Isolation and characterization of a virus infecting Phaeocystis pouchetii (Prymnesiophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 923-927

  Jacobsen, Anita ^a   Bratbak, Gunnar ^b   Heldal, Mikal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Phaeocystis pouchetii; phytoplankton; population control; Prymnesiophyceae; virus; virus like particles

Indexed keywords

DNA VIRUSES; HAPTOPHYCEAE; PHAEOCYSTIS ANTARCTICA; PHAEOCYSTIS GLOBOSA; PHAEOCYSTIS POUCHETII;

EID: 0030451229     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00923.x     Document Type: Article

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