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Splenic lymphocyte recirculation Pig Sus species 2.7e+11 lymphocytes/day 113429 Pabst R. The spleen in...
Genome Size Pig Sus species 2.7 Gb 112105 Chen K, Baxter T, Muir WM...
Number of species of extant seed plants (spermatophyte) Plants ~352,000 angiosperms: ~850 gymnosperms Table - link species 110281 Dr. Ilia J. Leitch, Prof....
Estimated number of tree species in the tropics Biosphere ~40,000 - ~53,000 Table - link species 111614 Slik JW. et al., An estimate...
Reported number of yeast species as of 1998 Yeast >700 (belonging to 100 genera) species 111636 Fonseca G. G., Gombert A. K....
Number of animal species catalogued in a central database as of 2011 and number of predicted species on Earth Eukaryotes Catalogued ~950,000 Predicted ~7,770,000 Table - link species 109318 Mora C, Tittensor DP...
Number of archaea species catalogued in a central database as of 2011 and number of predicted species on Earth Archaea Catalogued 502 Predicted 455 Table - link species 109322 Mora C, Tittensor DP...
Number of plant species catalogued in a central database as of 2011 and number of predicted species on Earth Plants Catalogued ~216,000 Predicted ~298,000 Table - link Species 109319 Mora C, Tittensor DP...
Number of fungi species catalogued in a central database as of 2011 and number of predicted species on Earth Fungus Catalogued ~43,000 Predicted 611,000 Table - link Species 109320 Mora C, Tittensor DP...
Number of protozoa species catalogued in a central database as of 2011 and number of predicted species on Earth Protists Catalogued ~8,100 Predicted ~36,400 Table - link Species 109321 Mora C, Tittensor DP...
Number of plants species Biosphere 270,000-400,000 unitless 105635 Saito K, Matsuda F. ...
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., ...
Species 2000 - a "federation" of database organisations Biosphere Database - link N/A 109323 http://www.sp2000.or...
Median protein lengths of various species Various Table - link Amino acids 108983 Brocchieri L, Karlin...
Fraction of (roughly 16,000) tree species in Amazonia that account for half of all trees Biosphere 1.4 (equivalent to 227 species) % of species 112911 ter Steege H et al. ...
Number of microbial species contained in one gram of soil Microbes 2,000 to 50,000 Species 107286 Zhili He, Joy D. Van Nostrand...
Number of species that have been described as of 2015 Protists >100,000 species 114593 Soyer-Gobillard MO, Dolan...
Number of described species of organisms Biosphere 2e+6 Unitless 103927 May RM. How Many Species...
Number of species of bacteria in the foregut of ruminant animals Ruminants >200 species 117318 Matthews et al., The...
Number of species catalogued in a central database as of 2011 Biosphere ~1.2e6 species 109316 Mora C, Tittensor DP...