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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2001, p. 3285-3290, Vol. 67, No. 7
0099-2240/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.7.3285-3290.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Distribution, Isolation, Host Specificity, and Diversity of Cyanophages Infecting Marine Synechococcus spp. in River Estuaries†

Jingrang Lu,1 Feng Chen,2,* and Robert E. Hodson1

Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602,1 and Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 212022

Received 18 January 2001/Accepted 18 April 2001

The abundance of cyanophages infecting marine Synechococcus spp. increased with increasing salinity in three Georgia coastal rivers. About 80% of the cyanophage isolates were cyanomyoviruses. High cross-infectivity was found among the cyanophages infecting phycoerythrin-containing Synechococcus strains. Cyanophages in the river estuaries were diverse in terms of their morphotypes and genotypes.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, 701 East Pratt Street, Suite 236, Baltimore, MD 21202. Phone: (410) 234-8866. Fax: (410) 234-8896. E-mail: chenf{at}umbi.umb.edu.

dagger Contribution 549 from the Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2001, p. 3285-3290, Vol. 67, No. 7
0099-2240/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.7.3285-3290.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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