Spatial and short-term temporal sampling reveals high viral abundance and lytic activity in coral reef waters of the South Pacific Ocean

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Payet, Jérôme P ^a,b   McMinds, Ryan ^a   Burkepile, Deron E ^c   Vega Thurber, Rebecca L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IRCP   (French Polynesia)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycling; Coral reefs; Flow cytometry; Marine viruses; Microbial mortality; South pacific; Spatial and temporal variability; Viral abundance; Viral lysis

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; VIRAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; VIRUS PARTICLE; WATER SAMPLING;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84907686565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00493     Document Type: Article

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