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Detection of phage infection in the bacterial population of Lake Untersee (Antarctica)

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  1. Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology of Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7, k. 1, Moscow, 117312, Russia

    S. N. Filippova, N. A. Surgucheva, E. E. Kulikov, V. V. Sorokin, V. N. Akimov & V. F. Galchenko

  2. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Nauki 5, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290, Russia

    V. N. Akimov

  3. 1300 University Blvd CH103, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA

    A. K. Bej

  4. NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, Ames, CA, 94035, USA

    C. McKay

  5. SETI Institute, 189 Bernardo Ave., Suite 100, Mountain View, CA, 94043, USA

    D. Andersen

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Original Russian Text © S.N. Filippova, N.A. Surgucheva, E.E. Kulikov, V.V. Sorokin, V.N. Akimov, A.K. Bej, C. McKay, D. Andersen, V.F. Galchenko, 2013, published in Mikrobiologiya, 2013, Vol. 82, No. 3, pp. 366–369.

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Filippova, S.N., Surgucheva, N.A., Kulikov, E.E. et al. Detection of phage infection in the bacterial population of Lake Untersee (Antarctica). Microbiology 82, 383–386 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261713030041

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