“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”. 2026. Journal of Biological Research - Bollettino Della Società Italiana Di Biologia Sperimentale 99 (s1). https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2026.15364.