Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Re: Soil Biology Primer

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 20:35:35 EDT

Bacteria are in general 2 to 5 micrometers in length, 1 to 3 micrometers in 
width.

Fungi are generally 2.5 micrometers in width, can be miles in length.  

Protozoa vary from 5 micrometer width for the little guys to 100 micrometers 
for the big guys, all sorts of shapes.  

Soil nematodes are 10 to 50 micrometers width, to 10 to 20, up to 1 cm length.

Magnifications were 1000X for the stained bacterial pictures, to 400X for 
some of the bacteria, 200 X for the fungi, to 6 X for the arthropods.  

Does that help?  Sorry I was so slow getting back.  

Elaine R. Ingham
Soil Foodweb Inc., Corvallis, Oregon
Soil Foodweb Inc., Port Jefferson, New York
Soil Foodweb Institute, Lismore Australia
Soil Foodweb Institue Cambridge, New Zealand
Soil Foodweb Inc., Hilversum, The Netherlands
Laboratorios de Soil Foodweb, Culiacan, Mexico
Soil Foodweb Inc., Jerome, Idaho