The University of British Columbia

• Recent Publications ( further citation data available here ):
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• Pausz C., Clasen J.L., Suttle C.A. 2009. Isolation independent methods of characterizing phage communities 1: strain typing using fingerprinting methods. Methods in Molecular Biology 502:255-78
• Ortmann A.C. and Suttle C.A. 2009. Determination of virus abundance by epifluorescence microscopy. Methods in Molecular Biology 501:87-95
• Clasen J.L.and Suttle C.A. 2009. Identifying freshwater Phycodnaviridae and their potential phytoplankton hosts using DNA pol sequence fragments and a genetic distance analysis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75:991-7
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• Lang A.S. and Suttle C.A. 2008. Marnaviruses. Encyclopedia of Virology, 5 vols. (B.W.J. Mahy and M.H.V. Van Regenmortel, Editors), pp. 280-285 Oxford: Elsevier
• Chénard C. and Suttle C.A. 2008. Phylogenetic Diversity of Cyanophage Photosynthetic Genes (psbA) in Marine and Fresh Waters. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74:5317-24
• Clasen J.L., Brigden S.M., Payet J.P. and Suttle C.A. 2008. Evidence that viral abundance across oceans and lakes is driven by different biological factors. Freshwater Biology 53:1090-1100
• Brussaard C.P.D, Wilhelm S.W., Thingstad F., Weinbauer M.G., Bratbak G., Heldal M., Kimmance S.A., Middelboe M., Nagasaki K., Paul J.H., Schroeder D.C., Suttle C.A., Vaqué D. and Wommack K.E. 2008. Global-scale processes with a nanoscale drive: the role of marine viruses. The ISME Journal 2:575-578
• Payet J.P. and Suttle C.A. 2008. Physical and biological correlates of virus dynamics in the southern Beaufort Sea and Amundsen Gulf. Journal of Marine Systems 74: 933-945
• Suttle C.A. 2007. Marine viruses - major players in the global ecosystem. Nature Reviews Microbiology 5:801-812
• Culley A.I., Lang A.S., and Suttle C.A. 2007. The complete genomes of three viruses assembled from shotgun libraries of marine RNA virus communities. Virology Journal July 6, 4:69
• Comeau A.M. and Suttle C.A. 2007. Distribution, genetic richness and phage sensitivity of Vibrio spp. from coastal British Columbia. Environmental Microbiology 9:1790-1800
• Breitbart M., Thompson L.R., Suttle C.A., and Sullivan, M.B. 2007. Exploring the Vast Diversity of Marine Viruses. Oceanography 20:135-139
• Lawrence J.E., Brussaard C.P.D., and Suttle C.A. 2006. Virus-specific responses of Heterosigma akashiwo to infection. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72:7829-7834
• Angly FE, Felts B, Breitbart M, Salamon P, Edwards RA, Carlson C, Chan AM, Haynes M, Kelley S, Liu H, Mahaffy JM, Mueller JE, Nulton J, Olson R, Parsons R, Rayhawk S, Suttle CA, Rohwer F. 2006. The Marine Viromes of Four Oceanic Regions. PLoS Biology 4(11):e368
• Comeau A.M., Chan A.M. and Suttle C.A. 2006. Genetic richness of vibriophages isolated in a coastal environment. Environmental Microbiology 8:1164-76
• Culley A.I., Lang A.S. and Suttle C.A. 2006. Metagenomic analysis of coastal RNA virus communities. Science 312:1795-1798 Full text
• Suttle C.A. 2005. Viruses in the sea. Nature 437:356-361
• Filée J., Tétart F., Suttle C.A. and Krisch H.M. 2005. Marine T4-type bacteriophages, a ubiquitous component of the dark matter of the biosphere. PNAS 102:12471-6
• Hambly E. and Suttle C.A. 2005. The viriosphere, diversity, and genetic exchange within phage communities. Current Opinion in Microbiology 8:444-450
• Comeau, A.M., Buenaventura E. and Suttle C.A.. 2005. A Persistent, Productive and Seasonally Dynamic Vibriophage Population within Pacific Oysters (Crassostrea gigas). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71:5324-5331
• Ortmann, A.C. and Suttle C.A. 2005. High abundances of viruses in a deep-sea hydrothermal vent system indicates viral mediated microbial mortality. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 52:1515-1527
• Suttle C.A. 2005. The viriosphere: the greatest biological diversity on Earth and driver of global processes. Environmental Microbiology 4:481-482
• Short C.M. and Suttle C.A. 2005. Nearly identical bacteriophage structural gene sequences are widely distributed in both marine and freshwater environments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71:480-486

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