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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largest known bacterial genome size | Bacteria Sorangium cellulosum | 1.3e+7 | bp | 104469 | Schneiker S et al. Complete... |
| Genome sizes, no. of Cobalamin biosynthesis genes and distribution of methionine synthase genes in bacterial genomes | bacteria | Table - link | N/A | 107519 | McCutcheon JP, McDonald BR... |
| Genome size | Bacteria Streptomyces avermitilis | 8.7e+6 | bp | 104467 | Omura S et al Genome... |
| Genome size | Bacteria Rhodococcus sp. RHA1 | 9.7e+6 | bp | 104468 | McLeod MP et al. The... |
| Fraction of available aquatic bacterial genomes (as of 2011) that were positive for PM2-like proviruses | bacteria | 4 | % | 117001 | Krupovic M, Prangishvili D... |
| Minimal size of bacterial cell | bacteria | diameter ≥0.2μm: volume 0.014 - 0.06 μm^3 | N/A | 110080 | Branko Velimirov, Na... |
| Smallest known centromere | Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae | 125 | bp | 108220 | Zhang H, Dawe RK. Total... |
| Size of spider web (largest known) | Bark spider Caerostris darwini | 900 to 28,000 | Cm^2 | 106968 | Matjaž Kuntner & Ingi... |
| Maximum speed of marine bacteria | bacteria | maximum community speed 144µm/sec: maximum individual burst velocity 407µm/sec | µm/sec | 112302 | Mitchell JG, Pearson L... |
| Number of bacteria in ocean | Biosphere | 1E+29 | Bacteria | 108286 | Lawrence R . Pomeroy... |
| Length of marine bacteria | bacteria | 0.2 - 0.6 | µm | 112299 | Mitchell JG, Pearson L... |
| Size of rumen bacteria | bacteria | 0.3 to 50 | µm | 112827 | Yokoyama MG, Johnson... |
| Fraction of all bacteria in the surface ocean that are aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic (AAP) bacteria | bacteria | 1% to 30% | % | 111294 | Kirchman DL, Hanson TE.... |
| Redox reactions in chemolithotrophic bacteria | bacteria | Table - link | N/A | 104414 | Gerhard Michal, Biochemical... |
| Isoelectric points of various bacteria | bacteria | Table - link | pH | 109121 | Harden VP, Harris JO.... |
| Size of bacteria in rumen | bacteria | diameter 0.4-1.0µm: length 1-3µm | µm | 112390 | Hungate, R. E. (1966)... |
| Age of viable bacteria extracted from amber | Bacteria Micrococcus luteus | 34,000 to170,000 | Years | 106140 | Greenblatt CL, Baum J... |
| Carbon/volume ratio for native marine bacteria and cultured bacteria (E. coli & V. natriegens) | bacteria | 32-78 native marine: 67-160 cultured Table - link | fg/μm^3 | 106599 | Fagerbakke KM, Norland S... |
| Diameter of smallest bacteria - mycoplasma | Bacteria Mycoplasma | 0.2-0.4 | µm | 104717 | Zhao H, Dreses-Werringloer U... |
| Estimated number of proteorhodopsin (PR)-expressing bacteria in world's oceans | Biosphere | 1E+28 | bacteria | 111062 | Walter JM, Greenfield D... |