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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Range of genome sizes of dinoflagellates | Dinoflagellates | 1.5 coral symbiont Symbiodinium: to 185 Lingulodinium polyedrum | Gb | 107517 | Wisecaver JH, Hackett... |
| Gene copy numbers documented to date (as of 2009) | Dinoflagellates | Table - link | gene copy number per genome | 112818 | Hou Y, Lin S. Distinct... |
| Fraction of thymines in DNA that are replaced by the unusual base, 5-hydroxymethyluracil (HOMedU) | Dinoflagellates | 16 – 28 | % of the thymines | 114600 | Soyer-Gobillard MO, Dolan... |
| Divergence of dinoflagellates and apicomplexans | Eukaryotes | 800 to 900 | Mya | 107516 | Wisecaver JH, Hackett... |
| Number of genes in mitochondrial genome | Dinoflagellates | 3 protein coding: 2 highly fragmented rRNAs: 0 tRNAs | Genes | 107518 | Wisecaver JH, Hackett... |
| Swimming rate of Gyrodinium spp. | Dinoflagellates | 319 (220 - 360) | µm/sec | 111432 | William G. Hand, Patricia... |
| Swimming rate of Gonyaulax spp. | Dinoflagellates | 250 (175 - 325) | µm/sec | 111433 | William G. Hand, Patricia... |
| Range of genome sizes (Equivalent to Symbiodinium spp. 3×10^6kbp to Prorocentrum micans 245×10^6 kbp) | Dinoflagellates | coral reef symbiont Symbiodinium spp. 1.5-4.8 (average ∼3): Prorocentrum micans 250 | pg DNA/haploid genome | 112817 | Hou Y, Lin S. Distinct... |
| High- and low-light acclimation of zooxanthellae Stylophora pistillata | Dinoflagellates | Table - link | N/A | 114538 | Iluz D, Dubinsky Z. Coral... |
| Population density of dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium in coral tissue | Coral | ~10^6 | cells/cm^2 of coral tissue | 114525 | Blackall LL, Wilson B... |
| Fraction of the energy requirement of the coral animal that is supplied by dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium | Coral | ≤~95 | % of energy requirement | 114524 | Blackall LL, Wilson B... |
| Isotropical outward expansion rate of colony after 2 hours lag time | Bacteria Bacillus subtilis | 3.9 | µm/sec | 105543 | Zhang HP, Be'er A, Florin EL... |
| Swimming rate | Tetrahymena thermophila | 247 (Table - link) | µm/sec | 111429 | Goodenough UW. Motile... |
| Swimming rate | Chlamydomonas reinhardtii | vegetative cell 133: gamete 174 Table - link | µm/sec | 111430 | Goodenough UW. Motile... |
| Fraction of earth's upper oceans occupied by coral reefs and fraction of the globe's marine species they provide habitat for | Biosphere | <0.1% of earth's upper oceans: ~25% of the globe's marine species | % | 114509 | Blackall LL, Wilson B... |
| Fraction of sponges within a community in which the presence of photosynthetic symbionts can occur | Sponges phylum Porifera | ≤85 | % | 114511 | Blackall LL, Wilson B... |
| Number of described Scelerantinian corals (stony corals or hard corals) as of 1999 | Coral | ~1300 | described scleractinian species | 114510 | Blackall LL, Wilson B... |
| Number of Symbiodinium cells within a M. dinoferus cell | Ciliate Maristentor dinoferus | 500 - 800 | Symbiodinium cells/M. dinoferus cell | 114540 | Esteban GF, Fenchel T... |
| Genome Size | Pig Sus species | 2.7 | Gb | 112105 | Chen K, Baxter T, Muir WM... |
| Linear dimensions and volume, C and N quota, density, and C:N ratios of dinoflagellate species | Protists | Table - link | N/A | 107970 | Susanne Menden-Deuer... |