Bacteriophage diversity in the North Sea

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4128-4133

  Wichels, Antje ^a   Biel, Stefan S ^b   Gelderblom, Hans R ^b   Brinkhoff, Thorsten ^c   Muyzer, Gerard ^c,d   Schütt, Christian ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIOPHAGE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA SEQUENCE;

NORTH SEA;

COCCOIDEA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MYOVIRIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PODOVIRIDAE; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS; SIPHOVIRIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031734452     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.11.4128-4133.1998     Document Type: Article

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