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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size and structure of viruses | Various | Table - link | N/A | 104073 | Amazing numbers in biology... |
| Number of RNA molecules that make up genome of influenza A | Influenza | 8 | RNA molecules/genome | 110377 | Steinhauer DA, Skehel... |
| Latent period of viruses infecting algae | Virus | infecting Chlorella 3 - 4 hours: infecting Phaeocysti pouchetii 12 - 18 hours | hours | 113064 | Weitz, Joshua S. Quantitative... |
| Fraction of deep sea heterotrophic production abated by viruses | Biosphere | 80 | % | 104965 | Danovaro R, Dell'Anno A... |
| Size of plus-strand RNA virus replication factories | Virus | 90-5000 | nm | 111179 | http://www.ncbi.nlm.... |
| Size range of the majority of viruses | Virus | 30 to 60 Table - link | nm | 109016 | Weinbauer MG. Ecology... |
| Number of genomes of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) viruses and retroviruses and of bacterial genomes deposited in NCBI as of August 2016 | Microbes | dsDNA viruses and retroviruses <2,200: bacterial >45,000 | genomes | 113933 | Paez-Espino D et al.... |
| Sizes and images of representative isocahedral viruses | Virus | Figure - link | Å | 103114 | Baker TS, Olson NH, Fuller... |
| Time of a single RNA transcription | Poliovirus | 1.2 (0.75-1.67) | min | 105206 | Regoes RR, Crotty S, Antia R... |
| Dimensions | Viruses Pandoravirus spp. | Length 1: diameter 0.5 | μm | 109554 | Philippe N et al., P... |
| Duration of replication cycle of Pandoraviruses in Acanthamoeba castellanii | Viruses Pandoravirus spp. | 10 to 15 | hours | 109555 | Philippe N et al., P... |
| Number of putative protein-coding sequences (CDSs) | Viruses Pandoravirus spp. | P. salinus 2556: P. dulcis 1502 | protein-coding sequences | 109558 | Philippe N et al., P... |
| Concentration of viruses in natural waters during productive part of year | Biosphere | 5×10^6 - 15×10^6 | viruses/ml | 112576 | Bergh O, Børsheim KY... |
| Latent period of viruses infecting ubiquitous marine cyanobacteria | Cyanophages | cyanophage S-BBS1 9 - 17 hours: podovirus P-SSP7 infecting Prochlorococcus MED4 8 hours | hours | 113065 | Weitz, Joshua S. Quantitative... |
| Maximum number of replicases per RNA strand | Poliovirus | 6.5 (3-10) | Replicases/ssRNA | 105208 | Regoes RR, Crotty S, Antia R... |
| Percentage of human cancers worldwide attributable to viruses | Human Homo sapiens | 20 | % | 100495 | R. Weinberg, The Biology... |
| Percent of bacterial biotic carbon pool in the oceans that are viruses | Biosphere | 5 | % of the carbon of bacteria | 109019 | Weinbauer MG. Ecology... |
| Error rates in RNA sequncing (RNAseq) | Unspecified | cDNA synthesis 3×10^−5–6×10^−5: high-throughput sequencing technologies ≤10^−2–10^−3 | per nucleotide | 113568 | Traverse CC, Ochman H.... |
| RNA genes | Human Homo sapiens | 4421 | Genes | 101483 | http://www.ensembl.o... |
| polyA+ RNA | African clawed frog Xenopus laevis | 5e+10 | RNAs | 100369 | Gurdon and Wakefield... |