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Figure 3

From: Distribution of picophytoplankton communities from brackish to hypersaline waters in a South Australian coastal lagoon

Figure 3

Cytometric differentiation of virus-like particles. Scatter plot of side scatter (SSC) versus green fluorescence (SYBR Green) showing 3 viral sub-populations: VLP1, VLP2 and VLP3. Sub-populations of virus-like particles (VLP) were discriminated based on their differences in SYBR Green fluorescence and SSC, as non-overlapping classes of size and green fluorescence according to Brussaard [30]. VLP1 and VLP2 correspond to populations observed previously in sea water samples and described as bacteriophages [33]. The sub-population VLP3 exhibited the same SYBR Green fluorescence level than VLP2 but was characterized by higher SSC. Recent work have indicated that viral population presenting a cytometric signature similar to the one observed here for VLP3, were likely to be phytoplankton viruses [28, 29].

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Aquatic Biosystems

ISSN: 2046-9063