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Links between viral and prokaryotic communities throughout the water column in the (sub)tropical Atlantic Ocean.
The ISME journal - 1 Nov 2010
De Corte Daniele, Sintes Eva, Winter Christian, Yokokawa Taichi, Reinthaler Thomas, Herndl Gerhard J
Abstract excerpt
Viral and prokaryotic abundance, production and diversity were determined throughout the water column of the subtropical Atlantic Ocean to assess potential variations in the relation between viruses and prokaryotes. Prokaryotic abundance and heterotrophic activity decreased by one and three orders of magnitude, respectively, from the epi- to the abyssopelagic layer. Although the lytic viral production (VP)...
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