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Mahala Peter-Frank

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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MicrobiologyFrontiers in Marine SciencePeer-reviewedFeb 24, 2026

Sampling Microbial Dynamics in the Salish Sea Estuary: Evaluating Methods to Capture Cyanobacteria and Cyanophage

Noelani R Boise, Owen P. Leiser, Kristin Jones…·David D. Pollock

The paper develops and refines methods to sample and sequence cyanobacteria, cyanophages, and their environment in the Salish Sea to study host-pathogen dynamics.

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