Total number of cells
| Range | animals by biome 4.1e25: animals by biomass 1.3e26: plants 2.5e28: prokaryotes 5e30 cells |
|---|---|
| Organism | Biosphere |
| Reference | Landenmark HK, Forgan DH, Cockell CS. An Estimate of the Total DNA in the Biosphere. PLoS Biol. 2015 Jun 11 13(6):e1002168. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002168. p.6/10 3rd paragraphPubMed ID26066900 |
| Comments | p.6/10 3rd paragraph:"Although the cell numbers in eukaryotes are approximately two to five orders of magnitude lower than the number of prokaryotes (animals by biome: 4.11606 × 10^25 cells animals by biomass: 1.28907 × 10^26 cells plants: 2.44730 × 10^28 cells, compared to prokaryotes: 5 × 10^30 cells [see Methods [supporting information]]), the average genome size in prokaryotes is 3.2147 Mb, compared to the higher value in plants (5,958 Mb) and animals (4,456 Mb)." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 111607 |