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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
3
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1998-8-27
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Electron-microscopic examination of water samples from the hypersaline Dead Sea showed the presence of high numbers of virus-like particles. Between 0.9 and 7.3 x 10(7) virus-like particles ml(-1) were enumerated in October 1994 in the upper 20 m of the water column during the decline of a bloom of halophilic Archaea. Virus-like particles outnumbered bacteria by a factor of 0.9-9.5 (average 4.4). A variety of viral morphologies were detected, the most often encountered being spindle-shaped, followed by polyhedral and tailed phages. In addition, other types of particles were frequently found, such as unidentified algal scales, and virus-sized star-shaped particles. Water samples collected during 1995 contained low numbers of both bacteria and virus-like particles (1.9-2.6 x 10(6) and 0.8-4.6 x 10(7) ml(-1) in April 1995), with viral numbers sharply declining afterwards (less than 10(4) ml(-1) in November 1995-January 1996). It is suggested that viruses may play a major role in the decline of halophilic archaeal communities in the Dead Sea. an environment in which protozoa and other predators are absent.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Aug
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| pubmed:issn |
1431-0651
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
1
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
143-9
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading | |
| pubmed:year |
1997
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Occurrence of virus-like particles in the Dead Sea.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
The Alexander Silverman Institute of Life Sciences and The Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. orena@shum.cc.huji.ac.il
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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