Scopus article: Algal–Bacterial Interactions: Mechanisms, Ecological Significance, and Biotechnological Implications

by  Domenico Prisa ^1,*, Aristidis Matsoukis ^2,*, Aftab Jamal ³, Damiano Spagnuolo ⁴ and Lorenzo Maria Ruggeri ⁵

¹Research Centre for Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria (CREA), Via Dei Fiori 8, 51012 Pescia, Italy

²Department of Crop Science, School of Plant Sciences, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos St., 11855 Athens, Greece

³Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Crop Production Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar 25130, Pakistan

⁴Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Salita Sperone 31, 98166 Messina, Italy

⁵Center for Sustainability and Ecological Transition, University of Palermo, Piazza Marina 61, 90133 Palermo, Italy

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Phycology 2026, 6(2), 50; https://doi.org/10.3390/phycology6020050 (registering DOI)

Submission received: 23 March 2026 / Revised: 2 May 2026 / Accepted: 5 May 2026 / Published: 11 May 2026

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microbial Interactions in the Phycosphere)