Aquatic toxins are potent natural toxins produced by certain cyanobacteria and marine algae
species during harmful cyanobacterial and algal blooms (CyanoHABs and HABs …

The extraordinary progress experienced by sequencing technologies and bioinformatics has
made the development of omic studies virtually ubiquitous in all fields of life sciences …

Non-self recognition with the consequent tolerance or immune reaction is a crucial process
to succeed as living organisms. At the same time the interactions between host species and …

Mussels belong to the phylum Mollusca, one of the largest and most diverse taxa in the
animal kingdom. Despite their importance in aquaculture and in biology in general, genomic …

Environmental epigenetics investigates the cause-effect relationships between specific
environmental factors and the subsequent epigenetic modifications triggering adaptive …

Abstract Background The Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis is marine bivalve
with a relevant commercial importance as well as a key sentinel organism for the …

Massive algal proliferations known as Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) represent one of the
most important threats to coastal areas. Among them, the so-called Florida Red Tides (FRTs …

Anchialine caves contain haline bodies of water with underground connections to the ocean
and limited exposure to open air. Despite being found on islands and peninsular coastlines …

Histone variants play a critical role in chromatin structure and epigenetic regulation. These
“deviant” proteins have been historically considered as the evolutionary descendants of …

Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) constitute one of the most important sources of contamination
in the oceans, producing high concentrations of potentially harmful biotoxins that are …