Isolation of a novel cyanophage infectious to the filamentous cyanobacterium Planktothrix agardhii (Cyanophyceae) from Lake Donghu, China

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 163-170

  Gao, E Bin ^a   Yuan, Xiu Ping ^a   Li, Ren Hui ^a   Zhang, Qi Ya ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Blooms; Cyanobacteria; Cyanophage; Freshwater lake; Planktothrix agardhii; Viral infection

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; PLANKTOTHRIX; PLANKTOTHRIX AGARDHII;

EID: 61949330487     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01266     Document Type: Article

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