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A possible virus infection in the brown algaPylaiella littoralis

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Virus-like particles are described which occur in the unilocular sporangia of the marine brown algaPylaiella littoralis. The particles are hexagonal in the ultrathin section, 130–170 nm in diameter and resemble virus-like particles and true viruses seen in other organisms. Sporangia which contain virus-like particles exhibit various inclusions and modifications, such as dark-staining areas in the nucleus and membranous components in the cytoplasm, which are not seen in uninfected sporangia and which may be involved in the development of the particles.

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  1. Donald R. Markey

    Present address: Department of Botany, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

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    Markey, D.R. A possible virus infection in the brown algaPylaiella littoralis . Protoplasma 80, 223–232 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01666361

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