Impact of Viral Infection on Absorption and Scattering Properties of Marine Bacteria and Phytoplankton

The objectives of this work are to: 1) define the typical time scale for the shift in inherent optical properties (a, b, c, and bb) associated with viral infection of marine bacteria (as compared to non infected control populations), 2) define the maximum possible rates of shift in inherent optical properties (a, b, c, and bb) under conditions of high virus multiplicity of infection, and 3) define the concurrent changes in 0.03-100 μm size spectra associated with viral infection of marine bacteria. . APPROACH