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Number of Species suggestion

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This was originally written for the Species page, but was only added in a very abreviated form. I would like to propose inserting it into this article, following the "Classification and identification" section.


Number of Species

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Total number of bacterial species (estimated): 5–10[1], or even 1,000 million[2] (identified and unidentified) bacteria worldwide.

  1. ^ Sogin ML, Morrison HG, Huber JA; et al. (2006). "Microbial diversity in the deep sea and the underexplored "rare biosphere"". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 103 (32): 12115–20. doi:10.1073/pnas.0605127103. PMC 1524930. PMID 16880384. {{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |author= (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: postscript (link)Cheung L (Monday, 31 July 200). "Thousands of microbes in one gulp". BBC. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  2. ^ Schloss, P. D.; Handelsman, J (2004). "Status of the microbial census". Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR. 68 (4): 686–91. doi:10.1128/MMBR.68.4.686-691.2004. PMC 539005. PMID 15590780.