Results

Click a row for more details

Property Organism Value Units ID Details
Total length of large and small intestines in body lengths Ruminants ox ~20 body lengths: sheep & goat 25 body lengths body lengths 112407 Habel, R. E. (1975) in...
Generation time in the intestines of streptomycin-treated mice Bacteria Escherichia coli 40 - 80 min 116915 Tenaillon O, Skurnik D...
Schematic representation of the anatomy of the human gastrointestinal tract with the average length, pH and density of microbiota per segment Human Homo sapiens Figure - link N/A 111215 Booijink CC, Zoetendal EG...
Decrease in concentration of endogenous protein as it passes from duodenum to colon Rat Rattus norvegicus >=92 % 102116 Michael A. Savageau, 1983...
Length of the intestinal tract and its subdivisions for reference adult male Human Homo sapiens Table - link cm 110317 Snyder WS, Cook MJ, Nasset ES...
Volume of CYP3A4 [Cytochrome P450 3A4] active site, unliganded Human Homo sapiens ~520 Å^3 112095 Williams PA et al., Crystal...
Doubling time for all bacteria in the gut Rodent hamster 48: guinea pig 17: mouse 5.8 hours 115543 Gibson B, Wilson DJ, Feil E...
Generation time in vitro on (mouse) intestinal mucus Bacteria Escherichia coli 30 min 116914 Tenaillon O, Skurnik D...
Gastrointestinal fluid volumes as determined by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Human Homo sapiens Table - link mL 110479 Schiller C, Fröhlich CP...
Phage/prokaryote host ratio in gut Human Homo sapiens ~10 phage/prokaryotic host cell 113938 Pfeiffer JK, Virgin HW....
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...
Small intestinal transit time Unspecified 3 to 5 Hours 109070 Thomas A. 2006. Gut motility...
Number of intestinal microbe species Human Homo sapiens 400 - 500 microbial species 117016 Breitbart M et al., ...
Number of species out of 400 to 500 human intestinal microbial species that account for 99% of the total population Human Homo sapiens 30 - 40 species 117017 Breitbart M et al., ...
Fraction of flatus that is carbon dioxide Human Homo sapiens 5 - 50 % 113401 Rowland I et al., Gut...
Molecular mass of chick actin Chicken Gallus gallus 46000 Da 111043 Tilney LG, Mooseker M....
Average number of permanent systemic eukaryotic viral infections Human Homo sapiens ≥10 eukaryotic viral infections 113939 Pfeiffer JK, Virgin HW....
Number of viral particles that are sufficient for infection with human enteric viruses such as norovirus, rotavirus, and poliovirus Virus <100 viral particles 113940 Pfeiffer JK, Virgin HW....
Spontaneous mutation rate Human Homo sapiens ~1e-6 mutations/gene/cell division 110652 Cairns J. 1975. Mutation...
Spontaneous mutant frequencies in the intestinal tract subparts of 19-month old animals Mouse Mus musculus Table - link mutant frequency (uncertain units ?) 110459 Busuttil RA, Garcia AM...