Characterization of marine bacteriophages isolated from the Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean)

Journal of Plankton Research

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1079-1087

  Alonso, Maria Del Carmen ^a   Rodríguez, Jaime ^a   Borrego, Juan Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HOST RANGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VIRUS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE 16; CAUDOVIRALES; NEGIBACTERIA; PODOVIRIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0036800886     PISSN: 01427873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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