Haloarchaeal viruses: How diverse are they?

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 309-313

  Dyall Smith, Mike ^a   Tang, Sen Lin ^a   Bath, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archaea; Fuselloviridae; Haloarchaea; Halobacteriaceae; Halophage; Halovirus; Salt lake; Viruses

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL VIRUS; BACTERIOPHAGE; HALOBACTERIALES; HALOBACTERIUM; HALOVIRUS; LAKE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS PARTICLE;

ARCHAEA; FUSELLOVIRIDAE; HALOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIACEAE; HALOVIRUSES;

EID: 0037716583     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(03)00076-7     Document Type: Review

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