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Outdated value of largest known genome size - [dubious report, see comments. For updated value see BNID 117342] Chaos chaos 6.7e+11 bp 104470 Parfrey LW, Lahr DJ,...
Number of species that have been described as of 2015 Protists >100,000 species 114593 Soyer-Gobillard MO, Dolan...
Number of active ATP synthases per mitochondrion Amoeba Proteus 100 ATP synthases/mitochondrion 117334 Peyman Fahimi and Ch ́erif...
Cell length that can be reached by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium after being ingested by Acanthomoeba polyphaga Bacteria Salmonella typhimurium 500 µm 115725 Young KD. The selective...
Length and number of cilia Ciliate Paramecium spp. length 100µm - 300µm: number of cilia 5,000 - 6,000 N/A 112283 Martinac B, Saimi Y,...
LD50 of yellow fever virus, strain 17-D in hamster Yellow fever virus 10000 viruses 108809 Frenkel JK, Caldwell...
Total energy consumption Ciliate Paramecium caudatum 0.19e-9 – 4.4e–9 or (0.38e-5 – 8.8e–5J/hour/cell) LO2/hour 110781 Katsu-Kimura Y, Nakaya F...
Cell volume Algae Euglena gracilis 1580 μm^3 117326 Peyman Fahimi and Ch ́erif...
Cell volume Algae Ochromonas sp. 70 - 250 μm^3 117327 Peyman Fahimi and Ch ́erif...
Cell volume Ciliate Tetrahymena pyriformis 17067 µm^3 114965 William D. Taylor and...
Length of rumen ciliates Ciliate spp. ~20 - 200 µm 112829 Yokoyama MG, Johnson...
Number of chromosomes, DNA amount per cell, nuclear volume & chromosome volume Dinoflagellate Prorocentrum micans 65 chromosomes: 7E10 nucleotide pairs: volumes-nucleus 3,450µm^3 -chromosome 20µm^3 N/A 114598 Soyer-Gobillard MO, Dolan...
Number of chromosomes, DNA amount per cell, nuclear volume & chromosome volume Dinoflagellate Crypthecodinium cohnii 95-100 chromosomes: 1.4E10 nucleotide pairs: volumes-nucleus 690µm^3 -chromosome 2.6µm^3 N/A 114599 Soyer-Gobillard MO, Dolan...
Fraction of thymines in DNA that are replaced by the unusual base, 5-hydroxymethyluracil (HOMedU) Dinoflagellates 16 – 28 % of the thymines 114600 Soyer-Gobillard MO, Dolan...
Swimming parameters Bacteria Thiovulum majus 3–10 rotations/sec at a radius of 5–40μm: a pitch of 40-250μm N/A 110075 Schulz HN, Jorgensen...
Composition of rumen microbiome Cow Bos Taurus prokaryotes 454: protozoa 12: fungi 46 species 117086 Wallace RJ et al., A...
Energetics of bacteria and eukaryotes by cell and genome size Various Table - link N/A 105793 Lane N, Martin W. The...
Length above which bacteria Serratia liquefaciens cells cannot be consumed by ciliate Tetrahymena sp. Bacteria Serratia liquefaciens 15 µm 115627 Young KD. The selective...
Length of rod-shaped bacterial cells that are too large for feeding by Daphnia magna Crustacean Daphnia magna >6 µm 115629 Young KD. The selective...
Length of bacterial cells selected for predation by Ochromonas Nanoflagellate Ochromonas spp. <0.9 µm 115728 Young KD. The selective...