Three Prochlorococcus Cyanophage Genomes: Signature Features and Ecological Interpretations
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Three Prochlorococcus Cyanophage Genomes: Signature Features and Ecological Interpretations
The oceanic cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus are globally important, ecologically diverse primary producers. It is thought that their viruses (phages) mediate population sizes and affect the evolutionary trajectories of their hosts. Here we present an analysis of genomes from three Prochlorococcus phages: a podovirus and two myoviruses. The morphology, overall genome features, and gene content of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Biology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1545-7885
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030144