Viruses in subarctic lakes and their impacton benthic and pelagic bacteria

• Published in: FEMS Microbiology Ecology
• Main Authors: Sawstrom, Christin, Ask, Jenny, Karlsson, Jan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2009
• Subjects: Griffith; Northern Sweden; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/29832; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00760.x

Virus-bacterium interactions were investigated in the pelagic and benthic habitats in a set of lakes along an altitudinal gradient in the subarctic northern Sweden. Viral and bacterial abundances showed a significant variation between the lakes, with the highest benthic microbial abundances recorded...