Estimated number of terrestrial subsurface prokaryotes

Value 2.5E+29 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): 6579 left column bottom paragraph and table 3PubMed ID9618454
Comments "The estimated number of terrestrial subsurface prokaryotes (Table 3, 2.5?10^29) is a minimum value because it is limited to unconsolidated sediments, which represent only 20% of the terrestrial subsurface."
Entered by Uri M
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