Comparative genomics of marine cyanomyoviruses reveals the widespread occurrence of Synechococcus host genes localized to a hyperplastic region: Implications for mechanisms of cyanophage evolution

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2370-2387

  Millard, Andrew D ^a   Zwirglmaier, Katrin ^a   Downey, Mike J ^a   Mann, Nicholas H ^a   Scanlan, Dave J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME;

CAUDOVIRALES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; PHYLOGENY; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 69949104491     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01966.x     Document Type: Article

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