Photoreactivation compensates for UV damage and restores infectivity to natural marine virus communities

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2200-2205

  Weinbauer, Markus G ^a,c   Wilhelm, Steven W ^a,b   Suttle, Curtis A ^a,b   Garza, D Randy ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREACTIVATION; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VIBRIO; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

DAMAGE; DNA DAMAGE; INFECTIVITY; PHOTOREACTIVATION; ULTRAVIOLET; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRAL COMMUNITY; VIRUSES;

GULF OF MEXICO;

VIBRIO NATRIEGENS;

EID: 0030619672     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.6.2200-2205.1997     Document Type: Article

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