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Viral-mediated lysis of microbes and carbon release in the sub-Antarctic and Polar Frontal zones of the Australian Southern Ocean

  1. Claire Evans1,*,
  2. Imojen Pearce2,
  3. Corina P. D. Brussaard1

Article first published online: 16 SEP 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02050.x

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Environmental Microbiology

Environmental Microbiology

Special Issue: Environmental Viruses: Shaping the biosphere. Guest Editors: Forest Rohwer, David Prangishvili and Debbie Lindell

Volume 11, Issue 11, pages 2924–2934, November 2009

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Evans, C., Pearce, I. and Brussaard, C. P. D. (2009), Viral-mediated lysis of microbes and carbon release in the sub-Antarctic and Polar Frontal zones of the Australian Southern Ocean. Environmental Microbiology, 11: 2924–2934. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02050.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Biological Oceanography, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, PO Box 59, NL-1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, the Netherlands.

  2. 2

    Australian Antarctic Division, 203 Channel Hwy, Kingston, Tas. 7050, Australia.

* *E-mail claire.evans@nioz.nl; Tel. (+31) 222 369449; Fax (+31) 222 319674.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 27 OCT 2009
  2. Article first published online: 16 SEP 2009
  3. Received 21 April, 2009; accepted 30 July, 2009.

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