Genetic diversity of marine Synechococcus and co-occurring cyanophage communities: Evidence for viral control of phytoplankton

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 499-508

  Mühling, Martin ^a,b   Fuller, Nicholas J ^b   Millard, Andrew ^b   Somerfield, Paul J ^a   Marie, Dominique ^c   Wilson, William H ^a,d   Scanlan, David J ^b   Post, Anton F ^e   Joint, Ian ^a   Mann, Nicholas H ^b  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c STATION BIOLOGIQUE   (France)

^d THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; SEA WATER; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMISTRY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIAN OCEAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE;

BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; INDIAN OCEAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLAQUE ASSAY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA POLYMERASE III; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VARIATION (GENETICS); WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 20144389217     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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