Dynamics of virus abundance in coastal seawater

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 263-269

  Bratbak, G ^a   Heldal, M ^a   Thingstad, T F ^a   Tuomi, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

bacteria; phage; population dynamics; viral like particle (VLP); virus

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PARTICLE;

COASTAL SEAWATER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VIRAL-LIKE PARTICLE; VIRUSES;

EID: 0029668843     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-6496(96)00023-2     Document Type: Article

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