Virus-like Particles Suppress Growth of the Red-Tide-Forming Marine Dinoflagellate Gymnodinium mikimotoi

Marine Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 435-442

  Onji, Masashi ^a   Nakano, Shin Ichi ^a   Suzuki, Satoru ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gymnodinium mikimotoi; Red tide; Virus

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; ETHER; PROTEINASE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DINOFLAGELLATE; DNA VIRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JAPAN; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PH; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DINOFLAGELLIDA; DNA VIRUSES; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ETHER, ETHYL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; JAPAN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; DINOPHYCEAE; DNA VIRUSES; GYMNODINIUM; GYMNODINIUM MIKIMOTOI; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES);

EID: 0346335993     PISSN: 14362228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10126-002-0085-y     Document Type: Article

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