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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colonic transit time | Human Homo sapiens | ~25-40 | hours | 112986 | Sender R, Fuchs S, Milo... |
| Destiny of bile salts | Human Homo sapiens | lost in feces 5%: reabsorbed in small intestine 95% | % | 113403 | Rowland I et al., Gut... |
| Concentration of glucose in the intestine under physiological conditions | Vertebrates | 0.2-48 | mM | 106543 | Diamond J., Evolutionary... |
| Maximum number of e. coli in colon content | Various | 1e+8 | cells/gram | 102537 | Hartl DL, Dykhuizen DE.... |
| Generation time in large intestine of gnotobiotic mouse | Bacteria Escherichia coli | 30 | min | 105656 | Peekhaus N, Conway T.... |
| Gastric afferents firing rates | Rat Rattus norvegicus | 10 - 20 | Hz | 110994 | Zhao et al., Frequen... |
| Density of bacteria in gastrointestinal tract | Human Homo sapiens | Figure - link | cfu/ml | 108289 | O'Hara AM, Shanahan F.... |
| Nominal mucosal surface area of colon | Human Homo sapiens | ~2,000 | cm^2 | 111315 | Sandle GI. Salt and water... |
| Summary of bacteria isolated from guts of workers | Termite Reticulitermes flavipes | Table - link | N/A | 108555 | Schultz JE, Breznak JA.... |
| Small intestinal transit time | Unspecified | 3 to 5 | Hours | 109070 | Thomas A. 2006. Gut motility... |
| Occurence of slow waves (minor depolarizations, 5–15 millivolts) in gastro-intestinal tract | Unspecified | 3 to 12 | 1/min | 109069 | Thomas A. 2006. Gut motility... |
| Number of Peyer’s patches in the small intestine | Human Homo sapiens | ~339 | patches/small intestine | 110511 | McConnell EL, Basit AW... |
| Average surface area of parts of the gastrointestinal tract | Human Homo sapiens | small intestine 30: large intestine 1.9: oral cavity 0.0197 esophagus 0.0235 stomach 0.05 | m^2 | 111126 | Helander HF, Fändriks... |
| Average diameter & length of small & large intestine | Human Homo sapiens | small intestine diameter 2.5cm length 291cm: large intestine diameter 4.8cm length 190cm | cm | 111127 | Helander HF, Fändriks... |
| Fraction of the coding genes of M. smithii that are inferred to be bacterial in origin | Archaea Methanobrevibacter smithii | ~17 | % | 107458 | Lurie-Weinberger MN, Peeri M... |
| Characteristic heat production rate of fermenting rumen bacteria | Ruminants | 160 - 180 | watts/kg bacterial mass | 117321 | Rosenberg E. and Zil... |
| Mean intestinal pH | Rodent | <5.2 in the mouse: <6.6 in the rat | unitless | 110516 | McConnell EL, Basit AW... |
| Volume of ileal effluent which passes daily through the ileocaecal valve | Human Homo sapiens | 1.5 - 2 | litres | 111314 | Sandle GI. Salt and water... |
| Lumen negative transmucosal potential difference in healthy human colon in vivo and in vitro | Human Homo sapiens | 25 - 45 | mV | 111316 | Sandle GI. Salt and water... |
| Number of genera in bacterial phylum | bacteria | Firmicutes ≥250: Bacteroidetes >20 | Genera | 109666 | Zhang H et al., Human... |