Phage Community Dynamics in Hot Springs

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1633-1640

  Breitbart, Mya ^a   Wegley, Linda ^a   Leeds, Steven ^a   Schoenfeld, Tom ^c   Rohwer, Forest ^a,b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LUCIGEN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; HOT SPRINGS; MICROBIOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HOT SPRING PHAGE PARTICLES; MICROBIAL MORTALITY;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENERGY FLOW; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PREDATOR;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DNA TRANSFER; ENVIRONMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROFLORA; MORTALITY; PROKARYOTE; VIRUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; HEAT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOMYCIN; VIRUS ACTIVATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

PROKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 1642299836     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.3.1633-1640.2004     Document Type: Article

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