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  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
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19 Pages

Identification of a Chlorovirus PBCV-1 Protein Involved in Degrading the Host Cell Wall during Virus Infection

  • Irina V. Agarkova,
  • Leslie C. Lane,
  • David D. Dunigan,
  • Cristian F. Quispe,
  • Garry A. Duncan,
  • Elad Milrot,
  • Abraham Minsky,
  • Ahmed Esmael,
  • Jayadri S. Ghosh and
  • James L. Van Etten

28 April 2021

Chloroviruses are unusual among viruses infecting eukaryotic organisms in that they must, like bacteriophages, penetrate a rigid cell wall to initiate infection. Chlorovirus PBCV-1 infects its host, Chlorella variabilis NC64A by specifically binding...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
6,162 Views
8 Pages

Algal Oxylipins Mediate the Resistance of Diatoms against Algicidal Bacteria

  • Nils Meyer,
  • Johanna Rettner,
  • Markus Werner,
  • Oliver Werz and
  • Georg Pohnert

4 December 2018

Algicidal bacteria can lyse microalgal blooms and trigger shifts within plankton communities. Resistant algal species can escape lysis, and have the opportunity to dominate the phytoplankton after a bacterial infection. Despite their important functi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
4,419 Views
14 Pages

Isolation and Identification of Two Algae-Lysing Bacteria against Microcystis aeruginosa

  • Jing Yang,
  • Kai Qiao,
  • Junping Lv,
  • Qi Liu,
  • Fangru Nan,
  • Shulian Xie and
  • Jia Feng

5 September 2020

Algae blooms present an environmental problem worldwide. In response to the outbreak of harmful algal blooms in cyanobacteria, the role of biological control has drawn wide attention, particularly for algicidal bacteria. The mechanism underlying algi...