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Materials, Methods, and Experiments in the Study of Black Sea Algal Viruses

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Major studies of the Black Sea algal viruses in Russia have been conducted at scientific institutes located in the city of Sevastopol. A review of the methodological approaches used during 2002–2019 shows that both classical virological methods and methods that were recently developed and patented (among them those by the authors) are applicable to the search for, isolation, and study of algal viruses. The study of samples of clinical material and material of aquatic organisms, as well as model experiments, including those using a unique laboratory apparatus and a test stand, revealed new data on the biology and ecology of marine viruses. Based on the results from these studies, it was proposed to use algal viruses monitoring as a component in aquatic environment monitoring, in which algal viruses are considered as biological indicators and/or markers.

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This work was performed in accordance with State assignment and supported under the Institute of Natural and Technical Systems project no. 0012-2019-0003 Development of New Means and Measuring Information Technologies for Study of Natural Waters and the Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, project no. 0827-2019-0002.

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  2. Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 299011, Sevastopol, Russia

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Stepanova, O.A., Gaisky, P.V. & Sholar, S.A. Materials, Methods, and Experiments in the Study of Black Sea Algal Viruses. Russ J Mar Biol 47, 10–18 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063074021010090

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