036 | Diversity and composition of microbial communities associated with deep-sea marine litter: Vittoria Dias1|2, Carmen Rizzo1|3, Cristina Pedà1, Pierpaolo Consoli1, Teresa Romeo1|3 | 1Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Sicily Marine Centre, Messina, Italy; 2University of Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy; 3National Biodiversity Future Centre NBFC, Italy. J Biol Res. 2026;99(s1). doi:10.4081/jbr.2026.15288