Diversity and genome dynamics of marine cyanophages using metagenomic analyses

Environmental Microbiology Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 583-594

  Ma, Yingfei ^a,c   Allen, Lisa Zeigler ^b   Palenik, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

BACTERIOPHAGE; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOST RANGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, VIRAL; HOST SPECIFICITY; MAINE; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER;

EID: 84913534407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12160     Document Type: Article

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