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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of intestinal microbe species | Human Homo sapiens | 400 - 500 | microbial species | 117016 | Breitbart M et al., ... |
| Virus to microbe ratio (VMR) in Pacific and Atlantic coral reef samples | Biosphere | 25 - 2 | VLPs (virus-like particles) per microbe | 114001 | Knowles B et al., Lytic... |
| Volume of water explored by a microbe randomly swimming at 50 µm/s | Microbes | 0.5 µl (a ~0.8mm cube) of new water every 10 min and 0.8 ml (a ~1 cm cube) every day | N/A | 110353 | Stocker R. Marine microbes... |
| Net displacement of microbe that is the result of chemotactic velocity (the directional component of swimming) of 10 µm/s | Microbes | 6 mm in 10 min | N/A | 110354 | Stocker R. Marine microbes... |
| Overall composition of an average E. coli cell conditions of growth unknown | Bacteria Escherichia coli | Table - link | N/A | 106270 | Moselio Schaechter, John... |
| Number of intact bacteria in drinking water in Beijing (article published in 2016) | bacteria | 2200-16000 | intact cells/ml | 114121 | Liu et al., Bacterial... |
| Energy and reducing power used in making macromolecules | Unspecified | Table - link | N/A | 106271 | Moselio Schaechter, John... |
| Fraction of cell membrane that is made of proteins by mass | bacteria | 70 | % | 106255 | Moselio Schaechter, John... |
| Number of different kinds of proteins in cell membrane | bacteria | >=200 | Unitless | 106256 | Moselio Schaechter, John... |
| Number of microbial cells in human body | Human Homo sapiens | 10^14 (see BNID 113000 for more updated value of 3.8x10^13) | microbial cells (mostly bacteria)/human body | 102392 | Savage DC. Microbial... |
| Composition of rumen microbiome | Cow Bos Taurus | prokaryotes 454: protozoa 12: fungi 46 | species | 117086 | Wallace RJ et al., A... |
| Fraction of rumen microbiome biomass that is ciliate protozoa | Cow Bos Taurus | ≤50 | % | 117087 | Wallace RJ et al., A... |
| Concentration of protozoa in rumen (majority are ciliates, minority flagellates) | Ruminants | total protozoa ~10^5-10^6: flagellate species 10^3-10^4 | cells/ml of rumen content | 112828 | Yokoyama MG, Johnson... |
| Length of rumen ciliates | Ciliate spp. | ~20 - 200 | µm | 112829 | Yokoyama MG, Johnson... |
| Fraction of sales of microbial proteases out of total enzyme sales in the world | Unspecified | ~60 | % of total enzyme sales | 114387 | Souza PM et al., Kinetic... |
| Size of dissolved organic matter (DOM), operational definition | Microbes | <0.7 | µm | 110355 | Stocker R. Marine microbes... |
| Number of bacteria in the human intestinal tract | Human Homo sapiens | ≤1E+14 | bacteria/intestinal tract | 110957 | Suau A et al., Direct... |
| Typical microbial and viral abundance in ocean | Biosphere | microbial abundance ~10^6 microbes/ml: viral abundance ~10^7 viruses/ml | N/A | 112667 | Wigington CH et al.,... |
| 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... |
| Microbial abundance in the organic-rich Holocene deposits at Landsort Deep, Baltic Sea | Biosphere | ≤10^10 | cells/cm^3 | 115321 | Braun S et al., Size... |