Millard, Andrew D. and Mann, Nicholas H. (2006) A temporal and spatial investigation of cyanophage abundance in the Gulf of Aqaba Red Sea. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Vol.86 (No.3). pp. 507-515. doi:10.1017/S0025315406013415 ISSN 0025-3154.

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the abundance of cyanophages over an annual cycle in the Red Sea from the period April 1999 to December 1999 at a range of depths. Cyanophage numbers from 71 water samples were determined by the use of plaque assays using four different Synechococcus strains. The results indicate that cyanophage are found throughout the water column from surface waters to depths of 150 m, with a discrete maximum in the number of cyanophages in the summer months of July, August and September at a depth of 30 m. Eighty-seven cyanophages were isolated and characterized in terms of host range, genome size and possession of a myoviral portal vertex gene. Cyanophages were found to infect multiple strains of Synechococcus from different phylogenetic clades. The genome sizes of cyanophages were also found to be bigger than previously estimated.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	Q Science > QR Microbiology
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) > Biological Sciences ( -2010) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Microbiology & Infection Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Cyanobacteria -- Aqaba, Gulf of, Bacteriophages -- Research, Bacteriophages -- Genetics, Ecology -- Aqaba, Gulf of
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	0025-3154
Official Date:	June 2006
Dates:	Date Event June 2006 Published
Volume:	Vol.86
Number:	No.3
Page Range:	pp. 507-515
DOI:	10.1017/S0025315406013415
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Funder:	Natural Environment Research Council (Great Britain) (NERC)

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