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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth rate | Plant Rubus spp. | ~8 | cm/day | 113533 | Trewavas A. The foundations... |
| Time for parasite to coil around its host | Parasitic plant Cuscuta spp. (dodder) | ~4 | days | 113535 | Trewavas A. The foundations... |
| Fraction of hosts rejected within a few hours | Parasitic plant Cuscuta spp. (dodder) | 50%: when feeding potential hosts with Nitrogen 20-30% | %/within few hours | 113534 | Trewavas A. The foundations... |
| Cellular and Rubisco properties of Cyanobium spp. and Synechococcus spp. | Cyanobacteria | Table - link | N/A | 117046 | Whitehead L, Long BM... |
| Photosynthetic carbon response parameters of Synechococcus spp. and Cyanobium spp. | Cyanobacteria | Table - link | N/A | 117047 | Whitehead L, Long BM... |
| Length of bacterial cells Cyclidium spp. have difficulty feeding on | Protozoa Cyclidium spp. | >4 - 5 | µm | 115654 | Young KD. The selective... |
| Swimming rate of Gyrodinium spp. | Dinoflagellates | 319 (220 - 360) | µm/sec | 111432 | William G. Hand, Patricia... |
| Swimming rate of Gonyaulax spp. | Dinoflagellates | 250 (175 - 325) | µm/sec | 111433 | William G. Hand, Patricia... |
| Reconstructed sugar utilization pathways and newly assigned genes in Shewanella spp. | Bacteria Shewanella spp. | Table - link | N/A | 107281 | Rodionov DA et al., Genomic... |
| Subtropical to boreal tree leaf temperature (external temp. averages 12˚C-26˚C) | Plants | 21.4 (±2.2) | ˚C | 113536 | Trewavas A. The foundations... |
| Fraction of Pseudomonas spp. & Vibrio spp. out of all isolated bacteria from disease-free & bleached corals, respectively | Coral | Pseudomonas spp. out of disease-free corals 13%: Vibrio spp. out of bleached corals 30% | % | 113024 | Rosenberg E, Koren O... |
| Properties of carboxysomes from Cyanobium spp. and Synechococcus spp. cells grown at high and low CO2 | Cyanobacteria | Table - link | N/A | 117048 | Whitehead L, Long BM... |
| Amount of DNA (1C-value, smallest of any plant) | Plant Genlisea aurea | 0.065 (Table - link) | pg | 110279 | Dr. Ilia J. Leitch, Prof.... |
| Speed of communicating signal within plant | Plants | fastest ~1m/sec: slowest (some hormones) ~1cm/hour: most (thorough vascular system) 1-8mm/sec | N/A | 113538 | Trewavas A. The foundations... |
| Sequenced plant genomes | Plants | Site - link | N/A | 110561 | https://genomevoluti... |
| Speed of snapping - one of fastest movements in plant kingdom | Plant Venus flytrap Dionaea muscipula | 100 | msec | 106630 | Forterre Y, Skotheim JM... |
| Size of ovary gland protoplast | Plant Aptenia cordifolia | volume 1147 µm^3: surface area 747 µm^2 | N/A | 105792 | Kristen U, Lockhausen... |
| Total terrestrial plant biomass | Biosphere | 600-800 | Pg Carbon | 100820 | Aquatic photosynthesis... |
| Number of plant species | Plants | ~350,000 (representing an estimated 80–90% of the global total) | species | 113395 | Vellend M et al., Plant... |
| Fraction of extant vascular plant families members of which form symbioses with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi | Plants | >80 | % of extant families | 113026 | Schüßler, A. et al. (2001)... |