The number of different bacterial species and the total number of genes

Bacteria type Species number Gene number
Extreme acidophile 16 13295
Moderate acidophile 47 18319
Mild acidophile 97 20272
Neutralophile 2786 20794
Mild alkaliphile 396 20751
Moderate alkaliphile 121 20332
Extreme alkaliphile 13 14483
All 3476 20794

Microorganisms are classified based on their optimal growth pH ranges


Finally, it is possible to match the quantity statistics of 3476 bacterial optimal pH value ranges representing the genome.


Source of representative bacterial genomes

Statistics on the number of bacteria classified at the phylum level


Statistics on the quantity of top 50 bacteria classified at the class level

Statistics on the quantity of top 50 bacteria classified at the order level


Statistics on the quantity of top 50 bacteria classified at the family level

Statistics on the quantity of top 50 bacteria classified at the genus level


Quantity distribution of each taxonomic level across optimal growth pH intervals with 0.5 intervals


Quantity distribution of each taxonomic level across optimal growth pH intervals classified by microbial taxonomy