Viral infection of bacteria and phytoplankton in the Arctic Ocean as viewed through the lens of fingerprint analysis

Aquatic Microbial Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-61

  Payet, Jérôme P ^a,b   Suttle, Curtis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; DGGE fingerprint; DNA polymerase B; G23 major capsid protein; Marine viruses; Phycodnaviruses; T4 like viruses; Virus diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896274937     PISSN: 09483055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/ame01684     Document Type: Article

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