GENOVESE Giuseppa

Prof. Giuseppa Genovese (PO - BIOS/01A)
Full professor of General Botany (05/A1 - BIOS-01/A)
Department of Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental
Sciences (ChiBioFarAm) University of Messina.
Orcid ID: orcid.org/0000-0002-1490-4719
SCOPUS: www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6701406075

Professor Giuseppa Genovese graduated in Biological Sciences in 1992 defending a thesis about "Formation and release of conchospore in Porphyra leucosticta Thuret (Rhodophyta, Bangiophyceae)". From 1988 to 1991 she attended the Phycological Lab of the University of Messina as undergraduate student at Institute of Botany of University of Messina.
In 1992-93 she did an apprenticeship as biologist at the Department of Organic and Biological Chemistry and the Department of Botany of the University of Messina to take the State exame.
In 1992 she did a training period on cultivation of marine algae in the Phycological Lab of professor M. Guiry at the National University of Ireland in Galway.
In 1995 she had the position of researcher (E01A) at the Institute of Botany of the University of Messina.
In 1996 she attended the course on Immunocytochemical carried out by professor Cimini at the University of Naples.
In 2014 she had the Italian National Scientific Qualification to associate professor in General Botany (05/A1) and from 2017 she had the position of associate professor in General Botany (SSD BIO/01) in the University of Messina.
In May 2021 she had Italian National Scientific Qualification to full professor in Botany (SC 05/A1 – BIO/01) and in 2022 she takes the position in the University of Messina.

Prof. Genovese has been a member of the Commissions for Comparative Evaluations for Researcher positions and for admission to PhD courses.
She is peer reviewer for several international journals.
She regularly participates in national and international congresses on topics related to Phycology.
Since 2009, Prof. Genovese has been in charge of the Laboratory of Phycology of the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and then of the Laboratory of Applied Phycology of the ChiBioFarAm Department.
She has been a member of the technical, scientific and management committee of the "Pietro Castelli" Botanical Garden since 2018.
She is a member of the Interuniversity Consortium for Marine Sciences (Co.N.I.S.Ma.) since 1995.
She is referee for MIUR- REPRISE

Prof. Genovese has done a continuative research activity on evolution, taxonomy, molecular phylogenetics, reproduction, life history, cultivation and karyology of algae with particular attention to economic species. She has been interested in some aspects of applied physiology aimed at exploring the biological activity of extracts from macroalgae. She was particularly dedicated to exploring the potential activities of a red alga (genus Asparagopsis) rich in bromorganic molecules which revealed (first report) a high antiprotozoal potential (against Leishmania sp.) and antifungal (against Cryptococcus neoformans/C. gattii complex e Aspergillus sp.) in vitro. The research of Prof. Genovese has been directed also towards the evaluation of the potential antimicrobial activity in vitro of algal extracts against fish-pathogenic bacteria relevant in aquaculture (Aeromonas salmonicida and Photobacterium damselae), opportunistic pathogenic fungal species (Aspergillus sp., Vibrio ssp., Cryptococcus ssp., Salmonella sp.) Parasites of global importance such as those of the genera Leishmania and Plasmodium. In addition, some structural algal polysaccharides were tested on the blood of some mammals (horses, dogs) to evaluate their potential anticoagulant activity. Recent research has concerned the identification of ficocolloids aimed at slowing the formation of microbial biofilms on different substrates and the development of green methods for extracting polysaccharides of commercial interest from algal biomass.
Prof. Genovese has been involved in monitoring the biodiversity of macroalgal flora with the aid of molecular phylogeny and DNA barcoding methods with particular interest in the cryptic diversity between green and red algae species, contributing to providing diagnostic tools for taxonomic recognition and for the identification of the introduction routes of non-native species.
Prof. Genovese also cooperated in the selection of algal species as sources of chlorophyll c for the construction of photovoltaic cells of the DSSC type (Dye Sensitized Solar Cells) and the evaluation of their energy efficiency. In recent years it has been involved in a new project which concerns the use of algal biomass to be subjected to hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) in order to obtain carbon skeletons and liquid fractions for future uses. The liquid fraction of HTC (AHL solution) was the subject of a study which has demonstrated that its use in agriculture is possible to improve plant performance by increasing the speed of photosynthesis and, consequently, the biomass of plants shoots and/or roots.
At the same time, considering that hydrochar already has applications in the adsorption of polluting drugs, the use of that produced from algal biomass has been proposed to retain heavy metals in the environment or to remove pollutants from the plant growth medium (soil and/or or hydroponic solutions).
Furthermore, Prof. Genovese is collaborating on the development of optical systems for detecting plant health.
This research is the subject of articles printed or currently being published in journals of international importance which were conducted by collaborating in various capacities on different research projects with numerous Italian and foreign universities or research centres. Prof. Genovese regularly participates in international and national conferences in the sector.

FUNDED GRANT BASING ON PEER-REVIEWING
 PRIN 2022 PNRR “Hydrochar application for improving plants performance under stress: a promising pathway to support the transition to a circular economy (HYDRA)” cod. PRIN_2022PNRR_P2022PY3AC_001, CUP J53D23013850001 (36 months);
 SAMOTHRACE PNRR - Sicilian MicronanoTech Research And Innovation Center - Mission 4, Component 2, Target 1.5 - D.D. 3277 - 30.12.2021- Intervention proposals for the creation and strengthening of "Innovation Ecosystems", construction of "Territorial R&D Leaders" - Innovation Ecosystem, WP5 (36 months);
 FFABR Unime 2021- Finanziamento Attività di Base della Ricerca di Ateneo. University of Messina, (RU, 12 months);
 PRIN 2020 - Impact of microplastics and associated contaminants on reproduction and development: a comparative and multidisciplinary study on mechanisms of action and protective strategies (36 months);
 FFABR Unime 2019- Finanziamento Attività di Base della Ricerca di Ateneo. University of Messina, (RU, 12 months);
 FISH PATH NET 2014/2020 -Potenziamento dei centri di ittiopatologia siciliani- [strengthening of Sicilian ichthiopathology centers], (RU, 36 months);
 PON02_000451_3362185 INNOVAQUA 2012-2015- "Innovazione tecnologica a supporto dell'incremento della produttività e della competitività dell'acquacoltura siciliana", University of Messina. [Technological innovation to support increased productivity and competitiveness of Sicilian aquaculture] (RU, 36 months)
 Progetto di Ricerca del Ministero della Salute IZS SI 08/12: Nuovi approcci terapeutici per la terapia della infezione da Leishmania infantum: il ruolo di componenti naturali, stilbenici, terfenilici e valutazione in vitro e in vivo. [New therapeutic approaches for the therapy of Leishmania infantum infection: the role of natural components, stilbenes, terphenyls and in vitro and in vivo evaluation] (RU, 12 months);
 Progetto di Ricerca "Ordinario" 2009: Dinamiche di insediamento ed affermazione di popolamenti alloctoni nel sistema salmastro di Capo Peloro. [Settlement and success dynamics of non-indigenous populations in the brackish system of Cape Peloro], University of Messina (RU, 12 months);
 Progetto di Ricerca "Ordinario" 2006-2007: Valutazione dell'attività antimicrobica di macroalghe identificate tramite DNA Barcoding [Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of macroalgae identified by DNA barcoding], University of Messina (RU, 12 months);
 Progetto di Ricerca "Ordinario" 2005- Sistematica di alcune Rhodophyta di interesse applicativo. University of Messina. [Sistematic of some economic Rhodophyta], (RU, 12 months);
 Progetto di Ricerca "Ordinario" 2004- Sistematica di alcune Rhodophyta di interesse applicativo. University of Messina. [Sistematic of some economic Rhodophyta], (RU, 12 months);
 Progetto di Ricerca "Ordinario" 2003- Sistematica di alcune Rhodophyta di interesse applicativo. University of Messina. [Sistematic of some economic Rhodophyta], (RU, 12 months);
 Progetto di Ricerca "Ordinario" 2002: Biologia e tassonomia delle specie del genere Gracilaria (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta). [Biology and taxonomy of the Gracilaria species (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta)], (RU, 12 months);
 Progetto di Ricerca "Ordinario" 2001: Biologia delle specie del genere Gracilaria (Gigartinales, Rhodophyta). [Biology and taxonomy of the Gracilaria species (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta)], (RU, 12 months);
 PRIN 2000: Biologia e tassonomia di specie macroalgali d'interesse economico. [Biology and taxonomy of the economic macroalgae], (RU, 24 months).

RESEARCH RESPONSIBILITY
 Research partner of the National Reference Center for Leishmaniasis of the Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute of Sicily in Palermo, Italy (2009).

RESEARCH COOPERATIONS

Italian and Foreign Universities or Researcher Centre
 Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Center for Nano Science and Technology (CNST), Printed and Molecular Electronics (PME), Milan, Italy;
 Research School of Chemistry & Applied Biomedical Sciences, Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russian Federation;
 Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l’Environnement, Université de Perpignan, Francia;
 Aarhus University, Danimarca;
 National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Section for Coastal Ecology, Technical University of Denmark, Danimarca;
 Laboratorio de Algas Marinas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de A Coruña, Spagna;
 Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agriculture Research Service, Livestock Nutrient Management Unit, Bushland, Texas
 Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica, Università Ca’ Foscari, Venezia
 Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR-CNR), Venezia;
 Centro di Referenza Nazionale per la Leishmaniosi (C.Re.Na.L.) dell’Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Sicilia, Palermo;
 Istituto per i Processi Chimico-Fisici (IPCF-CNR), Messina;
 Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria;
 Institut de Sistématique, Evolution, Biodiversité, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Parigi, Francia;
 Centre for Environmental and Molecular Algal Research, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada.
Companies
 SouthAgro Srl, Italia;
 Kinfood Pty Ltd, Danimarca.

TEACHING

The teaching activity of Prof. Genovese concerned both General Botany and various themes of Applied Phycology.
From 1995 to 2004 she taught both theory and laboratory lessons for Botany course in different undergraduate and master degrees. From 2000 to present she is the owner of the teaching of Botany and Phycology in in bachelor's and master's degree courses and since 2022 she also teaches the Plant Biology and Genetics module (Biology course) for the triennal degree Agricultural Sciences and Technologies for the Ecological Transition.
Over the years she has followed, as supervisor, co-supervisor and tutor, numerous degree theses for students of triennal degree course in Biological Sciences, master's courses in Biology and Biology and Ecology of the Coastal Marine Environment, and in the courses of Biology of Algae, Tourism, Territory and Environment and Environmental Sciences (Ca 'Foscari University, Venice), Applied Biology and Experimental Medicine of the University of Messina.
The professor is actually a member of the faculty of the doctorate school of Applied Biology and Experimental Medicine. She has been a member of the doctorate school Biology of Algae since since its foundation and followed as co-tutor, since March 2008, a thesis entitled "First approach to the study of macroalgal flora of the Straits of Messina (Italy) by DNA barcoding”, in cooperation with the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France.
From 2009 she supervised a Ph.D. thesis entitled "Census of macroalgae from Lake Ganzirri unicum of biodiversity and culture" (Doctor Europeus) for a doctorate in Tourism, Territory and Environment, in cooperation with the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France.
From 2010 to 2013, in collaboration with Prof. Patrizia Torricelli, she tutored as external tutor, a thesis entitled "Identification by DNA barcoding of macroalgae of the Lagoon of Venice and their potential use in biotechnology", for the Environmental Sciences of University Ca' Foscari of Venice.
Prof. Genovese was a member of the Ph.D. board in Experimental Sciences Applied to Animal Organisms from 2012 to 2014. She is currently a member of the teaching staff of the Doctorate in Applied Biology and Experimental Medicine from which she was appointed co-tutor for a thesis project concerning the use of macroalgae.
She has charged of internationalization for master degree course in Biology and Ecology of the Marine and Coastal Environment (BEAMC) until 2011 and was, for the same degree course, a member of the Self-Assessment Commission (2008-2011). She has promoted the stipulation of agreements with foreign Universities allowing many master and doctoral students to perform their international training program.
Prof. Genovese is currently a member of the teaching staff of the triennal degree course in Biological Sciences (SB) and the master's degree course in Biology and Ecology of the Coastal Marine Environment (BEAMC). For the degree course SB participates, as an appointed member, in the work of the Teaching Committee and has held the role of minuting secretary supporting the coordinator from 2015 to 2019. From 2019 she has been appointed member of the Paritetica Teacher-Student Commission of the Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences (ChiBioFarAm) to which it belongs.
In 2023, Prof. Genovese was appointed vice-coordinator of the Biological Sciences degree course, for which she has been elected Coordinator since 2024.
The professor regularly participates in the meetings of the collegiate bodies.

TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES
 Frontal and theoretical-practical lessons of the Plant Biology and Genetics module of Biology course (from 2022), 6 CFU, triennial degree for Agricultural Sciences and Technologies for the Ecological Transition;
 Frontal and theoretical-practical lessons of Algal Resources (from 2021), 6 CFU, master degree course in Biology and Ecology of the Coastal Marine Environment (BEAMC);
 Frontal and theoretical-practical lessons of Marine Botany (from 2018), 6 CFU, master degree course in Biology and Ecology of the Coastal Marine Environment (BEAMC);
 Frontal and theoretical-practical lessons of Cultivation and uses of Algae (from 2017 al 2019) 6 CFU, triennial course in Biological Sciences;
 From 2017 to 2018 she taught the course Bioactive molecules of Vegetable origin master degree course in Biology.
 Frontal and theoretical-practical lessons of Economic seaweed (from 2011 to 2014), 6 CFU, master degree course in Biology and Ecology of the Coastal Marine Environment (BEAMC);
 Additional lessons to the course Forensic Biology (in 2009-2010), master school in Forensic Sciences;
 Frontal and theoretical-practical lessons of Cultivation and uses of Algae (from 2008 to 2015) 4 CFU, master degree course in Biology;
 Frontal and theoretical-practical lessons of Microalgae, 3CFU, in an integrated course Aquaculture 12CFU (from 2008 to 2010), master degree course in Biology and Ecology of the Coastal Marine Environment (BEAMC);
 Frontal and theoretical-practical lessons of General Botany (from 2004), 7 CFU, triennial course in Biological Sciences (from 2020 both channels established for the number of students and from 2021 for two of the three established channels);
 Frontal and theoretical-practical lessons of Economic Marine Plants (from 2003 to 2008), 6 CFU, master degree course in Biology and Ecology of the Coastal Marine Environment (BEAMC);
 Didactical Practise - IV Botany module (60A), (from 2002 to 2009), 15 hours, Master school SISSIS;
 Additional lessons to the course Botanical Methodologies (from 2002 al 2003), five-year course in Biological Sciences;
 Frontal and theoretical-practical lessons of Developmental Biology of Marine Plant Organisms (from 2001 al 2005), 3 CFU, triennial course in Biology and Marine Ecology;
 Lesson of Plant Biology (in 2000-2001), 20 hours, in specialization course in Officinal Plants;
 Theoretical-practical lessons of General Botany (L-Z), 1 CFU, (from 1999 to 2004), triennial course in Biological Sciences;
 Additional lessons to the course General Botany (L-Z), (from 1999 to 2004), five-year course in Biological Sciences;
 Additional lessons to the course Laboratory of Sperimental Biology I (from 1995 to 2000), five-year course in Biological Sciences.

TEACHING IN PHD COURSES
 Doctorate School of Applied Biology and Experimental Medicine (2020 to present);
 Doctorate School of Applied Experimental Sciences on Animal Organisms (2012-2013);
 Doctorate School of Tourism, Territory and Environment (2009-2012);
 Doctorate School of Biology of Algae (1996-2009) (2007-2009).

SUPERVISOR, CO-SUPERVISOR AND TUTOR
 Co-supervisor of Ph.D. thesis entitled "Uses of macroalgae", Doctorate School of Applied Biology and Experimental Medicine (XXXV), University of Messina;
 External tutor of Ph.D. thesis entitled "Identification by DNA barcoding of macroalgae of the Lagoon of Venice and their potential use in biotechnology", Doctorate School Environmental Sciences (XXV), University Ca' Foscari, Venice.
 Supervisor of Ph.D. thesis entitled "Census of macroalgae from Lake Ganzirri unicum of biodiversity and culture" (Doctor Europeus), doctorate in Tourism, Territory and Environment (XXIV), in cooperation with the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France;
 Co-supervisor of Ph.D. thesis entitled "First approach to the study of macroalgal flora of the Straits of Messina (Italy) by DNA barcoding” for a doctorate in Biology of Algae (XXIII), in cooperation with the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France;
 Supervisor of thesis preparation for triennial, master and Ph.D. students.
COMMISSIONS
 State examinations commission to the qualification to the profession of Biologist (substitute member) (2023-2024);
 Paritetica Teacher-Student Commitee of the Department ChiBioFarAm (from 2019);
 Committee for OFA test (2015-2016);
 Member of the Technical, Scientific and Management Committee of the “Orto Botanico Pietro Castelli” (2017 - present);
 Self-Assessment Commission of BEAMC course (from 2010 to 2012);
 Teaching Committee of Biological Sciences (from 2008 to present);
 Charged of internationalization of BEAMC (2008-2011).

DOCTORATE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
 Admission to the Doctorate School of Experimental Sciences Applied to Animals, XXXVIII (2012), University of Messina
 Admission to the Doctorate School of Biology of Algae, XVI (2001), University of Messina.

OTHERS EXPERIENCES
COMPETITION COMMITTEE

 Evaluation procedure pursuant to art. 24 paragraph 5 of Law no. 240/2010 for the promotion to Associate Professor of a type b) (senior) fixed-term researcher at the Department of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences - BiGeA, University of Bologna, SSD BIO/01. May 2024.
 Selective comparative assessment procedures for the stipulation of no. 32 employment contracts for fixed-term researcher, art. 24, paragraph 3, letter b) of law no. 240 of 30 December 2010. D.R. n. 477 / 2021- (SC 05 / A1 - SSD BIO/02).
 Comparative assessment procedure for the filling of a post as a university researcher, SSD sector BIO / 01, Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences of the II University of Naples, Ordinary Supplement of the G.U. of the Italian Republic (IV Special Series) n. 96 of 19/12/2006;
 Comparative assessment procedure for a post as a university researcher, SSD BIO/01, at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Rome "Tor Vergata", announced by D.R. 0893 of 02/08/2005, G.U. n. 66 of 08/19/2005;
 Comparative assessment procedure for a post of university researcher, SSD BIO/01, at the Faculty of MM.FF.NN. of the University of Bari, announced by D.R. n. 12021 of 12/24/2003, G.U. 4 Special Series, D.R. n. 5108 of 04/28/2004.

STIPULATION OF AGREEMENTS
 Universidad de A Coruña, Spagna (Grupo de Investigación en Biología Costera (BioCost), Laboratorio de Algas Marinas, 2013), to master students;
 Universitade do Algarve, Portogallo (Centre of Marine Sciences, 2012), to master students;
 Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck, Austria (Division of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, 2011) to master students;
 University of Mississippi, USA, (School of Pharmacy, 2008), to master students;
 Queen's University Belfast, UK (Marine Laboratory of Portaferry, 2007), to master students.
PEER REVIEW

Journal
 International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067);
 Journal of Applied Phycology (ISSN 0921-8971),
 International Journal of Tropical Disease & Health (ISSN 2278-1005);
 Natural Product Research (ISSN 1478-6419);
 African Journal of Microbiology Research (ISSN 1996-0808);
 African Journal of Biotechnology (ISSN 1684-5315);
 Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry (ISSN: 1389-5575);
 Botanica Marina (ISSN 1437-4323);
 African Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology (ISSN 1996-0816);
 Marine Drugs (ISSN 1660-3397);
 Aquaculture Research (ISSN 1365-2109)
 Sustainability (ISSN: 2071-1050)
 Processes (ISSN: 2227-9717)
 International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN: 1422-0067)
 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN: 1660-4601)
 Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry (ISSN: 1875-5607).

Books
- Book of General Botany at the invitation of publisher McGraw Hill Education.

PROJECTS (REPRISE REFEREE)
 Futuro in Ricerca (MIUR)
 FARS
 FISR
 REPRISE 2020
 FISR2020 Covid-19
 REFIN Puglia 2019
 REPRISE_FAR 2018
LIST OF SECURITIES
RESPONSIBILITY FOR STUDIES AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ENTRUSTED BY QUALIFIED PUBLIC OR PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS
 Participation as Head of the Unit of University of Messina for the research project of Ministero della Salute IZS SI 08/12: Nuovi approcci terapeutici per la terapia della infezione da Leishmania infantum: il ruolo di componenti naturali, stilbenici, terfenilici e valutazione in vitro e in vivo. [New therapeutic approaches for the therapy of Leishmania infantum infection: the role of natural components, stilbenes, terphenyls and in vitro and in vivo evaluation] entrusted by Istituto Zooprofilattico della Sicilia "A. Mirri".
 From 04-09-2013 to 04-09-2015
Finanziamento Attività di Base della Ricerca di Ateneo (FFABR Unime) 2019 from 08-05-2019 to present.

FUNDED GRANT BASING ON PEER-REVIEWING
 Principal investigator for the project "Ordinario" 2006-2007 entitled: Valutazione dell'attività antimicrobica di macroalghe identificate tramite DNA Barcoding [Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of macroalgae identified by DNA barcoding], University of Messina (ORME07)
from 21-01-2008 to 06-12-2012.

FACULTY MEMBER IN THE DOCTORATE SCHOOL
 Faculty member in the Doctorate School of Applied Biology and Experimental Medicine, from 01-10-2020 to present;
 Faculty member in the Doctorate School of Experimental Sciences Applied to Animals, from 01-10-2012 to 30-09-2013;
 Faculty member in the Doctorate School of Tourism, Territory and Environment, from 01-10-2009 to 30-09-2012;
 Faculty member in the Doctorate School of Biology of Algae, from 01-10-2007 to 30-09-2009;
 Faculty member in the Doctorate School of Biology of Algae, from 01-10-1996 to 30-09-2001.

PUBLICATIONS
 Armeli Minicante S., Melton J.T., Spagnuolo D., Manghisi A., Genovese G., Morabito M., Lopez-Bautista J. A DNA barcode inventory of the genus Ulva (Chlorophyta) along two Italian regions: updates and considerations (2024) Botanica Marina; DOI:10.1515/bot-2023-0071
 Spagnuolo D., Russo V., Manghisi A., Di Martino A., Morabito M., Genovese G., Trifilò P. Screening on the presence of plant growth regulators in high biomass forming seaweeds from the Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (2022) Sustainability (Switzerland), 14(7), 3914; DOI: 10.3390/su14073914
 Spagnuolo, D.; Di Martino, A.; Zammuto, V.; Armeli Minicante, S.; Spanò, A.; Manghisi, A.; Gugliandolo, C.; Morabito, M.; Genovese, G. Conventional vs. Innovative Protocols for the Extraction of Polysaccharides from Macroalgae (2022) Sustainability (Switzerland), 14, 5750. DOI: 10.3390/su14105750
 Zammuto, V., Rizzo, M. G., Spanò, A., Genovese, G., Morabito, M., Spagnuolo, D., Capparucci, F., Gervasi, C., Smeriglio, Trombetta, Guglielmino, S., Nicolò, M.S., Gugliandolo, C. (2022). In vitro evaluation of antibiofilm activity of crude extracts from macroalgae against pathogens relevant in aquaculture. Aquaculture, 549, 737729.
 de Jesus, P.B., Costa, A.L., Nunes, J.M.D.C., Manghisi, A., Genovese, G., Morabito, M., Schnadelbach, A.S. Species delimitation methods reveal cryptic diversity in the Hypnea cornuta complex (Cystocloniaceae, Rhodophyta) (2019) European Journal of Phycology, 54 (2), pp. 135-153. DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2018.1522454
 Manghisi, A., Miladi, R., Armeli Minicante, S., Genovese, G., Le Gall, L., Abdelkafi, S., Saunders, G.W., Morabito, M. DNA Barcoding Sheds Light on Novel Records in the Tunisian Red Algal Flora (2019) Cryptogamie, Algologie, 40 (1), pp. 13-34. DOI: 10.5252/cryptogamie-algologie2019v40a3.
 Miladi, R., Manghisi, A., Armeli Minicante, S., Genovese, G., Abdelkafi, S., Morabito, M. A DNA Barcoding Survey of Ulva (Chlorophyta) in Tunisia and Italy Reveals the Presence of the Overlooked Alien U. ohnoi (2018) Cryptogamie, Algologie, 39 (1), pp. 85-107. DOI: 10.7872/crya/v39.iss1.2018.85
 Rizzo, C., Genovese, G., Morabito, M., Faggio, C., Pagano, M., Spanò, A., Zammuto, V., Minicante, S.A., Manghisi, A., Cigala, R.M., Crea, F., Marino, F., Gugliandolo, C. Potential antibacterial activity of marine macroalgae against pathogens relevant for aquaculture and human health (2017) Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 11 (4), pp. 1695-1706. DOI: 10.22207/JPAM.11.4.07
 Minicante, S.A., Michelet, S., Bruno, F., Castelli, G., Vitale, F., Sfriso, A., Morabito, M., Genovese, G., Bioactivity of phycocolloids against the mediterranean protozoan Leishmania infantum: An inceptive study (2016) Sustainability (Switzerland), 8 (11), art. no. 1131. DOI: 10.3390/su8111131
 Marino, F., Di Caro, G., Gugliandolo, C., Spanò, A., Faggio, C., Genovese, G., Morabito, M., Russo, A., Barreca, D., Fazio, F., Santulli, A. Preliminary study on the in vitro and in vivo effects of Asparagopsis taxiformis bioactive phycoderivates on teleosts. (2016) Frontiers in Physiology, 7, art. no. 459. DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00459
 Faggio, C., Pagano, M., Dottore, A., Genovese, G., Morabito, M. Evaluation of anticoagulant activity of two algal polysaccharides. (2015) Natural Product Research, 30 (17), pp. 1934-1937. DOI: 10.1080/14786419.2015.1086347
 Vitale, F., Genovese, G., Bruno, F., Castelli, G., Piazza, M., Migliazzo, A., Minicante, S.A., Manghisi, A., Morabito, M. Effectiveness of red alga Asparagopsis taxiformis extracts against Leishmania infantum (2015) Open Life Sciences, 10, pp. 490-496. DOI: 10.1515/biol-2015-0050
 Faggio, C., Morabito, M., Minicante, S.A., Lo Piano, G., Pagano, M., Genovese, G., Potential use of polysaccharides from the brown alga Undaria pinnatifida as anticoagulants (2015) Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 58 (5), pp. 798-804. DOI: 10.1590/S1516-8913201500400
 Bertuccio, C., Genovese, G., Manghisi A., Cruaud, C, Couloux A., Le Gall, L., Morabito, M. Changes in the benthic algal flora of Lake Ganzirri, North- Eastern Sicily (Italy) (2014) Natura Rerum, 3 (1) pp. 79-91.
 Manganaro, A., Sanfilippo, M., Faggio, C., Genovese, G., Gugliandolo, C., Maugeri, T.L., Morabito, M., Trischitta, F., Santulli, A. INNOVAQUA project Technological innovation for the improvement of productivity and competitiveness of Sicilian aquaculture: Aspects of experimental biology (2015) Journal of Biological Research, 88 (1), pp. 96-97
 Calogero, G., Citro, I., Di Marco, G., Armeli Minicante, S., Morabito, M., Genovese, G. Brown seaweed pigment as a dye source for photoelectrochemical solar cells. (2014) Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 117, pp. 702-706. DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2013.09.019
 Faggio, C., Pagano, M., Morabito, M., Armeli Minicante, S., Arfuso, F., Genovese, G. In vitro assessment of the effect of Undaria pinnatifida extracts on erythrocytes membrane integrity and blood coagulation parameters of Equus caballus (2014). Journal of Coastal Life Medicine, 2 (8), pp. 614-616. DOI: 10.12980/JCLM.2.2014JCLM-2014-0045.
 Genovese, G., Romeo, O., Morabito, M., Alessi, D., Criseo, G., Faggio, C., Activity of ethanolic extracts of Asparagopsis taxiformis against the major molecular types of Cryptococcus neoformans/C. gattii complex. (2013). African Journal of Microbiology Research, 7 (21), pp. 2662-2667
 Genovese, G., Leitner, S., Minicante, S.A., Lass-Flörl, C. The Mediterranean red alga Asparagopsis taxiformis has antifungal activity against Aspergillus species. (2013) Mycoses, 56 (5), pp. 516-519. DOI: 10.1111/myc.12065
 Genovese, G., Faggio, C., Gugliandolo, C., Torre, A., Spanò, A., Morabito, M., Maugeri, T.L. In vitro evaluation of antibacterial activity of Asparagopsis taxiformis from the Straits of Messina against pathogens relevant in aquaculture (2012) Marine Environmental Research, 73, pp. 1-6. DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2011.10.002