Microbial Ecology Lab
University Campus of Ioannina (UoI) Building E4 (1st floor)
GR-45110 Tel: Website: https://sites.google.com/site/aquamicrolab Karayanni Hera, Assistant Professor Macingo Sofia (MSc), PhD student Piperagas Odysseas (MSc), PhD student Moshos Steve, BSc student Nikolopoulou Ioanna, BSc student Levidiotis Haris, BSc student Kapsali Stella, BSc student Sartzis Yorgos, BSc student Mironaki Katerina, BSc student Former students: Michas Antonis, now post-doctoral researcher in Research Unit of Comparative Microbiome Analysis (München) Soutziou Chrysa Stefanidou Natasa now post-doc at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Triantafyllidis Tasos, BSc, MSc, now research scientist in HCMR Liamis Yannis Papadopoulou Eleftheria, now MSc student at University of Gothenburg Tsola Stefania, BSc, MSc, now PhD student at University of London Renta Hristina, BSc student Athanasopoulou Any Kokkou Georgia Tolis Vasilis Post-doc: Meziti Alexandra, 2012-2014 now post-doc at the University of Thessaly ResearchResearch interests include (1) the investigation of factors that shape microbial communities in aquatic habitats, (2) the study of carbon flow within the microbial food webs Current research activity (1) biogeography of aquatic protists, (2) micropollutants as vectors of microorganisms Recent projects Assessment of the ecological situation of Igoumenitsa Gulf. Co-financed by the European Union (European Regional Development Fund- ERDF) and Greek national funds through the Operational Program “THESSALY- MAINLAND GREECE AND EPIRUS-2007-2013” of the National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF 2007-2013) (2012-2015) Τhe relative role of niche and neutral mechanisms in controlling phytoplankton genetic and morphological diversity – ECOGENE, ARISTEIA II (GSRT) (2014-15) Recent publications Tatsika S, Karamanoli K, Karayanni H, Genitsaris S (2019) Metagenomic Characterization of Bacterial Communities on Ready-to-Eat Vegetables and Effects of Household Washing on their Diversity and Composition. Pathogens, 8, 37 Karayanni H, Macingo SC, TolisV, Alivertis D (2019) Diversity of
Bacteria in Lakes with Different Chlorophyll Content and Investigation
of Their Respiratory Activity through a Long-Term Microcosm Experiment. Water, 11, 467. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11030467 Meziti A, Tsementzi D, Rodriguez-R LM, Hatt JK, Karayanni H, Kormas K, Konstantinidis K (2018) Quantifying the changes in genetic diversity within sequence-discrete bacterial populations across a spatial and temporal riverine gradient. The ISME journal. DOI: 10.1038/s41396-018-0307-6 Tsola SL, Renta C, Macingo SC, Karayanni H.
(2018) Investigating size-fractionated chlorophyll a and phycocyanin
temporal variations in a highly eutrophic lake and its isolated karstic
springs. Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, 47(2): 118-127. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2018-0013 Kokkinos P, Karayanni H, Meziti A, Feidaki R, Paparrodopoulos S, Vantarakis A (2018) Assessment of the Virological Quality of Marine and Running Surface Waters in NW Greece: A Case Study. Food Environ Virol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12560-018-9344-6 Karayanni, H.; Meziti, A.; Spatharis, S.; Genitsaris, S.; Courties, C.; Kormas, K.A. (2017) Changes in Microbial (Bacteria and Archaea) Plankton Community Structure after Artificial Dispersal in Grazer-Free Microcosms. Microorganisms, 5, 31. 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 doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13303 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 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-015-0770-1 Meziti A, Kormas KA, Moustaka-Gouni M, Karayanni H (2015) Spatially uniform but temporally variable bacterioplankton in asemi-enclosed coastal area Syst Appl Microbiol http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2015.04.003 Kormas KA, Karayanni H, Christaki U, Giannakourou
A, Assimakopoulou G, Olympia Gotsis-Skretas O (2014) Microbial Food Web
Structure and Its Impact on Primary Production in a Meso-Oligotrophic Coastal
Area (Pagasitikos Gulf, Aegean Sea). Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic
Sciences 14: 527-537 doi:10.4194/1303-2712-v14_2_24 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 Oikonomou A, Katsiapi M, Karayanni H, Moustaka-Gouni M, Kormas KA (2012) Plankton microorganisms coinciding with two consecutive mass fish kills in a newly reconstructed lake. TheScientificWorldJOURNAL The Scientific World Journal Volume 2012, Article ID 504135, doi:10.1100/2012/504135 Interesting linksThe Hellenic Oceanographers’ Association (HOA) |
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