Quantitative PCR reveals transient and persistent algal viruses in Lake Ontario, Canada

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2639-2648

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; VIRUS DNA;

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CANADA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

ALGAE; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, VIRAL; FRESH WATER; GENES, VIRAL; ONTARIO; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALGAE; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE;

EID: 70349663858     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01988.x     Document Type: Article

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