Remarkable morphological diversity of viruses and virus-like particles in hot terrestrial environments

Archives of Virology

Volumn 147, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2419-2429

  Rachel, R ^a   Bettstetter, M ^a   Hedlund, B P ^a   Haring M ^a   Kessler, A ^a   Stetter, K O ^a   Prangishvili, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL VIRUSES; CULTURE MEDIA; FUSELLOVIRIDAE; HEAT; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPOTHRIXVIRIDAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PODOVIRIDAE; RUDIVIRIDAE; SIPHOVIRIDAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WYOMING;

ACIDIANUS; ARCHAEA; FUSELLOVIRIDAE; LIPOTHRIXVIRIDAE; PODOVIRIDAE; RUDIVIRIDAE; SIPHOVIRIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0036922941     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-002-0895-2     Document Type: Article

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