Isolation of prasinoviruses of the green unicellular algae Ostreococcus spp. on a worldwide geographical scale

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 96-101

  Bellec, Laure ^a   Grimsley, Nigel ^a   Desdevises, Yves ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEAS; DIVERSE LOCATIONS; DNA SEQUENCING; DNA VIRUS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; GEOGRAPHICAL SCALE; GREEN ALGA; HOST STRAIN; MANTEL TESTS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARKER GENES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; SEAWATER SAMPLES; UNICELLULAR ALGA;

ALGAE; DNA; GENES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER;

VIRUSES;

SEA WATER; VIRUS DNA;

DNA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GREEN ALGA; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NICHE; PHYLOGENETICS; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FRANCE; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ALGAE, GREEN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, VIRAL; FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYCODNAVIRIDAE; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DNA VIRUSES; EUKARYOTA; OSTREOCOCCUS; OSTREOCOCCUS TAURI;

EID: 76149103564     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01799-09     Document Type: Article

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