126 | Vertical stratification shapes microbial community assembly in the meromictic Lake Faro water column: Erika Arcadi1, Carmen Rizzo2|3, Rosario Calogero1, Marilena Sanfilippo1, Francesco Fabiano4|5, Vittoria Dias2|6, Teresa Romeo5|7|8 | 1Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Sicily Marine Centre, Messina, Italy; 2Department of Ecosustainable Marine Biotechnology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Sicily Marine Centre, Messina, Italy; 3Institute of Polar Sciences, National Research Council CNR-ISP, Messina, Italy; 4Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, University of Palermo, Italy; 5National Biodiversity Future Centre NBFC, Italy; 6Earth and Environmental Science Department, University of Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy; 7Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Sicily Marine Centre, Milazzo [ME], Italy; 8National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, Milazzo [ME], Italy. Journal of Biological Research - Bollettino della Società Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale, [S. l.], v. 99, n. s1, 2026. DOI: 10.4081/jbr.2026.15378. Disponível em: https://www.pagepressjournals.org/jbr/article/view/15378. Acesso em: 5 may. 2026.