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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genome size-smallest parasitic archaeal genome | Archaea Nanoarchaeum equitans | 4.91e+5 | bp | 105503 | Waters E et al., The... |
| Number of coding DNA sequences | Archaea Nanoarchaeum equitans | 552 | unitless | 105502 | Waters E et al., The... |
| Diameter of cell | Archaea Nanoarchaeum equitans | ~400 | nm | 107655 | Huber H, Hohn MJ, Rachel R... |
| Archaeal species, selected features, and genome copy numbers in exponential and stationary growth phases | Archaea | Table - link | N/A | 106687 | Hildenbrand C, Stock T... |
| Dimensions of hami (singular hamus, archaeal cell surface appendage) | Archaea | length 1µm - 3µm: diameter 7nm - 8nm | N/A | 116400 | Ng SY, Zolghadr B, Driessen... |
| Number of archaeal cells estimated to be in the oceans (approximately one third the number of bacterial cells) | Archaea | 1.3E+28 | Unitless | 106262 | Cavicchioli R, Curmi PM... |
| Number of crenarchaeota cells estimated to be in the oceans (20% of all the picoplankton cells) | Archaea | 1E+28 | Unitless | 106264 | Karner MB, DeLong EF... |
| Genome size | Archaea Pyrococcus furiosus | 1.91e+6 | bp | 105916 | National Center for ... |
| Genome size | Archaea Pyrococcus horikoshii | 1.74e+6 | bp | 111387 | National Center for ... |
| Genome size of (large) chromosome | Archaea Methanocaldococcus jannaschii | 1.66e+6 | bp | 105501 | Bult et al., Complete... |
| Motility speed of archaea Halobacterium halobium | Archaea Halobacterium halobium | 2.94 (±0.34) | µm/sec | 111147 | Marwan W, Alam M, Oesterhelt... |
| Cell diameter in culture (largest reported archaea) | Archaea Staphylothermus marinus | ≤15 | μm | 110070 | Schulz HN, Jorgensen... |
| Size of disk-shaped cells (smallest reported archaea) | Archaea Thermodiscus spp. | diameter ≥0.2μm: disk-thickness 0.1–0.2μm | μm | 110071 | Schulz HN, Jorgensen... |
| Number of archaea species catalogued in a central database as of 2011 and number of predicted species on Earth | Archaea | Catalogued 502 Predicted 455 Table - link | species | 109322 | Mora C, Tittensor DP... |
| Diameter of cell | Bacteria Thiovulum spp. | 9 – 18 | μm | 110078 | Schulz HN, Jorgensen... |
| Genome size | Bacteria Bacillus subtilis | 4.31e+6 | bp | 111386 | National Center for ... |
| Genome size | dog | 2.41e+9 | bp | 111389 | National Center for ... |
| Genome size | Mycoplasma Mesoplasma florum | 7.93e+5 | bp | 100296 | http://cmr.tigr.org/... |
| Diameter of cell | Bacteria Escherichia coli | 1 | µm | 102066 | Benno Muller-hill, 1996... |
| Genome size | Bacteria Helicobacter pylori | 1.67e+6 | bp | 105494 | Tomb et al., The complete... |