| Range |
~1,000 to 10,000: in groin and underarm 1,000,000 cells/cm^2
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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): 6580 left column 4th paragraphPubMed ID9618454
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| Primary Source |
Willett, H. P. (1992) in Zinsser Microbiology, eds. Joklik, W. K., Willett, H. P., Amos, D. B. & Wilfert, C. M. (Appleton & Lange, Norwalk, CT), 20th Ed., pp. 393–400. |
| Comments |
"...the numbers of prokaryotes
on the skin of humans can be calculated. The density
of prokaryotes is about 10^3–10^4 cells/cm2, except in the groin
and axilla, where it is 10^6 cells/cm2 (primary source)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
108504 |