Marine viruses - Major players in the global ecosystem

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 801-812

  Suttle, Curtis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HOST; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEA; SHRIMP; VIRUS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS INFECTION; WHALE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEAWATER; VIRUSES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CETACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 34548792911     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro1750     Document Type: Article

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