BLUE-GREEN ALGAL VIRUS LPP-1: PURIFICATION AND PARTIAL CHARACTERIZATION.
The blue-green algal virus LPP-1 was concentrated by ultrafiltration and purified by density-gradient and differential centrifugation. The virus contains DNA and has a sedimentation coefficient of 548S. Electron micrographs of purified viral preparations show that the polyhedral particles have short tails, which are approximately one-fourth as long as the diameter of the head. Data presented in this report indicate that the blue-green algal virus more closely resembles bacteriophages than viruses infecting higher plants.
D001435:Bacteriophages; D002965:Classification; D000458:Cyanobacteria; D004583:Electrons; D056890:Eukaryota; D008853:Microscopy; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D017862:Phycodnaviridae; D010942:Plant Viruses; D012106:Research; D014780:Viruses
ALGAE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CLASSIFICATION; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLANT VIRUSES