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Rate of chromosome misegregation in a chromosomally stable cell line (HCT116 or RPE-1) Human Homo sapiens 0.025 % per chromosome per mitosis 105283 Thompson and Compton...
Total number of prokaryotes on the skin of an individual prokaryote ~300,000,000 Cells 108505 William B. Whitman,*†...
Water concentration in the gastrointestinal tract Rodent rat small intestine 82%: rat colon 71%: mouse small intestine 74%: mouse colon 67% w/w 110518 McConnell EL, Basit AW...
Total dry weight of bacteria in body Human Homo sapiens ~50-100 g 112999 Sender R, Fuchs S, Milo...
Percent of cancer types in which mutated Ras has been identified Unspecified pancreatic (90%), thyroid (50%), colon (50%), lung (30%) ovarian (15%) % 108955 Drew BA, Burow ME, Beckman...
Average mass of bacterium in stool Human Homo sapiens 4.6 pg 112998 Sender R, Fuchs S, Milo...
Stool weight and transit time in 220 healthy adults in the United Kingdom Human Homo sapiens Table - link N/A 112359 Cummings JH, Bingham SA...
Calculation of the rates of section of vascular endothelial growth factor (pg/10^6 cells/h) in clone A or HCT-8 human tumour cells as a function of oxygen concentration Human Homo sapiens Table - link pg/10^6cells/hour 112718 Leith JT, Michelson S....
Overall mass of bacteria in the body Human Homo sapiens ~0.2 (~0.3% of overall body weight) kg 113003 Sender R, Fuchs S, Milo...
Volume of average bacterium in feces Human Homo sapiens 1 μm^3 108287 Cummings JH, Stephen...
Stool weight and bowel cancer incidence in various populations Human Homo sapiens Table - link N/A 112360 Cummings JH, Bingham SA...
Total number of prokaryotes in some representative animals prokaryote Table - link N/A 108494 William B. Whitman,*†...
Lifespan of cells of epithelium of the small intestine Human Homo sapiens Enterocytes and goblet cells 5 to 6 days: Paneth cells ~4 weeks N/A 109247 University of Ottawa...
Bounds for bacteria number in different organs, derived from bacterial concentrations and volume Human Homo sapiens Table - link N/A 112982 Sender R, Fuchs S, Milo...
Estimated number of terrestrial subsurface prokaryotes prokaryote 2.5E+29 (Table - link) Cells 108501 William B. Whitman,*†...
Total carbon of prokaryotes on earth as percent of carbon found in plants prokaryote ~60 to 100 % 108510 William B. Whitman,*†...
Number of prokaryotes in termite hindgut prokaryote 2.7e+6 cells 100556 William B. Whitman,*†...
Number of prokaryotes in cattle rumen prokaryote 2E+15 cells/organ 100557 William B. Whitman,*†...
Number of prokaryotes in cattle rumen world-wide prokaryote 2.9E+24 cell 100560 William B. Whitman,*†...
Fraction of all cells that are peptide- or polypeptide-producing enteroendocrine cells Mouse Mus musculus in stomach body ~7: in pyloric antrum 3: in small intestine crypt-villus cells ~0.5: in colon ~0.4 % 112583 Karam SM, Lineage commitment...