Phylogenetic diversity of marine cyanophage isolates and natural virus communities as revealed by sequences of viral capsid assembly protein gene g20

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1576-1584

  Zhong, Yan ^a   Chen, Feng ^a   Wilhelm, Steven W ^a   Poorvin, Leo ^a   Hodson, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONING; ESTUARIES; GENES; PROTEINS; VIRUSES;

PHYLOGENETIC DIVERSITY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

CHLOROPHYLL; PRIMER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS CAPSID ASSEMBLY PROTEIN G20; VIRUS PROTEIN;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL VARIATION; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOPHAGE; ESTUARY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS INFECTION;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CAPSID; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA PRIMERS; ECOSYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; DNA VIRUSES; NEGIBACTERIA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0036211846     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.4.1576-1584.2002     Document Type: Article

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