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Oxygen supersaturation protects coastal marine fauna from ocean warming (2019)
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Giomi, F., Barausse, A., Duarte, C. M., Booth, J., Agusti, S., Saderne, V., Anton, A., Daffonchio, D., & Fusi, M. (2019). Oxygen supersaturation protects coastal marine fauna from ocean warming. Science Advances, 5(9), Article eaax1814. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax1814

Ocean warming affects the life history and fitness of marine organisms by, among others, increasing animal metabolism and reducing oxygen availability. In coastal habitats, animals live in close association with photosynthetic organisms whose oxygen... Read More about Oxygen supersaturation protects coastal marine fauna from ocean warming.

Environmental latitudinal gradients and host specificity shape Symbiodiniaceae distribution in Red Sea Porites corals (2019)
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Terraneo, T. I., Fusi, M., Hume, B. C., Arrigoni, R., Voolstra, C. R., Benzoni, F., Forsman, Z. H., & Berumen, M. L. (2019). Environmental latitudinal gradients and host specificity shape Symbiodiniaceae distribution in Red Sea Porites corals. Journal of Biogeography, 46(10), 2323-2335. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13672

Aim
To assess the diversity of algal symbionts of the family Symbiodiniaceae associated with the coral genus Porites in the Red Sea, and to test for host-specificity and environmental variables driving biogeographical patterns of algal symbiont dist... Read More about Environmental latitudinal gradients and host specificity shape Symbiodiniaceae distribution in Red Sea Porites corals.

Phenomics and Genomics Reveal Adaptation of Virgibacillus dokdonensis Strain 21D to Its Origin of Isolation, the Seawater-Brine Interface of the Mediterranean Sea Deep Hypersaline Anoxic Basin Discovery (2019)
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Zeaiter, Z., Marasco, R., Booth, J. M., Prosdocimi, E. M., Mapelli, F., Callegari, M., Fusi, M., Michoud, G., Molinari, F., Daffonchio, D., Borin, S., & Crotti, E. (2019). Phenomics and Genomics Reveal Adaptation of Virgibacillus dokdonensis Strain 21D to Its Origin of Isolation, the Seawater-Brine Interface of the Mediterranean Sea Deep Hypersaline Anoxic Basin Discovery. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, Article 1304. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01304

The adaptation of sporeformers to extreme environmental conditions is frequently questioned due to their capacity to produce highly resistant endospores that are considered as resting contaminants, not representing populations adapted to the system.... Read More about Phenomics and Genomics Reveal Adaptation of Virgibacillus dokdonensis Strain 21D to Its Origin of Isolation, the Seawater-Brine Interface of the Mediterranean Sea Deep Hypersaline Anoxic Basin Discovery.

The role of fungi in heterogeneous sediment microbial networks (2019)
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Booth, J., Fusi, M., Marasco, R., Michoud, G., Fodelianakis, S., Merlino, G., & Daffonchio, D. (2019). The role of fungi in heterogeneous sediment microbial networks. Scientific Reports, 9, Article 7537. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43980-3

While prokaryote community diversity and function have been extensively studied in soils and sediments, the functional role of fungi, despite their huge diversity, is widely unexplored. several studies have, nonetheless, revealed the importance of fu... Read More about The role of fungi in heterogeneous sediment microbial networks.

Bacterial endophytes of mangrove propagules elicit early establishment of the natural host and promote growth of cereal crops under salt stress (2019)
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Soldan, R., Mapelli, F., Crotti, E., Schnell, S., Daffonchio, D., Marasco, R., Fusi, M., Borin, S., & Cardinale, M. (2019). Bacterial endophytes of mangrove propagules elicit early establishment of the natural host and promote growth of cereal crops under salt stress. Microbiological Research, 223, 33-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2019.03.008

Mangroves, dominating tropical intertidal zones and estuaries, are among the most salt tolerant plants, and propagate through reproductive units called propagules. Similarly to other plants’ seeds, propagules may harbor beneficial bacteria. Our hypot... Read More about Bacterial endophytes of mangrove propagules elicit early establishment of the natural host and promote growth of cereal crops under salt stress.

Consistent bacterial selection by date palm root system across heterogeneous desert oasis agroecosystems (2019)
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Mosqueira, M. J., Marasco, R., Fusi, M., Michoud, G., Merlino, G., Cherif, A., & Daffonchio, D. (2019). Consistent bacterial selection by date palm root system across heterogeneous desert oasis agroecosystems. Scientific Reports, 9(1), Article 4033. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40551-4

Highly productive conventional agroecosystems are spatially embedded in resource-homogeneous systems and count on generally nutrient-rich soils. On the contrary, desert oases are isolated, the soil is relatively poor, but yet productivity is similar... Read More about Consistent bacterial selection by date palm root system across heterogeneous desert oasis agroecosystems.

Fiddler crab bioturbation determines consistent changes in bacterial communities across contrasting environmental conditions (2019)
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Booth, J. M., Fusi, M., Marasco, R., Mbobo, T., & Daffonchio, D. (2019). Fiddler crab bioturbation determines consistent changes in bacterial communities across contrasting environmental conditions. Scientific Reports, 9(1), Article 3749. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40315-0

Ecosystem functions are regulated by compositional and functional traits of bacterial communities, shaped by stochastic and deterministic processes. Biogeographical studies have revealed microbial community taxonomy in a given ecosystem to change alo... Read More about Fiddler crab bioturbation determines consistent changes in bacterial communities across contrasting environmental conditions.

A Comparison of Blood Biochemical Parameters as a Tool to Measure Welfare in Free-ranging Red Deer (Cervus elaphus elaphus) after Chemical and Physical Restraint (2019)
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Mariti, C., Iacobelli, F., Ricci, E., Fusi, M., Mengoli, M., Cozzi, A., & Gazzano, A. (2019). A Comparison of Blood Biochemical Parameters as a Tool to Measure Welfare in Free-ranging Red Deer (Cervus elaphus elaphus) after Chemical and Physical Restraint. Current Science, 116(2), 319-325. https://doi.org/10.18520/cs/v116/i2/319-325

Eighteen red deer were captured in box traps and then physically restrained in an immobilizing box; three red deer were captured twice, once by chemical restraint (anesthetized with a mixture of Xylazine, Tiletamine... Read More about A Comparison of Blood Biochemical Parameters as a Tool to Measure Welfare in Free-ranging Red Deer (Cervus elaphus elaphus) after Chemical and Physical Restraint.

High denitrification and anaerobic ammonium oxidation contributes to net nitrogen loss in a seagrass ecosystem in the central Red Sea (2018)
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Garcias-Bonet, N., Fusi, M., Ali, M., Shaw, D. R., Saikaly, P. E., Daffonchio, D., & Duarte, C. M. (2018). High denitrification and anaerobic ammonium oxidation contributes to net nitrogen loss in a seagrass ecosystem in the central Red Sea. Biogeosciences, 15(23), 7333-7346. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-7333-2018

Nitrogen loads in coastal areas have increased dramatically, with detrimental consequences for coastal ecosystems. Shallow sediments and seagrass meadows are hotspots for denitrification, favoring N loss. However, atmospheric dinitrogen (N2) fixation... Read More about High denitrification and anaerobic ammonium oxidation contributes to net nitrogen loss in a seagrass ecosystem in the central Red Sea.

Rhizosheath microbial community assembly of sympatric desert speargrasses is independent of the plant host (2018)
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Marasco, R., Mosqueira, M. J., Fusi, M., Ramond, J., Merlino, G., Booth, J. M., Maggs-Kölling, G., Cowan, D. A., & Daffonchio, D. (2018). Rhizosheath microbial community assembly of sympatric desert speargrasses is independent of the plant host. Microbiome, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-018-0597-y

Background
The rhizosheath-root system is an adaptive trait of sandy-desert speargrasses in response to unfavourable moisture and nutritional conditions. Under the deserts’ polyextreme conditions, plants interact with edaphic microorganisms that pos... Read More about Rhizosheath microbial community assembly of sympatric desert speargrasses is independent of the plant host.

Foraging plasticity of breeding Northern Rockhopper Penguins, Eudyptes moseleyi, in response to changing energy requirements (2018)
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Booth, J. M., Steinfurth, A., Fusi, M., Cuthbert, R. J., & McQuaid, C. D. (2018). Foraging plasticity of breeding Northern Rockhopper Penguins, Eudyptes moseleyi, in response to changing energy requirements. Polar Biology, 41(9), 1815-1826. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2321-6

During the breeding season, seabirds must balance the changing demands of self- and off-spring provisioning with the constraints imposed by central-place foraging. Recently, it was shown that Northern Rockhopper Penguins at Tristan da Cunha in the So... Read More about Foraging plasticity of breeding Northern Rockhopper Penguins, Eudyptes moseleyi, in response to changing energy requirements.

Interference competition as a key determinant for spatial distribution of mangrove crabs (2018)
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Cannicci, S., Fusi, M., Cimó, F., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., & Fratini, S. (2018). Interference competition as a key determinant for spatial distribution of mangrove crabs. BMC Ecology, 18(1), Article 8 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12898-018-0164-1

Background
The spatial distribution of mangrove crabs has been commonly associated with tree zonation and abiotic factors such as ground temperature and soil granulometry. Conversely, no studies were designed to investigate the role of competition f... Read More about Interference competition as a key determinant for spatial distribution of mangrove crabs.

The stage of soil development modulates rhizosphere effect along a High Arctic desert chronosequence (2018)
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Mapelli, F., Marasco, R., Fusi, M., Scaglia, B., Tsiamis, G., Rolli, E., Fodelianakis, S., Bourtzis, K., Ventura, S., Tambone, F., Adani, F., Borin, S., & Daffonchio, D. (2018). The stage of soil development modulates rhizosphere effect along a High Arctic desert chronosequence. ISME Journal, 12(5), 1188-1198. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-017-0026-4

In mature soils, plant species and soil type determine the selection of root microbiota. Which of these two factors drives rhizosphere selection in barren substrates of developing desert soils has, however, not yet been established. Chronosequences o... Read More about The stage of soil development modulates rhizosphere effect along a High Arctic desert chronosequence.

Grapevine rootstocks shape underground bacterial microbiome and networking but not potential functionality (2018)
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Marasco, R., Rolli, E., Fusi, M., Michoud, G., & Daffonchio, D. (2018). Grapevine rootstocks shape underground bacterial microbiome and networking but not potential functionality. Microbiome, 6(3), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-017-0391-2

Background
The plant compartments of Vitis vinifera, including the rhizosphere, rhizoplane, root endosphere, phyllosphere and carposphere, provide unique niches that drive specific bacterial microbiome associations. The majority of phyllosphere endo... Read More about Grapevine rootstocks shape underground bacterial microbiome and networking but not potential functionality.

Measuring the role of seagrasses in regulating sediment surface elevation (2017)
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Potouroglou, M., Bull, J. C., Krauss, K. W., Kennedy, H. A., Fusi, M., Daffonchio, D., Mangora, M. M., Githaiga, M. N., Diele, K., & Huxham, M. (2017). Measuring the role of seagrasses in regulating sediment surface elevation. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 11917. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-12354-y

Seagrass meadows provide numerous ecosystem services and their rapid global loss may reduce human welfare as well as ecological integrity. In common with the other ‘blue carbon’ habitats (mangroves and tidal marshes) seagrasses are thought to provide... Read More about Measuring the role of seagrasses in regulating sediment surface elevation.

Bacteria Associated to Plants Naturally Selected in a Historical PCB Polluted Soil Show Potential to Sustain Natural Attenuation (2017)
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Vergani, L., Mapelli, F., Marasco, R., Crotti, E., Fusi, M., Di Guardo, A., Armiraglio, S., Daffonchio, D., & Borin, S. (2017). Bacteria Associated to Plants Naturally Selected in a Historical PCB Polluted Soil Show Potential to Sustain Natural Attenuation. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, Article 1385. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01385

The exploitation of the association between plants and microorganisms is a promising approach able to boost natural attenuation processes for soil clean-up in vast polluted areas characterized by mixed chemical contamination. We aimed to explore the... Read More about Bacteria Associated to Plants Naturally Selected in a Historical PCB Polluted Soil Show Potential to Sustain Natural Attenuation.

Thermal sensitivity of the crab Neosarmatium africanum in tropical and temperate mangroves on the east coast of Africa (2017)
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Fusi, M., Babbini, S., Giomi, F., Fratini, S., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., Daffonchio, D., McQuaid, C. D., Porri, F., & Cannicci, S. (2017). Thermal sensitivity of the crab Neosarmatium africanum in tropical and temperate mangroves on the east coast of Africa. Hydrobiologia, 803(1), 251-263. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3151-1

Mangrove forests are amongst the tropical marine ecosystems most severely affected by rapid environmental change, and the activities of key associated macrobenthic species contribute to their ecological resilience. Along the east coast of Africa, the... Read More about Thermal sensitivity of the crab Neosarmatium africanum in tropical and temperate mangroves on the east coast of Africa.

Salicornia strobilacea (Synonym of Halocnemum strobilaceum) Grown under Different Tidal Regimes Selects Rhizosphere Bacteria Capable of Promoting Plant Growth (2016)
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Marasco, R., Mapelli, F., Rolli, E., Mosqueira, M. J., Fusi, M., Bariselli, P., Reddy, M., Cherif, A., Tsiamis, G., Borin, S., & Daffonchio, D. (2016). Salicornia strobilacea (Synonym of Halocnemum strobilaceum) Grown under Different Tidal Regimes Selects Rhizosphere Bacteria Capable of Promoting Plant Growth. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01286

Halophytes classified under the common name of salicornia colonize salty and coastal environments across tidal inundation gradients. To unravel the role of tide-related regimes on the structure and functionality of root associated bacteria, the rhizo... Read More about Salicornia strobilacea (Synonym of Halocnemum strobilaceum) Grown under Different Tidal Regimes Selects Rhizosphere Bacteria Capable of Promoting Plant Growth.

Ecological status and sources of anthropogenic contaminants in mangroves of the Wouri River Estuary (Cameroon) (2016)
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Fusi, M., Beone, G. M., Suciu, N. A., Sacchi, A., Trevisan, M., Capri, E., Daffonchio, D., Din, N., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., & Cannicci, S. (2016). Ecological status and sources of anthropogenic contaminants in mangroves of the Wouri River Estuary (Cameroon). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 109(2), 723-733. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.104

Mangroves are critically threatened by human activities, despite the important ecosystem functions and services they provide. Mangroves in Cameroon represent no exception to the worldwide trend of mangrove destruction, especially around Douala, on th... Read More about Ecological status and sources of anthropogenic contaminants in mangroves of the Wouri River Estuary (Cameroon).