Occurrence of a temperate cyanophage lysogenizing the marine cyanophyte Phormidium persicinum

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 365-370

  Ohki, Kaori ^a   Fujita, Yoshihiko ^b,c  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cyanophage; cyanophyte (cyanobacteria); DNA methylation; lytic process; Phormidium persicinum; temperate phage; virus

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; PHORMIDIUM PERSICINUM;

EID: 0029776741     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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