New genera of RNA viruses in subtropical seawater, inferred from polymerase gene sequences

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 5937-5944

  Culley, Alexander I ^a   Steward, Grieg F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; FILTRATION; GENES; MARINE BIOLOGY; RNA; SEAWATER;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; FOOD WEB; POLYMERASE GENE SEQUENCES;

VIRUSES;

RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SEA WATER;

ENZYME; GENE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SEAWATER; SUBTROPICAL REGION; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; FILTRATION; FOOD WEB; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PICORNAVIRUS; PLANKTON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS; VIRUS GENOME;

ECOSYSTEM; GENOME, VIRAL; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA REPLICASE; RNA VIRUSES; RNA, VIRAL; SEAWATER; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

PICORNA; PROTISTA; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 34548709950     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01065-07     Document Type: Article

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