The most common estimate of bacterial abundance is that there are about 10^30 prokaryotes (Bacteria plus Archaea) on Earth [1] . Although this number has been tweaked from time to time [2] , it still seems to hold up pretty well. read more
Biomass can refer to species biomass, which is the mass of one or more species, or to community biomass, which is the mass of all species in the community. It can include microorganisms, plants or animals. read more
Microbial Biomass Key points. Microbial biomass (bacteria and fungi) is a measure of the mass of the living component of soil organic matter. The microbial biomass decompose plant and animal residues and soil organic matter to release carbon dioxide and plant available nutrients. read more