Algal virus: isolation

Science. 1963 May 10;140(3567):679-80. doi: 10.1126/science.140.3567.679.

Abstract

Freshwater blue-green algae of the genera Lyngbya, Plectonema, and Phormidium are susceptible to a virus recently isolated from a waste-stabilization pond. Electron micrographs of a partially purified preparation show that the viral particle has an icosahedral structure about 66 mmicro in diameter.

MeSH terms

  • Cyanobacteria*
  • Eukaryota*
  • Phycodnaviridae*
  • Plants*
  • Virion*
  • Viruses*