Flow cytometric enumeration of marine viral populations at low abundances

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 203-209

  Mojica, K D A ^a   Evans, C ^a,c   Brussaard, C P D ^a,b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow cytometry; Low abundance; Virus enumeration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892940155     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01672     Document Type: Article

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