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    Citation: Yan Zhang, Min Xu, Yijun Zhao, Kai Cheng. The First Isolation of a Cyanophage-Synechococcus System from the East China Sea .VIROLOGICA SINICA, 2013, 28(5) : 260-265.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12250-013-3333-6
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    The First Isolation of a Cyanophage-Synechococcus System from the East China Sea

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      College of Life Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China

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      Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Hubei Provincial Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation, College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China

    • Corresponding author: Kai Cheng, chengkaicn@163.com
    • Received Date: 17 April 2013
      Accepted Date: 26 August 2013
      Published Date: 03 September 2013
      Available online: 01 October 2013
    • A cyanophage strain and its host Synechococcus were isolated from the East China Sea. The host Synechococcus sp. SJ01 was characterized by its 16S rRNA,ITS,and psbA gene sequences as well as by its morphological appearance and pigmentation. The cyanophage, strain S-SJ2, was able to cause a lytic infection of the coastal Synechococcus. TEM of negative-stained specimens showed that the phage isolate has an isometric head with a diameter of 68 nm and a long tail with a length of 280 nm. The cyanophage-Synechococcus system from the East China Sea shares many properties with other marine cyanophage-Synechococcus systems worldwide.
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      The First Isolation of a Cyanophage-Synechococcus System from the East China Sea

        Corresponding author: Kai Cheng, chengkaicn@163.com
      • 1. College of Life Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430079, China
      • 2. Key Laboratory of Fermentation Engineering (Ministry of Education), Hubei Provincial Cooperative Innovation Center of Industrial Fermentation, College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China
      • Received Date: 17 April 2013
      • Accepted Date: 26 August 2013
      • Published Date: 03 September 2013

      Abstract: A cyanophage strain and its host Synechococcus were isolated from the East China Sea. The host Synechococcus sp. SJ01 was characterized by its 16S rRNA,ITS,and psbA gene sequences as well as by its morphological appearance and pigmentation. The cyanophage, strain S-SJ2, was able to cause a lytic infection of the coastal Synechococcus. TEM of negative-stained specimens showed that the phage isolate has an isometric head with a diameter of 68 nm and a long tail with a length of 280 nm. The cyanophage-Synechococcus system from the East China Sea shares many properties with other marine cyanophage-Synechococcus systems worldwide.

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