Khadija Ait Si Mhand

Compartment-Specific Bacterial Communities and Their Functional Potential in the Desert Plant Citrullus colocynthis

Plants inhabiting arid and semi-arid ecosystems rely on their associated microbiota to withstand drought, heat, salinity, and nutrient limitation. We investigated the bacterial communities associated with the foliar tissues, roots, and rhizospheric soil of the desert plant Citrul...