Aquabirnavirus Widely Distributes in the Ocean, Providing a Dissolved RNA Pool

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 191-196

  Suzuki, Satoru ^a   Kitamura, Shin Ichi ^a   Chiura, Hiroshi X ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

birnavirus; distribution; DOM; ocean; RNA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037884572     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.2001.191     Document Type: Article

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