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Water content of all living organisms

Range	~70 %
Organism	Various
Reference	Wang, Lei, Zhou, Yongjin J., Ji, Debin, Zhao, Zongbao K., An accurate method for estimation of the intracellular aqueous volume of Escherichia coli cells, Journal of Microbiological Methods (2013), doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2013.02.006 p.8 2nd paragraphPubMed ID23481146
Primary Source	Bennett BD, Yuan J, Kimball EH, Rabinowitz JD. Absolute quantitation of intracellular metabolite concentrations by an isotope ratio-based approach.Nat Protoc. 20083(8):1299-311. doi: 10.1038/nprot.2008.107.PubMed ID18714298
Comments	"the general knowledge [is] that all living organisms contain about 70 wt% water (primary source)."
Entered by	Uri M
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