Effects of viral enrichment on the mortality and growth of heterotrophic bacterioplankton

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-13

  Noble, Rachel T ^a   Middelboe, Mathias ^b   Fuhrman, Jed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Dissolved organic matter; Infection; Virus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033575305     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame018001     Document Type: Article

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