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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of prokaryotes in cattle rumen world-wide | prokaryote | 2.9E+24 | cell | 100560 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Number of prokaryotes in human colon world-wide | prokaryote | 3.9E+23 | cell | 100558 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Number of prokaryotes in animals | prokaryote | Table - link | N/A | 102367 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Number and biomass of prokaryotes in the world | prokaryote | Table - link | N/A | 102368 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Number of bacterial species in colon | Mammals | >400 | species | 112893 | Macpherson AJ, Harris... |
| Total number of prokaryotes in some representative animals | prokaryote | Table - link | N/A | 108494 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Composition of rumen microbiome | Cow Bos Taurus | prokaryotes 454: protozoa 12: fungi 46 | species | 117086 | Wallace RJ et al., A... |
| Concentration of bacteria in rumen | Sheep Ovis aries | ~1e+10 | cells/ml | 102396 | Brock TD. Microbial growth... |
| Number and biomass of prokaryotes in the world | prokaryote | Table - link | N/A | 104960 | William B. Whitman, David... |
| Number of bacterial species in gut | Human Homo sapiens | total >1,000: in gut of any individual ~160 | species | 113400 | Rowland I et al., Gut... |
| Life span | Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans | 2 (1.5 - 3) | Weeks | 100303 | Muschiol D, Schroeder F... |
| Proportion of species that hybridize | Metazoa animals | 1 - 10 | % | 113468 | Yakimowski SB, Rieseberg... |
| Chronogram for divergence of Bilateria (scroll down below figure to see table) | Metazoa animals | Table - link | million years ago (Ma) | 117103 | Gregory D. Edgecombe et al.... |
| Standard screening threshold of sequence difference in cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) gene to define different species | Metazoa animals | 10 | × (times) average intraspecific difference | 113002 | Hebert PD, Stoeckle MY... |