2026. 112 | Environmental isolation and genetic characterization of first Italian Candida blankii strains: an emerging pathogen: Gabriele Parrino1, Alessia Billè1, Lucilla Lo Re1, Bianca Bauso1, Francesco Mediati1, Kyrylo Oleksandrovych Hnezdilov1, Domenico Davide Anania1, Gabriele Rigano2|3, Letterio Giuffrè1, Giuseppe Criseo1, Orazio Romeo1 | 1Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Italy; 2Department of Biology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy; 3PhD programme in Space Science and Technology, Department of Physics, University of Trento, Italy. Journal of Biological Research - Bollettino della Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale. 99, s1 (Mar. 2026). DOI:https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2026.15364.