Viral effects on bacterial community composition in marine plankton microcosms

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-127

  Schwalbach, Michael S ^a   Hewson, Ian ^a   Fuhrman, Jed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis; Bacteriophage; Community composition; Marine bacteria; Plankton; Terminal restriction fragment polymorphism; Viruses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 4143099227     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame034117     Document Type: Article

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