Low limit of concentration of (cyanobacteria) host-cells in which cyanophage replication still occurs

Value 100 host cells/ml
Organism Cyanophages
Reference Chibani-Chennoufi S, Bruttin A, Dillmann ML, Brüssow H. Phage-host interaction: an ecological perspective. J Bacteriol. 2004 Jun186(12):3677-86 DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.12.3677-3686.2004 p.3682 left column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID15175280
Primary Source [65] Waterbury JB, Valois FW. Resistance to co-occurring phages enables marine synechococcus communities to coexist with cyanophages abundant in seawater. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1993 Oct59(10):3393-9PubMed ID16349072
Comments P.3682 left column 2nd paragraph: "The determination of the variations of host cell concentration over time allowed the approximation that cyanophage replication still occurred when the host cell concentration fell to 10^2 cells/ml (primary source)."
Entered by Uri M
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