@article{f14bece4919d4db39459d324446f912f,
title = "Cyanophage SM-2: A new blue-green algal virus",
abstract = "A new virus which is lytic for the unicellular blue-green algal strains Synechococcus elongatus IU 563 and Microcystis aeruginosa NRC-1 has been isolated from a fresh water lake in the vicinity of Lincoln, Nebraska. The virus (designated as cyanophage SM-2) has a polyhedral head with an edge-to-edge diameter of 50-55 nm, and a narrow, noncontractile, flexible tail which is 130-140 nm in length.",
author = "Fox, {John A.} and Booth, {S. J.} and Martin, {E. L.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported in part by Research Grant No. A-033-NEB from the Office of Water Research and Technology, Department of the Interior, under Public Law 88-379 program. We thank Dr. R. S. Safferman and M. E. Morris for supplying us with S. elongatus IU 563 and SM-1. We also thank Vern Winston and Jan Wacker for their invaluable technical assistance.",
year = "1976",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1016/0042-6822(76)90420-7",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "73",
pages = "557--560",
journal = "Virology",
issn = "0042-6822",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
number = "2",
}