Metagenomic characterization of Chesapeake Bay virioplankton

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 7629-7641

  Bench, Shellie R ^a,d   Hanson, Thomas E ^a   Williamson, Kurt E ^a,e   Ghosh, Dhritiman ^b   Radosovich, Mark ^b   Wang, Kui ^c   Wommack, K Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERICS; EXPLOSIVES; MICROORGANISMS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; ORGANIC ACIDS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RADIO TELESCOPES; VIRUSES;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; CYANOPHAGE; CYANOPHAGES; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA (DSDNA); GENETIC DIVERSITIES; HOMOLOGOUS SEQUENCES; LIBRARY SEQUENCES; LOW FREQUENCIES; MARINE SYSTEMS; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PROTEIN SEQUENCING; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; VIRIOPLANKTON;

DNA SEQUENCES;

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; VIRUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOSPHERE; CYANOBACTERIUM; CYANOPHAGE; ESTUARY; GENE; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PSBA GENE; RESERVOIR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRIOPLANKTON; VIRUS; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENOME; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANKTON; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; PODOVIRIDAE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS); VIRUSES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 38449087833     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00938-07     Document Type: Article

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