“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, vol. 99, no. s1, Mar. 2026, https://doi.org/10.4081/jbr.2026.15378.