High virus-to-cell ratios indicate ongoing production of viruses in deep subsurface sediments

ISME Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1503-1509

  Engelhardt, Tim ^a   Kallmeyer, Jens ^b   Cypionka, Heribert ^a   Engelen, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

IODP; microbial abundance; phages; South Pacific Gyre; viral ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; GYRE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; VIRUS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

PROKARYOTA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MICROBIOLOGY; SEA; SEDIMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BACTERIA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OCEANS AND SEAS; VIRAL LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUSES;

EID: 84903391146     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.245     Document Type: Article

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