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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of PPRs [proton-pumping rhodopsins] in specialized purple membrane | Archaea Halobacterium salinarum | >100,000 | PPRs/cell | 111697 | Claassens NJ, Volpers M... |
| Dimensions of ribosomal exit tunnel | Archaea Haloarcula marismortui | Length 80 to 100: Width ~10 to 20 | Å | 109578 | Zhang G, Ignatova Z.... |
| Quantum efficiency of bacteriorhodopsin | Archaea Halobacterium salinarum | ~60 | % | 111310 | Claassens NJ, Volpers M... |
| Ion selectivity (with preference for cations over anions) of MscMJ and MscMJLR (types of mechano-sensitive channels) and their conductance | Archaea Methanocaldococcus jannaschii | PK/PCl (both channels) ~5.0: MscMJ conductance 0.3nanosiemens: MscMJLR conductance 2.0nanosiemens | N/A | 112281 | Martinac B, Saimi Y,... |
| Fraction of genome constituted of highly divergent prophage remnants | Archaea Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 | 22 | % | 116993 | Ramisetty BCM, Sudhakari... |
| Number of archaeal cells on coral surface | Coral | >10^7 | archaea/cm^2 | 113022 | Rosenberg E, Koren O... |
| Examples of the smallest reported genome size and gene number for free-living Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya of a range of trophic modes from peer-reviewed literature | Microbes | Table - link | N/A | 112629 | Raven JA, Beardall J... |
| Volume of nanoarchaea | Archaeal Richmond Mine acidophilic nanoorganisms (ARMAN) | 0.009 - 0.04 (mean from primary source 0.03±0.01µm^3) | µm^3 | 111632 | Luef B et al., Diverse... |
| Number of ribosomes | Archaeal Richmond Mine acidophilic nanoorganisms (ARMAN) | ~92 | ribosomes/cell | 114940 | Comolli, L. R., Baker... |
| Genome size, protein-coding gene number, total gene number, and gene-coding percentage for the sequenced genomes of eukaryotes, bacteria, archaea, viruses, mitochondria, and chloroplasts | Various | Table - link | N/A | 112819 | Hou Y, Lin S. Distinct... |
| Ratio between the number of protein folds in the three domains of life | Various | Archaea 1: Bacteia 2: Eukaryotes 10 | unitless | 105802 | Lane N, Martin W. The... |
| Virus numbers in extreme environments | Various | undetectable - 10^9 | particles/ml | 113946 | Parikka KJ, Le Romancer M... |
| Range of cellular volume | prokaryote | 0.02 to 400 | μm^3 | 109502 | Koch AL. What size should... |
| Fraction of bacteriophages mentioned in the literature that are Caudovirales | Bacteriophage | 96 | % | 116996 | Krupovic M, Prangishvili D... |
| Microbial communities have been thriving in hydrothermal vents for | Biosphere | >3.3 | billion years | 112445 | Schönheit P, Buckel W... |
| Maximal swimming speed | Bacteria Escherichia coli | 66 (Table - link) | μm/s | 107651 | Herzog & Wirth, 2012.... |
| Sources of global methane emissions from identified sources | Biosphere | Table - link | N/A | 104549 | Liu Y, Whitman WB. Metabolic... |
| Fraction of carbon fixed annually by algae and plants that is processed into methane | Biosphere | 1.6 | % | 104554 | Liu Y, Whitman WB. Metabolic... |
| Metabolic rates of actively growing prokaryotes and actively growing protozoa | Various | Prokaryotes 0.19±0.5: Protozoa 0.06±0.1 | W/g | 105803 | Lane N, Martin W. The... |
| Maximal swimming speed | Sulfur bacterium Thiovulum majus | ~600 | μm/s | 107652 | Herzog & Wirth, 2012.... |