| isolation and characterization of a single-stranded dna virus infecting chaetoceros lorenzianus grunow. | diatoms are one of the most significant primary producers in the ocean, and the importance of viruses as a potential source of mortality for diatoms has recently been recognized. thus far, eight different diatom viruses infecting the genera rhizosolenia and chaetoceros have been isolated and characterized to different extents. we report the isolation of a novel diatom virus (clordnav), which causes the lysis of the bloom-forming species chaetoceros lorenzianus, and show its physiological, morpho ... | 2011 | 21666026 |