Bacteria Quote by John Tyler Bonner

Most people are surprised when they hear my somber figures: we know of 2 million species of plants, animals and microorganisms, and we can…

— E. O. Wilson

“No one knows the number of bacterial species. About 5,000 species have been characterized and another 10,000 have been partially identified. Biodiversity authority Edward…

— Anne E. Maczulak

“around, some microbiologists have suggested that classifying bacteria by species is futile. It seems as if all bacteria belong to one mega-species, and different…

— Anne E. Maczulak

The incredible diversity oflife on this planet, most of which is microbial, can only beunderstood in an evolutionary framework

— Carl Woese

There are millions and millions of species, including organisms most people have never heard of. There is so much that waits to be told.…

— E. O. Wilson

There are about 250,000 different species of fossil plants and animals known . . In spite of this large quantity of information, it is…

— David M. Raup

The vast majority of terrestrial species are in fact microbes, and scientists have only begun scratching the surface of the microbial realm. It is…

— Paul Davies

The majority of life on Earth is microbial

— Caleb Scharf

The human species is made up of seven billion subspecies each consisting of one specimen.

— Robert Breault

“Even the majority of the cells in your body are microorganisms. They outnumber the cells of your body by 10 to 1. Those microbes…

— Bill Nye

Each organism's environment, for the most part, consists of other organisms.

— Kevin Kelly

The big question that scientists haven't even begun to get an answer for is how many species of microorganisms are there? Now, this is…

— E. O. Wilson