Marine fungal biotechnology: an ecological perspective

C Raghukumar - 2008 - drs.nio.res.in
This paper reviews the potential of marine fungi in biotechnology. The unique physico-
chemical properties of the marine environment are likely to have conferred marine fungi with …

Assessment of codivergence of Mastreviruses with their plant hosts

B Wu, U Melcher, X Guo, X Wang, L Fan… - BMC evolutionary biology, 2008 - Springer
Background Viruses that have spent most of their evolutionary time associated with a single
host lineage should have sequences that reflect codivergence of virus and host. Several …

Phylogenetic evidence against evolutionary stasis and natural abiotic reservoirs of influenza A virus

M Worobey - Journal of Virology, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
Zhang et al.(G. Zhang, D. Shoham, D. Gilichinsky, S. Davydov, JD Castello, and SO Rogers,
J. Virol. 80: 12229-12235, 2006) have claimed to have recovered influenza A virus RNA …

Cold-active viruses

LE Wells - Psychrophiles: From biodiversity to biotechnology, 2008 - Springer
Virus-like particles (VLP) are abundant in the aquatic biosphere, typically ranging between
105 and 108 ml− 1, including in the cold environments of the deep sea, polar oceans, sea …

Ecological aspects of plant viruses in tomato and pathogen risk assessment

M Bandte, W Pestemer, C Büttner… - … Symposium on Tomato in …, 2008 - actahort.org
A number of viruses are known to infect tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) crops and cause
significant losses by reducing fruit quality and yield. Three economically important viruses …