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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of cells in one gram of soil | prokaryote | ≤1e10 | cells/gram of soil | 110152 | Torsvik V, Øvreås L.... |
| Compared parameters of microbial swimming | Microbes | Table - link | N/A | 111231 | Garcia-Pichel F. 1989.... |
| Concentration of viruses in natural waters during productive part of year | Biosphere | 5×10^6 - 15×10^6 | viruses/ml | 112576 | Bergh O, Børsheim KY... |
| Assimilation rate of bacterioplankton biomass by small-size algae in the North Atlantic Ocean | Small (~2um) photosynthetic protists | 0.12-0.38 | bacterioplankton cells per protist cell per hour | 113498 | MV Zubkov & GA Tarran... |
| Cutoff in rRNA sequence identity that delimits genera and species of microorganisms | Various | 95% genera: 98% species | % | 106537 | Fredrik Ba¨ckhed, Ruth E. Ley... |
| Range of genome sizes of dinoflagellates | Dinoflagellates | 1.5 coral symbiont Symbiodinium: to 185 Lingulodinium polyedrum | Gb | 107517 | Wisecaver JH, Hackett... |
| Fraction of energy budget of microbial cell devoted to DNA replication during growth | Unspecified | 2 | % | 105777 | Lane N, Martin W. The... |
| Fraction of total energy budget of cell devoted to protein synthesis | Unspecified | 75 | % | 105778 | Lane N, Martin W. The... |
| Fraction of total human microflora that have not been cultivated | Human Homo sapiens | 60 - 80 | % | 110958 | Suau A et al., Direct... |
| Fraction of 16S rDNAs molecular species that correspond to known organisms in fecal sample | Human Homo sapiens | 24 | % | 110959 | Suau A et al., Direct... |
| 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... |
| Replication errors per genome | Bacteria Escherichia coli | 2.5e-3 | Unitless | 102008 | Drake JW, A constant... |
| Microbial community genome size | prokaryote | in unperturbed organic soils 6,000-10,000: in arable or heavymetal-polluted soils 350-1,500 | Escherichia coli genomes | 110154 | Torsvik V, Øvreås L.... |
| Genomic complexity recovered by culturing methods | prokaryote | <40 | Escherichia coli genomes | 110155 | Torsvik V, Øvreås L.... |
| Number of bacterial cells in feces | Human Homo sapiens | 2.72X10^11±0.1X10^11 cells/g wet weight: 10.6X10^11±0.4X10^11 cells/g dry weight | N/A | 110961 | Suau A et al., Direct... |
| Number of bacterial cells in feces according to oligonucleotide probe hybridization | Human Homo sapiens | 7.1e+11 (±0.2e+11) | cells/g dry weight | 110962 | Suau A et al., Direct... |
| Fraction of adult human population that harbors S. aureus | Bacteria Staphylococcus aureus | 30 | % | 105971 | Antunes LC, Ferreira RB... |
| Mutation rate per genome per replication | Budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae | 2.7e-3 (Table - link) | mutation/genome/replication | 100458 | Drake JW, Charlesworth B... |
| Virus to bacteria ratio in aquatic environments | Biosphere | 0.03-80 Table - link | unitless | 105602 | Wommack KE, Colwell RR.... |
| Concentration of microbes in human gut | Microbes | 10^11 - 10^12 | microbes/ml | 112466 | Mahowald MA et al., ... |