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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stool weight and transit time in 220 healthy adults in the United Kingdom | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | N/A | 112359 | Cummings JH, Bingham SA... |
| Number of bacteria in the human intestinal tract | Human Homo sapiens | ≤1E+14 | bacteria/intestinal tract | 110957 | 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... |
| Generation time in mouse large intestine | Bacteria Escherichia coli | 40-80 | min | 105657 | Peekhaus N, Conway T.... |
| Number of fungal genera detected in every faecal sample from apparently healthy individuals | Human Homo sapiens | >50 | fungal genera | 113941 | Stappenbeck TS, Virgin... |
| Concentration of methanogens in the human gastrointestinal tract | Archaea | 1e+10 | methanogens/gram of stool sample | 106261 | Cavicchioli R, Curmi PM... |
| Concentrations of different microorganisms in human fecal material | bacteria | Table - link | Viable counts × 10^3/gram wet weight | 108512 | J. van Houte, R. J. Gibbons... |
| Fraction of bacteria out of faecal solids in persons living on Western diets | Human Homo sapiens | ~55 (equivalent to 18 g of bacterial dry matter) | % | 112838 | G. T. Macfarlane and... |
| Ratio of anaerobic/aerobic bacteria in faeces | Human Homo sapiens | 1000 | anaerobes/aerobes | 112842 | A. Lidbeck and C. E. Nord... |
| Values of bacteria density in stool as reported in several past articles | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | N/A | 112983 | Sender R, Fuchs S, Milo... |
| Detailed calculations for number of cells in body-Spreadsheets with the detailed calculations mentioned throughout the text and references for all data sources | Human Homo sapiens | Excel table - link | N/A | 113009 | Sender R, Fuchs S, Milo... |
| Fraction of total human microflora that have not been cultivated | Human Homo sapiens | 60 - 80 | % | 110958 | Suau A et al., Direct... |
| Percent of microbiota that belong to the phyla Bacteroidetes or Firmicutes | Human Homo sapiens | > 99 | % | 109671 | Rawls, J. F., Mahowald... |
| 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., ... |
| Escherichia coli bacteriophage concentration in gut | Mammals | human 10^3 - 10^4: cows and pigs ≤10^7 | phages/gram feces | 117014 | Fortier LC, Sekulovic... |
| Concentration of total anaerobic bacteria in gut | Human Homo sapiens | >1e+10 | Cells/gram gut content | 104948 | Macfarlane GT, Macfarlane S... |
| Concentration of E. coli in gut | Human Homo sapiens | 1e+8 | Cells/gram gut content | 104949 | Macfarlane GT, Macfarlane S... |
| Stool weight and bowel cancer incidence in various populations | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | N/A | 112360 | Cummings JH, Bingham SA... |
| Colonic transit time | Human Homo sapiens | ~25-40 | hours | 112986 | Sender R, Fuchs S, Milo... |