Marine Viruses: Community Dynamics, Diversity and Impact on Microbial Processes

Microbial Ecology of the Oceans: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 443-479

  Breitbart, Mya ^a   Middelboe, Mathias ^b   Rohwer, Forest ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial diversity and community dynamics and virus impact; Marine microbial food web viruses; Viral lysis contribution in marine carbon, nutrient cycling

Indexed keywords

EID: 58049120181     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470281840.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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