Characterization of a lytic virus infectious to the bloom-forming microalga Aureococcus anophagefferens (Pelagophyceae)

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 616-621

  Garry, Ronald T ^a   Hearing, Patrick ^b   Cosper, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption kinetics; Algal virus; Aureococcus anophagefferens; Burst size; Pelagophyceae; Viral ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

AUREOCOCCUS ANOPHAGEFFERENS;

EID: 0031688117     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.1998.340616.x     Document Type: Article

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