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Seberapa kecil Tetrahymena thermophila?

Tetrahymena thermophila memiliki panjang tubuh sekitar 50 µm.

Yang diukur: pear-shaped freshwater ciliate, body length

Tetrahymena thermophila (50 µm) ditampilkan sesuai skala di samping a cloud droplet (20 µm) dan a human hair (70 µm)
Digambar sesuai skala, dari kiri ke kanan: Cloud droplet (20 µm), Tetrahymena thermophila (50 µm), dan Human hair (70 µm).

Bandingkan

Seberapa besar sebenarnya?

  • 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

Pelajari

Fakta tentang Tetrahymena thermophila

Tetrahymena thermophila was the organism used to discover the enzyme telomerase, earning a Nobel Prize.

Sumber: Tetrahymena Genome Database; Encyclopedia of Life

Micro World

NamaUkuranDibandingkan dengan Tetrahymena thermophila
Human Hepatocyte25 µm0,5×
Dandelion Pollen Grain35 µm0,7×
Taenia solium Egg35 µm0,7×
Tetrahymena thermophila50 µmhalaman ini
Ascaris lumbricoides Egg60 µm1,2×
Human Cheek Epithelial Cell60 µm1,2×
Pine Pollen Grain70 µm1,4×
Human Adipocyte100 µm2×
Euplotes100 µm2×
Human Cardiomyocyte100 µm2×

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Mana yang lebih besar: Tetrahymena thermophila atau Ascaris lumbricoides Egg?

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