Cyanophages

Using sequence analysis, many new types of these phages (called cyanophages) have been detected. ❋ Unknown (2007)

For example, specific sequences of cyanophages could only be detected in the deep chlorophyll maximum (DCM), a Chlorophyll-rich layer closely associated to the thermocline (ca 75 to 200 m depth). ❋ Unknown (2007)

With his computer simulation model, Hellweger "knocked out" the photosynthesis genes of cyanophages (viruses that attack marine cyanobacteria species such as Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus) to compare the fitness-level of these viruses to those containing the genes. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Synechococcus communities to coexist with cyanophages abundant in seawater. ❋ Unknown (2008)

They are infected by cyanophages including members of the families Podoviridae, Myoviridae and Siphoviridae ❋ Unknown (2008)

This may be one factor that helps to explain why cyanophages infecting ❋ Unknown (2008)

Chan AM (1994) Dynamics and distribution of cyanophages and their effect on marine ❋ Unknown (2008)

While this model is oversimplified, and has required assumptions that limit its applicability, it nevertheless may help us to understand some of the variability among cyanophages in methods they use to acquire dNTPs. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This gene is found in the genomes of a large proportion of cyanophages known to infect marine picocyanobacteria suggesting that it confers a fitness advantage. ❋ Jason G. Bragg Et Al. (2008)

MED4, has many genomic similarities to the T7 phage that infects The genomes of marine Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus cyanophages often contain genes that are absent from the genomes of morphologically related phages that do not infect marine cyanobacteria, ❋ Unknown (2008)

The predicted advantage of expressing and encoding psbA was typically greater when a switch to higher light was simulated during infection, though the precise size of the advantage conferred by In addition to psbA, marine cyanophages encode a variety of genes that potentially help them acquire dNTPs ( ❋ Unknown (2008)