The viriosphere, diversity, and genetic exchange within phage communities

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 444-450

  Hambly, Emma ^a   Suttle, Curtis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOSPHERE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HOST; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VIRUS GENE;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRAL PROTEINS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 22544460255     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2005.06.005     Document Type: Review

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