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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ratio between number of genes in human gut “metagenome” and human eukaryotic genome | Human Homo sapiens | >100 | unitless | 111317 | De Filippo C. et al.... |
| Bacterial concentration in gut | Mammals | 10^13 - 10^14 | bacteria/gram fecal matter | 117012 | Fortier LC, Sekulovic... |
| Viral concentration in gut | Human Homo sapiens | ≤10^8 | viral particles/gram feces | 117013 | Fortier LC, Sekulovic... |
| Escherichia coli bacteriophage concentration in gut | Mammals | human 10^3 - 10^4: cows and pigs ≤10^7 | phages/gram feces | 117014 | Fortier LC, Sekulovic... |
| Composition of the human gastrointestinal microflora | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | CFU/ml or CFU/g | 112843 | A. Lidbeck and C. E. Nord... |
| Weight of bacteria in gut | Human Homo sapiens | 1.2 | Kg | 102755 | Bocci V. The neglected... |
| Description of the numerically predominant anaerobes that occur in the large intestine | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | Log10(g dry wt.)^-1 | 112839 | G. T. Macfarlane and... |
| Density of bacteria in gastrointestinal tract | Human Homo sapiens | Figure - link | cfu/ml | 108289 | O'Hara AM, Shanahan F.... |
| Mean percentage of different bacterial groups within the mucosal biofilm | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | N/A | 112362 | Swidsinski A, Weber J... |
| 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. ... |
| Bulk of animal feces containing wet microbial cells | bacteria | <=40 | % | 102393 | Savage DC. Microbial... |
| Concentration of Coliform bacteria (>80% of which generally are E. coli) in human and animal faeces | Metazoa animals | 10^5 - 10^8 | CFU/g | 112506 | Letarov A, Kulikov E.... |
| Concentration of Escherichia coli (in colony forming units=cfu) in faeces | Human Homo sapiens | in infancy >10^9 cfu/gram of faeces: after age 2 ~10^8 cfu/gram of faeces, gradually decreasing in the elderly | cfu/gram of faeces | 116916 | Tenaillon O, Skurnik D... |
| Prevalence of Escherichia coli | Vertebrates | humans >90%: wild mammals 56%: birds 23%: reptiles 10 | % | 116911 | Tenaillon O, Skurnik D... |
| Fraction of adult human population that harbors S. aureus | Bacteria Staphylococcus aureus | 30 | % | 105971 | Antunes LC, Ferreira RB... |
| Number of different bacterial species in hindgut | Termite Reticulitermes speratus | >250 | Species | 107407 | Tadmor AD, Ottesen EA... |
| Population characteristics of the 20 most abundant tree species of the Amazon | Biosphere | Table - link | N/A | 112913 | ter Steege H et al. ... |
| Number of bacterial species in the indigenous microflora of the oral cavity | Human Homo sapiens | 200 | unitless | 105707 | Berg RD. The indigenous... |
| Distribution of flower colour in plants with large showy flowers at the Australian Alps | Plants | white 53.5%: yellow 21.3%: pink 6.3%: cream 6.3% | % | 115230 | Catherine Marina Pickering... |
| Total number of trees, median tree density and number of tree species in [the ~6-million-km^2 landscape of] Amazonia | Biosphere | Total number of trees 3.9×10^11: median tree density 565 trees/ha: ~16,000 tree species | N/A | 112912 | ter Steege H et al. ... |