The molecular analysis of marine algal virus communities

• Main Author: Short, Steven Michael
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; British Columbia; Canada; Pacific; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/14770

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...