Genetic diversity in cultured and wild marine cyanomyoviruses reveals phosphorus stress as a strong selective agent

ISME Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1827-1841

  Kelly, Libusha ^a   Ding, Huiming ^a,b   Huang, Katherine H ^a   Osburne, Marcia S ^a   Chisholm, Sallie W ^a,b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

cyanobacteria; cyanophage; phosphate; selective pressure

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHORUS; SEA WATER;

CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETIC VARIATION; GYRE; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SELECTION; SIGNAL; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

BACTERIOPHAGES; ECOSYSTEM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, VIRAL; GENETIC VARIATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; METAGENOME; PHOSPHORUS; PHYLOGENY; PROCHLOROCOCCUS; SEAWATER; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84883197576     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.58     Document Type: Article

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