Microbial assemblages for environmental quality assessment: knowledge, gaps and usefulness in the European Marine Strategy Framework Directive

G Caruso, R La Ferla, M Azzaro, A Zoppini… - Critical reviews in …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive 2008/56/EC (MSFD) defines a
framework for Community actions in the field of marine environmental policy in order to …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial enzymes in the Mediterranean Sea: Relationship with climate changes

R Zaccone, G Caruso - AIMS microbiology, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In most of the aquatic ecosystems, microorganisms are major players in the biogeochemical
and nutrients cycles (Carbon Nitrogen, Phosphorus), through their enzymatic activities …

A dataset of global ocean alkaline phosphatase activity

B Su, X Song, S Duhamel, C Mahaffey, C Davis… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Utilisation of dissolved organic phosphorus (DOP) by marine microbes as an alternative
phosphorus (P) source when phosphate is scarce can help sustain non-Redfieldian carbon …

Scaling microbial biomass, metabolism and resource supply

RL Sinsabaugh, JJF Shah, SG Findlay, KA Kuehn… - Biogeochemistry, 2015 - Springer
The microbiome concept has drawn attention to the complex signal and syntrophic networks
that underlie microbial community organization. This self-organization may lead to patterns …

Characterization of the Atlantic Water and Levantine Intermediate Water in the Mediterranean Sea using Argo Float Data

G Fedele, E Mauri, G Notarstefano… - Ocean Science …, 2021 - os.copernicus.org
The Atlantic Water (AW) and Levantine Intermediate Water (LIW) are important water
masses that play a crucial role in the internal variability of the Mediterranean thermohaline …

Bacterial diversity in the South Adriatic Sea during a strong, deep winter convection year

M Korlević, P Pop Ristova, R Garić… - Applied and …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The South Adriatic Sea is the deepest part of the Adriatic Sea and represents a
key area for both the Adriatic Sea and the deep eastern Mediterranean. It has a role in …

Bacterial versus archaeal origin of extracellular enzymatic activity in the Northeast Atlantic deep waters

F Baltar, J Arístegui, JM Gasol, T Yokokawa, GJ Herndl - Microbial ecology, 2013 - Springer
We determined the total and dissolved extracellular enzymatic activity (EEA) of α-
glucosidase and β-glucosidase (AGase and BGase), alkaline phosphatase (APase) and …

Picoplankton distribution and activity in the deep waters of the Southern Adriatic Sea

D Šantić, V Kovačević, M Bensi, M Giani… - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Southern Adriatic (Eastern Mediterranean Sea) is a region strongly dominated by large-
scale oceanographic processes and local open-ocean dense water formation. In this study …

Phytoplankton and bacterial communities' patterns in a highly dynamic ecosystem (central Mediterranean sea)

C Caroppo, F Azzaro, A Bergamasco, G Caruso… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Straits of Messina (Southern Italy, Mediterranean Sea) are a very complex area: they
connect two basins (Tyrrhenian and Ionian) with different hydrographic features and is …

Vertical distribution of the prokaryotic cell size in the Mediterranean Sea

R La Ferla, G Maimone, M Azzaro… - Helgoland Marine …, 2012 - Springer
Distributions of prokaryotic cell size and morphology were studied in different areas of the
Mediterranean Sea by using image analysis on samples collected from surface down to …