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Konstantinos Ar. Kormas

Konstantinos Ar. Kormas

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Ecology and Evolution

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National Ranking
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Earth Science

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Overview

Konstantinos Ar. Kormas is affiliated with the University of Thessaly in Greece. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions across several related subfields.

The main fields of study for Konstantinos Ar. Kormas include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The subfields of their research encompass:

  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Aquatic Science
  • Immunology
  • Environmental Chemistry

The scientist's work focuses on a range of topics related to microbial ecology and aquaculture, including:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems

Konstantinos Ar. Kormas has published extensively, with some recent notable papers being:

  • "Ancestral Absence of Electron Transport Chains in Patescibacteria and DPANN" (2020), published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Time to integrate biotechnological approaches into fish gut microbiome research" (2021), published in Current Opinion in Biotechnology
  • "Prokaryotic diversity in marine and freshwater recirculating aquaculture systems" (2022), published in Reviews in Aquaculture
  • "Gut Microbiota of Five Sympatrically Farmed Marine Fish Species in the Aegean Sea" (2020), published in Microbial Ecology
  • "Configuration of Gut Microbiota Structure and Potential Functionality in Two Teleosts under the Influence of Dietary Insect Meals" (2021), published in Microorganisms

The frequent co-authors working alongside Konstantinos Ar. Kormas include:

  • Eleni Nikouli
  • Eleni Mente
  • Alexandra Meziti
  • Efthimia Antonopoulou
  • Efi Levizou

Common venues for their publications are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microorganisms
  • Environmental Pollution
  • PeerJ
  • Research Square (Research Square)

Best Publications

  • Molecular analysis of deep subsurface microbial communities in Nankai Trough sediments (ODP Leg 190, Site 1176).

    Konstantinos Ar Kormas;David C Smith;Virginia Edgcomb;Andreas Teske

  • Multiple biomarkers of pollution effects in caged mussels on the Greek coastline

    C. Tsangaris;K. Kormas;E. Strogyloudi;I. Hatzianestis

  • Airborne algae and cyanobacteria: occurrence and related health effects.

    Savvas Genitsaris;Konstantinos Ar Kormas;Maria Moustaka-Gouni

  • Dietary differences are reflected on the gut prokaryotic community structure of wild and commercially reared sea bream (Sparus aurata)

    Konstantinos A. Kormas;Alexandra Meziti;Eleni Mente;Athanasios Frentzos

  • Plankton food web structure in a eutrophic polymictic lake with a history of toxic cyanobacterial blooms

    Maria Moustaka-Gouni;Elisabeth Vardaka;Evangelia Michaloudi;Konstantinos Ar. Kormas

  • Biodiversity of cold seep ecosystems along the European margins

    A. Vanreusel;A.C. Andersen;A. Boetius;D.P. Connelly

  • 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)

    Konstantinos A. Kormas;Margaret K. Tivey;Karen Von Damm;Andreas Teske

  • Biodegradation of Crude Oil by Thermophilic Bacteria Isolated from a Volcano Island

    Christos Meintanis;Kalliopi I. Chalkou;Konstantinos Ar. Kormas;Amalia D. Karagouni

  • Ancestral Absence of Electron Transport Chains in Patescibacteria and DPANN.

    Jacob P. Beam;Eric D. Becraft;Eric D. Becraft;Julia M. Brown;Frederik Schulz

  • Dynamic characteristics of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus consumption by bacterivorous nanoflagellates.

    U. Christaki;C. Courties;H. Karayanni;A. Giannakourou

  • Cyanobacterial toxin degrading bacteria: who are they?

    Konstantinos Ar. Kormas;Despoina S. Lymperopoulou

  • Temporal Variations of Nutrients, ­Chlorophyll a and Particulate Matter in Three Coastal Lagoons of Amvrakikos Gulf (Ionian Sea, Greece)

    Konstantinos A. Kormas;Artemis Nicolaidou;Sofia Reizopoulou

  • Changes of the bacterial assemblages throughout an urban drinking water distribution system.

    Konstantinos Ar. Kormas;Christos Neofitou;Maria Pachiadaki;Eulalia Koufostathi

  • Reshaping gut bacterial communities after dietary Tenebrio molitor larvae meal supplementation in three fish species

    Efthimia Antonopoulou;Eleni Nikouli;Giovanni Piccolo;Laura Gasco;Laura Gasco

  • Prokaryotic community structure and diversity in the sediments of an active submarine mud volcano (Kazan mud volcano, East Mediterranean Sea).

    Maria G. Pachiadaki;Vasilios Lykousis;Euripides G. Stefanou;Konstantinos A. Kormas

  • 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.

    Maria Moustaka-Gouni;Konstantinos Ar. Kormas;Elisabeth Vardaka;Matina Katsiapi

  • Temporal shifts of the Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) gut bacterial communities.

    Alexandra Meziti;Alexandra Meziti;Alban Nicolas Ramette;Eleni Mente;Eleni Mente;Konstantinos Ar. Kormas

  • Diversity and spatial distribution of prokaryotic communities along a sediment vertical profile of a deep-sea mud volcano

    Maria G. Pachiadaki;Argyri Kallionaki;Anke Dählmann;Gert J. De Lange

  • Plankton Microorganisms Coinciding with Two Consecutive Mass Fish Kills in a Newly Reconstructed Lake

    Andreas Oikonomou;Matina Katsiapi;Hera Karayanni;Maria Moustaka-Gouni

  • Microbiological changes, shelf life and identification of initial and spoilage microbiota of sea bream fillets stored under various conditions using 16S rRNA gene analysis

    Foteini F Parlapani;Konstantinos Ar Kormas;Ioannis S Boziaris

  • Active biomonitoring in Greek coastal waters: Application of the integrated biomarker response index in relation to contaminant levels in caged mussels

    Catherine Tsangaris;Ioannis Hatzianestis;Vassiliki-Angelique Catsiki;Konstantinos Ar. Kormas

  • Artificially-born "killer" lake: Phytoplankton based water quality and microcystin affected fish in a reconstructed lake

    Th. Papadimitriou;M. Katsiapi;K.Ar. Kormas;M. Moustaka-Gouni

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Moustaka-Gouni
Maria Moustaka-Gouni Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Ulrich Sommer
Ulrich Sommer GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Urania Christaki
Urania Christaki University of Lille
Joan M. Bernhard
Joan M. Bernhard Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis
Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis Georgia Institute of Technology
Peter F. Dunfield
Peter F. Dunfield University of Calgary
Ramunas Stepanauskas
Ramunas Stepanauskas Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
John R. Spear
John R. Spear Colorado School of Mines
Mostafa S. Elshahed
Mostafa S. Elshahed Oklahoma State University
Tanja Woyke
Tanja Woyke Joint Genome Institute

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