Cyanophages and Their Role in the Ecology of Cyanobacteria

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Freshwater Microbiology: Biodiversity and Dynamic Interactions of Microorganisms in the Aquatic Environment (2005, background): “These viruses have a considerable impact on the ecology of blue-green algae (Suttle, 2000).”
Picophytoplankton in Freshwater Ecosystems: The Importance of Small-Sized Phototrophs (2008, background): “Cyanophages are ubiquitous in aquatic environments, and can occur at abundances in excess of 106 mL-1 (Suttle, 2000).”
Ecology of viruses in soils: Past, present and future perspectives (2008, background): “Cyanophages belong to three families of tailed phages: Myoviridae, Siphoviridae and Podoviridae (Mann 2003; Suttle 2000).”
Genetic diversity and population dynamics of cyanophage communities in the Chesapeake Bay (2004, background): “The abundance of infectious cyanophages is known to correlate directly and strongly with host concentrations rather than other environmental variables (Suttle 2000).”
Ecology of prokaryotic viruses. (2004, background): “ary 2018 their cyanobacterial hosts [16].”