Temporal variations in the concentrations of bacteria and their lytic phages: An example of an indigenous phage host system in Lake Plußsee, Germany

Fundamental and Applied Limnology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 183-190

  Jost, Günter ^a   Wiese, Jutta ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Encounter rate; PFU; Phage host system; Sphingomonas sp.

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; COEXISTENCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENCOUNTER RATE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VIRUS;

GERMANY; PLUSSEE; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

EID: 84885078646     PISSN: 18639135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/1863-9135/2013/0438     Document Type: Article

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