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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraction of phytoplankton (that contribute approximately half of the global productivity) mass out of total mass in photosynthetic organisms worldwide | Biosphere | <0.5 | % | 113987 | Kaplan A. Cyanophages:... |
| 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... |
| Length of bacterial cells Cyclidium spp. have difficulty feeding on | Protozoa Cyclidium spp. | >4 - 5 | µm | 115654 | Young KD. The selective... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |