Viral influence on aquatic bacterial communities

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 192-195

  Fuhrman, J A ^a   Schwalbach, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; VIRUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0037398111     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543557     Document Type: Conference Paper

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