CYANOPHAGES - Cyanobacteria - page 417

C HAPTER 8 C HAPTER

CYANOPHAGES

I. NOMENCLATURE AND CLASSIFICATION 419

II. FRESHWATER CYANOMYOVIRUSES 422

III. FRESHWATER CYANOSIPHOVIRUSES 423

IV. FRESHWATER CYANOPODOVIRUSES 424

V. CYANOPHAGES OF UNCERTAIN IDENTITY 426

VI. STABILITY 427

VII. ADSORPTION 427

VIII. PHAGE DEVELOPMENT 428

i) Dependency of replication cycle on photosynthesis
ii) Nucleic acid metabolism
iii) Disturbances in other metabolic features
IX. ROLE OF FRESHWATER CYANOPHAGES IN THE CONTROL OF 433

CYANOBACTERIAL BLOOMS
X. MUTATIONAL STUDIES ON FRESHWATER CYANOPHAGES 435

XI. MARINE CYANOPHAGES 436

i) Isolation and morphological characterization

ii) Genomic sequences of marine cyanophages

iii) Enumeration techniques for marine cyanophages

iv) “Photosynthetic” phages

v) Genes related to pigment biosynthesis