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Fraction of termite energy requirement that is provided by microbial acetogenesis in termite guts Termite >= (1/3) Unitless 106608 Nardi JB, Mackie RI,...
Concentration of prokaryotes in termite gut Termite Mastotermes darwiniensis 5.5e+9 Cells/ml 104951 Berchtold M, Chatzinotas A...
Amount of bacteria in hindgut Termite 1.3e+6 to 4.3e+9 Cells/gut 108554 Schultz JE, Breznak JA....
Concentration of prokaryotes in hindgut Termite ~10^7 Prokaryotes/μL 107406 Tadmor AD, Ottesen EA...
Life span of higher termites Termite 250 (13 days fed by antibiotics that kill both bacteria and spirochetes) Days 106607 Nardi JB, Mackie RI,...
Fraction of hindgut contents that are microbiall cells Termite Reticulitermes flavipes 61 % 106609 Nardi JB, Mackie RI,...
Number of prokaryotes in termite hindgut prokaryote 2.7e+6 cells 100556 William B. Whitman,*†...
Amount of bacteria in hindgut Termite Reticulitermes flavipes 2.7e+6 Cells/gut 108557 Schultz JE, Breznak JA....
Concentration of Plancomycetes bacteria in P3 alkaline compartment of hindgut Termite Cubitermes spp 2.6e+9 cells/ml 104950 Köhler T, Stingl U, Meuser K...
Concentration of planctomycetes (a phylum of aquatic bacteria) in P3 alkaline compartment of hindgut Termite Cubitermes ugandensis ≤2.6e+9 planctomycetes/ml 104952 Köhler T, Stingl U, Meuser K...
Summary of bacteria isolated from guts of workers Termite Reticulitermes flavipes Table - link N/A 108555 Schultz JE, Breznak JA....
Number of different bacterial species in hindgut Termite Reticulitermes speratus >250 Species 107407 Tadmor AD, Ottesen EA...
Number of prokaryotes in termite hindgut world-wide prokaryote 6.5E+23 cell 100559 William B. Whitman,*†...
Bacteria isolated from guts of freshly collected larvae, soldiers, and workers Termite Reticulitermes flavipes Table - link N/A 108556 Schultz JE, Breznak JA....
Number of bacterial species-level and genus-level operational taxonomic units (OTUs) in human and worm & phylotype number in termite Metazoa animals species-level OTUs in human ~1,000: genus-level OTUs in worm 832: phylotypes in termite hindgut 216 OTUs/phylotypes per individual 113942 Shapira M. Gut Microbiotas...
Number of unattached prokaryotes in groundwater prokaryote 1.46E+27 cells 108503 William B. Whitman,*†...
Global estimate for number of prokaryotes in both polar regions prokaryote 4E+24 Cells 108498 William B. Whitman,*†...
Prokaryote content in groundwater from deep aquifers and formation water from petroleum deposits prokaryote 1,000 to 1,000,000 Cells/ml 108499 William B. Whitman,*†...
Properties of cellulosic substrates Unspecified Table - link N/A 114104 Kessara Seneesrisakul et al....
Number of prokaryotes in the ocean beneath 200m world wide Biosphere 6.5E+28 cells 100551 William B. Whitman, ...