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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraction of soil organic matter (SOM) decomposition that is mediated by soil microorganisms | Biosphere | 85 - 90 | % of SOM decomposition | 114098 | Siles JA et al., Effect... |
| Prokaryote soil biomass | prokaryote | 300 to 3,000 | kg (wet weight)/hectare | 107506 | Topley and Wilson's ... |
| Fraction of global soil carbon stored by alfisols (a soil type) | Biosphere | 8 | % | 113324 | Hicks Pries CE, Castanha C... |
| Amount of bacteria in soil | Biosphere | 10^8 to 10^9 | cfu/g soil | 107505 | Topley and Wilson's ... |
| Total prokaryotic cellular carbon in soil | prokaryote | 26 (Table - link) | Pg carbon | 108509 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Concentration of DNA in soil | Biosphere | ~10 | µg DNA/g soil | 111599 | Landenmark HK, Forgan DH... |
| Forest soil content of prokaryotes | prokaryote | 6e+13 | Cells/m^2 | 108506 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Soil inorganic nitrogen concentration in pine forest | Biosphere | Table - link | N/A | 104576 | Ilya Gelfand, Dan Yakir... |
| Maximum yeast yielded from top soil | Yeast | 4х10^3 uncultivated site: 2х10^5 orchard site | yeasts/gram of top soil | 108265 | Last & Price, Yeasts... |
| prokaryote abundance in top 1m of soil | Biosphere | 2e+9 | cells/gram of soil | 100533 | Whitman WB, Coleman DC... |
| Number of cells in one gram of soil | prokaryote | ≤1e10 | cells/gram of soil | 110152 | Torsvik V, Øvreås L.... |
| Prokaryote abundance in 1-8m depth of soil | prokaryote | 1e+8 | cells/gram of soil | 100534 | Whitman WB, Coleman DC... |
| Number of prokaryotes beneath 1m of soil | Biosphere | 0.25-2.5e30 | cells | 100550 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Calculation of species diversity in non contaminated soil | Biosphere | 8.3e+6 | species/gram | 100552 | Jason Gans, Murray Wolinsky... |
| bulk density of a cubic meter of soil | Biosphere | 1440 (Table - link) | kg/m^3 | 100537 | De Vos, et al. Predictive... |
| Amount of carbon stored as soil organic carbon (SOC) globally | Biosphere | almost 3,000 (>50% of which in subsoil, deeper than 20cm) | Pg C | 113322 | Hicks Pries CE, Castanha C... |
| prokaryote abundance in top 1m of soil in forest | Biosphere | 4e+7 | cells/gram of soil | 100531 | Whitman WB, Coleman DC... |
| Prokaryote abundance in top 1m of high metal abundance soil | Biosphere | 2e+9 (±9e7) | g/dry weight of soil | 100538 | Sandaa R, Torsvik V V... |
| Prokaryote abundance in top 1m of low metal abundance soil | Biosphere | 2.4e+9 (±9e7) | g/dry weight of soil | 100539 | Sandaa R, Torsvik V V... |
| Prokaryote abundance in top 1m of normal metal abundance soil | Biosphere | 2.6e+9 (±1e8) | g/dry weight of soil | 100540 | Sandaa R, Torsvik V V... |