A simple and efficient method for concentration of ocean viruses by chemical flocculation

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-202

  John, Seth G ^a,b   Mendez, Carolina B ^a,c   Deng, Li ^d   Poulos, Bonnie ^d   Kauffman, Anne Kathryn M ^a   Kern, Suzanne ^a,e   Brum, Jennifer ^d   Polz, Martin F ^e   Boyle, Edward A ^a   Sullivan, Matthew B ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

^e Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

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EID: 79954570132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2010.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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