Marine viruses and their biogeochemical and ecological effects

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6736, 1999, Pages 541-548

  Fuhrman, Jed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGICAL STABILITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; VIRUS;

AQUATIC FLORA; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIODIVERSITY; DNA TRANSFER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD CHAIN; LYSOGENIZATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INHIBITION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; ECOLOGY; PLANKTON; PROTOZOA; SEAWATER; VIRAL PHYSIOLOGY;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DNA VIRUSES; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0033542481     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/21119     Document Type: Review

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