Absence of evidence for viral infection in colony-embedded cyanobacterial isolates from the Curonian Lagoon

Oceanologia

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 651-660

  Sulcius, Sigitas ^a   Staniulis, Juozas ^b   Paskauskas, Ricardas ^a,b   Olenina, Irina ^a,c   Salyte, Airina ^a   Ivanauskaite, Aurelija ^a   Griniene, Evelina ^a  

^a KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b Institute of Botany   (Lithuania)

^c ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Aphanizomenon flos aquae; Bloom dynamics; Colony formation; Defence strategy; Lysis; Lysogeny; Microcystis aeruginosa; Virus infection; Virus production; Virus host interactions

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DEFENSE MECHANISM; LYSIS; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS;

CURONIAN LAGOON;

EID: 84902187843     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: 23007370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5697/oc.56-3.651     Document Type: Article

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