SCI: Break out the disinfectant! (Estimate of Bacteria Population)

From: Doug Bailey (Doug.Bailey@ey.com)
Date: Tue Aug 25 1998 - 07:01:06 MDT

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Researchers produce the first scientific estimate of the number
of bacteria on Earth. The tally - 5 x 10^30 bacteria. Anyone know
what the mass is of the average bacterium? That's such a huge number,
I'm wondering how much biomass bacteria as a whole possess.

http://www.eurekalert.org/releases/uga-totbacgr.html

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