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. 2000 Sep;66(9):3790–3797. doi: 10.1128/aem.66.9.3790-3797.2000

TABLE 3.

Estimated virus turnover time, bacterial turnover time, and virus-induced bacterial mortalitya

Location Virus turnover time (days) Bacterial turnover time (days)
Virus-induced bacterial mortality (burst size of 20, % of total mortalityb) Virus-induced bacterial mortality (burst size of 50, % of total mortalityb)
TdR Leu
Two Harbors 1.3 1.35 2.04 74 29
Two Harbors (1.0-μm-pore-size-filtered seawater) 1.4 1.58 1.80 125 50
San Pedro Channel (22 May 1997) 1.3 1.04 1.02 114 46
San Pedro Channel (13 July 1998) 0.82 2.28 ND 119 48
San Pedro Channel (13 July 1998, 20 m) 0.68 1.45 ND 93 37
San Pedro Channel (13 July 1998, 60 m) 2.1 1.95 ND 74 30
Offshore Station 2.2 3.95 4.56 66 26
Playa del Rey Jetty (surface) 1.1 2.1 ND 59 24
a

TdR, thymidine incorporation; Leu, leucine incorporation; ND, not determined. 

b

Assuming steady state, i.e., the total bacterial mortality equals the bacterial production.