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Virus numbers in extreme environments Various undetectable - 10^9 particles/ml 113946 Parikka KJ, Le Romancer M...
Rate of nucleotide substitution Rice yellow mottle virus (RYMV) >1E-04 substitution/site/year 112776 Duffy S, Shackelton LA...
Number of ribosomes Archaeal Richmond Mine acidophilic nanoorganisms (ARMAN) ~92 ribosomes/cell 114940 Comolli, L. R., Baker...
Capsid diameter of largest known virus Acanthamoeba polyphaga Mimivirus 500 nm 105143 Claverie JM, Ogata H...
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....
Shell volume of Simian virus 40 SIV 2.66e+7 (Table - link) Å^3 103054 Neil R. Voss. 2006 'Geometric...
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 hemagglutinating particles yielded by an influenza B Virus Influenza 900-1400 hemagglutinating particles/cell 101590 Horsfall, Reproduction...
Virus–like particle (VLP) abundance, prokaryotic abundance and virus-to-prokaryote ratio (VPR) values in aquatic habitats Various Table - link N/A 113945 Parikka KJ, Le Romancer M...
largest known virus as of 03/14 Pithovirus sibericum Length ~1500 Diameter 500 nm 111143 Legendre, M. et al.,...
Virus-like particle (VLP) abundance, prokaryotic abundance and virus-to-prokaryote ratio (VPR) values in different ecosystems Various Table - link N/A 113944 Parikka KJ, Le Romancer M...
Mass of virion Virus Vaccinia 7.9E-15 to 12.4E-15 Grams 106860 Luke Johnson et al.,...
Fraction of host (Micromonas pusilla) that can be lysed Micromonas pusilla virus MPv ≤25 %/day 113513 Weynberg KD, Allen MJ...
Rate of nucleotide substitution human T-cell lymphotropic virus type II (HTLV-II) HTLV-II ~1E-07: HTLV-II populations that are experiencing rapid epidemic transmission >1E-04 substitution/site/year 112774 Duffy S, Shackelton LA...
Number of bacterial cells estimated to be in the oceans (approximately three times the number of archaeal cells) bacteria 3.1E+28 Unitless 106263 Karner MB, DeLong EF...
Number of atoms in Simian virus 40 SIV 9.59e+5 (Table - link) Atoms 103053 Neil R. Voss. 2006 'Geometric...
Length of rumen ciliates Ciliate spp. ~20 - 200 µm 112829 Yokoyama MG, Johnson...
Fraction of proteins encoded by bacterial and archaeal genomes that can be placed into discrete Clusters of Orthologous Groups of proteins (COGs) prokaryote 55 % - 83 % 116960 Peterson SN, Fraser CM....
Data on DNA content, cell volume and minimum doubling time for twelve species of ciliates Ciliate spp. Table - link N/A 110493 B. J. Shuter, J. E. Thomas...