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Property Organism Value Units ID Details
Gene density: one gene every Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster 9000 Base pairs 104337 Adams MD et al, The genome...
Number of genes Mycobacterium tuberculosis 3995 unitless 101743 Camus JC, Pryor MJ, Médigue C...
Speed of Listeria pathogen in host cell Bacteria Listeria monocytogenes 0.25 to 1.46 in J774 cells: 0.12 to 0.35 in PtK2 cells μm/sec 106833 Dabiri GA, Sanger JM...
Swimming speed Bacteria Escherichia coli ~30 μm/sec 108082 Maeda K, Imae Y, Shioi JI...
Number of genes Prochlorococcus ~1,900 genes 111980 Hopkinson BM, Young JN...
Concentration of ciliate protozoa in rumen fluid Ruminants 10^4 - 10^6 cells/ml 117316 Matthews et al., The...
Ratio between amino acid transporter genes and sugar transporter genes Bacteria Cupriavidus metallidurans 3 Unitless 103812 von Rozycki T, Nies DH...
Typical cellular speed Bacteria Listeria monocytogenes 0.1 μm/sec 106823 Rafelski SM, Alberts JB...
No. of genes Influenza 10-11 Table - link unitless 105767 Bouvier NM, Palese P....
Cell volume Ciliate Tetrahymena pyriformis 17067 µm^3 114965 William D. Taylor and...
Partition of H. sapiens and M. musculus genes into age groups Mammals Table - link N/A 108988 Prat Y, Fromer M, Linial N...
Swimming speed Bacteria Caulobacter crescentus 35 to 45 µm/sec 108085 Li G, Tam LK, Tang JX....
Effect of ionic strength on the swimming speed of V. cholerae 1854 and V. alginolyticus VIO5 Bacteria Vibrio spp. Table - link N/A 108083 Kojima S, Yamamoto K...
Fraction of rumen microbiome biomass that is ciliate protozoa Cow Bos Taurus ≤50 % 117087 Wallace RJ et al., A...
Swimming efficiency Metazoa animals rainbow trout ~10% squid ~5% % 110789 Katsu-Kimura Y, Nakaya F...
Number of protein-genes Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster 13601 Unitless 100200 Adams MD et al, The genome...
Number of cilia on cells that contain multiple cilia Human Homo sapiens 200-300 unitless 105742 Fliegauf M, Benzing T...
Length of rumen ciliates Ciliate spp. ~20 - 200 µm 112829 Yokoyama MG, Johnson...
Number of genes Bacteria Bacillus subtilis ≈4,100 genes 100526 Kobayashi K et al., Essential...
Swim speed Tetrahymena thermophila ~205 µm/sec 111436 Wood CR, Hard R, Hennessey...