Fifty years of phyllosphere microbiology: significant contributions to research in related fields.

By C. Morris, L. Kinkel, S. Lindow, E. Hecht-Poinar, V. J. Elliott. 2002

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The ecology of the phyllosphere: geographic and phylogenetic variability in the distribution of bacteria on tree leaves (2010, unknown): “The phyllosphere, the microbial habitat found on the surface of leaves, may be one of the largest microbial habitats on earth, with terrestrial leaf surface area estimated to exceed 108 km(2) globally (Morris and Kinkel, 2002).”
Prospecting the characteristics and significance of the phyllosphere microbiome (2018, background): “The phyllosphere has an area of roughly about one billion square kilometers (Morris and Kinkel 2002), in which the number of bacteria may reach up to 106–107 cells per square centimeter of leaf area which makes them the dominant colonizers (Lindow and Brandl 2003; Bailey 2006).”
Exploring interactions of plant microbiomes (2014, background): “4 × 108 km2 and is densely colonized by microorganisms (Morris and Kinkel, 2002).”
Phyllospheric Microbiomes: Diversity, Ecological Significance, and Biotechnological Applications (2020, background): “The total terrestrial phyllosphere area estimated is around 6.4× 108 km2 (Morris and Kinkel 2002), and it exhibits numerous microhabitat which represents a major source of microorganism.”