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. 2014 Jul 18;9(7):e102490. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102490

Figure 3. Viral abundance (VA) and virus to bacteria abundance ratio at the beginning of the incubation.

Figure 3

Bacterial growth rate, relative cell size, and relative DNA content at the end of the incubation among eight treatments: 1) estuarine bacteria + virus-rich estuarine water (Be+Ve); 2) estuarine bacteria + virus-free estuarine water (Be-Ve); 3) estuarine bacteria + virus-rich seawater (Be+Vs); 4) estuarine bacteria + virus-free seawater (Be-Vs); 5) seawater bacteria + virus-rich estuarine water (Bs+Ve); 6) seawater bacteria + virus-free estuarine water (Bs-Ve); 7) seawater bacteria + virus-rich seawater (Bs+Vs); 8) seawater bacteria + virus-free seawater (Bs-Vs). Vertical bars indicate ± 1SE and n = 3. Different letters (a, b, c, d) denote that the treatment was significantly different (p<0.05) and the same letters denote that the treatment was not significantly different (p>0.05).