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Number of rod-shaped bacterial cells in small, filamentous, or stellate chains that survive Ochromonas predation Nanoflagellate Ochromonas spp. ≤900 cells per chain 115657 Young KD. The selective...
Number of times bacteria <0.5µm in diameter encounter grazing protists compared to larger bacterial cells (~1µm) Biosphere 4 -6 times left often 115626 Young KD. The selective...
Length of rod-shaped bacterial cells that are too large for feeding by Daphnia magna Crustacean Daphnia magna >6 µm 115629 Young KD. The selective...
Best guess for distribution of bacterial mortality in the open ocean Biosphere grazing by protists ~50%: lysis due to bacteriophage ~50% % 115625 Young KD. The selective...
Fraction of cyanobacteria out of total ocean marine picoplankton in the upper 200 m Biosphere ~10 % 112102 Flombaum P et al., Present...
Annual mean global abundances Cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus 2.9±0.1×10^27 Synechococcus 7.0±0.3×10^26 cells 112100 Flombaum P et al., Present...
Fraction of oceanic primary production that is open ocean production Biosphere >80 % of oceanic primary production 115375 del Giorgio PA, Duarte...
Typical carbon biomass in phytoplankton in the oceans Biosphere 0.25-0.65 Pg 100817 Aquatic photosynthesis...
Cell volume Cyanobacteria Synechococcus WH7803 1.8 µm^3 104843 Brown, C.M., Lawrence...
Length of marine bacteria bacteria 0.2 - 0.6 µm 112299 Mitchell JG, Pearson L...
Dimensions of newly divided cells and cell volume Bacteria Pelagibacter ubique dimensions of newly divided cells ~0.2μm by 0.4μm: cell volume 0.01μm^3 N/A 115570 Young KD. The selective...
SAR11 clade of marine Alphaproteobacteria constitute Biosphere ≤25% of all ocean microbes (50% in some surface waters) ≤12% of the marine prokaryotic biomass % 115574 Young KD. The selective...
Length of bacterial cells Cyclidium spp. have difficulty feeding on Protozoa Cyclidium spp. >4 - 5 µm 115654 Young KD. The selective...
Concentration in sea water Virus >10^8 viruses/mL 113508 Weynberg KD, Allen MJ...
Fraction of living biomass in global oceans that are marine microbes Biosphere >90 % 113509 Weynberg KD, Allen MJ...
Life cycle in culture Ostreococcus tauri virus OtV5 latent period 8h: cell lysis 12–16 h post-inoculation h 113515 Weynberg KD, Allen MJ...
Burst size Prasinovirus <100 virions/burst 113516 Weynberg KD, Allen MJ...
Fraction of the world’s photosynthetic activity that is accounted for by the phytoplankton component of marine microbes Biosphere ~50 % 113510 Weynberg KD, Allen MJ...
Key features of characterised prasinophytes and their prasinoviruses Green algae Table - link N/A 113511 Weynberg KD, Allen MJ...
Diameter of icosahedral caspid Micromonas pusilla virus MPv ~120 nm 113512 Weynberg KD, Allen MJ...