| Value |
1E+29
Bacteria
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| Organism |
Biosphere |
| Reference |
Lawrence R . Pomeroy, Peter J . leB. Williams , Farooq Azam , and John E . Hobbie, Chapter 2. The Microbial Loop, Volume 20 | Number 2 | June 2007 Special Issue: A Sea of Microbes link p.28 right column bottom paragraph |
| Primary Source |
Whitman WB, Coleman DC, Wiebe WJ. Prokaryotes: the unseen majority. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 Jun 9 95(12):6578-83.PubMed ID9618454
|
| Comments |
"Earth’s ocean is estimated to contain
10^29 bacteria (primary source),
a number larger than the estimated
10^21 stars in the universe." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
108286 |