Virioplankton 'pegylation': Use of PEG (polyethylene glycol) to concentrate and purify viruses in pelagic ecosystems

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 212-219

  Colombet, J ^a   Robin, A ^a   Lavie, L ^a   Bettarel, Y ^b   Cauchie, H M ^c   Sime Ngando, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b Centre IRD de Bel Air   (Senegal)

^c LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Aquatic viruses; Concentration; Polyethylene glycol (PEG); Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE); Ultracentrifugation; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; MACROGOL;

ARTICLE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC ZONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; VIRUS PURIFICATION;

BACTERIOPHAGES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GENOME, VIRAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PLANKTON; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PRECIPITATION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; VIRUS CULTIVATION; VIRUSES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 36448938373     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2007.08.012     Document Type: Article

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