It is also concluded that strong sunlight affects the viability of bacteriophages in surface waters, with the result that direct counts of VLPs overestimate the number of bacteriophage capable of both infection and replication.
(direct counts of VLPs; overestimate; the number of bacteriophage capable of both infection and replication)
direct counts of VLPs
overestimate
the number of bacteriophage capable of both infection and replication