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The total DNA content in the biosphere

Range	5.3×10^31±3.6×10^31 Table - link (5×10^10 tonnes of DNA) Mb
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.3/10 table 1PubMed ID26066900
Comments	p.2/10 bottom paragraph:"Using information on the typical mass per cell for each domain and group and the genome size, [investigators] estimate the total amount of DNA in the biosphere to be 5.3×10^31 (±3.6×10^31) megabase pairs (Mb) (Table 1). This quantity corresponds to approximately 5×10^10 tonnes of DNA, assuming that 978 Mb of DNA is equivalent to one picogram [Dolezel et al., 2003 PMID: 12541287]."
Entered by	Uri M
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