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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of different bacterial species in hindgut | Termite Reticulitermes speratus | >250 | Species | 107407 | Tadmor AD, Ottesen EA... |
| Amount of bacteria in hindgut | Termite Reticulitermes flavipes | 2.7e+6 | Cells/gut | 108557 | Schultz JE, Breznak JA.... |
| Fraction of hindgut contents that are microbiall cells | Termite Reticulitermes flavipes | 61 | % | 106609 | Nardi JB, Mackie RI,... |
| Amount of bacteria in hindgut | Termite | 1.3e+6 to 4.3e+9 | Cells/gut | 108554 | Schultz JE, Breznak JA.... |
| Fraction of termite energy requirement that is provided by microbial acetogenesis in termite guts | Termite | >= (1/3) | Unitless | 106608 | Nardi JB, Mackie RI,... |
| Summary of bacteria isolated from guts of workers | Termite Reticulitermes flavipes | Table - link | N/A | 108555 | Schultz JE, Breznak JA.... |
| Bacteria isolated from guts of freshly collected larvae, soldiers, and workers | Termite Reticulitermes flavipes | Table - link | N/A | 108556 | Schultz JE, Breznak JA.... |
| Concentration of prokaryotes in hindgut | Termite | ~10^7 | Prokaryotes/μL | 107406 | Tadmor AD, Ottesen EA... |
| Concentration of prokaryotes in termite gut | Termite Mastotermes darwiniensis | 5.5e+9 | Cells/ml | 104951 | Berchtold M, Chatzinotas A... |
| Number of prokaryotes in termite hindgut | prokaryote | 2.7e+6 | cells | 100556 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Concentration of Plancomycetes bacteria in P3 alkaline compartment of hindgut | Termite Cubitermes spp | 2.6e+9 | cells/ml | 104950 | Köhler T, Stingl U, Meuser K... |
| Number of prokaryotes in termite hindgut world-wide | prokaryote | 6.5E+23 | cell | 100559 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Concentration of planctomycetes (a phylum of aquatic bacteria) in P3 alkaline compartment of hindgut | Termite Cubitermes ugandensis | ≤2.6e+9 | planctomycetes/ml | 104952 | Köhler T, Stingl U, Meuser K... |
| Number of bacterial species in colon | Mammals | >400 | species | 112893 | Macpherson AJ, Harris... |
| Composition of rumen microbiome | Cow Bos Taurus | prokaryotes 454: protozoa 12: fungi 46 | species | 117086 | Wallace RJ et al., A... |
| Number of bacterial species in gut | Human Homo sapiens | total >1,000: in gut of any individual ~160 | species | 113400 | Rowland I et al., Gut... |
| Life span of higher termites | Termite | 250 (13 days fed by antibiotics that kill both bacteria and spirochetes) | Days | 106607 | Nardi JB, Mackie RI,... |
| Number of bacterial species-level and genus-level operational taxonomic units (OTUs) in human and worm & phylotype number in termite | Metazoa animals | species-level OTUs in human ~1,000: genus-level OTUs in worm 832: phylotypes in termite hindgut 216 | OTUs/phylotypes per individual | 113942 | Shapira M. Gut Microbiotas... |
| Number of unattached prokaryotes in groundwater | prokaryote | 1.46E+27 | cells | 108503 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Global estimate for number of prokaryotes in both polar regions | prokaryote | 4E+24 | Cells | 108498 | William B. Whitman,*†... |