Redigerer Tron Frede Thingstad (avsnitt)

== Utvalgt bibliografi ==
* {{Cite journal|last1=Bratbak |first1=Gunnar |coauthors= Mikal Heldal, Svein Norland and T. Frede Thingstad |year=1990 |title=Viruses as partners in spring bloom microbial trophodynamics |journal=Applied and Environmental Microbiology |volume=56 |issue=5 |pages=1400-1405 |url=http://aem.asm.org/content/56/5/1400.short}}
* {{Kilde artikkel 
 | forfatter1 = Thingstad TF
 | forfatter2 = Lignell R
 | tittel = Theoretical models for the control of bacterial growth rate, abundance, diversity and carbon demand
 | publikasjon = AME
 | år = 1997
 | bind = 13
 | hefte = 1
 | sider = 19-27
 | doi = 10.3354/ame013019
 | url = https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/ame/v13/n1/p19-27/
}}
* {{Cite journal|last1=Thingstad |first1=T. Frede |year=2000 |title=Elements of a theory for the mechanisms controlling abundance, diversity, and biogeochemical role of lytic bacterial viruses in aquatic systems |journal=Limnology and Oceanography |volume=45 |issue=6 |pages=1320-1328 |jstor=2670525 |doi=10.4319/lo.2000.45.6.1320}}
* {{Kilde artikkel 
 | forfatter1 = VIGDIS TORSVIK
 | forfatter2 = LISE ØVREÅS
 | forfatter3 = TRON FREDE THINGSTAD
 | tittel = Prokaryotic Diversity--Magnitude, Dynamics, and Controlling Factors
 | publikasjon = Science
 | år = 2002
 | bind = 296
 | hefte = 5570
 | sider = 1064-1066
 | doi = 10.1126/science.1071698
 | url = http://science.sciencemag.org/content/296/5570/1064
}}