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 …

Microbial enzymes in the Mediterranean Sea: Relationship with climate changes

R Zaccone, G Caruso - AIMS microbiology, 2019 - pmc.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 …

The dark portion of the Mediterranean Sea is a bioreactor of organic matter cycling

GM Luna, S Bianchelli, F Decembrini… - Global …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Total prokaryotic abundance, prokaryotic heterotrophic production and enzymatic activities
were investigated in epi‐, meso‐and bathypelagic waters along a longitudinal transect …

The deep water of Eastern Mediterranean Sea is a hotspot for bacterial activity

E Rahav, J Silverman, O Raveh, O Hazan… - Deep Sea Research …, 2019 - Elsevier
We investigated the abundance and production of mesopelagic (150–650 m) and
bathypelagic (> 650 m) bacteria from the poorly-studied Levantine basin (Eastern …

Enzymatic activities and prokaryotic abundance in relation to organic matter along a West–East Mediterranean Transect (TRANSMED Cruise)

R Zaccone, A Boldrin, G Caruso, R La Ferla… - Microbial ecology, 2012 - Springer
The distribution of extracellular enzymatic activities (EEA)[leucine aminopeptidase (LAP), ß-
glucosidase (GLU), alkaline phosphatase (AP)], as well as that of prokaryotic abundance …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Prokaryotic dynamics and heterotrophic metabolism in a deep convection site of Eastern Mediterranean Sea (the Southern Adriatic Pit)

M Azzaro, R La Ferla, G Maimone, LS Monticelli… - Continental Shelf …, 2012 - Elsevier
We report on investigations of prokaryotic abundance, biomass, extracellular enzymatic
activity, prokaryotic heterotrophic production and respiration in the full water column (∼ …

Large-scale distribution and activity of prokaryotes in deep-sea surface sediments of the Mediterranean Sea and the adjacent Atlantic Ocean

D Giovannelli, M Molari, G d'Errico, E Baldrighi… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The deep-sea represents a substantial portion of the biosphere and has a major influence
on carbon cycling and global biogeochemistry. Benthic deep-sea prokaryotes have crucial …

[HTML][HTML] Linking microbial functioning and trophic pathways to ecological status in a coastal mediterranean ecosystem

F Decembrini, C Caroppo, G Caruso, A Bergamasco - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
Coastal marine ecosystems host complex microbial communities whose composition and
metabolism are influenced by continental inputs and mesoscale properties of seawater …

Contribution of Bicarbonate Assimilation to Carbon Pool Dynamics in the Deep Mediterranean Sea and Cultivation of Actively Nitrifying and CO2-Fixing Bathypelagic …

V La Cono, G Ruggeri, M Azzaro, F Crisafi… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Covering two-thirds of our planet, the global deep ocean plays a central role in supporting
life on Earth. Among other processes, this biggest ecosystem buffers the rise of atmospheric …