Evaluation of two approaches for assessing the genetic similarity of virioplankton populations as defined by genome size

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 8773-8783

  Jamindar, Sanchita ^a   Polson, Shawn W ^a   Srinivasiah, Sharath ^a   Waidner, Lisa ^b   Wommack, K Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b Elcriton Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CAPSID PROTEINS; DNA SEQUENCING; DYNAMIC CHANGES; EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS; GENE POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC IDENTITY; GENETIC SIMILARITIES; GENOME SIZES; GENOMIC GROUPS; GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; LOW COSTS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RAPD-PCR; SEASONAL CHANGES; SIGNATURE GENES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SCALE; VIRAL PRODUCTION;

BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA SEQUENCES; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEINS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

VIRUS DNA;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROKINESIS; GENOME; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METAGENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; VIRUS;

BIOTA; DNA, VIRAL; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRUSES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

MIRIDAE;

EID: 84871030692     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02432-12     Document Type: Article

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