Characterization of a lytic cyanophage that infects the bloom-forming cyanobacterium Aphanizomenon flos-aquae

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1-7

  Šulčius, Sigitas ^a   Šimoliunas, Eugenijus ^b   Staniulis, Juozas ^c   Koreivieňe, Judita ^c   Baltrušis, Paulius ^b   Měskys, Rolandas ^b   Paškauskas, Ričardas ^a,c  

^a KLAIPEDA UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Curonian Lagoon; Siphoviridae

Indexed keywords

ALGAL BLOOM; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CYANOBACTERIUM; INFECTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

APHANIZOMENON FLOS-AQUAE; SIPHOVIRIDAE;

APHANIZOMENON; BACTERIOPHAGE; ESTUARY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

APHANIZOMENON; BACTERIOPHAGES; ESTUARIES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84936879892     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiu012     Document Type: Article

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