| Value |
1.056
Unitless
Range: 0.93 to 1.19 Unitless
|
| Organism |
Protists |
| Reference |
Johnson MD, Völker J, Moeller HV, Laws E, Breslauer KJ, Falkowski PG. Universal constant for heat production in protists. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Apr 21 106(16):6696-9PubMed ID19346469
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| Method |
Using high-precision microcalorimetry in a differential scanning
mode, researchers measured direct heat production at a constant temperature,
against a background signal of culture medium, from
five phyla (three kingdoms) of eukaryotic protists spanning more
than 5 orders of magnitude in carbon biomass, and representing
a large range of cell densities, sizes, and total cell carbon (Table
1). |
| Comments |
When heat production (pW/cell) is plotted against total cell
mass on a log-log scale, the slope of the relationship is 1.056 with
a 95% confidence interval (CI) from 0.93 to 1.19 (Fig. 1). |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
107954 |