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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of different linear and circular plasmids (other than linear chromosome) | Bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi | ≥17 | different plasmids/cell | 111257 | Fraser et al., Genomic... |
| Genome size (linear chromosome) | Bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi | 900 - 1,000 | kb | 111245 | Ferdows MS, Barbour AG.... |
| Number of genes on 11 plasmids studied | Bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi | 430 | genes | 111258 | Fraser et al., Genomic... |
| Number of chromosomes/cell | Green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii | 17 (Table - link) | Chromosomes/cell | 100333 | Merchant et al., The... |
| Variation in chromosome size | Grass spp. | among species >30: within species 2 to 3 | fold | 108218 | Zhang H, Dawe RK. Total... |
| Number of genes shared between Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma genitalium | bacteria | 324 | genes | 116959 | Peterson SN, Fraser CM.... |
| Mitochondrial genome contains genes for | Physcomitrella patens | 3 rRNAs: 24 tRNAs: 42 proteins | genes | 113565 | Terasawa K et al., The... |
| Number of chromosome copies | Cyanobacteria | Synechocystis PCC 6803 ~12: Synechococcus PCC 7942 ~5-7 | copies/cell | 112483 | Yu J et al., Synechococcus... |
| Maximum speed of marine bacteria | bacteria | maximum community speed 144µm/sec: maximum individual burst velocity 407µm/sec | µm/sec | 112302 | Mitchell JG, Pearson L... |
| Number of bacteria in ocean | Biosphere | 1E+29 | Bacteria | 108286 | Lawrence R . Pomeroy... |
| Size of rumen bacteria | bacteria | 0.3 to 50 | µm | 112827 | Yokoyama MG, Johnson... |
| Length of marine bacteria | bacteria | 0.2 - 0.6 | µm | 112299 | Mitchell JG, Pearson L... |
| Fraction of all bacteria in the surface ocean that are aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic (AAP) bacteria | bacteria | 1% to 30% | % | 111294 | Kirchman DL, Hanson TE.... |
| Redox reactions in chemolithotrophic bacteria | bacteria | Table - link | N/A | 104414 | Gerhard Michal, Biochemical... |
| Isoelectric points of various bacteria | bacteria | Table - link | pH | 109121 | Harden VP, Harris JO.... |
| Size of bacteria in rumen | bacteria | diameter 0.4-1.0µm: length 1-3µm | µm | 112390 | Hungate, R. E. (1966)... |
| Age of viable bacteria extracted from amber | Bacteria Micrococcus luteus | 34,000 to170,000 | Years | 106140 | Greenblatt CL, Baum J... |
| Carbon/volume ratio for native marine bacteria and cultured bacteria (E. coli & V. natriegens) | bacteria | 32-78 native marine: 67-160 cultured Table - link | fg/μm^3 | 106599 | Fagerbakke KM, Norland S... |
| Diameter of smallest bacteria - mycoplasma | Bacteria Mycoplasma | 0.2-0.4 | µm | 104717 | Zhao H, Dreses-Werringloer U... |
| Estimated number of proteorhodopsin (PR)-expressing bacteria in world's oceans | Biosphere | 1E+28 | bacteria | 111062 | Walter JM, Greenfield D... |