Viral abundance and activity in the deep Sub-Seafloor biosphere

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Middelboe, Mathias ^a   Glud, Ronnie N ^b,c,d   Filippini, Manuela ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^d SCOTTISH MARINE INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Benthic viruses; Marine phages; Sediment viruses; Subsurface viruses; Viral decay; Viral ecology

Indexed keywords

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 79956315966     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01485     Document Type: Article

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