Virus decomposition provides an important contribution to benthic deep-sea ecosystem functioning

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 16, 2015, Pages E2014-E2019

  Dell'Anno, Antonio ^a   Corinaldesi, Cinzia ^a   Danovaro, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep sea ecosystems; Ecosystem functioning; Virus prokaryote interactions

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; CARBON; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; DECOMPOSITION; DEEP SEA SPECIES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; VIRUS DECOMPOSITION; VIRUS PARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HETEROTROPHY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SEA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

MIRIDAE; PROKARYOTA;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; OCEANS AND SEAS; PROTEOLYSIS; VIRUSES;

EID: 84928137457     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1422234112     Document Type: Article

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