Phenology and ecological role of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs in freshwaters

C Villena-Alemany, I Mujakić, LK Fecskeová… - Microbiome, 2024 - Springer
Background Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic (AAP) bacteria are heterotrophic bacteria that
supply their metabolism with light energy harvested by bacteriochlorophyll-a-containing …

How do open coastal fire episodes' impact sea surface microlayer neuston communities?

AV Tomaš, D Šantić, M Šolić, S Skejić… - Science of the total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Human-induced climate change is expected to increase the frequency and severity of
vegetation fires. The Mediterranean region is considered particularly prone to fire episodes …

Artificial neural network analysis of microbial diversity in the central and southern Adriatic Sea

D Šantić, K Piwosz, F Matić, A Vrdoljak Tomaš… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Bacteria are an active and diverse component of pelagic communities. The identification of
main factors governing microbial diversity and spatial distribution requires advanced …

Response of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria to limitation and availability of organic carbon

K Piwosz, C Villena-Alemany… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic (AAP) bacteria are an important component of freshwater
bacterioplankton. They can support their heterotrophic metabolism with energy from light …

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 …

Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria correlate with picophytoplankton across the Atlantic Ocean but show unique vertical bioenergetics

CR Gazulla, M Koblížek, JM Mercado… - Limnology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic (AAP) bacteria are a common part of microbial
communities in the sunlit ocean. They contain bacteriochlorophyll a (BChl a)‐based …

Ecology of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs on a fine-scale taxonomic resolution in Adriatic Sea unravelled by unsupervised neural network

I Stojan, D Šantić, C Villena-Alemany, Ž Trumbić… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Background Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs are metabolically highly active, diverse and
widespread polyphyletic members of bacterioplankton whose photoheterotrophic …

Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs of the Adriatic Sea

AV Tomaš, D Šantić, I Stojan, M Šolić - Acta Adriatica, 2023 - acta.izor.hr
Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs are a newly discovered member of the bacterial community
in the Adriatic Sea. During the last seven years, when we started to study these organisms …

Winners in good times and bad times: Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria profit from photoheterotrophy under carbon-rich and poor conditions

K Piwosz, C Villena-Alemany, J Całkiewicz, I Mujakić… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Abstract Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic (AAP) bacteria are an important component of
freshwater bacterioplankton. They can support their heterotrophic metabolism with energy …

Spatial and temporal patterns of picoplankton community in the Central and Southern Adriatic Sea

D Šantić, A Vrdoljak Tomaš, J Lušić - The Montenegrin Adriatic Coast …, 2021 - Springer
Laboratory of Microbiology at the Institute of Oceanography in Split, founded in 1947, covers
numerous research in the field of marine microbial ecology. Marine microorganisms …