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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global respiration of flora and fauna | Biosphere | 4.0 x 10^15 - 4.3 x 10^15 | mol O2/year | 116115 | Duursma EK, Boisson MPRM... |
| Fraction of world vascular plant flora that Mediterranean-type climate (MTC) regions (covering only about 2.2% of world land area) are home to | Biosphere | 16.7 | % of world vascular plant flora | 117260 | Rundel PW et al., Fire... |
| Predominant bacterial species isolated from feces | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | % | 112897 | Adrian Lee, 1985, Neglected... |
| Mean percentage of different bacterial groups within the mucosal biofilm | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | N/A | 112362 | Swidsinski A, Weber J... |
| Rate of turnover of e. coli strains in intestine | Human Homo sapiens | 2-4 | weeks | 102540 | Hartl DL, Dykhuizen DE.... |
| Description of the numerically predominant anaerobes that occur in the large intestine | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | Log10(g dry wt.)^-1 | 112839 | G. T. Macfarlane and... |
| Number of species in microbiome | Human Homo sapiens | 500-1000 | unitless | 102387 | Sears CL. A dynamic ... |
| Fraction of plant species that hybridize | Plants | according to floristic surveys ~10: in a township in Massachusets ~3: in the British Isles ~25 | % | 113465 | Yakimowski SB, Rieseberg... |
| Usual concentration of bacteria in stomach | Human Homo sapiens | <1,000 | cfu/ml | 110219 | Simon GL, Gorbach SL.... |
| Concentration of Escherichia coli (in colony forming units=cfu) in faeces | Human Homo sapiens | in infancy >10^9 cfu/gram of faeces: after age 2 ~10^8 cfu/gram of faeces, gradually decreasing in the elderly | cfu/gram of faeces | 116916 | Tenaillon O, Skurnik D... |
| Number of species of bacteria in mammalian large intestine | bacteria | 400-500 | unitless | 105655 | Peekhaus N, Conway T.... |
| Fraction of 16S rDNAs molecular species that correspond to known organisms in fecal sample | Human Homo sapiens | 24 | % | 110959 | Suau A et al., Direct... |
| Composition of the human gastrointestinal microflora | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | CFU/ml or CFU/g | 112843 | A. Lidbeck and C. E. Nord... |
| Ratio of anaerobic/aerobic bacteria in faeces | Human Homo sapiens | 1000 | anaerobes/aerobes | 112842 | A. Lidbeck and C. E. Nord... |
| Ratio between number of genes in microbiome and in human | Human Homo sapiens | 50-100 | unitless | 102388 | Sears CL. A dynamic ... |
| Percent of indigenous gastrointestinal tract microflora that are obligate anaerobes | Human Homo sapiens | 99.9 | % | 105706 | Berg RD. The indigenous... |
| Overall frequency of plant species that hybridize | Plants | 0.09 | hybrid combinations per nonhybrid species | 113466 | Yakimowski SB, Rieseberg... |
| Weight of bacteria in gut | Human Homo sapiens | 1.2 | Kg | 102755 | Bocci V. The neglected... |
| Prevalence of Escherichia coli | Vertebrates | humans >90%: wild mammals 56%: birds 23%: reptiles 10 | % | 116911 | Tenaillon O, Skurnik D... |
| Number of e. coli in colon content | Various | 1e+6 | cells/gram | 102536 | Hartl DL, Dykhuizen DE.... |