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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mutation rate | RNA viruses | 10^-3 to 10^-5 | Mutations/site/replication | 106248 | Domingo E, Holland JJ.... |
| Number of new virions produced daily within an infected individual | RNA viruses | 10^10 to 10^11 | Virions/day | 106249 | Anderson JP, Daifuku R... |
| Estimated mutation rate | RNA viruses | 10^-4 to 10^-6 | substitutions per base | 112262 | Acevedo A, Brodsky L... |
| Diffusion rate of viruses | Virus | 1.6 to 30 | µm^2/sec | 105948 | Murray, A. G., Jackson... |
| Deposition rates of viruses | Biosphere | by atmospheric washout 0.31e9 - 3.84e9: by sedimentation 0.26e9 - 3.89e9 | viruses/m^2/day | 114907 | Reche I, D'Orta G, Mladenov N... |
| Genome (circular dsDNA) size | Archaeal virus Fuselloviridae spp. | 13.7 - 24.1 | kb | 117003 | Krupovic M, Prangishvili D... |
| Low concentration of virus host-cells that some marine viruses replicated efficiently in | Biosphere | 1000 | specific host cells/ml | 117038 | Chibani-Chennoufi S,... |
| Size and structure of viruses | Various | Table - link | N/A | 104073 | Amazing numbers in biology... |
| Concentration of viruses in seawater | Virus | 10^6-10^8 | viral particles/ml | 113291 | Taylor MW, Radax R, Steger D... |
| Double stranded DNA genome size (sixth largest known viral genome) | Giant blood Marseillevirus (GBM) | 368 | kb | 110703 | Popgeorgiev N et al.... |
| Number of protein coding genes | Coronavirus spp. | 23 | Unitless | 105974 | Ruan YJ et al., Comparative... |
| Mutation rates in Lytic RNA viruses | Virus | Table - link | N/A | 104749 | Drake JW. The distribution... |
| Genome size | Bacteriophage Tectiviridae spp. | ~15 | kb | 116999 | Krupovic M, Prangishvili D... |
| Packaging profiles of spherical plant RNA viruses | Virus | Table - link | N/A | 111223 | Rao AL. Genome packaging... |
| Range of genome sizes (Equivalent to Symbiodinium spp. 3×10^6kbp to Prorocentrum micans 245×10^6 kbp) | Dinoflagellates | coral reef symbiont Symbiodinium spp. 1.5-4.8 (average ∼3): Prorocentrum micans 250 | pg DNA/haploid genome | 112817 | Hou Y, Lin S. Distinct... |
| Latent period of viruses infecting algae | Virus | infecting Chlorella 3 - 4 hours: infecting Phaeocysti pouchetii 12 - 18 hours | hours | 113064 | Weitz, Joshua S. Quantitative... |
| Genome size | Virus Gyrovirus spp. | ~2.3 | kb | 110708 | Minot S, Bryson A, Chehoud C... |
| Size of average protein | Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae | 467 (±29 Table - link) | Amino acids | 105224 | Harrison PM, Milburn D... |
| Genome size, GC content and gene number of sequenced genomes | Bacteria Xanthomonas spp. | Table - link | N/A | 107313 | Jackson RW (editor).... |
| Fraction of deep sea heterotrophic production abated by viruses | Biosphere | 80 | % | 104965 | Danovaro R, Dell'Anno A... |