MiCHAEL publications

144. Hug LA, Hatzenpichler R, Moraru C, Soares A, Meyer F, Heyder A, The Data Reuse Consortium, Probst AJ (2025) A roadmap for equitable reuse of public microbiome data. Nat. Microbiol. IN PRESS

143. Liu Y, Li X, Kormas KA, Kou C, Li H, Li Y, Li J (2025) Integrating isotopic niche metrics and gut microbiota assembly reveals coexistence mechanisms in in subtropical riverine fish. Ecol. Inform. 90,103305

142. Tampou A, Kousoulaki K, Vasilaki A, Vlachos N, Nikouli E, Panteli N, Kormas K, Karapanagiotidis I, Verillis P, Nengas Ι, Antonopoulou Ε, Mente Ε (2025) Growth performance of gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) fed low fishmeal diets with an innovative mixture of low trophic ingredients. Aquacult. Nutr. 2025,7504207

141. Valmas MI, Kormas K, Karpouzas DG,  Konstantinidis KT, Udiković-Kolić N, Remus-Emsermann MNP, Vasileiadis S (2025) Targeted analysis of metagenomes: divide and conquer. Biotechnol. Adv. 83,108619

140. Rusanova P, Nikouli E, Casini M, Bono G, Mente E, Meziti A, Kormas KA (2025) Sex-related gut microbiota in three geographically separated Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) populations. The Microbe 

139. Asimaki A, Psofakis P, Gkalogianni EZ, Katouni K, Berillis P, Kormas KA, Rumbos CI, Athanassiou CG, Vasilaki A, Fountoulaki VE, Henry M, Mente E, Gisbert E, Karapanagiotidis I (2025) The effects of dietary fishmeal substitution by full-fat and δφefatted Zophobas morio larvae meals on juvenile gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata): an integrative approach. Aquacult. Nutr. 2025,8885509

138. Liu Y, Li X, Kormas KA, Li Y, Li H, Li J (2025) Variable phylosymbiosis and cophylogeny patterns in wild fish gut microbiome of a large subtropical river. mSphere 10,e00982-24

137. Stilo G, Beltramo C, Christoforou E, Partipilo T, Kormas K, Spatharis S, Peletto S (2025) Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis L.) exposure to nylon microfibers leads to a shift in digestive gland microbiota. Environ. Pollut. 372,125914

136. Apostolou K, Radea C, Meziti A, Kormas K (2025) Bacterial diversity associated with terrestrial and aquatic snails. Microorganisms 13,8

135. Varela JL, Nikouli E, Medina A,  Papaspyrou S, Kormas K (2025) The gills and skin microbiota of five pelagic fish species from the Atlantic Ocean. Int. Micrbiol. 28:95-105

134. Katsoulis-Dimitriou S, Nikouli E, Gkalogianni EZ, Karapanagiotidis I, Kormas KA (2024) The effect of dietary fish oil replacement by microalgae on the gilthead sea bream midgut bacterial microbiota. Peer Comm. J. 4,e113

133. Charalampous G, Kormas KA, Antoniou E, Kalogerakis N, Gontikaki E (2024) Distinct communities of Bacteria and unicellular eukaryotes in the different water masses of Cretan Passage water column (Eastern Mediterranean Sea). Curr. Microbiol. 81,381

132. Boukheloua R, Mukherjee I, Park H, Šimek K, Kasalický V, Ngochera M, Grossart H-P, Picazo-Mozo A, Camacho A, Cabello-Yeves PJ, Rodriguez-Valera F, Callieri C, Andrei A-S, Pernthaler J, Posch T, Alfreider A, Sommaruga R, Hahn MW, Sonntag B, Lopez-Garcia P, Moreira D, Jardillier L, Lepère C, Biderre-Petit C, Bednarska A, Ślusarczyk M, Tóth VR, Banciu HL, Kormas K, Orlic S, Šantić D, Muyzer G, Herlemann DPR Tammert H, Bertilsson S, Langenheder S, Zechmeister T, Salmaso N, Storelli N, Capelli C, Lepori F, Lanta V, Henriques Vieira H, Kostanjšek F, Kabeláčová K, Chiriac M-C, Haber M, Shabarova T, Fernandes C, Rychtecký P, Znachor P, Szőke-Nagy T, Layoun P, Wong HL, Silva Kavagutti V, Bulzu P-A, Salcher MM, Piwosz K, Ghai R (2024) Global freshwater distribution of Telonemia protists. ISME J. 18,wrae177

131. Moschos S, Kormas KA, Karayanni H (2024) Ciliate diversity and growth rates in experimental recirculating aquaculture and aquaponics systems using microscopy. Eur. J. Protistol. 95,126113

130. Maire Y, Schmitt F, Kormas K, Vasileiadis S, Caruana A, Skouroliakou D-I, Bampouris V, Courcot L, Hervé F, Courvoisier M, Christaki U (2024) Effects of turbulence on diatoms of the genus Pseudo-nitzschia spp. and associated bacteria. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 100,fiae094

129. Smeti E, Tsirtsis G, Meziti A, Kormas KA, Danielidis DB, Roelke DL, Spatharis S (2024) Resilience of coastal marine metacommunities to increasing hydraulic connectivity. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 738:89-101

128. Meziti A, Nikouli E, Papaharisis L, Kormas KA, Mente E (2024) The response of gut and fecal bacterial communities of the European sea bass (Dicentrachus labrax) fed a low fish-plant meal and yeast protein supplementation diet. Sustain. Microbiol. 1,qvae005

127. Dosi A, Meziti A, Tounta E, Koemtzopoulos K, Komnenou A, Dendrinos P, Kormas K (2024) Fecal and skin microbiota of two rescued Mediterranean monk seal pups during rehabilitation. Microbiol. Spectrum 12,e02805-23

126. Meziti A, Smeti E, Daniilides D, Spatharis S, Tsirtsis G, Kormas K (2023) Increased contribution of parasites in microbial eukaryotic communities of different Aegean coastal systems. PeerJ 11,e16655

125. Rigas D, Grivas N, Nelli A, Gouva E, Skoufos I, Kormas KA, Tzora A, Lagkouvardos I (2023) Persistent Dysbiosis, Parasite Rise and Growth Impairment in Aquacultured European Seabass after Oxytetracycline Treatment. Microorganisms 11,2302

124. Panteli N, Feidantsis K, Demertzioglou M, Paralika V, Karapanagiotis S, Mylonas C, Kormas KA, Mente E, Makridis P, Antonopoulou E (2023) The probiotic Phaeobacter inhibens provokes hypertrophic growth via activation of the IGF-1/Akt pathway during the process of metamorphosis of greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili, Risso 1810). Animals 13,2154

123. Rhoades J, Fotiadou S, Paschalidou G, Papadimitriou T, Ordóñez Á, Kormas K, Vardaka E, Likotrafiti E (2023) Microbiota and cyanotoxin content of retail spirulina supplements and spirulina supplemented foods. Microorganisms 11,1175

122. Vlahos N, Levizou E, Patsea E, Tasiou K, Berillis P, Antonopoulou E, Bekiari V, Martou N, Morfesis K, Lazari D, Chatzimavroudis C-S, Krigas N, Kormas K, Mente E (2023) Salinity affects the efficiency of a brackish aquaponics system of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum). Aquaculture 571,739493

121. Vlahos N, Berillis P, Levizou E, Patsea E, Panteli N, Demertzioglou M, Morfesis K, Voudouri G, Krigas N, Kormas K, Antonopoulou E, Mente E (2023) Investigating salinity effects in brackish aquaponics systems: Evidencing the co-cultivation of the halophyte Crithmum maritimum with the euryhaline Sparus aurata. Appl. Sci. 13,3385

120. Kormas KA, Nikouli E, Kousteni V, Damalas D (2023) Midgut bacterial microbiota of 12 fish species from a marine protected area in the Aegean Sea (Greece). Microb. Ecol. 86:1405-1415

119. Panteli N, Demertzioglou M, Feidantsis K, Karapanagiotis S, Gkagkavouzis K, Kormas KA, Mente E, Mylonas C, Antonopoulou E (2022) Advances in understanding the mitogenic, metabolic and cell death signaling in teleost development: the case of IGF in greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili, Risso 1810). Fish Physiol. Biochem. 48:1665-1684

118. Katsoulis-Dimitriou S, Lefkaditis M, Barmpagannakos S, Kormas KA, Kyparissis A (2022) Comparison of iCOR and Rayleigh atmospheric correction methods on Sentinel-3 OLCI images for a shallow eutrophic reservoir. PeerJ 10,e14311

117. Dermertzioglou M, Genitsaris S, Mazaris AD, Kyparissis A, Voutsa D, Kozari A, Kormas KA, Stefanidou N, Katsiapi M, Michaloudi E, Moustaka-Gouni M (2022) A catastrophic change in a European protected wetland: from harmful phytoplankton blooms to fish and bird kill. Environ. Pollut. 312,120038

116. Tsoumalakou E, Mente E, Kormas KA, Katsoulas N, Vlahos N, Kapsis P, Levizou E (2022) Precise monitoring of lettuce functional responses to minimal nutrient supplementation identifies aquaponic system’s nutrient limitations and their time-course. Agriculture 12,1278

115. Moschos S, Kormas KA, Karayanni H (2022) Prokaryotic diversity in marine and freshwater recirculating aquaculture systems. Rev. Aquacult. 14:1861-1886

114. Papadimitriou T, Katsiapi M, Stefanidou N, Paxinou A, Poulimenakou V, Laspidou CS, Moustaka-Gouni M, Kormas KA (2022) Differential effect of hydroxen peroxide οn toxic cyanobacteria of hypertrophic Mediterranean waterbodies. Sustainability 14,123

113. Mente E, Bousdras T, Feidantsis K, Panteli N, Mastoraki M, Kormas KA, Chatzifotis S, Piccolo G, Gasco L, Gai F, Martin SAM, Antonopoulou E (2021) Tenebrio molitor larvae meal inclusion affects hepatic proteome and apoptosis and/or autophagy of three farmed fish species. Sci. Rep. 12,121

112. Luna GM, Quero GM, Kokou F, Kormas KA (2022) Time to integrate biotechnological approaches into fish gut microbiome research. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 73:121-127

111. Psofakis P, Meziti A, Berillis P, Mente E, Kormas KΑ, Karapanagiotidis IT (2021) Effects of dietary fishmeal replacement by poultry by-product meal and hydrolyzed feather meal on liver and intestinal histomorphology and on intestinal microbiota of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). Appl. Sci. 11,8806

110. Tsoumalakou E, Papadimitriou T, Berillis P, Kormas KA, Levizou E (2021) Spray irrigation with microcystins-rich water affects plant performance from the microscopic to the functional level and food safety of spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.). Sci. Tot. Environ. 789,147948

109. Stathopoulou E, Berillis P, Vlahos N, Nikouli E, Kormas KA, Levizou E, Katsoulas N, Mente E (2021) Freshwater-adapted sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax feeding frequency impact in a lettuce Lactuca sativa aquaponics system. PeerJ 9,e11522

108. Nikouli E, Kormas KA, Jin Y, Olsen Y, Bakke I, Vadstein O (2021) Dietary lipid effects on gut microbiota of first feeding Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). Front. Mar. Sci. 8,665576

107. Charalampous G, Fragkou E, Kormas KA, De Menezes AB, Polymenakou PN, Pasadakis N, Kalogerakis N, Antoniou E, Gontikaki E (2021) Comparison of hydrocarbon-degrading consortia from surface and deep waters of the astern Mediterranean Sea: Characterization and degradation potential. Energies 14,2246

106. Papadimitriou T, Kormas KA, Vardaka E (2021) Cyanotoxin contamination in commercial Spirulina food supplements. J. Consum. Prot. Food Safety DOI: 0.1007/s00003-021-01324-2

105. Panteli N, Mastoraki M, Lazarina M, Chatzifotis S, Mente E, Kormas KA, Antonopoulou E (2021) Configuration of gut microbiota structure and potential functionality in two teleosts under the influence of dietary insect meals. Microorganisms 9,699

104. Meziti A, Nikouli E, Hatt J, Konstantinidis KT, Kormas KA (2021) Time series metagenomic sampling of the Thermopyles, Greece, geothermal springs reveals stable microbial communities dominated by novel sulfur-oxidizing chemoautotrophs. Environ. Microbiol. 23:3710-3726

103. Nikouli E, Meziti A, Smeti E, Antonopoulou E, Mente E, Kormas KA (2021) Gut microbiota of five sympatrically farmed marine fish species in the Aegean Sea. Microb. Ecol. 81:460-470

102. Panteli N, Mastoraki M, Nikouli E, Lazarina M, Antonopoulou E, Kormas KA (2020) Imprinting statistically sound conclusions for gut microbiota in comparative animal studies: A case study with diet and teleost fishes. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. D Genom. Proteom. 36,100738

101. Beam JP, Becraft ED, Brown JM, Schulz F, Jarett JK, Bezuidt O, Poulton NJ, Clark K, Dunfield P, Ravin N, Spear JR, Hedlund BP, Kormas KA, Sievert SM, Elsahed MS, Barton H, Stott MB, Eisen JA, Moser DP, Onstott TC, Woyke T, Stepanauskas R (2020) Ancestral absence of electron transport chains in Patescibacteria and DPANN. Front. Microbiol. 11,1848

100. Petrou M, Karas P, Vasileiadis S, Zafiriadis I, Papadimitriou T, Levizou E, Kormas K, Karpouzas D (2020) Irrigation of radish (Raphanus sativus L.) with microcystin-enriched water holds low risk for plants and their associated rhizopheric and epiphytic microbiome. Environ. Pollut. 266,115208

99. Levizou E, Papadimitriou Th, Papavasileiou E, Papadimitriou N, Kormas KA (2020) Root vegetables bioaccumulate microcystins-LR in a developmental stage-dependent manner under realistic exposure scenario: the case of carrot and radish. Agricult. Water Managem. 240,106274

98. Macingo S, Kormas KA, Oikonomou A, Karayanni H (2019) Taxa-area and distance-decay relationships of unicellular eukaryotes along an elevation gradient of mountainous freshwater ecosystems. J. Plankton Res. 41:821-834

97. Moustaka-Gouni M, Sommer U, Economou-Amilli A, Arhonditsis GB, Katsiapi M, Papastergiadou E, Kormas KA, Vardaka E, Karayanni H, Papadimitriou T (2019) Lessons learned and future perspectives for an ecologically meaningful classification based on phytoplankton of the status of Greek lakes, Mediterranean region. Environ. Managem. 64:675-688

96. Karayanni H, Kormas KA, Moustaka-Gouni M, Sommer U (2019) Changes in heterotrophic picoplankton community structure after induction of a coastal spring phytoplankton bloom under different light regimes. Diversity 11,195

95. Spatharis S, Lamprinou V, Meziti A, Kormas KA, Danielidis D, Smeti E, Roelke DL, Mancy R, Tsirtsis G (2019) Everything is not everywhere: Hydrodynamic barriers shape marine phytoplankton assemblages. Proc. Royal Acad. Sci. B 286,20191890

94. Vlahos N, Levizou E, Stathopoulou P, Berillis P, Antonopoulou E, Bekiari V, Krigas N, Kormas KA, Mente E (2019) An experimental brackish aquaponic aystem using juvenile gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) and rock samphire (Crithmum maritimum). Sustainability 11,4820

93. Nikouli E, Meziti A, Antonopoulou E, Mente E, Kormas KA (2019) Host-associated bacterial succession during the early embryonic stages and first feeding in farmed gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata). Genes 10,483

92. Antonopoulou E, Nikouli E, Piccolo G, Gasco L, Gai, F, Chatzifotis S, Mente E, Kormas KA (2019) Reshaping gut bacterial communities after dietary Tenebrio molitor larvae meal supplementation in three different fish species. Aquaculture 503:625-638

91. Meziti A, Tsementzi D, Rodriguez-R M, Hatt J, Karayanni H, Kormas KA, Konstantinidis KT (2019) Quantifying the changes in geneticdiversity within sequence-discrete bacterial populations across a spatial andtemporal riverine gradient. ISME J. 13:767-778

90. Stathopoulou E, Berilis P, Levizou E, Sakellariou-Makrantonaki M, Kormas KA, Aggelaki A, Kapsis P, Vlahos N, Mente E (2018) Basil and nile tilapia production in a small scale aquaponic system. J. FisheriesSciences.com 12(4):1-3

89. Nikouli E, Meziti A, Antonopoulou E, Mente E, Kormas KA (2018) Gut bacterial communities in geographically distantpopulations of farmed sea bream (Sparus aurata) and sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Microorganisms 6,92

88. Xaxiri N-A, Nikouli E, Berillis P, KormasKA (2018) Bacterial biofilm development during experimental degradation ofMelicertus kerathurus exoskeleton inseawater. AIMS Microbiol. 4:397-412

87. Mente E, Nikouli E, Antonopoulou E, Martin SAM, Kormas K (2018) Core vs. diet -associated and postprandial bacterial communities of the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) midgut and faeces. Biol. Open 7,034397

86. Papadimitriou T, Katsiapi M, Vlachopoulos K, Christopoulos A, Laspidou C, Moustaka-Gouni M, Kormas KA (2018) Cyanotoxins as the “common suspects” for the Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) deaths in a Mediterranean reconstructed reservoir. Environ. Pollut. 234:779-787

85. Berillis P, Mente E, Kormas KA (2017) The use of copper alloy in aquaculture fish net pens: mechanical, economicand environmental advantages. J. FisheriesSciences.com 11(4):1-3

84. Dimopoulos P, Drakou EG, Kokkoris IP, KatsanevakisS, Kallimanis A, Tsiafouli M, Bormpoudakis D, Kormas KA, Arends J (2017) The need for the implementation of an Ecosystem Services assessment in Greece: drafting the national agenda. One Ecosystem 2, e13714

83. Karayanni H, Meziti A, Spatharis S, Genitsaris S, Courties C, Kormas KA (2017) Changes in microbial (Bacteria and Archaea) plankton community structure after artificial dispersal in grazer-free microcosms. Microorgansims 5,31

82. Levizou E, Statiris G, Papadimitriou Th, Laspidou CS, Kormas KA (2017) Lettuce facing microcystins-rich irrigation water at different developmental stages: effects on plant performance and microcystins bioaccumulation. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Safety 143:193-200

81. Genitsaris S, Stefanidou N, Katsiapi M, Kormas KA, Sommer U, Moustaka-Gouni M (2017) Variability of airborne Bacteria in an urban Mediterranean area (Thessaloniki, Greece). Atmos. Environ 157:101-110

80. Papadimitriou T, Kormas K, Dionysiou DD, Laspidou C (2016) Using H2O2 treatments for the degradation of cyanobacteria and microcystins in a shallow hypertrophic reservoir. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 23:21523-21535

79. Mente E, Gannon AT, Nikouli E, Hammer H, Kormas KA (2016) Gut microbial communities associated with the molting stages of thegiant freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii. Aquaculture 463:181-188

78. Moustaka-Gouni M, Kormas KA, Scotti M, Vardaka E, Sommer U (2016) Warming and acidification effects on planktonic heterotrophicpico- and nanoflagellates in a mesocosm experiment. Protist 167:389-410

77. Meziti A, Tsementzi D, Kormas KA, Karayanni H, Konstantinidis KT (2016) Anthropogenic effects on bacterial diversity and function along a river-to-estuary gradient in Northwest Greece revealed by metagenomics. Environ. Microbiol. 18:464-4652

76. Edgcomb VP, Pachiadaki MG, Mara P, Kormas KA, Leadbetter ER, Bernhard JM (2016) Gene expression profiling of microbial activities and interactions insediments under haloclines of E. Mediterranean deep hypersaline anoxic basins. ISME J. 10:2643-2657

75. Voudanta E, Kormas KA, Monchy S, Delegrange A, Vincent D, Genitsaris S, Christaki U (2016) Mussel biofiltration effects on attached bacteria and unicellular eukaryotes in fish rearing seawater. PeerJ 4:e1829

74. Archimandritis AS, Papadimitriou T, KormasKA, Laspidou CS, Yannakopoulou K, Lazarou YG (2016) Theoretical investigation of microcystin-LR, microcystin-RR and nodularin-R complexationwith α-, β- and γ-cyclodextrin as a starting point for the targeted design ofefficient cyanotoxin traps. Sust. Chem. Pharm. 3:25-32

73. Vardaka E, Kormas KA, Katsiapi M, Genitsaris S, Moustaka-Gouni M (2016) Molecular diversity of bacteria in commercially available "Spirulina" food supplements. PeerJ 4:e1610

72. Genitsaris S, Stefanidou N, Katsiapi M, Vardaka E, Kormas KA, Sommer U, Moustaka-Gouni M (2016) Haematococcus: a successful air-dispersed colonist in ephemeral waters is rarely found inphytoplankton communities. Turk. J. Bot. 40:427-438

71. Genitsaris S, Monchy S, Denonfoux J, Ferreira S, Kormas KA, Sime-Ngando T, Viscogliosi E,  Christaki U (2016) Marine microbial community structure assessed from combined metagenomic analysis and ribosomal tag pyrosequencing. Mar. Biol. Res. 12:30-42

70. Bernhard JM, Morrison CR, Pape E, Beaudoin DJ, Todaro A, Pachiadaki MG, Kormas KA, Edgcomb VP (2015) Metazoans of redoxcline sediments in Mediterranean deep-sea hypersaline anoxicbasins. BMC Biol. 13,105

69. Kormas KA, Meziti A, Papadimitriou T (2015) Microbiological confinement of two adjacent water wells in Lake Karla basin, Greece. Water 7:5272-5283

68. Kormas KA, Pachiadaki MG, Karayanni H, Leadbetter ER, Bernhard JM, Edgcomb VP (2015) Inter-comparison of the potentially active prokaryotic communities in the halocline sediments of Mediterranean deep-sea hypersaline basins. Extremophiles 19:949-960

67. Meziti A, Kormas KA, Moustaka-Gouni M, Karayanni H (2015) Spatially uniform but temporally variable bacterioplankton in a semi-enclosed coastal area. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 38:358-367

66. Parlapani F, Kormas KA, Boziaris IS (2015) Microbiological changes, shelf life and identification of initial and spoilage microbiota of sea bream fillets stored under various conditions using 16S rRNA genes analysis. J. Sci. Food Agricult. 95:2386-2394

65. Bernhard JM, Kormas KA, Pachiadaki MG, Rocke E, Beaudoin DJ, Morrison C, Visscher PT, Cobban A,Starczak VR, Edgcomb VP (2014) Benthic protists and fungi of Mediterranean deep hypsersaline anoxic basin redoxcline sediments. Front. Microbiol. 5,605

64. Kormas KA, Meziti A, Mente E, Frentzos A (2014) Dietary differences are reflected on the gut prokaryotic community structure of wild and commercially reared sea bream (Sparus aurata). MicrobiologyOpen 3:718-728

63. Kormas KA, Karayanni H, Christaki U, Giannakourou A, Assimakopoulou G, Gotsis-Skretas O (2014) Microbial food web structure and its impact on primary production in ameso-oligotrophic coastal area (Pagasitikos Gulf, Aegean Sea). Turk. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 14:527-537

62. Berillis P, Papadimitriou Th, Petridou E, Kormas KA, Kagalou I (2014) Histopathological findings in the brain and liver of Carassius gibelio from a newly reconstructed lake with toxic cyanobacteria. Turkish J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 14:213-219

61. Genitsaris S, Kormas KA, Christaki U, Monchy S, Moustaka-Gouni M (2014) Molecular diversity reveals previously undetected air-dispersed protist colonists in a Mediterranean area. Sci. Tot. Environ. 478:70-79

60. Christaki U, Kormas KA, Genitsaris S, Georges C, Sime-Ngando T, Viscogliosi E, Monchy S (2014) Winter-summersuccession of unicellular eukaryotes in a meso-eutrophic coastal system. Microb. Ecol. 67:13-23

59. Meziti A, Kormas KA (2013) Comparison of the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) gut bacterial communities using 16S rDNA clone libraries and pyrosequencing. Anaerobe 23:9-11

58. Nikouli E, Kormas KA, Berillis P, Karayanni H, Moustaka-Gouni M (2013) Harmful and parasitic unicellular eukaryotes persist in a shallow lake under reconstruction (L. Karla, Greece).Hydrobiologia 718:73-83

57. Kormas KA, Lymperopoulou DS (2013) Cyanobacterial toxin degrading Bacteria: who are they? Biomed. Res. Int. ArticleID:463894

56. Vlahos N, Kormas KA,Pachiadaki MG, Meziti A, Hotos GN, Mente E (2013) Changes of bacterioplankton apparent species richness in two ornamentalfish aquaria. SpringerPlus 2:66

55. Papadimitriou Th, Katsiapi M, Kormas KA, Moustaka-Gouni M, Kagalou I (2013) Artificially-born "killer" lake: phytoplankton based water quality and microcystin affected fish in a reconstructed lake. Sci. Tot. Environ. 452-453:116-124

54. Katsiapi M, Moustaka-Gouni M, Vardaka E, Kormas KA (2013) Different phytoplankton descriptors show asynchronous changes in a shallow urban lake (L. Kastoria, Greece) after sewage diversion. Fund. Appl.Limnol.182:219-230

53. Smeti K, Kormas KA, Spatharis S (2013) A non-phylogenetic α-diversity approach on prokaryotic community structure in aquatic systems Ecol. Indic 29:361-366

52. Parlapani F, Meziti A, Kormas KA, Boziaris I (2013) Indigenous and spoilage microbiota of sea bream stored in ice identified by phenotypic and 16S rRNA gene analysis. Food Microbiol. 33:85-89

51. Lamprinou V, Hernández-Mariné M, Pachiadaki MG, Kormas K, Economou-Amilli A, Pantazidou A (2013) New findings on the true-branched monotypic genus Iphinoe (Cyanobacteria) fromgeographically isolated caves (Greece). Fottea 13:15-23

50. Akoumianaki I, Papaspyrou S, Kormas KA, Nicolaidou A (2013) Environmental variation and macrofauna response in a coastal area influenced by land runoff. Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 132:34-44

49. Pachiadaki MG, Kormas KA (2013) Interconnectivity vs. isolation of prokaryotic communities in European deep-sea mud volcanoes. Biogeosciences 10:2821-2831

48. Moustaka-Gouni M, Michaloudi E, KormasKA, Katsiapi M, Vardaka E, Genitsris S (2012) Plankton changes as critical processes for restoration plans of lakes Kastoria and Koronia. Eur. Wat.40:43-51

47. Meziti A, Mente E, Kormas KA (2012) Gut Bacteria associated with different diets in reared Nephrops norvegicus. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 35:473-482

46. AkoumianakiI, Nomaki H, Pachiadaki M, Kormas KA,Kitazato H, Tokuyama H (2012) Low bacterial diversity and high labile organic matter concentrations in the sediments of the Medee deep-sea hypersaline anoxic basin. Microbes Environ. 25:504-508

45. Mente E, Stratakos A, Boziaris IS, Kormas KA,Karalazos V, Karapanagiotidis IT, Catsiki VA, Leondiadis L (2012)Sustainable aquaculture  development: acase of environmentally friendly seabream production in Greece. Sci. Mar. 76:549-560

44. Spatharis S, Skliris N, Meziti A, Kormas KA (2012) First record of a Trichodesmium erythraeum bloom in the Mediterranean Sea: a result of climate change. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 69:1444-1455

43. Oikonomou A, Katsiapi M, Karayanni H, Mousta-Gouni M, Kormas KA (2012) Plankton microorganisms coinciding with two consecutive mass fish kills in a newly reconstructed lake. Scientif. World J. Article ID 504135

42. Lymperopoulou DS, Kormas KA, Karagouni AD (2012) Variability of prokaryotic community structure in a drinking water reservoir (Marathonas, Greece). Microbes Environ. 27:1-8

41. Tsangaris C, Hatzianestis I, Catsiki V-A, Kormas KA, Strogyloudi E, Neofitou C, Andral B, Galgani F (2011) Active biomonitoring Greek coastal waters: Application of the integrated biomarker response index in relation to contaminant levels in caged mussels. Sci. Tot. Environ. 412/413:359-365

40. Lamprinou V, Hernández-Mariné M, Canals T, Kormas K, Economou-Amilli A, Pantazidou A (2011) Two new stigonematalean cyanobacteria: Iphinoe spelaeobios gen. nov., sp. nov. and Loriellopsis cavernicola gen. nov., sp. nov. from Greek and Spanish caves. Morphology and molecular Evaluation. Int. J. Syst. Evolut. Microbiol. 62:2907-2915

39. Pachiadaki MG, Kallionaki A, Dählmann A, de Lange GJ, Kormas KA (2011) Diversity and spatial distribution of prokaryotic communities along a sediment vertical profile of a deep-sea mud volcano. Microb. Ecol. 62:655-668

38. Katsiapi M, Moustaka-Gouni M, Michaloudi E, Kormas KA (2011) Effects of flushing on phytoplankton and water quality in a Mediterranean drinking-water reservoir (Marathonas Reservoir, Greece). Environ. Monit. Assess. 181:563-575

37. Kormas KA, Gkelis S, Vardaka E, Moustaka-Gouni M (2011) Morphologic and molecular analysis of bloom-forming Cyanobacteria in two eutrophic, shallow Mediterranean lakes. Limnologica 41:167-173

36. Genitsaris S, Moustaka-Gouni M, Kormas KA (2011) Airborne microeukaryote colonists in experimental water containers: diversity, succession, life histories and established food webs. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 62:139-152

35. Lymperopoulou DS, Kormas KA, Moustaka-Gouni M, Karagouni AD (2011) Diversity of cyanobacterial phylotypes in a Mediterranean drinking water reservoir (Marathonas, Greece). Environ. Monit. Assess. 173:155-165

34. Genitsaris S, Kormas KA, Moustaka-Gouni M (2011) Airborne algae and cyanobacteria: occurrence and related health effects. Front. Biosci. E3:772-787

33. Savvides AL, Andriopoulos CP, Kormas K, Hatzinikolaou DG, Katsifas EA, Karagouni AD (2011) Selective isolation of indigenous Pseudomonas syringae strains with ice nucleation activity properties from a ski resort. J. Biol. Res. 15:67-73

32. Mente E, Martin JC, Pierce GJ, Tuck I, Kormas KA, Santos MB, Bailey N (2010) Mesoscale effects of aquaculture installations on benthic communities in four Scottish sea lochs. Aquat. Liv. Res. 23:267-276

31. Meziti A, Ramette A, Mente E, Kormas KA (2010) Temporal changes of the gut bacterial communities of the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus). FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 74:472-484

30. Pachiadaki M, Lykousis V, Stephanou EG, Kormas KA (2010) Prokaryotic community structure and diversity in the sediments of an active submarine mud volcano (Kazan MV, East Mediterranean Sea). FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 72:429-444

29. Moustaka-Gouni M, Kormas KA, Polykarpou P, Gkelis S, Bobori DC, Vardaka E (2010) Polyphasic evaluation of Aphanizomenon issatschenkoi and Raphidiopsis mediterranea in a Mediterranean lake. J. Plankton Res. 32:927-936

28. Kormas KA, Vardaka E, Moustaka-Gouni M, Kontoyanni V, Petridou E, Gkelis S, Neofitou C (2010) Molecular detection of potentially toxic Cyanobacteria and their associated Bacteria in lake water column and sediment. World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 26:1473-1482

27. Tsangaris C, Kormas K, Stroggyloudi E, Hatzianestis I, Neofitou C, Andral B, Galgani F (2010) Multiple biomarkers of pollution effects in caged mussels on the Greek coastline, Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C. 151:369-378

26. Kormas KA, Neofitou C, Pachiadaki M, Koufostathi E (2010) Changes of the bacterial assemblages throughout an urban drinking water distribution system. Environ. Monit. Asssess. 165:27-38

25. Karayanni H, Kormas KA, Cragg S, Nicolaidou A (2010) Establishment and succession of an epibiotic community on chromated copper arsenate (CCA) treated wood in Mediterranean waters. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 58:71-78

24. Meintanis C, Chalkou KI, Kormas KA, Lymperopoulou DS, Katsifas SA, Karagouni AD (2009) The use of trpB gene in resolving phylogenetic diversity within the group of Streptomyces. Curr. Trends Microbiol. 5:37-46

23. Demiri A, Meziti A, Papaspyrou S, Thesslou-Legaki M, Kormas KA (2009) Abdominal setae and midgut Bacteria of the mudshrimp Pestarella tyrrhena. Cent. Eur. J. Biol. 4:558-566

22. Kormas KA, Tamaki H, Hanada S, Kamagata Y (2009) Apparent richness and community composition of Bacteria and Archaea in geothermal springs. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 57:113-122 (supplementary material)

21. Moustaka-Gouni M, Kormas KA, Vardaka E, Katsiapi M, Gkelis S (2009) Raphidiopsis mediterranea SKUJA represents non-heterocytous life-cycle stages of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (WOLOSZYNSKA) SEENAYYA et SUBBA RAJU in Lake Kastoria (Greece), its type locality: evidence by morphological and phylogenetic analysis. Harmful Algae 8:864-872

20. Genitsaris S, Kormas KA, Moustaka-Gouni M (2009) Microscopic eukaryotes living in a dying lake (Lake Koronia, Greece). FEMS Microbiol Ecol 69:75-83

19. Vanreusel A, Andersen AC, Boetius A, Connelly D, Decker C, Heeschen K, Hilario A, Kormas KA, Maignien L, Olu K, Pachiadaki M, Ritt B, Rodrigues C, Sarrazin J, Tyler P, van Gaever S, Vanneste H (2009) Biodiversity of cold seep ecosystems along European margins. Oceanography 22:110-127

18. Kormas KA, Meziti A, Dählmann A, de Lange GJ, Lykousis V (2008) Characterization of methanogenic and prokaryotic assemblages based on mcrA and 16S rRNA gene diversity in sediments of the Kazan Mud Volcano (Mediterranean Sea). Geobiology 6:450-460

17. Meintanis C, Chalkou K, Kormas KA, Lymperopoulou DS, Katsifas EA, Hatzinikolaou D, Karagouni AD (2008) Application of rpoB sequence similarity analysis, REP-PCR and BOX-PCR for the differentiation of species within the genus Geobacillus. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 46:395-401

16. Dalby AP, Kormas KA, Christaki U, Karayanni H (2008) Cosmopolitan heterotrophic microeukaryotes are active bacterial grazers in experimental oil-polluted system. Environ. Microbiol. 10:47-56

015. Meziti A, Kormas KA, Pancucci-Papadopoulou MA, Thessalou-Legaki M (2007) Bacterial phylotypes associated with the intestinal tract of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus and the ascidian Microcosmus sp. Russ. J. Mar. Biol. 33:84-91

014. Meintanis C, Chalkou K, Kormas KA, Karagouni A (2006) Biodegradation of crude oil by thermophilic bacteria isolated from a volcano island. Biodegradation 17:105-112

013. Kormas KA, Tivey MK, von Damm K, Teske A (2006) Bacterial and archaeal phylotypes associated with distinct mineralogical layers of a white smoker spire from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent site (9°N, East Pacific Rise). Environ. Microbiol. 8:909-920

012. Nicolaidou A, Petrou K, Kormas KA, Reizopoulou S (2006) Inter-annual variability of soft bottom macrofaunal communities in two Ionian Sea lagoons. Hydrobiologia 555:89-98

011. Moustaka–Gouni M, Vardaka E, Michaloudi E, Kormas KA, Tryfon E, Mihalatou H, Gkelis S, Lanaras T (2006) Plankton food web structure in a eutrophic polymictic lake with a history in toxic cyanobacterial blooms. Limnol. Oceanogr. 51:715-727

010. Kormas KA (2005) Bacterial growth on extracellular organic carbon from marine microalgal cultures. Cah. Biol. Mar. 46:241-251

009. Kormas KA, Papaspyrou S (2004) Growth of marine bacterioplankton on river and sea water dissolved organic carbon in a Mediterranean coastal system. Cah. Biol. Mar. 45:55-64

008. Kormas KA, Nicolaidou A, Thessalou-Legaki M (2003) Variability of environmental factors of an Eastern Mediterranean river influenced coastal system. Medit. Mar. Sci. 4:67-77

007. Kormas KA, Edgcomb V, Smith DC, Teske A (2003) Molecular analysis of the deep subsurface microbial communities in Nankai Trough (ODP Leg 190, Site 1176). F.E.M.S. Microbiol. Ecol. 45:115-125

006. Kormas KA, Garametsi V, Nicolaidou A (2002) Size fractionated phytoplankton chlorophyll in an Eastern Mediterranean coastal system (Maliakos Gulf, Greece). Helgol. Mar. Res. 56:125-133

005. Christaki U, Courties C, Karayanni H, Giannakourou A, Maravelias C, Kormas KA, Lebaron P (2002) Dynamic characteristics of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus consumption by bacterivorous nanoflagellates. Microb. Ecol. 43:341-352

004. Kormas KA, Nicolaidou A, Reizopoulou S (2001) Temporal variations of nutrients, chlorophyll a and particulate matter in three Amvrakikos Gulf lagoons (Ionian Sea, Greece). P.S.Z.N.I. Mar. Ecol. 22:201-213

003. Kormas KA, Papaspyrou S (2001) Benthic carbon demand and water column carbon supply in an Aegean embayment (Maliakos Gulf, Hellas). Fresen. Environ. Bull. 10:193-196

002. Kormas KA (1999) Nutrients, chlorophyll α and suspended matter of the River Spercheios, Hellas. Fresen. Environ. Bull. 8:18-23

001. Kormas KA, Kapiris K, Thessalou-Legaki M, Nicolaidou A (1998) Quantitative relationships between phytoplankton, bacteria and protists in an Aegean semi-enclosed embayment (Maliakos Gulf, Greece). Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 15: 255-264

08. Meziti A, Kormas KA (2022) Microbial life in the Aegean Sea. In: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol. IN PRESS, Springer, Berlin.

07. Kormas KA, Meziti A (2020) The microbial communities of the East Mediterranean Sea mud volcanoes and pockmarks. In: Teske A, Salman-Carvalho V (eds) Marine hydrocarbon seeps. Microbiology and biogeochemistry of a global marine habitat. Springer, Cham, p 142-148

06. Kurmayer R, Christiansen G, Kormas K, Vyverman W, Verleyen E, Ramos V, Vasconcelos V, Salmaso N (2017) Sampling and metadata. In: Kurmayer R, Sivonen K, Wilmotte A, Salmaso N (eds) Molecular tools for the detection and quantification of toxigeniccyanobacteria. John Wiley & Sons, p. 19-42

05. Nisiotou A, Parlapani F, Kormas KA, Boziaris IS (2014) Old targets, new weapons: food microbial communities revealed with molecular tools. In: Boziaris IS (ed) Food microbiology. Novel processing and microbial assessment techniques. Taylor & Francis, p 275-312

04. Kagalou I, Kormas KA, Papadimitriou T, Katsiapi M, Genitsaris S, Moustaka-Gouni M (2012) Greece: occurrence, monitoring and risk management of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins. In: Chorus I (ed) Current approaches to cyanotoxin risk assessment, risk management andregulations in different countries. Umweltbundesamt, Dessau-Rosslau, p 71-78

03. Kormas KA (2011) Interpreting diversity of Proteobacteria based on 16S rRNA gene copy number. In: Sezenna ML (ed) Proteobacteria: Phylogeny, metabolic diversity and ecological effects. Nova Publishers, Hauppauge, NY, p. 73-89. ISBN: 978-1-61761-810-9

02. Giannakourou A, Kormas K, Pitta P, Christaki U (2005) Microbial ecology. In: Papathanassiou E, Zenetos A (eds) State of the Hellenic marine environment. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Anavissos, p. 182-186

01. Kormas KΑ, Thessalou-Legaki M, Nicolaidou A (1997) Is water column productivity in an Aegean embayment reflected to its benthic assemblages? In: Hawkins LE, Hutchinson S, Jensen AC, Sheader M Williams JA (eds) The responses of marine organisms to their environments. University of Southampton, Southampton, p.143-151