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Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
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Outdated value of largest known genome size - [dubious report, see comments.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... |