Viral abundance and a high proportion of lysogens suggest that viruses are important members of the microbial community in the Gulf of Trieste

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Stopar, D ^a   Cerne A ^a   Zigman M ^a   Poljsak Prijatelj M ^b   Turk, V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Institute of Microbiology and Immunology   (Slovenia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROSCOPY; PLANKTON; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ITALY; LYSOGENIZATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; TIME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

BACTERIOPHAGES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ITALY; LYSOGENY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOMYCIN; OCEANS AND SEAS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS ACTIVATION;

ADRIATIC SEA; GULF OF TRIESTE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 1642423912     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-002-3009-5     Document Type: Article

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