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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diameter of bacteria which B. saltans can ingest | Protozoa Bodo saltans | <3 | µm | 115628 | Young KD. The selective... |
| Length of bacterial cells Cyclidium spp. have difficulty feeding on | Protozoa Cyclidium spp. | >4 - 5 | µm | 115654 | Young KD. The selective... |
| Length of bacterial cells selected for predation by Ochromonas | Nanoflagellate Ochromonas spp. | <0.9 | µm | 115728 | Young KD. The selective... |
| Length of bacterial cell filaments that can be grazed by mixotrophic nanoflagellate Ochromonas | Nanoflagellate Ochromonas spp. | ≤14 | µm | 115656 | Young KD. The selective... |
| Length above which bacteria Serratia liquefaciens cells cannot be consumed by ciliate Tetrahymena sp. | Bacteria Serratia liquefaciens | 15 | µm | 115627 | Young KD. The selective... |
| Length of rod-shaped bacterial cells that are too large for feeding by Daphnia magna | Crustacean Daphnia magna | >6 | µm | 115629 | Young KD. The selective... |
| Cell length that can be reached by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium after being ingested by Acanthomoeba polyphaga | Bacteria Salmonella typhimurium | 500 | µm | 115725 | Young KD. The selective... |
| Number of rod-shaped bacterial cells in small, filamentous, or stellate chains that survive Ochromonas predation | Nanoflagellate Ochromonas spp. | ≤900 | cells per chain | 115657 | Young KD. The selective... |
| Percentage of phytoplankton (including bacteria) grazed per day | Biosphere | 25%-100% | % | 115619 | Young KD. The selective... |
| Most efficient cell diameters for chemotaxis | bacteria | Table - link | µm | 115614 | Young KD. The selective... |
| Number of times bacteria <0.5µm in diameter encounter grazing protists compared to larger bacterial cells (~1µm) | Biosphere | 4 -6 | times left often | 115626 | Young KD. The selective... |
| Mesh size of filter through which bacteria is inhaled | Cladocera Bosmina longirostris | 0.43 - 0.97 | µm | 115727 | Young KD. The selective... |
| Concentration of protozoa in rumen (majority are ciliates, minority flagellates) | Ruminants | total protozoa ~10^5-10^6: flagellate species 10^3-10^4 | cells/ml of rumen content | 112828 | Yokoyama MG, Johnson... |
| Concentration of ciliate protozoa in rumen fluid | Ruminants | 10^4 - 10^6 | cells/ml | 117316 | Matthews et al., The... |
| Fraction of rumen microbiome biomass that is ciliate protozoa | Cow Bos Taurus | ≤50 | % | 117087 | Wallace RJ et al., A... |
| Metabolic rates of actively growing prokaryotes and actively growing protozoa | Various | Prokaryotes 0.19±0.5: Protozoa 0.06±0.1 | W/g | 105803 | Lane N, Martin W. The... |
| Dimensions of pear-shaped trophozoite | Protozoa Giardia lamblia | length 12-15µm: width 5-9µm | µm | 117077 | Adam RD. Biology of Giardia... |
| Metabolic rate of cyst as fraction of metabolic rate of trophozoite | Protozoa Giardia muris | 10 - 20 | % of metabolic rate of trophozoite | 117080 | Adam RD. Biology of Giardia... |
| Number of species of parasitic worms and protozoa that humans are host to | Human Homo sapiens | parasitic worms ~300: protozoa >70 | species | 117278 | Cox FE. History of human... |
| Time of completion of early and late encystation phases (after initiation of encystation) | Protozoa Giardia lamblia | completion of early phase ~10 hours: completion of late phase 16 hours | after initiation of encystation | 117081 | Adam RD. Biology of Giardia... |