Characterization of temperate cyanophages active against freshwater phycocyanin-rich Synechococcus species

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1253-1261

  Dillon, Amanda ^a   Parry, Jacqueline D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burst size; Lysogeny; Mitomycin C; Picocyanobacteria; Siphoviridae

Indexed keywords

MIRIDAE; SIPHOVIRIDAE; SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 43549114729     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01938.x     Document Type: Article

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