Identification of a Novel Adélie Penguin Circovirus at Cape Crozier (Ross Island, Antarctica).

• Main Authors: Morandini, Virginia, Dugger, Katie M, Ballard, Grant, Elrod, Megan, Schmidt, Annie, Ruoppolo, Valeria, Lescroël, Amélie, Jongsomjit, Dennis, Massaro, Melanie, Pennycook, Jean, Kooyman, Gerald L, Schmidlin, Kara, Kraberger, Simona, Ainley, David G, Varsani, Arvind
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2019
• Subjects: Antarctica; Cape Crozier; Circoviridae; Pygoscelis adeliae; Ross Island; Microbiology; Antarctic; Austral; Crozier; Guano; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6420c7bs

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