Amount of protein and RNA in one adult worm

Model Organism: Worms Scientific Discussion
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Hi, does anyone have any idea on the approximate amount of total protein from one single adult worm? Thanks.

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The data are clearly out there:

Worm dry biomass consists of roughly 60% protein, 20% lipids, 6.5% nucleic acids and 6% carbohydrates [34] (based on data from [35–38]).

See also Fig. 5 and other content in So, Miyahara, and Ohshima 2011, suggesting it’s about 1 ug and highly dependent on conditions. This is consistent with the above (assuming a worm total mass of very roughly two micrograms).