Marine Viruses: Key Players in Marine Ecosystems
Mathias Middelboe 1,*
and Corina P. D. Brussaard 2
and Corina P. D. Brussaard 2
1
Marine Biological Section, University of Copenhagen, DK-3000 Helsingør, Denmark
2
Department of Marine Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, NIOZ Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research, and University of Utrecht, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands
*
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Viruses 2017, 9(10), 302; https://doi.org/10.3390/v9100302
Received: 12 October 2017 / Accepted: 16 October 2017 / Published: 18 October 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Marine Viruses 2016)
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Viruses were recognized as the causative agents of fish diseases, such as infectious pancreatic necrosis and Oregon sockeye disease, in the early 1960s [1], and have since been shown to be responsible for diseases in all marine life from bacteria to protists, mollusks, crustaceans, fish and mammals [2].[...] View Full-Text
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