Crash of a population of the marine heterotrophic flagellate Cafeteria roenbergensis by viral infection

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2660-2669

  Massana, Ramon ^a   Del Campo, Javier ^a   Dinter, Christian ^a   Sommaruga, Ruben ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; INDIAN OCEAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INDIAN OCEAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; SEAWATER; VIRUS DISEASES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAECITELLUS; CAFETERIA ROENBERGENSIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTISTA;

EID: 35148825428     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01378.x     Document Type: Article

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