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Prasinoviruses of the marine green alga Ostreococcus tauri are mainly species specific.
Journal of virology - 1 Apr 2012
Clerissi Camille, Desdevises Yves, Grimsley Nigel
Abstract excerpt
Prasinoviruses infecting unicellular green algae in the order Mamiellales (class Mamiellophyceae) are commonly found in coastal marine waters where their host species frequently abound. We tested 40 Ostreococcus tauri viruses on 13 independently isolated wild-type O. tauri strains, 4 wild-type O. lucimarinus strains, 1 Ostreococcus sp. ("Ostreococcus mediterraneus") clade D strain, and 1 representative species of...
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