Variations in Abundance, Genome Size, Morphology, and Functional Role of the Virioplankton in Lakes Annecy and Bourget over a 1-Year Period

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 66-82

  Zhong, Xu ^a   Pradeep Ram, Angia Siram ^b   Colombet, Jonathan ^b   Jacquet, Stéphan ^a  

^a UMR CARRTEL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYOVIRIDAE;

FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; DNA VIRUS; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; GENETICS; GENOME SIZE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LAKE; PLANKTON; SEASON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIA; DNA VIRUSES; ECOSYSTEM; FRANCE; FRESH WATER; GENOME SIZE; LAKES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PLANKTON; SEASONS;

EID: 84893736303     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-013-0320-2     Document Type: Article

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