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A novel lineage of myoviruses infecting cyanobacteria is widespread in the oceans

A novel lineage of myoviruses infecting cyanobacteria is widespread in the oceans

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A novel lineage of myoviruses infecting cyanobacteria is widespread in the oceans

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A novel lineage of myoviruses infecting cyanobacteria is widespread in the oceans

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United States: National Academy of Sciences

Journal title

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2012-02, Vol.109 (6), p.2037-2042

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English

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United States: National Academy of Sciences

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Contents

Viruses infecting bacteria (phages) are thought to greatly impact microbial population dynamics as well as the genome diversity and evolution of their hosts. Here we report on the discovery of a novel lineage of tailed dsDNA phages belonging to the family Myoviridae and describe its first representative, S-TIM5, that infects the ubiquitous marine c...

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A novel lineage of myoviruses infecting cyanobacteria is widespread in the oceans

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_921004558

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_921004558

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ISSN

0027-8424

E-ISSN

1091-6490

DOI

10.1073/pnas.1115467109

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