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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microbial communities have been thriving in hydrothermal vents for | Biosphere | >3.3 | billion years | 112445 | Schönheit P, Buckel W... |
| Number of microbial cells, number of species and total mass in gastrointestinal tract | Human Homo sapiens | total population ~10^14cells: Num. of species ~500-1,000: total mass ~1.5kg | N/A | 112308 | Rubio CA. The Natural... |
| Phage/prokaryote host ratio in gut | Human Homo sapiens | ~10 | phage/prokaryotic host cell | 113938 | Pfeiffer JK, Virgin HW.... |
| Fluid shear stresses that vascular endothelial cells are exposed to | Eukaryotes | 1 to 2 on the venous side: 10 to 20 on the arterial side of the circulation | dyn/cm^2 | 106214 | Sokurenko EV, Vogel V... |
| Shear stress generated at the tooth surface by salivary flow | Human Homo sapiens | 0.8 | dyn/cm^2 | 106215 | Sokurenko EV, Vogel V... |
| Fluid shear stress created by urine flow in the proximal renal tubule | Unspecified | 0.17 | dyn/cm^2 | 106216 | Sokurenko EV, Vogel V... |
| Isoelectric point of cytochrome C at pH 7.0 | Unspecified | 10.8 | unitless | 108066 | Beveridge TJ, Graham... |
| Dimensions of cytochrome C | Unspecified | 2.5 by 2.5 by 3.7 | nm | 108067 | Beveridge TJ, Graham... |
| Concentration of prokaryotes in hindgut | Termite | ~10^7 | Prokaryotes/μL | 107406 | Tadmor AD, Ottesen EA... |
| When heat production (pW/cell) is plotted against total cell mass on a log-log scale, the slope of the relationship is | Protists | 1.056 (0.93 to 1.19) | Unitless | 107954 | Johnson MD, Völker J... |
| Percent of the different kinds of microbes that have been successfully cultured | Microbes | <1 | % | 109668 | Huse SM, Dethlefsen L... |
| Percent of well-studied microbial communities, such as the human distal gut, that have been cultured | Microbes | 20 to 40 | % | 109669 | Huse SM, Dethlefsen L... |
| Number of different kinds of bacteria and archaea in a few liters of hydrothermal vent fluid | prokaryote | >40,000 | different kinds of prokaryotes | 109670 | Huse SM, Dethlefsen L... |
| Number of chromosomes, DNA amount per cell, nuclear volume & chromosome volume | Dinoflagellate Prorocentrum micans | 65 chromosomes: 7E10 nucleotide pairs: volumes-nucleus 3,450µm^3 -chromosome 20µm^3 | N/A | 114598 | Soyer-Gobillard MO, Dolan... |
| Number of chromosomes, DNA amount per cell, nuclear volume & chromosome volume | Dinoflagellate Crypthecodinium cohnii | 95-100 chromosomes: 1.4E10 nucleotide pairs: volumes-nucleus 690µm^3 -chromosome 2.6µm^3 | N/A | 114599 | Soyer-Gobillard MO, Dolan... |
| Fraction of thymines in DNA that are replaced by the unusual base, 5-hydroxymethyluracil (HOMedU) | Dinoflagellates | 16 – 28 | % of the thymines | 114600 | Soyer-Gobillard MO, Dolan... |
| Number of microbial species on Earth | Biosphere | 10^11 - 10^12 | species | 113932 | Locey KJ, Lennon JT.... |
| Number of microbial genomes | Biosphere | 10^30 to 10^31 | genomes | 109667 | Huse SM, Dethlefsen L... |
| Percent of the microorganisms observed under the microscope that are cultivated and characterized | prokaryote | <1 | % | 110153 | Torsvik V, Øvreås L.... |
| Number of different bacterial species in hindgut | Termite Reticulitermes speratus | >250 | Species | 107407 | Tadmor AD, Ottesen EA... |