Mediterranean aquaculture in a changing climate: Temperature effects on pathogens and diseases of three farmed fish species

MC Cascarano, O Stavrakidis-Zachou, I Mladineo… - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Climate change is expected to have a drastic effect on aquaculture worldwide. As we move
forward with the agenda to increase and diversify aquaculture production, rising …

Positive ecological interactions and the success of seagrass restoration

SR Valdez, YS Zhang, T van der Heide… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Seagrasses provide multiple ecosystem services including nursery habitat, improved water
quality, coastal protection, and carbon sequestration. However, seagrasses are in crisis as …

A horizon scan of priorities for coastal marine microbiome research

SM Trevathan-Tackett, CDH Sherman… - Nature ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
Research into the microbiomes of natural environments is changing the way ecologists and
evolutionary biologists view the importance of microorganisms in ecosystem function. This is …

Macrophytes and their wrack as a habitat for faecal indicator bacteria and Vibrio in coastal marine environments

G Kalvaitienė, D Vaičiūtė, M Bučas, G Gyraitė… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Waterborne pathogenic bacteria, including faecal indicator bacteria and potentially
pathogenic Vibrio, are a global concern for diseases transmitted through water. A systematic …

The seagrass holobiont: understanding seagrass-bacteria interactions and their role in seagrass ecosystem functioning

F Tarquinio, GA Hyndes, B Laverock… - FEMS microbiology …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
This review shows that the presence of seagrass microbial community is critical for the
development of seagrasses; from seed germination, through to phytohormone production …

Low light availability alters root exudation and reduces putative beneficial microorganisms in seagrass roots

BC Martin, D Gleeson, J Statton, AR Siebers… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Seagrass roots host a diverse microbiome that is critical for plant growth and health.
Composition of microbial communities can be regulated in part by root exudates, but the …

Impact of industrial phosphate waste discharge on the marine environment in the Gulf of Gabes (Tunisia)

A El Kateb, C Stalder, A Rüggeberg, C Neururer… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The marine environment in the Gulf of Gabes (southern Tunisia) is severely impacted by
phosphate industries. Nowadays, three localities, Sfax, Skhira and Gabes produce …

Microbial associates of an endemic Mediterranean seagrass enhance the access of the host and the surrounding seawater to inorganic nitrogen under ocean …

CA Pfister, U Cardini, A Mirasole, LM Montilla… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Seagrasses are important primary producers in oceans worldwide. They live in shallow
coastal waters that are experiencing carbon dioxide enrichment and ocean acidification …

[PDF][PDF] Nitrogen fixation and diazotrophs–a review

W Sun, MH Shahrajabian, QI Cheng - Rom Biotechnol Lett, 2021 - e-repository.org
Nitrogen fixation involves formation of ammonium from N2, which needs a high input of
energy. Biological nitrogen fixation utilizes the enzyme nitrogenase and ATP to fix nitrogen …

The seagrass holobiont: what we know and what we still need to disclose for its possible use as an ecological indicator

C Conte, A Rotini, L Manfra, MM D'Andrea, G Winters… - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microbes and seagrass establish symbiotic relationships constituting a functional unit called
the holobiont that reacts as a whole to environmental changes. Recent studies have shown …