Enumeration of total virioplankton and isolation of specific cyanophages from selected aquatic ecosystems in Goa, India

Noronha, J.M.; Mulla, A.B.; Gauns, M.U.; Ghadi, S.C.

dc.contributor.author	Noronha, J.M.
dc.contributor.author	Mulla, A.B.
dc.contributor.author	Gauns, M.U.
dc.contributor.author	Ghadi, S.C.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-03-05T05:03:57Z
dc.date.available	2019-03-05T05:03:57Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.identifier.citation	Current Science. 115(11); 2019; 2147-2150.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.currentscience.ac.in/Volumes/115/11/2147.pdf
dc.identifier.uri	http://irgu.unigoa.ac.in/drs/handle/unigoa/5603
dc.description.abstract	Viruses are known to be highly abundant and, therefore, ecologically significant entities of all aquatic ecosystems. However, very few studies from marine and freshwater ecosystems in India have dealt with enumeration, isolation or characterization of their virus (virioplankton) populations. In the present study, we have estimated total virioplankton populations from several kinds of aquatic niches, viz. rice fields, lakes and estuaries, using flow cytometry. Rice field floodwaters displayed the highest virioplankton count of 1.21 x 10 sup(7) particles per ml. As cyanophages form the second most abundant class of virioplankton (after bacteriophages), we also isolated four cyanophages from the same aquatic niches.	en_US
dc.publisher	Current Science Association	en_US
dc.subject	Biotechnology	en_US
dc.title	Enumeration of total virioplankton and isolation of specific cyanophages from selected aquatic ecosystems in Goa, India	en_US
dc.type	Journal article	en_US
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