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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon content of bacteria in subseafloor sediment | bacteria | 14 | fg C/cell | 115339 | Braun S et al., Size... |
| Concentration of methanogenic bacteria in feces | Mammals | swine 10^8: human 10^7: cattle 10^6: rabbit 10^4 | bacteria/g dry weight | 112898 | Sorlini, C., Brusa, T.... |
| Genome size (smallest of endosymbiont bacteria) | Bacteria Hodgkinia cicadicola | 143795 | bps | 108693 | McCutcheon JP, McDonald BR... |
| Cell diameter (largest of any bacteria) | Bacteria Thiomargarita namibiensis | 180 (100-750) | µm | 102207 | Schulz HN, Brinkhoff T... |
| Average, (standard deviation), & median lifetime of mRNA in exponentially growing bacteria and stationary phase bacteria | Bacteria Escherichia coli | Exponential mean 4.1 (s.d. 6.2) median 2.8: stationary mean 7.8 (s.d. 48.1) median 4.6 | min | 112328 | Chen H, Shiroguchi K... |
| Swimming speed of marine bacteria in natural population | bacteria | 100 - 400 | μm/sec | 110073 | Schulz HN, Jorgensen... |
| Length of rumen ciliates | Ciliate spp. | ~20 - 200 | µm | 112829 | Yokoyama MG, Johnson... |
| Concentration of bacteria in dental plaque | Human Homo sapiens | 1e+11 | bacteria/g | 105709 | Berg RD. The indigenous... |
| Elemental chemical composition (C:N:P ratio) in marine bacteria | bacteria | 45C:9N:1P | Molar ratio | 106710 | J. C. Goldman, D. A. Caron... |
| Number of bacteria in oceans - 10^7 times more than number of stars in known universe | Biosphere | 3E+28 | Bacteria | 106620 | Copley J. All at sea.... |
| Concentration of anaerobic heterotrophic bacteria in feces | Mammals | human 10^11: swine 10^11: cattle 10^11: rabbit 10^10 | bacteria/g dry weight | 112899 | Sorlini, C., Brusa, T.... |
| Deposition rates of bacteria | Biosphere | by atmospheric washout 0.88e7 - 5.78e7: by sedimentation 0.55e7 - 2.80e7 | cells/m^2/day | 114908 | Reche I, D'Orta G, Mladenov N... |
| Genomic substitution rates (U) per generation in bacteria | bacteria | Table - link | N/A | 105029 | Ochman H, Elwyn S, Moran... |
| Typical signal peptide length in Gram positive bacteria | bacteria | <100 | amino acids/peptide | 112000 | Pai A, You L: Optimal... |
| Typical effective population size of free-living bacteria | bacteria | >10^8, often in the range of 10^9-10^10 | cells | 112121 | Michael Lynch and Georgi... |
| Fundemental frequency of oscillation of light-emitting bacteria | bacteria | 8 | cycles/sec | 116498 | Haas E. Bioluminescence... |
| Relative mass of elements and relative amount of elements in arsenic-tolerant bacteria in sponge Theonella swinhoei | bacteria | Table - link | % | 113274 | Keren R, Lavy A, Mayzel B... |
| Cellular protein:volume (w/v) ratio in pelagic bacteria with different volumes | bacteria | volume 0.4µm^3 15.2%: volume 0.026µm^3 46.5 | % | 115317 | Meinhard Simon, Farooq Azam... |
| Percent of the dry weight of bacteria that is nitrogen | bacteria | ~10 | % | 109087 | Gerhard Gottschalk, Bacterial... |
| Charateristics of bacteria and strain Z-0001T | Bacteria Thermincola carboxydophila | Table - link | N/A | 106778 | Zavarzina DG, Sokolova TG... |