The research includes different aspects of environmental biology focused on the marine environment: within this researh theme, researchers at DISTAV carry out multiple research activities, such as:
- Biomomitoring of health conditions of coastal marine ecosystems by the multibiomarker approach of environmental stress in invertebrates and fish (T. Balbi, L. Canesi)
- Biology and Genetics of Marine microrganisms ( E. Bosi, E. Taviani, L. Vezzulli) - Biology, genetics and ecology of Vibrio cholerae and other Vibrio pathogenic for humans and animals in the marine environment - Effects of global warming on marine microbial communities - Global ecology and biogeography of marine microrganisms - Microbiomes of marine organisms
- Mycology: biology, ecology isolation, characterization and conservation of fungal strains, also for biotechnologicla applications (M. Capello, S. Di Piazza, M. Zotti)
