A temporal and spatial investigation of cyanophage abundance in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 507-515

  Millard, Andrew D ^a   Mann, Nicholas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENOME; HOST RANGE; PHYLOGENETICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIRAL DISEASE; WATER DEPTH;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 33645880773     PISSN: 00253154     EISSN: 14697769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0025315406013415     Document Type: Article

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