Table 1 Analysis of cell volumes and respective cited literature provided in Lynch and Marinov [1]

Bacillus subtillis

1.407

Barrera and Pan [14]

not present

The value reported is a range: 0.85-1.13 μm³ (p. S18, Table S-3, col. 4-5, rows 3-5).

Maass et al. [15]

not present

Escherichia coli

0.983

Bremer and Dennis [16]

not present

Fegatella et al. [17]

not present

The value reported is 1.1 μm³ (p. 4434, col. 2, l. 30).

Bakshi et al. [18]

not present

The value reported is a range from 1.3-2.4 μm³ (p. S12, Fig S6).

Arfvidsson and Wahlund [19]

not present

Wisniewski et al. [20]

not present

Lu et al. [21]

not present

Legionella pneumophila

0.58

Leskelä et al. [22]

not present

Leptospira interrogans

0.22

Beck et al. [23]

p. S10, col 1, l. 8

Schmidt et al. [24]

not present

Mycoplasma pneumoniae

0.05

Yus et al. [25]

not present

The value in Maier et al. is from Hasselbring [29]. Still not plotted at 0.05 μm³ in Figure 2.

Seybert et al. [26]

not present

Kühner et al. [27]

not present

Maier et al. [28]

p. S3, col. 1, l. 5

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

0.215

Yamada et al. [30]

not present

Rickettsia prowazekii

0.089

Pang and Winkler [31]

not present

The value reported is close but not the same: 0.09 μm³ (p. 117, Table 2, comment e.).

Sphingopyxis alaskensis

0.05

Fegatella et al. [17]

p. 4434, col. 2, l. 29

Spiroplasma melliferum

0.018

Ortiz et al. [32]

incorrect

L&M take the volume for a portion of the cell (p.339, col .1, l. 10). The volume reported for the whole cell is 34 times larger (p.339, col. 2, l. 16-18).

Staphylococcus aureus

0.288

Martin and Iandolo [33]

not present

Vibrio angustum

no value

Flärdh et al. [34]

ARMAN*

0.03

Comolli et al. [35]

p. 162, col. 2, l. 41

Exophiala dermatitidis*

43.8

Biswas et al. [36]

p. 137, Table 2, col. 7, row 2, 4

L&M add the reported mean numbers for cell (36.0 ± 12.6 μm³) and cell wall (7.8 ± 2.5 μm³).

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

69.071

Warner [37]

not present

The reported values are 17.1 μm³ for a cell in G1 and 13.3 μm³ for a cell in the early G1 (p.326, Table 2, l. 3).

Yamaguchi et al [38]

not present

Kulak et al. [39]

not present

Ghaemmaghami et al. [40]

not present

Schizosaccharomyces pombe

118

Marguerat et al. [41]

not present

The reported values are: cell length of 5-15 μm and cell diameter of 3.5 μm. p.322, col. 2, l. 24.

Maclean [42]

not present

Kulak [39]

not present

Tetrahymena pyriformis

14002.067

Hallberg and Bruns [5]

not present

Tetrahymena thermophila

7856.00

Calzone et al. [43]

not present

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

151.00

Bourque et al. [44]

not present

Ostreococcus tauri*

0.910

Henderson et al. [45]

p. 3, col. 1, l. 7

Adonis aestivalis (vegetative)

2380.3

Lin and Gifford [46]

p. 2481, Table 2, col. 3, row 3-5

L&M take the mean value for the vegetative apex of the central zone (2877), peripheral zone (924) and rib meristem (3340).

Adonis aestivalis (transitional)

2287.00

Lin and Gifford [46]

p. 2481, Table 2, col. 3, row 6-8

L&M take the mean value for the vegetative apex of the transitional zone (1721), peripheral zone (1095) and rib meristem (4045).

Adonis aestivalis

2690.00

Lin and Gifford [46]

p. 2481, Table 2 col. 3, row 9-11

L&M take the mean value for the vegetative apex of the floral zone (2380), peripheral zone (802) and rib meristem (4888).

Glycine max SB-1 cell

no value

Jackson and Lark [47]

Rhus toxicodendron*

1222.00

Vassilyev [48]

p.617, Table 2, col 2-3, row 1

L&M take the mean value of the whole cell for procambial stage (1028), rough ER stage (1130) and smooth ER stage (1508).

Zea mays root cell

240,000

Hsiao [49]

not present

The value appears in the literature but not in Hsiao [49], but rather in Hsiao [50] p.105, Table 1, col. 3, row 4-5.

Hamster, intestinal enterocyte*

1890.00

Buschmann and Manke [51, 52]

p. 16, Table 1, col. 2, row 6

In Buschmann and Manke [52].

HeLa Cell

2798.668

Duncan and Hershey [53]

not present

The reported value is 2600 μm³. p.163, col. 2, l. 35.

Zhao et al. [54]

not present

Kulak et al. [39]

not present

Mouse pancreas*

1434.00

Dean [55]

p. 117, Table 2, col. 6, row 2

Rat liver cell*

4940.00

Weibel et al. [56]

p. 80, Table 2, col. 10, row 2