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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rumen temperature | Ruminants | 38 to 42 | ˚C | 112825 | Yokoyama MG, Johnson... |
| Fraction of rumen microbiota that is represented by fungi | Ruminants | 10 - 20 | % | 117089 | Belanche et al., A M... |
| 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... |
| Fraction of fungal species in rumen that belong to anaerobic fungi (Neocallimastigomycota) | Ruminants | 81.9 | % | 117090 | Belanche et al., A M... |
| Numbers of bacteria in the rumen | Ruminants | Table - link | µm | 112391 | Hungate, R. E. (1966)... |
| Concentration of ciliate protozoa in rumen fluid | Ruminants | 10^4 - 10^6 | cells/ml | 117316 | Matthews et al., The... |
| Concentration of bacteria in rumen (majority are obligate anaerobes, minority facultative anaerobes) | Ruminants | total ~10^10 to 10^11: facultative anaerobes ≤~10^7 to 10^8 | cells/g of rumen content | 112826 | Yokoyama MG, Johnson... |
| Approximate composition of gas mixture in the rumen | Ruminants | CO2 65%: CH4 27%: N2 7%: O2 0.6%: H2 0.2%: H2S 0.01% | % | 112823 | Yokoyama MG, Johnson... |
| Concentration of bacteria in the foregut of ruminant animals | Ruminants | 10^10 - 10^11 | cells/ml | 117317 | Matthews et al., The... |
| Relative abundance of microbial populations and amount of rRNA extracted from ruminal, inoculum and fermenter (96, 120, 144 and 168 h) samples | Ruminants | Table - link | N/A | 112834 | Ziemer CJ et al., Comparison... |
| Characteristic heat production rate of fermenting rumen bacteria | Ruminants | 160 - 180 | watts/kg bacterial mass | 117321 | Rosenberg E. and Zil... |
| Total length of large and small intestines in body lengths | Ruminants | ox ~20 body lengths: sheep & goat 25 body lengths | body lengths | 112407 | Habel, R. E. (1975) in... |
| Chemical fermentation characteristics in ruminal and fermenter samples | Ruminants | Table - link | N/A | 112833 | Ziemer CJ et al., Comparison... |
| Number of species of bacteria in the foregut of ruminant animals | Ruminants | >200 | species | 117318 | Matthews et al., The... |
| Oxidation-reduction potential in the rumen | Ruminants | -250 to -450 | mV | 112824 | Yokoyama MG, Johnson... |
| Concentration of virus-like particles (VLP) | Ruminants | in rumenal fluid of sheep & cattle using TEM 10^7-10^8 in sheep rumen 1.4×10^10 | VLP/ml | 112502 | Letarov A, Kulikov E.... |
| Concentration of virus-like particles (VLP) | Ruminants | in bovine rumenal fluid 5×10^7: in rumenal fluid of sheep & cattle ≤10^9 | VLP/ml | 112501 | Letarov A, Kulikov E.... |
| Virus like Particle (VLP) density | Unspecified | 1140-1190 | mg/ml | 103868 | Pim van Hee, Selective... |
| Size of rumen bacteria | bacteria | 0.3 to 50 | µm | 112827 | Yokoyama MG, Johnson... |
| Concentration of bacteria in rumen | Sheep Ovis aries | ~1e+10 | cells/ml | 102396 | Brock TD. Microbial growth... |