Khadija Ait Si Mhand

This study characterizes the bacterial communities in different compartments of Citrullus colocynthis in a semi-arid ecosystem, revealing compartment-specific diversity and functional traits related to stress tolerance and plant colonization.

This paper designs a synthetic bacterial consortium from arid plant endophytes to improve crop growth in controlled and natural soil conditions.

This paper isolates and characterizes a novel Rhizobium species, Rhizobium moroccans, from Peganum harmala roots in Moroccan drylands, revealing its plant-growth-promoting traits and adaptation to arid environments.