Diversity of algal viruses in various North American freshwater environments

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-21

  Short, Steven M ^a   Short, Cindy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algal viruses; Diversity; DNA polymerase; Phycodnaviridae; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLOROVIRUS; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE; PRASINOVIRUS;

EID: 44649097577     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01183     Document Type: Article

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