High viral infection rates in Antarctic and Arctic bacterioplankton

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 250-255

  Säwström, Christin ^a   Granéli, Wilhelm ^b   Laybourn Parry, Johanna ^c   Anesio, Alexandre M ^d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANKTON; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; PLANKTON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33846105433     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01135.x     Document Type: Article

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