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Stefano Varrella

Stefano Varrella

Stefano Varrella holds a PhD in Life and Biomolecular Sciences and conducts research in microbial and molecular ecology, focusing on the diversity and ecological role of marine microorganisms (i.e., prokaryotes and fungi) in deep-sea ecosystems. He also investigates the effects of anthropogenic pressures and climate change on coastal ecosystems through mesocosm experiments and field studies, using classical and innovative molecular approaches to support environmental monitoring, conservation, and restoration actions.
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2026 Mineral accretion technology for end-of-life offshore platforms limits the development of corrosion-associated microbes supporting rig-to-reef conversion C Corinaldesi, A Salvatori, N Simoncini, S Varrella, ML Martire, G Luongo, ... Resources, Environment and Sustainability, 100343, 2026 Open
2025 A comprehensive assessment of non-indigenous species requires the combination of multi-marker eDNA metabarcoding with classical taxonomic identification S Varrella, S Livi, C Corinaldesi, L Castriota, T Maggio, P Vivona, M Pindo, ... Environment International 199, 109489, 2025 12 Open
2025 Bioplastics spark viral activity, reshape microbiomes and accelerate organic matter degradation in the marine environment C Corinaldesi, M Tangherlini, N Simoncini, E Rastelli, I Mercanti, ... Communications Earth & Environment 6 (1), 861, 2025 1 Open
2025 Decoding Past Microbial Communities Shifts Induced by Natural and Anthropogenic Disturbance Events Through Extracellular DNA S Varrella, M Tangherlini, C Corinaldesi, L Musco, A Schirone, ... Molecular Ecology 34 (20), e70078, 2025 Open
2024 Inorganic UV filter-based sunscreens labelled as eco-friendly threaten sea urchin populations F Marcellini, S Varrella, M Ghilardi, G Barucca, A Giorgetti, R Danovaro, ... Environmental Pollution 351, 124093, 2024 13 Open
2024 Fungal abundance and diversity in the Mariana Trench, the deepest ecosystem on earth S Varrella, G Barone, C Corinaldesi, A Giorgetti, H Nomaki, T Nunoura, ... Journal of Fungi 10 (1), 73, 2024 9 Open
2023 Encapsulated in sediments: eDNA deciphers the ecosystem history of one of the most polluted European marine sites IB Angeles, ML Romero-Martínez, M Cavaliere, S Varrella, ... Environment International 172, 107738, 2023 54 Open
2023 Microbiome-assisted restoration of degraded marine habitats: a new nature-based solution? C Corinaldesi, S Bianchelli, M Candela, A Dell’Anno, C Gambi, E Rastelli, ... Frontiers in Marine Science 10, 1227560, 2023 36 Open
2023 Positive effects of two decades of passive ecological restoration in a historically polluted marine site E Fanelli, A Dell’Anno, E Nepote, ML Martire, L Musco, S Bianchelli, ... Frontiers in Marine Science 10, 1199654, 2023 5 Open
2022 Changes in coral forest microbiomes predict the impact of marine heatwaves on habitat-forming species down to mesophotic depths C Corinaldesi, S Varrella, M Tangherlini, A Dell'Anno, S Canensi, ... Science of the Total Environment 823, 153701, 2022 40 Open
2022 Assessing the eco-compatibility of new generation sunscreen products through a combined microscopic-molecular approach S Varrella, R Danovaro, C Corinaldesi Environmental Pollution 314, 120212, 2022 31 Open
2022 Local environmental conditions promote high turnover diversity of benthic deep-sea fungi in the Ross Sea (Antarctica) G Barone, C Corinaldesi, E Rastelli, M Tangherlini, S Varrella, ... Journal of Fungi 8 (1), 65, 2022 13 Open
2022 The paradox of an unpolluted coastal site facing a chronically contaminated industrial area C Corinaldesi, S Bianchelli, E Rastelli, S Varrella, S Canensi, C Gambi, ... Frontiers in Marine Science 8, 813887, 2022 11 Open
2022 Impatto dell’estrazione mineraria negli ambienti marini profondi sull’interazione tra virus e procarioti coinvolti nel ciclo dell’azoto J IVALDI Open
2021 Multiple impacts of microplastics can threaten marine habitat-forming species C Corinaldesi, S Canensi, A Dell’Anno, M Tangherlini, I Di Capua, ... Communications Biology 4 (1), 431, 2021 211 Open
2021 Early-stage anomalies in the sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus) as bioindicators of multiple stressors in the marine environment: Overview and future perspectives C Gambardella, F Marcellini, C Falugi, S Varrella, C Corinaldesi Environmental Pollution 287, 117608, 2021 72 Open
2021 Diversity, ecological role and biotechnological potential of antarctic marine fungi S Varrella, G Barone, M Tangherlini, E Rastelli, A Dell’Anno, ... Journal of Fungi 7 (5), 391, 2021 71 Open
2021 Diversity, Ecological Role and Biotechnological Potential of Antarctic Marine Fungi. J. Fungi 2021, 7, 391 S Varrella, G Barone, M Tangherlini, E Rastelli, A Dell’Anno, ... Marine Fungus, 57, 2021 Open
2020 Deep hypersaline anoxic basins as untapped reservoir of polyextremophilic prokaryotes of biotechnological interest S Varrella, M Tangherlini, C Corinaldesi Marine drugs 18 (2), 91, 2020 42 Open
2019 Marine fungi: Biotechnological perspectives from deep-hypersaline anoxic basins G Barone, S Varrella, M Tangherlini, E Rastelli, A Dell’Anno, R Danovaro, ... Diversity 11 (7), 113, 2019 45 Open
2016 Toxic diatom aldehydes affect defence gene networks in sea urchins S Varrella, G Romano, S Costantini, N Ruocco, A Ianora, MG Bentley, ... PLoS One 11 (2), e0149734, 2016 40 Open
2016 Diatom-derived oxylipins induce cell death in sea urchin embryos activating caspase-8 and caspase 3/7 N Ruocco, S Varrella, G Romano, A Ianora, MG Bentley, D Somma, ... Aquatic Toxicology 176, 128-140, 2016 38 Open
2016 First Morphological and Molecular Evidence of the Negative Impact of Diatom-Derived Hydroxyacids on the Sea Urchin Paracentrotus lividus S Varrella, G Romano, N Ruocco, A Ianora, MG Bentley, M Costantini Toxicological sciences 151 (2), 419-433, 2016 33 Open
2015 Effects of diatom derived oxylipins on morphology and gene expression during embryonic development of sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus S Varrella The Open University, 2015 Open
2014 Molecular Response to Toxic Diatom-Derived Aldehydes in the Sea Urchin Paracentrotus lividus S Varrella, G Romano, A Ianora, MG Bentley, N Ruocco, M Costantini Marine drugs 12 (4), 2089-2113, 2014 62 Open
Resources, Environment and Sustainability C Corinaldesi, A Salvatori, N Simoncini, S Varrella, ML Martire, G Luongo, ... Open
Therefore, this study is very important and very welcome. However, some major concerns prevent me from recommending the publication of this manuscript in its current form … IB Angeles, ML Romero-Martínez, M Cavaliere, S Varrella, ... Open