Viral decay and viral production rates in continental-shelf and deep-sea sediments of the Mediterranean Sea

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 208-218

  Corinaldesi, Cinzia ^a   Dell'Anno, Antonio ^a   Magagnini, Mirko ^a   Danovaro, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Marine sediments; Marine viruses; Viral decay; Viral production

Indexed keywords

CARBON; SEA WATER;

ABUNDANCE; BENTHOS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; PROKARYOTE; VIRULENCE;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROTROPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; CARBON; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SEAWATER; VIRUSES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 77950668569     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00840.x     Document Type: Article

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