| Range |
1,000 to 1,000,000 Cells/ml
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| 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 4th paragraphPubMed ID9618454
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| Primary Source |
Nilsen RK, Beeder J, Thorstenson T, Torsvik T. Distribution of thermophilic marine sulfate reducers in north sea oil field waters and oil reservoirs. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1996 May62(5):1793-8. AND Pedersen, K. (1993) Earth-Sci. Rev. 34, 243–260.PubMed ID16535321
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| Comments |
"groundwater from deep aquifers and formation water from petroleum deposits contain 10^3–10^6 prokaryotic
cells/ml (primary sources)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
108499 |