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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis by cyanobacteria | Biosphere | ~2.8 | Billion years ago | 114975 | Kihara S, Hartzler DA... |
| Fraction of the 1.9 million known recent species that are recorded as extinct | Biosphere | 0.04 ((799 species)) | % | 117269 | Régnier C et al., Mass... |
| Number of described species | Invertebrates | ~1.4 | million species | 117270 | Régnier C et al., Mass... |
| Fraction of insect species per taxonomic order that have contracting ranges in the UK | Biosphere | 30 - 60 | % of species per taxonomic order | 117267 | Ceballos G, Ehrlich PR... |
| Dimensions of venom gland of largest venom glands in all spiders | Spider (family Ctenidae) genus Phoneutria | ≤10.4 × 2.7 mm | mm | 116183 | Mammola S, Michalik P... |
| Percent of microbial species that have been cultured | prokaryote | <=1 | % | 105600 | Hugenholtz P. Exploring... |
| Chromosome number (2n) | Gorilla Gorilla species | 48 | unitless | 100371 | De Grouchy J. Chromosome... |
| Calculation of species diversity in non contaminated soil | Biosphere | 8.3e+6 | species/gram | 100552 | Jason Gans, Murray Wolinsky... |
| 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... |
| Chitin content of selected crustacean, insects, molluscan organs, and fungi | Various | Table - link | % | 115475 | Tharanathan RN, Kittur... |
| Characteristic heart rate | Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster | 235 | beats per minute | 101517 | Amazing numbers in biology... |
| Characteristic heart rate | Human Homo sapiens | 60-90 | beats per minute | 101516 | Amazing numbers in biology... |
| Calculation of species diversity in low metal contaminated soil | Biosphere | 6400 | species/gram | 100553 | Jason Gans, Murray Wolinsky... |
| Calculation of species diversity in high metal contaminated soil | Biosphere | 790 | species/gram | 100554 | Jason Gans, Murray Wolinsky... |
| Fraction of total organic matter that is chitinous structures | Arthropods | ≤85 | % | 115063 | Tharanathan RN, Kittur... |
| Annual amount of chitin produced by crustaceans, mollusks, insects, and fungi | Biosphere | ~10^11 | tonnes chitin/year | 115064 | Tharanathan RN, Kittur... |
| Dimensions | Viruses Pandoravirus spp. | Length 1: diameter 0.5 | μm | 109554 | Philippe N et al., P... |
| Genome size of B. cereus strains | Bacteria Bacillus cereus | 5.5 to 6.3 | Mb | 116955 | Cole S, Saint-Girons... |
| The giant fiber system-afferent and efferent connections | Arthropods | Table - link | N/A | 110603 | Theodore Holmes Bullock... |
| Proportion of cell types that compose intralveolar septum | Human Homo sapiens | 30 capillary endothelial:8 type I:16 type II:36interstitial (fibroblasts and mast):10 macrophages | % | 103636 | Junqueira, Carneiro, Kelley... |