Viral lysis of marine bacterioplankton: Implications for organic matter cycling and bacterial clonal composition

Ophelia

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 57-68

  Riemann, Lasse ^a,c   Middelboe, Mathias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Community dynamics; Lysates; Resistance; Virus

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; LYSIS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; VIRUS;

BACTERIOPLANKTON; CARBON DYNAMICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SPECIES COMPOSITION; VIRUS; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS RESISTANCE;

EID: 0036742591     PISSN: 00785326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00785236.2002.10409490     Document Type: Review

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