The virocell concept and environmental microbiology

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 233-236

  Forterre, Patrick ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; VIRION; VIRUS GENOME;

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GENOME, VIRAL; METAGENOME; VIRION;

EID: 84872972322     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.110     Document Type: Note

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