Virus-host interactions in salt lakes

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 418-424

  Porter, Kate ^a   Russ, Brendan E ^a   Dyall Smith, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOLYSIS; ECOLOGY; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; SALT LAKE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

ARCHAEA; ARCHAEAL VIRUSES; ECOSYSTEM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

HALOBACTERIA; HALOVIRUSES; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34548613266     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2007.05.017     Document Type: Review

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