Micro World
Tetrahymena thermophila : quelle est sa taille ?
Tetrahymena thermophila a une longueur de corps d’environ 50 µm.
Ce qui est mesuré : pear-shaped freshwater ciliate, body length
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Quelle taille ça fait vraiment ?
- About 71% of the width of a human hair
- About 2 would fit across a human egg cell
- About 2.5× the width of a cloud droplet
- About 6.7× the width of a red blood cell
- About 25× as long as an E. coli bacterium
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À savoir sur Tetrahymena thermophila
Tetrahymena thermophila was the organism used to discover the enzyme telomerase, earning a Nobel Prize.
Source : Tetrahymena Genome Database; Encyclopedia of Life
Micro World
Comparé à d’autres objets microscopiques
| Nom | Taille | Comparé à Tetrahymena thermophila |
|---|---|---|
| Human Hepatocyte | 25 µm | 0,5× |
| Dandelion Pollen Grain | 35 µm | 0,7× |
| Taenia solium Egg | 35 µm | 0,7× |
| Tetrahymena thermophila | 50 µm | cette page |
| Ascaris lumbricoides Egg | 60 µm | 1,2× |
| Human Cheek Epithelial Cell | 60 µm | 1,2× |
| Pine Pollen Grain | 70 µm | 1,4× |
| Human Adipocyte | 100 µm | 2× |
| Euplotes | 100 µm | 2× |
| Human Cardiomyocyte | 100 µm | 2× |
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Lequel est le plus grand : Tetrahymena thermophila ou Ascaris lumbricoides Egg ?
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