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Genome size-smallest parasitic archaeal genome Archaea Nanoarchaeum equitans 4.91e+5 bp 105503 Waters E et al., The...
Number of coding DNA sequences Archaea Nanoarchaeum equitans 552 unitless 105502 Waters E et al., The...
Diameter of cell Archaea Nanoarchaeum equitans ~400 nm 107655 Huber H, Hohn MJ, Rachel R...
Archaeal species, selected features, and genome copy numbers in exponential and stationary growth phases Archaea Table - link N/A 106687 Hildenbrand C, Stock T...
Dimensions of hami (singular hamus, archaeal cell surface appendage) Archaea length 1µm - 3µm: diameter 7nm - 8nm N/A 116400 Ng SY, Zolghadr B, Driessen...
Number of archaeal cells estimated to be in the oceans (approximately one third the number of bacterial cells) Archaea 1.3E+28 Unitless 106262 Cavicchioli R, Curmi PM...
Number of crenarchaeota cells estimated to be in the oceans (20% of all the picoplankton cells) Archaea 1E+28 Unitless 106264 Karner MB, DeLong EF...
Genome size Archaea Pyrococcus furiosus 1.91e+6 bp 105916 National Center for ...
Genome size Archaea Pyrococcus horikoshii 1.74e+6 bp 111387 National Center for ...
Genome size of (large) chromosome Archaea Methanocaldococcus jannaschii 1.66e+6 bp 105501 Bult et al., Complete...
Motility speed of archaea Halobacterium halobium Archaea Halobacterium halobium 2.94 (±0.34) µm/sec 111147 Marwan W, Alam M, Oesterhelt...
Cell diameter in culture (largest reported archaea) Archaea Staphylothermus marinus ≤15 μm 110070 Schulz HN, Jorgensen...
Size of disk-shaped cells (smallest reported archaea) Archaea Thermodiscus spp. diameter ≥0.2μm: disk-thickness 0.1–0.2μm μm 110071 Schulz HN, Jorgensen...
Number of archaea species catalogued in a central database as of 2011 and number of predicted species on Earth Archaea Catalogued 502 Predicted 455 Table - link species 109322 Mora C, Tittensor DP...
Diameter of cell Bacteria Thiovulum spp. 9 – 18 μm 110078 Schulz HN, Jorgensen...
Genome size Bacteria Bacillus subtilis 4.31e+6 bp 111386 National Center for ...
Genome size dog 2.41e+9 bp 111389 National Center for ...
Genome size Mycoplasma Mesoplasma florum 7.93e+5 bp 100296 http://cmr.tigr.org/...
Diameter of cell Bacteria Escherichia coli 1 µm 102066 Benno Muller-hill, 1996...
Genome size Bacteria Helicobacter pylori 1.67e+6 bp 105494 Tomb et al., The complete...