Virus decay and its causes in coastal waters

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-83

  Noble, R T ^a   Fuhrman, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; FOOD SAFETY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEASHORE; SUNLIGHT; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS ISOLATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

COASTAL WATER; COASTAL WATERS; DEGRADATION; INFECTIVITY; INFECTIVITY LOSS; SOLAR RADIATION; VIRUS; VIRUSES;

EID: 0030620441     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.1.77-83.1997     Document Type: Article

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