Viruses Inhibit CO2 Fixation in the Most Abundant Phototrophs on Earth

Current Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1585-1589

  Puxty, Richard J ^a,b   Millard, Andrew D ^c   Evans, David J ^d   Scanlan, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; CARBON CYCLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SYNECHOCOCCUS; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CARBON CYCLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FOOD CHAIN; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

EID: 85000501937     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.04.036     Document Type: Article

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