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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of prokaryotes in cattle rumen | prokaryote | 2E+15 | cells/organ | 100557 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Total number of cells in freshwaters and saline lakes | prokaryote | 2.3E+26 (Table - link) | Cells | 108497 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Number of unattached prokaryotes in groundwater | prokaryote | 1.46E+27 | cells | 108503 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Number of prokaryotes in human colon | prokaryote | 7e+13 | cells/organ | 100555 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Number of prokaryotes in animals | prokaryote | Table - link | N/A | 102367 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Number and biomass of prokaryotes in the world | prokaryote | Table - link | N/A | 102368 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Prokaryote abundance in top 1m of high metal abundance soil | Biosphere | 2e+9 (±9e7) | g/dry weight of soil | 100538 | Sandaa R, Torsvik V V... |
| Prokaryote abundance in top 1m of low metal abundance soil | Biosphere | 2.4e+9 (±9e7) | g/dry weight of soil | 100539 | Sandaa R, Torsvik V V... |
| Prokaryote abundance in top 1m of normal metal abundance soil | Biosphere | 2.6e+9 (±1e8) | g/dry weight of soil | 100540 | Sandaa R, Torsvik V V... |
| Global estimate for number of prokaryotes in both polar regions | prokaryote | 4E+24 | Cells | 108498 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Density of prokaryotes on the skin of humans | prokaryote | ~1,000 to 10,000: in groin and underarm 1,000,000 | cells/cm^2 | 108504 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Estimated number of terrestrial subsurface prokaryotes | prokaryote | 2.5E+29 (Table - link) | Cells | 108501 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Prokaryotes with completely sequenced genomes and their optimal growth temperatures | prokaryote | Table - link | °C | 107074 | Berezovsky IN, Zeldovich KB... |
| Number of prokaryotes in termite hindgut world-wide | prokaryote | 6.5E+23 | cell | 100559 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Number of prokaryotes in cattle rumen world-wide | prokaryote | 2.9E+24 | cell | 100560 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Percent of the microorganisms observed under the microscope that are cultivated and characterized | prokaryote | <1 | % | 110153 | Torsvik V, Øvreås L.... |
| Total number of prokaryotes on the skin of an individual | prokaryote | ~300,000,000 | Cells | 108505 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Total number of prokaryotes over land in bottom 3 km of the atmosphere | prokaryote | ~5E+19 | cfu | 108507 | William B. Whitman,*†... |
| Number and biomass of prokaryotes in the world | prokaryote | Table - link | N/A | 104960 | William B. Whitman, David... |
| Summary of genome sequence data from 81 prokaryotes | prokaryote | Table - link | N/A | 111924 | Xu L, Chen H, Hu X, Zhang R... |