The molecular analysis of marine algal virus communities

• Main Author: Short, Steven Michael
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The University of British Columbia 2002
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Canada; Pacific; British Columbia; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0091307; https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0091307

Viruses are abundant members of marine microbial communities and important components of marine food webs and geochemical cycles. Previously, PCR was used to amplify DNA polymerase gene fragments from algal viruses belonging to the family Phycodnaviridae. The Phyconaviridae are described by the Inte...