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Wafa Achouak is affiliated with the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) in France. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Ecology within these domains.

The scientist's work centers on the interaction between plants and microorganisms, specifically investigating plant-microbe interactions and immunity, legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, and microbial community ecology and physiology. Additional focal areas include microbial fuel cells and bioremediation, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, and gut microbiota and health.

Frequent collaborators in Achouak's research include Thierry Heulin, Mohamed Barakat, Sylvain Fochesato, Joris Tulumello, and Papa Mamadou Sitor Ndour, highlighting a collaborative network spanning various expertise in plant and microbial sciences.

Key publications by this researcher include:

  • Assessing the Potential Role of Compost, PGPR, and AMF in Improving Tomato Plant Growth, Yield, Fruit Quality, and Water Stress Tolerance, 2021, Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
  • The rhizosheath: from desert plants adaptation to crop breeding, 2020, Plant and Soil
  • Phytobeneficial bacteria improve saline stress tolerance in Vicia faba and modulate microbial interaction network, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Unraveling the interplay between root exudates, microbiota, and rhizosheath formation in pearl millet, 2024, Microbiome
  • Pearl millet genotype impacts microbial diversity and enzymatic activities in relation to root-adhering soil aggregation, 2021, Plant and Soil

Achouak has published multiple papers in venues such as SSRN Electronic Journal, Plant and Soil, The Science of The Total Environment, Microorganisms, and Scientific Reports.

Their research integrates study of microbial interactions with plants under various environmental stresses and includes contributions to understanding mechanisms like rhizosheath formation and microbial soil aggregation. This work intersects environmental engineering and environmental chemistry subfields, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to addressing plant growth and stress tolerance.

Best Publications

  • Plant host habitat and root exudates shape soil bacterial community structure

    Feth el Zahar Haichar;Christine Marol;Odile Berge;J Ignacio Rangel-Castro

  • Root exudates mediated interactions belowground

    Feth el Zahar Haichar;Catherine Santaella;Catherine Santaella;Thierry Heulin;Thierry Heulin;Wafa Achouak;Wafa Achouak

  • Relation between the redox state of iron-based nanoparticles and their cytotoxicity toward Escherichia coli.

    Mélanie Auffan;Wafa Achouak;Jérôme Rose;Marie-Anne Roncato

  • Transfer of Pectobacterium chrysanthemi (Burkholder et al. 1953) Brenner et al. 1973 and Brenneria paradisiaca to the genus Dickeya gen. nov. as Dickeya chrysanthemi comb. nov. and Dickeya paradisiaca comb. nov. and delineation of four novel species, Dickeya dadantii sp. nov., Dickeya dianthicola sp. nov., Dickeya dieffenbachiae sp. nov., and Dickeya zeae sp. nov.

    Régine Samson;Jean Bernard Legendre;Richard Christen;Marion Fischer-Le Saux

  • Rhizosphere soil aggregation and plant growth promotion of sunflowers by an exopolysaccharide-producing Rhizobium sp. strain isolated from sunflower roots.

    Younes Alami;Wafa Achouak;Christine Marol;Thierry Heulin

  • Exogenous glucosinolate produced by Arabidopsis thaliana has an impact on microbes in the rhizosphere and plant roots

    Mélanie Bressan;Marie-Anne Roncato;Floriant Bellvert;Gilles Comte

  • Multiple facets of bacterial porins

    Wafa Achouak;Thierry Heulin;Jean-Marie Pagès

  • Siderophore typing, a powerful tool for the identification of fluorescent and nonfluorescent pseudomonads.

    Jean-Marie Meyer;Valérie A. Geoffroy;Nader Baida;Louis Gardan

  • The desert of Tataouine: an extreme environment that hosts a wide diversity of microorganisms and radiotolerant bacteria

    Angélique Chanal;Virginie Chapon;Karim Benzerara;Karim Benzerara;Mohamed Barakat

  • Paenibacillus graminis sp. nov. and Paenibacillus odorifer sp. nov., isolated from plant roots, soil and food

    Odile Berge;Marie-Hélène Guinebretière;Wafa Achouak;Philippe Normand

  • Taxonomic characterization of Ochrobactrum sp. isolates from soil samples and wheat roots, and description of Ochrobactrum tritici sp. nov. and Ochrobactrum grignonense sp. nov.

    Michael Lebuhn;Wafa Achouak;Michael Schloter;Odile Berge

  • Pseudomonas brassicacearum sp. nov. and Pseudomonas thivervalensis sp. nov., two root-associated bacteria isolated from Brassica napus and Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Wafa Achouak;Laurent Sutra;Thierry Heulin;Jean-Marie Meyer

  • Alliance of proteomics and genomics to unravel the specificities of Sahara bacterium Deinococcus deserti.

    Arjan de Groot;Rémi Dulermo;Philippe Ortet;Laurence Blanchard

  • Heavy Metal Tolerance in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

    Delphine Pages;Delphine Pages;Delphine Pages;Jerome Rose;Sandrine Conrod;Sandrine Conrod;Sandrine Conrod;Stephane Cuine

  • Identification of cellulolytic bacteria in soil by stable isotope probing

    Feth El Zahar Haichar;Wafa Achouak;Richard Christen;Thierry Heulin

  • All ecosystems potentially host electrogenic bacteria

    Nicolas Chabert;Oulfat Amin Ali;Wafa Achouak;Wafa Achouak

  • Burkholderia caribensis sp. nov., an exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium isolated from vertisol microaggregates in Martinique

    Wafa Achouak;Richard Christen;Mohamed Barakat;Marie-Hélène Martel

  • Utilization of mutants to analyze the interaction between Arabidopsis thaliana and its naturally root-associated Pseudomonas.

    Fabienne Persello-Cartieaux;Pascale David;Catherine Sarrobert;Marie-Christine Thibaud

  • Genetic Diversity and Biological Control Activity of Novel Species of Closely Related Pseudomonads Isolated from Wheat Field Soils in South Australia

    Ian L. Ross;Younes Alami;Paul R. Harvey;Wafa Achouak

  • Back to the future of soil metagenomics

    Joseph Nesme;Wafa Achouak;Spiros N. Agathos;Spiros N. Agathos;Mark Bailey

Frequent Co-Authors

Thierry Heulin
Thierry Heulin Aix-Marseille University
Jérôme Rose
Jérôme Rose Centre for Research and Teaching in Environmental Geoscience
Richard Christen
Richard Christen Université Côte d'Azur
Alain Bergel
Alain Bergel Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin
Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin Technical University of Munich
Michael Schloter
Michael Schloter Technical University of Munich
Marco Faimali
Marco Faimali National Research Council (CNR)
Peter Vandamme
Peter Vandamme Ghent University
Louis Gardan
Louis Gardan INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Anton Hartmann
Anton Hartmann Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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