Title: "There are more microbial species on Earth than stars in the sky" ...the estimated number of microbial cells on Earth hovers around a nonillion (10^30), a number that outstrips imagination and exceeds the estimated number of stars in the Universe. Cells vs species?
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Aeon corrected the title to: "There are more microbial species on Earth than stars in the galaxy" That's in excess of 100 billion species!
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