Microbial Communities and Habitats in Aquatic Environments Laboratory (MiCHAEL)
Department of Ichthyology & Aquatic Environment
University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece
NEWS
New MSc program: Host-microbe interactions
New lab visitor: We are happy to host Zoe Devoyon, from Univesrsite de Poitiers, France, for her summer internship! Zoe will work on fish gut bacteria using specific carbohydrates. Welcome Zoe!!!
LATEST PUBLICATION: Moschos S, Kormas KA, Karayanni H (2022) Prokaryotic diversity in marine and freshwater recirculating aquaculture systems. Rev. Aquacult. In Press
NEW BOOK CHAPTER: Meziti A, Kormas KA (2022) Microbial life in the Aegean Sea. In: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol. IN PRESS, Springer, Berlin.
We are happy to participate in a new researh poject: "Effets de la turbulence sur la prolifération et la toxicité des diatomées" (TURBU-DIATOX), funded by CNRS - L’Institut national des sciences de l’Univers (INSU). Check out a brief introduction!
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Research interests
The research interests of MiCHAEL are … small. We focus on aquatic ecology by investigating patterns and processes that underpin the distribution, abundance and diversity of microorganisms in diverse aquatic habitats. Some of our quests deal with the following:
* How do aquatic microbial communities assemble?
* Which members of the microbial trophic web are the key players in defining and maintaining community structure?
* How do these trophic links change over time?
* What is the role of spatial structure in regulating the community’s stability?
* How do abiotic parameters regulate ecosystem functioning of microbial processes?
* What types of association exist between prokaryotes and aquatic animals?
* Microbiology (3rd semester)
* Microbial ecology of aquatic ecosystems (7th semester)
* Applications of aquatic microorganisms (7th semester; elective course)
* Microbial source tracking (10th semester; elective course)
Last update: Apr. 2022