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SUBMITTER: Baker AC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1563665 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Baker Andrea C AC Goddard Victoria J VJ Davy Joanne J Schroeder Declan C DC Adams David G DG Wilson William H WH
Applied and environmental microbiology 20060901 9
Cyanophages are viruses that infect the cyanobacteria, globally important photosynthetic microorganisms. Cyanophages are considered significant components of microbial communities, playing major roles in influencing host community diversity and primary productivity, terminating cyanobacterial water blooms, and influencing biogeochemical cycles. Cyanophages are ubiquitous in both marine and freshwater systems; however, the majority of molecular research has been biased toward the study of marine ...[more]