Isolation of a non-phage-like lytic virus infecting Aureococcus anophagefferens

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-76

  Rowe, Janet M ^a   Dunlap, John R ^a   Gobler, Christopher J ^b   Anderson, O Roger ^c   Gastrich, Mary D ^c,d   Wilhelm, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^d NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aureococcus anophagefferens; Phycodnaviridae; Phytoplankton mortality; SEM

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AUREOCOCCUS; AUREOCOCCUS ANOPHAGEFFERENS; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 38949100440     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: 15298817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2007.00453.x     Document Type: Article

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