Measurements of DNA damage and photoreactivation imply that most viruses in marine surface waters are infective

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 215-222

  Wilhelm, Steven W ^a,d   Weinbauer, Markus G ^b   Suttle, Curtis A ^a   Pledger, Ralph J ^c   Mitchell, David L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Marine viruses; Photoreactivation; Pyrimidine dimers; UV

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO;

EID: 0000162386     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame014215     Document Type: Article

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