Publications and Open Access Data

CORDIS Editorial Team and Moutou, K., 2023. Modernising the Mediterranean’s marine fish farming sector. CORDIS – Results in Brief. https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/727610

Smith, P., Cortinovis, L., Pretto, T., Manfrin, A., Florio, D., Fioravanti, M., Baron, S., Le Devendec, L., Jouy, E., Le Breton, A. and Picon-Camacho, S., 2023. Setting epidemiological cut-off values for Vibrio harveyi relevant to MIC data generated by a standardised microdilution method. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 155, pp.35-42. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03740

Smith, P., Le Devendec, L., Jouy, E., Larvor, E., Le Breton, A., Picon-Camacho, S., ana Zrnčić, S., Zupičić, I.G., Karataş, S., Verner-Jeffreys, D. and Joseph, A.W., 2023. Epidemiological cut-off values for Vibrio anguillarum MIC and disc diffusion data generated by standardised methods. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 155, pp.109-123. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03745

Masi, M., Di Pasquale, J., Vecchio, Y., Pauselli, G., Tribilustova, E., & Adinolfi, F. (2022). A cross-sectional study in Mediterranean European countries to support stakeholders in addressing future market demands: Consumption of farmed fish products. Aquaculture Reports, 24, 101133. DOI: 10.1016/j.aqrep.2022.101133

Oikonomou, S., Kazlari, Z., Papapetrou, M., Papanna, K., Papaharisis, L., Manousaki, T., … & Chatziplis, D. (2022). Genome Wide Association (GWAS) Analysis and genomic heritability for parasite resistance and growth in European seabass. Aquaculture Reports, 24, 101178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2022.101178

Errani, F., Volpe, E., Riera-Ferrer, E., Caffara, M., Padrós, F., Gustinelli, A., … & Ciulli, S. (2022). Development and diagnostic validation of a one-step multiplex RT-PCR assay as a rapid method to detect and identify Nervous Necrosis Virus (NNV) and its variants circulating in the Mediterranean. PloS one, 17(8), e0273802. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273802

Valdivieso, A., Sánchez-Baizán, N., Mitrizakis, N., Papandroulakis, N., & Piferrer, F. (2022). Development of epigenetic biomarkers with diagnostic and prognostic value to assess the lasting effects of early temperature changes in farmed fish. Aquaculture, 738918. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738918

Dominguez, D., Castro, P., Lall, S., Montero, D., Zamorano, M. J., Fontanillas, R., & Izquierdo, M. (2022). Effects of Menadione Sodium Bisulphite (Vitamin K3) Supplementation of the Diets Based on Plant Feed Ingredients on Growth and Bone Health of Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata) Fingerlings. Aquaculture Nutrition, 2022. https://doi.org./10.1155/2022/1613030

Padrós, F., Caggiano, M., Toffan, A., Constenla, M., Zarza, C., & Ciulli, S. (2022). Integrated Management Strategies for Viral Nervous Necrosis (VNN) Disease Control in Marine Fish Farming in the Mediterranean. Pathogens, 11(3), 330. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11030330

Pacorig, V., Galeotti, M., & Beraldo, P. (2022). Multiparametric Semi-quantitative Scoring System for the histological evaluation of marine fish larval and juvenile quality. Aquaculture Reports, 26, 101285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2022.101285

Acosta, F., Bravo, J., Monzón-Atienza, L., Galindo-Villegas, J., Torecillas, S., & Montero, D. (2022). Peracetic acid can be used as a disinfectant for gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) juveniles without affecting fish welfare. Aquaculture Reports, 24, 101107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2022.101107

Villanueva, B., Fernández, A., Peiró-Pastor, R., Peñaloza, C., Houston, R. D., Sonesson, A. K., … & Saura, M. (2022). Population structure and genetic variability in wild and farmed Mediterranean populations of gilthead seabream and European seabass inferred from a 60K combined species SNP array. Aquaculture Reports, 24, 101145. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2022.101145

Besson, M., Rombout, N., Salou, G., Vergnet, A., Cariou, S., Bruant, J. S., … & Vandeputte, M. (2022). Potential for genomic selection on feed efficiency in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata), based on individual feed conversion ratio, carcass and lipid traits. Aquaculture Reports, 24, 101132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2022.101132

Najafpour, B., Pinto, P. I., Canario, A. V. M., & Power, D. M. (2022). Quantifying dominant bacterial genera detected in metagenomic data from fish eggs and larvae using genus‐specific primers. MicrobiologyOpen, 11(3), e1274. https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1274

Kourkouta, C., Tsipourlianos, A., Power, D. M., Moutou, K. A., & Koumoundouros, G. (2022). Variability of key-performance-indicators in commercial gilthead seabream hatcheries. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23008-z

Fragkoulis, S., & Koumoundouros, G. (2021). Simple morphometrics for predicting lordosis-induced deviations of body-shape in reared Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.). bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.15.435302

Zrnčić, S., Fioravanti, M. L., Gustinelli, A., Oraić, D., Zupičić, I. G., Pavlinec, Ž., … & Furones, D. (2021). Survey on laboratories and consultants working in the diagnostics of European seabass and gilthead seabream diseases: preliminary results. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologist, 41, 81-90. https://cris.unibo.it/bitstream/11585/828186/1/2021%20zrncic%20et%20al%20-%20Fish%20lab%20survey%20EAFP%20Bulletin.pdf

Najafpour, B., Pinto, P. I., Moutou, K. A., Canario, A. V., & Power, D. M. (2021). Factors driving bacterial microbiota of eggs from commercial hatcheries of European seabass and gilthead seabream. Microorganisms, 9(11), 2275. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9112275

Li, L., Cardoso, J. C., Félix, R. C., Mateus, A. P., Canário, A. V., & Power, D. M. (2021). Fish lysozyme gene family evolution and divergent function in early development. Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 114, 103772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2020.103772

Ferosekhan, S., Turkmen, S., Pérez-García, C., Xu, H., Gómez, A., Shamna, N., … & Kaushik, S. (2021). Influence of Genetic Selection for Growth and Broodstock Diet n-3 LC-PUFA Levels on Reproductive Performance of Gilthead Seabream, Sparus aurata. Animals, 11(2), 519. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11020519

Xu X., Ferosekhan S., Turkmen S., Afonso J.M., Zamorano M.J., Izquierdo, M. (2021). High broodstock fads2 expression combined with nutritional programing through broodstock diet improves the use of low fishmeal and low fish oil diets in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) progeny. Aquaculture 535, 736321. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.736321

Naya-Català, F., Simó-Mirabet, P., Calduch-Giner, J., & Pérez-Sánchez, J. (2021). Transcriptomic profiling of Gh/Igf system reveals a prompted tissue-specific differentiation and novel hypoxia responsive genes in gilthead sea bream. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95408-6

Acosta, F., Montero, D., Izquierdo, M., & Galindo-Villegas, J. (2021). High-level biocidal products effectively eradicate pathogenic γ-proteobacteria biofilms from aquaculture facilities. Aquaculture, 532, 736004. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.736004

Penaloza, C., Manousaki, T., Franch, R., Tsakogiannis, A., Sonesson, A. K., Aslam, M. L., … & Tsigenopoulos, C. S. (2021). Development and testing of a combined species SNP array for the European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). Genomics, 113(4), 2096-2107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2021.04.038

Papapetrou, M., Kazlari, Z., Papanna, K., Papaharisis, L., Oikonomou, S., Manousaki, T., … & Chatziplis, D. (2021). On the trail of detecting genetic (co) variation between resistance to parasite infections (Diplectanum aequans and Lernanthropus kroyeri) and growth in European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Aquaculture Reports, 20, 100767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2021.100767

Dominguez, D., Montero, D., Zamorano, M. J., Castro, P., Fontanillas, R., Prabhu, P. A. J., & Izquierdo, M. (2021). Effects of vitamin D3 supplementation in gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) juveniles fed diets high in plant based feedstuffs. Aquaculture, 543, 736991. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.736991

Kourkouta, C., Printzi, A., Geladakis, G., Mitrizakis, N., Papandroulakis, N., & Koumoundouros, G. (2021). Long lasting effects of early temperature exposure on the swimming performance and skeleton development of metamorphosing Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.) larvae. Scientific reports, 11(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88306-4

Fragkoulis, S., Kerasovitis, D., Batargias, C., & Koumoundouros, G. (2021). Body-shape trajectories and their genetic variance component in Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.). Scientific reports, 11(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95726-9

Lorenzo Felipe, A., Shin, H. S., León-Bernabeu, S., Pérez García, C., Zamorano Serrano, M. J., Pérez-Sánchez, J., & Afonso López, J. M. (2021). The Effect of the Deformity Genetic Background of the Breeders on the Spawning Quality of Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata L.). Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.656901

Carvalho, M., Montero, D., Torrecillas, S., Castro, P., Zamorano, M. J., & Izquierdo, M. (2021). Hepatic biochemical, morphological and molecular effects of feeding microalgae and poultry oils to gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata). Aquaculture, 532, 736073. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.736073

Carvalho, M., Montero, D., Domenici, P., Afonso, J. M., & Izquierdo, M. (2021). Dietary novel oils modulate neural function and preserve locomotor response in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) juveniles by regulating synthesis and contents of fatty acids in brain. Aquaculture, 737873. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737873

Peruzza, L., Pascoli, F., Dalla Rovere, G., Franch, R., Ferraresso, S., Babbucci, M., … & Bargelloni, L. (2021). Transcriptome analysis reveals a complex response to the RGNNV/SJNNV reassortant Nervous Necrosis Virus strain in sea bream larvae. Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 114, 282-292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2021.04.021

Dominguez, D., Sehnine, Z., Castro, P., Zamorano, M. J., Robaina, L., Fontanillas, R., … & Izquierdo, M. (2020). Dietary manganese levels for gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) fingerlings fed diets high in plant ingredients. Aquaculture, 529, 735614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735614

Carvalho, M., Montero, D., Rosenlund, G., Fontanillas, R., Ginés, R., & Izquierdo, M. (2020). Effective complete replacement of fish oil by combining poultry and microalgae oils in practical diets for gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) fingerlings. Aquaculture, 529, 735696. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735696

Zrnčić, S., Padrós, F., Mladineo, I., Fioravanti, M. L., Gustinelli, A., Palenzuela, O., … & Brun, E. (2020). Bottlenecks in diagnostics of Mediterranean fish diseases. Bulletin of the European Association of Fish Pathologists. https://eafp.org/download/2020-volume40/issue_2/40-2-70-zrncic.pdf

Rigos G., Kogiannou D., Padrós F., Cristòfol C., Florio D., Fioravanti M.L, Zarza C. (2020). Best therapeutic practices for the use of antibacterial agents in finfish aquaculture: a particular view on European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) in Mediterranean aquaculture. Reviews in Aquaculure, 1-39. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12523

Palstra A.P., Roque A., Kruijt L., Jehannet P., Pérez-Sánchez J., Dirks R.P. (2020). Pysiological Effects of Water Flow Induced Swimming Exercise in Seabream Sparus aurata. Frontiers in Physiology 11:610049. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.610049

Najafpour B, Cardoso JCR, Canario AVM and Power DM (2020). Specific Evolution and Gene Family Expansion of Complement 3 and Regulatory Factor H in Fish. Front. Immunol. 11:568631. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.568631

Simó-Mirabet P., Perera E., Calduch-Giner J.A., Pérez-Sánchez J. (2020) Local DNA methylation helps to regulate muscle sirtuin 1 gene expression across season and advancing age in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata). Frontiers in Zoology 17:15. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-020-00361-1

Lama R., Pereiro P., Valenzuela-Muñoz V., Gallardo-Escárate C., Tort L., Figueras A., Novoa B. (2020) RNA-Seq analysis of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) infected with nodavirus reveals powerful modulation of the stress response. Veterinary Research 51:64. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13567-020-00784-y

Volpe E., Gustinelli A., Caffaraa M., Errani F., Quaglio F., Fioravanti M.L., Ciulli S. (2020) Viral nervous necrosis outbreaks caused by the RGNNV/SJNNV reassortant betanodavirus in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) and European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Aquaculture 523:735155. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2020.735155

Perera E, Rosell-Moll E, Naya-Català F, Simó-Mirabet P, Calduch-Giner J, Pérez-Sánchez J. Effects of genetics and early-life mild hypoxia on size variation in farmed gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata). Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. doi: 10.1007/s10695-020-00899-1. Full text available here.

Turkmen, S., Zamorano, M. J., Xu, H., Fernández-Palacios, H., Robaina, L., Kaushik, S., & Izquierdo, M. (2020). Parental LC-PUFA biosynthesis capacity and nutritional intervention with alpha-linolenic acid affect performance of Sparus aurata progeny. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223(23), jeb214999. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.214999

Ferosekhan, S., Xu, H., Turkmen, S., Gómez, A., Afonso, J. M., Fontanillas, R., … & Izquierdo, M. (2020). Reproductive performance of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) broodstock showing different expression of fatty acyl desaturase 2 and fed two dietary fatty acid profiles. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72166-5

Xu, H., Ferosekhan, S., Turkmen, S., Afonso, J. M., Zamorano, M. J., & Izquierdo, M. (2020). Influence of parental fatty acid desaturase 2 (Fads2) expression and diet on gilthead seabream (sparus aurata) offspring fads2 expression during ontogenesis. Animals, 10(11), 2191. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10112191

Ferosekhan, S., Turkmen, S., Xu, H., Afonso, J. M., Zamorano, M. J., Kaushik, S., & Izquierdo, M. (2020). The relationship between the expression of fatty acyl desaturase 2 (Fads2) gene in peripheral blood cells (pbcs) and liver in gilthead seabream, sparus aurata broodstock fed a low n-3 lc-pufa diet. Life, 10(7), 117. https://doi.org/10.3390/life10070117

Pereiro, P., Lama, R., Moreira, R., Valenzuela-Muñoz, V., Gallardo-Escárate, C., Novoa, B., & Figueras, A. (2020). Potential involvement of lncRNAs in the modulation of the transcriptome response to nodavirus challenge in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.). Biology, 9(7), 165. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology9070165

Lama R., Pereiro P., Novoa B., Coll J. (2019) Sea Bass Immunization to Downsize the Betanodavirus Protein Displayed in the Surface of Inactivated Repair-Less Bacteria. Vaccines 7:94. doi: 10.3390/vaccines7030094

Domínguez, D., Sarmiento, P., Sehnine, Z., Castro, P., Robaina, L., Fontanillas, R., Prabhu, P.A.J., Izquierdo, M. (2019) Effects of copper levels in diets high in plant ingredients on gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) fingerlings. Aquaculture 507, pp. 466-474. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.04.044

Turkmen S, Perera E, Zamorano MJ, Simó-Mirabet P, Xu H, Pérez-Sánchez J, Izquierdo M. (2019) Effects of dietary lipid composition and fatty acid desaturase 2 expression in broodstock gilthead sea bream on lipid metabolism-related genes and methylation of the fads2 gene promoter in their offspring. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20: 6250. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20246250

Perera E, Turkmen S, Simó-Mirabet P, Zamorano MJ, Xu H, Naya-Català F, Izquierdo M, Pérez-Sánchez J. (2019) Stearoyl-CoA desaturase (scd1a) is epigenetically regulated by broodstock nutrition in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata). Epigenetics Volume 10:11. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/15592294.2019.1699982. Click here to access the full text.

Stefanos Fragkoulis, Alice Printzi, George Geladakis, Nikos Katribouzas & George Koumoundouros (2019). Recovery of haemal lordosis in Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata L.). Scientific Reports volume 9, Article number: 9832. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46334-1

Kazazić SP, Topić Popović N, StrunjakPerović I, Babić S, Florio D, Fioravanti M, et al. (2019). Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry identification of Vibrio (Listonella) anguillarum isolated from sea bass and sea bream. PLoS ONE 14(11): e0225343. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225343

Snježana Pečur Kazazić, Natalija Topić Popović, Ivančica Strunjak-Perović, Daniela Florio, Maria Fioravanti, Sanja Babić, Rozelindra Čož-Rakovac (2019). Fish photobacteriosis – The importance of rapid and accurate identification of Photobacterium damselae subsp. piscicida. Journal of Fish Diseases 42/8: 2101-1209. doi: 10.1111/jfd.13022. Click here to access the full text.

M. Vandeputte, P.‐A. Gagnaire, F. Allal (2019). The European sea bass: a key marine fish model in the wild and in aquaculture.  Animal Genetics 50/3:195-206. doi: 10.1111/age.12779. Click here to access the full text.

Domínguez, D., Sehnine, Z., Castro, P., Robaina, L., Fontanillas, R., Prabhu, P.A.J., Izquierdo, M. (2019) Optimum selenium levels in diets high in plant-based feedstuffs for gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) fingerlings. Aquaculture Nutrition 26(2), pp. 579-589. doi: 10.1111/anu.13019

Simó-Mirabet P, Erick Perera E, Calduch-Giner JA,  Afonso JM, Pérez-Sánchez J. (2018) Co-expression Analysis of Sirtuins and Related Metabolic Biomarkers in Juveniles of Gilthead Sea Bream (Sparus aurata) With Differences in Growth Performance. Frontiers in Physiology. Volume 9, article 608. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00608

Pérez-Sánchez J, Simó-Mirabet P, Naya F, Martos-Sitcha JA, Perera E, Bermejo-Nogales A, Benedito-Palos L, Calduch-Giner JA (2018). Somatotropic Axis Regulation Unravels the Differential Effects of Nutritional and Environmental Factors in Growth Performance of Marine Farmed Fishes. Frontiers in Endocrinology. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00687

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