A5053500391- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Potato Plant Research
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Fungal Biology and Applications
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Plant Virus Research Studies
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
2024-2025
University of Lisbon
2024-2025
Fondazione Edmund Mach
2021-2022
University of Bologna
2013-2022
Brides-les-Bains
2021
Universität Innsbruck
2021
University of Lausanne
2021
Marche Polytechnic University
2015-2016
University of Urbino
2012
University of Ferrara
2010
Nematodes inhabiting benthic deep-sea ecosystems account for >90% of the total metazoan abundances and they have been hypothesised to be hyper-diverse, but their biodiversity is still largely unknown. Metabarcoding could facilitate census biodiversity, especially those tiny metazoans which morphological identification difficult. We compared, first time, different DNA extraction procedures based on use two commercial kits a previously published laboratory protocol tested suitability...
Fishery genetics have greatly changed our understanding of population dynamics and structuring in marine fish. In this study, we show that the Atlantic Bluefin tuna (ABFT, Thunnus thynnus), an oceanic predatory species exhibiting highly migratory behavior, large size, high potential for dispersal during early life stages, displays significant genetic differences over space time, both at fine scales variation. We compared microsatellite variation contemporary (n = 256) historical 99)...
Abstract Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has revolutionized ecological and environmental research by describing communities without relying on direct observations, making it a powerful, non-invasive, cost-effective tool in biodiversity monitoring. However, implementation of eDNA as standard protocol long-term monitoring programs, that have traditionally relied capture-based methods, poses challenges terms data comparability. Here, we compared freshwater fish assessed through...
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metagenomics sequences all molecules present in environmental samples and has the potential of identifying virtually any organism from which they are derived. However, due to unacceptable levels false positives negatives, this approach is underexplored as a tool for biodiversity monitoring across tree life, particularly non-microscopic eukaryotes. We SeqIDist, framework that combines multilocus BLAST matches against several reference databases followed by an analysis...
Abstract In benthic deep-sea ecosystems, which represent the largest biome on Earth, viruses have a recognised key ecological role, but their diversity is still largely unknown. Identifying taxonomic composition of crucial for understanding virus-host interactions, role in food web functioning and evolutionary processes. Here, we compared performance various bioinformatic tools (BLAST, MG-RAST, NBC, VMGAP, MetaVir, VIROME) analysing viral simulated viromes metagenomes from different...
European hake (Merluccius merluccius) is one of the most economically important fish for Mediterranean Sea. It an predator deep upper shelf slope communities currently characterized by growth overexploitation: understanding hake's diet might support next generation management tools. However, all current studies depend on morphological identification prey remains in stomach content, with consequent limitations. In this study, we set up a metabarcoding approach based cytochrome oxidase I PCR...
Background Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (ABFT) shows complex demography and ecological variation in the Mediterranean Sea. Genetic surveys have detected significant, although weak, signals of population structuring; catch series analyses tagging programs identified ABFT spatial dynamics migration patterns. Here, we tested hypothesis that genetic structure is correlated with mean surface temperature salinity. Methodology We used six samples collected from Western Central integrated a new sample...
Leptocephali are the characteristic larvae of superorder Elopomorpha that difficult to identify at species level. In this study, we used DNA barcoding (i.e. short genetic sequences as unique tags) coupled with classical taxonomic methods leptocephali in southern Adriatic Sea. This information will provide an assessment biodiversity eel region. A total 2,785 were collected, and using external morphology assigned seven morphotypes: Ariosoma balearicum, Conger conger, Gnathophis mystax,...
Abstract The Northern Adriatic Sea (FAO Geographical Sub-Area 17) is one of the most productive fishing areas Mediterranean and it includes a broad diversity habitats. In basin, Pomo Pit (200–273 m depth) important aggregation for some demersal stocks shared in an spawning/nursery area European hake ( Merluccius merluccius ). Through metabarcoding approach we investigated feeding habits hake, both inside outside Pit, their temporal variability comparing samples collected 2016 2014. Our...
An uncultured bacterium associated with the ectomycorrhizal fungus Tuber borchii Vittad. was identified as a novel member of Cytophaga-Flexibacter-Bacteroides group. Utilizing quantitative PCR targeting 16S rRNA gene, we relatively quantified this in host. The estimated number bacteria found to be approximately 10(6) cells per 30-day-old T. mycelium culture. This represents first molecular attempt enumerate an mycorrhizal fungus.
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metagenomics sequences all molecules present in environmental samples and has the potential of identifying virtually any organism from which they are derived. However, due to unacceptable levels false positives negatives, this approach is underexplored as a tool for biodiversity monitoring across tree life, particularly non-microscopic eukaryotes. We SEQIDIST, framework that combines multilocus BLAST matches against several reference databases followed by analysis...
The analysis of environmental DNA (eDNA) by high throughput sequencing (HTS) is proving to be a promising tool for freshwater fish biodiversity assessment in Europe within the Water Framework Directive (WFD, 2000/60/EC), especially large rivers and lakes where current monitoring techniques have known shortcomings. These new biomonitoring methods based on eDNA show several advantages compared classical morphological methods. sampling procedures are easier cheaper metabarcoding non-invasive...
Event Abstract Back to Complementing morphological classification of Anguilliform leptocephali with DNA barcoding Alessandra Anibaldi1, Claudia Benassi Franciosi1, Fausto Tinti1, 2, Corrado Piccinetti1 and Giulia Riccioni1* 1 University Bologna, Department Biological, Geological Environmental Sciences, Italy 2 is a molecular tool that enables rapid accurate identification biological species by sequencing short, standardized region the mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase I ( COI) as...
Event Abstract Back to Metabarcoding analysis of European hake diet in the Mediterranean Sea Giulia Riccioni1*, Marco Stagioni1, Fausto Tinti1, 2, Corrado Piccinetti1 and Simone Libralato3 1 University Bologna, Department Biological, Geological Environmental Sciences, Italy 2 3 National Institute Oceanography Experimental Geophysics, (EH), Merluccius merluccius, is a demersal fish distributed from North Atlantic Levantine Mediterranean. EH an important predator deep upper shelf slope...