Phages of the marine cyanobacterial picophytoplankton

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-34

  Mann, Nicholas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Cyanophage; Marine; Phage; Picoplankton; Prochlorococcus; Synechococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOST; HOST RESISTANCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PICOPHYTOPLANKTON; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW;

CYANOBACTERIA; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 0037385295     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6445(03)00016-0     Document Type: Review

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