Marine cyanophages exhibit local and regional biogeography

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1452-1463

  Marston, Marcia F ^a   Taylor, Samantha ^a   Sme, Noel ^a   Parsons, Rachel J ^b   Noyes, Timothy J E ^b   Martiny, Jennifer B H ^c  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BERMUDA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Bermuda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEA WATER; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BERMUDA; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEASON; SYNECHOCOCCUS; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BERMUDA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW ENGLAND; NEW YORK; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEASONS; SEAWATER; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

SYNECHOCOCCUS; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 84876490770     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12062     Document Type: Article

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