Virus succession observed during an Emiliania huxleyi bloom.
Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis was used as a molecular tool to determine the diversity and to monitor population dynamics of viruses that infect the globally important coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi. We exploited variations in the major capsid protein gene from E. huxleyi-specific viruses to monitor their genetic diversity during an E. huxleyi bloom in a mesocosm experiment off western Norway. We reveal that, despite the presence of several virus genotypes at the start of an E. huxleyi bloom, only a few virus genotypes eventually go on to kill the bloom.
Schroeder
Declan C
DC
Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth PL1 2PB, UK.
Oke
Joanne
J
Hall
Matthew
M
Malin
Gillian
G
Wilson
William H
WH
D001483:Base Sequence; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004267:DNA Viruses / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D017753:Ecosystem; D005814:Genes, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009664:Norway; D010802:Phylogeny; D010839:Phytoplankton / Q000821:virology*; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
D036022:Capsid Proteins; D004279:DNA, Viral