Characteristics of virus-like growth suppression agents against phytoplankton obtained from seawater at the mouth of Funka Bay, Hokkaido, Japan

Fisheries Science

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 38-43

  Onji, Masashi ^a   Sawabe, Tomoo ^a   Ezura, Yoshio ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alexandrium catenella; Growth suppression; Gymnodinium mikimotoi; Proteinase sensitivity; Tetraselmis sp; Ultracentrifugation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008910921     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2000.00005.x     Document Type: Article

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