Dry weight per cell volume in bacteria

Value 0.33 g dryweight per cubic centimeter cell volume Range: 0.12-0.33 g dryweight per cubic centimeter cell volume
Organism bacteria
Reference Bakken L, Olsen RA (1983) Buoyant densities and dry-matter contents of microorganisms: conversion of a measured biololume into biomass. Appl Env Micr 45:1188-1195 abstractPubMed ID16346263
Comments "The buoyant density of pure bacterial cultures ranged from 1.035 to 1.093 g/cm, and their dry-matter content ranged from 12 to 33% (wt/wt)."
Entered by Lars
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