Identification of a diagnostic marker to detect freshwater cyanophages of filamentous cyanobacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 5713-5719

  Baker, Andrea C ^a,b   Goddard, Victoria J ^a   Davy, Joanne ^a,d   Schroeder, Declan C ^a   Adams, David G ^b   Wilson, William H ^a,c  

^a THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DIAGNOSIS; MICROORGANISMS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; VIRUSES; WATER;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES; CYANOBACTERIA; DIAGNOSTIC MARKER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES;

BIOMARKERS;

CAPSID PROTEIN; FRESH WATER;

ALGAL BLOOM; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HOST; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYANOPHAGE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NOSTOC; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS; WATER SAMPLING;

ANABAENA; BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; FRESH WATER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOSTOC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANABAENA; CYANOBACTERIA; MIRIDAE; NOSTOC;

EID: 33748764120     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00270-06     Document Type: Article

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