| Value |
6.5E+28
cells
Range: Table - link cells
|
| Organism |
prokaryote |
| Reference |
William B. Whitman, David C. Coleman, and William J. Wiebe. Prokaryotes: The unseen majority. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1998 June 9 95(12): 6578–6583. p.6578 right column top paragraphPubMed ID9618454
|
| Comments |
"From global
estimates of volume, the upper 200m of the ocean contains a
total of 3.6?10^28 cells, of which 2.9?10^27 cells are
autotrophs, whereas ocean water below 200 m contains 6.5?10^28 cells (Table 1)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
108496 |