Viral diversity in hot springs of Pozzuoli, Italy, and characterization of a unique archaeal virus, Acidianus bottle-shaped virus, from a new family, the Ampullaviridae

Journal of Virology

Volumn 79, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 9904-9911

  Häring, Monika ^a,b   Rachel, Reinhard ^b   Peng, Xu ^c   Garrett, Roger A ^c   Prangishvili, David ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ACIDIANUS; AMPULLAVIRIDAE; ARCHAEAL VIRUS; ARTICLE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ITALY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL SPRING; VIRUS ADSORPTION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS PARTICLE; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ACIDIANUS; DNA VIRUSES; GENOME, VIRAL; HEATING; ITALY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYLOGENY; VIRAL PROTEINS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDIANUS; ARCHAEA;

EID: 22544459937     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.79.15.9904-9911.2005     Document Type: Article

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