Host-virus shift of the sphingolipid pathway along an Emiliania huxleyi bloom: Survival of the fattest

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2840-2848

  Pagarete, António ^a,b   Allen, Michael J ^c   Wilson, William H ^c,d   Kimmance, Susan A ^c   De Vargas, Colomban ^a,d  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE ROSCOFF   (France)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL DNA; DIHYDROCERAMIDE DESATURASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SERINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; SPHINGOLIPID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE; PHYTOPLANKTON; VIROLOGY;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DNA, ALGAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORWAY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE; PHYTOPLANKTON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERINE C-PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; SPHINGOLIPIDS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

COCCOLITHOVIRUS; EMILIANIA HUXLEYI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 70350459203     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02006.x     Document Type: Article

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