Is the genetic landscape of the deep subsurface biosphere affected by viruses?

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue NOV, 2011, Pages

  Anderson, Rika E ^a   Brazelton, William J ^a,b   Baross, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep subsurface biosphere; Hydrothermal vents; Microbial evolution; Viral ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864596942     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00219     Document Type: Article

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