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Study of the dynamics of Microcystis aeruginosa and its cyanophage in East Lake using quantitative PCR

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  1. Virus Resource and Bioinformatics Center, State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China

    Han Xia & Tianxian Li

  2. Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, 430071, China

    Meiniang Wang, Xingyi Ge, Yongquan Wu, Xinglou Yang, Yuji Zhang & Zhengli Shi

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Xia, H., Wang, M., Ge, X. et al. Study of the dynamics of Microcystis aeruginosa and its cyanophage in East Lake using quantitative PCR. Virol. Sin. 28, 309–311 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12250-013-3368-8

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