	Uri M
ID	107095