| Range |
≤1e10 cells/gram of soil
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| Organism |
prokaryote |
| Reference |
Torsvik V, Øvreås L. Microbial diversity and function in soil: from genes to ecosystems. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2002 Jun5(3):240-5. p.240 left column bottom paragraphPubMed ID12057676
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| Primary Source |
Rosselló-Mora R, Amann R. The species concept for prokaryotes. FEMS Microbiol Rev. 2001 Jan25(1):39-67.PubMed ID11152940
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| Comments |
"Microbial diversity in soil ecosystems exceeds, by far, that
of eukaryotic organisms. One gram of soil may harbor
up to 10 billion microorganisms of possibly thousands
of different species [primary source]." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
110152 |