First description of a cyanophage infecting the cyanobacterium Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina)

Journal of Applied Phycology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 195-203

  Jacquet, Stéphan ^a   Zhong, Xu ^a   Parvathi, Ammini ^a,b   Ram, Angia Sriram Pradeep ^c  

^a UMR CARRTEL   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Arthrospira platensis; Characterisation; Culture; Cyanobacteria; Cyanophage

Indexed keywords

ARTHROSPIRA PLATENSIS; CYANOBACTERIA; MIRIDAE; PHOTOBACTERIA; SPIRULINA;

EID: 84872501367     PISSN: 09218971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-012-9853-x     Document Type: Article

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