Publications

Ahmed Elhady, Linah Alghanmi, Mahfouz M. M. Abd-Elgawad, Holger Heuer, Maged M. Saad and Heribert Hirt

Plant-parasitic nematode research in the arid desert landscape: a systematic review of challenges and bridging interventions

Kirti Shekhawat, Alaguraj Veluchamy, Anam Fatima, Gabriel X. Garcı´a-Ramı´rez, Jean-Philippe Reichheld, Olga Artyukh, Katja Fröhlich, Alexander Polussa,
Sabiha Parween, Arun Prasanna Nagarajan, Naganand Rayapuram and Heribert Hirt.

Microbe-induced coordination of plant iron–sulfur metabolism enhances high-light-stress tolerance of Arabidopsis

Amal Alghamdy, Anamika Rawat, Sabiha Parween, Arun Prasanna Nagarajan, Maged M. Saad, Heribert Hirt

Mangrove endophytes shorten the life cycle of rice while enhancing yield and salt tolerance

Collective thinking coordinated by Olivier Dangles, Marie-Lise Sabrié and Claire Fréour

SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE UNDERSTAND, CO-CONSTRUCT, TRANSFORM Volume 3

Arsheed H. Sheikh Kashif Nawaz, Naheed Tabassum
and Heribert Hirt

m6A RNA methylation counteracts dark-induced leaf senescence in Arabidopsis

Neus Garcias-Bonet, Anna Roik, Braden Tierney, Francisca C. García, Helena D.M. Villela, Ashley M. Dungan, Kate M. Quigley, Michael Sweet, Gabriele Berg, Lone Gram, David G. Bourne, Blake Ushijima, Maggie Sogin, Lone Hoj, Gustavo Duarte, Heribert Hirt, Kornelia Smalla, Alexandre S. Rosado, Susana Carvalho, Rebecca Vega Thurber, Maren Ziegler, Christopher E. Mason, Madeleine J.H. van Oppen, Christian R. Voolstra, and Raquel S. Peixoto,

Horizon scanning the application of probiotics for wildlife

Rayapuram, Naganand;Alhoraibi, Hanna;Alejandro-Martinez, Santiago; Latrasse, David; Mandal, Papita; Faivre, Lea; He, Xiaoning; Mianza, Déborah Manza; Abulfaraj, Aala; Alhrabi, Siba; Mariappan, Kiruthiga; Artyukh, Olga; Abdulhakim, Fatimah; Aljedaani, Fatimah; David, Stephan; Almeida-Trapp, Marilia; Bigeard, Jean; Pflieger, Delphine; Fischle, Wolfgang; Arold, Stefan T.; Colcombet, Jean; Schubert, Daniel; Benhamed, Moussa; Blilou, Ikram; Hirt, Heribert

A bivalent histone mark reader, AtDEK2 governs plant immunity

Arsheed H. Sheikh, Iosif Zacharia, Naheed Tabassum, Heribert Hirt, and Vardis Ntoukakis

14-3-3 proteins as a major hub for plant immunity

Naheed Tabassum, Hanin Ibrahim Ahmed, Sabiha Parween, Arsheed H. Sheikh, Maged M. Saad,
Simon G. Krattinger, and Heribert Hirt

Host genotype, soil composition, and geo‑climatic factors shape the fonio seed microbiome

Houda Henchiri, Naganand Rayapura , Hanna M. Alhoraibi, Jose Caius, Christine Paysant-Le Roux, Sylvie Citerne, Heribert Hirt, Jean Colcombet, Bénédicte Sturbois, and Jean Bigeard

Integrated multi-omics and genetic analyses reveal molecular determinants underlying Arabidopsis snap33
mutant phenotype

Wil Prall, Arsheed H. Sheikh, Jeremie Bazin, Jean Bigeard, Marilia Almeida-Trapp, Martin Crespi, Heribert Hirt, and Brian D. Gregory

Pathogen-induced m⁶A dynamics affect plant immunity

Neus Garcias-Bonet, Anna Roik, Braden Tierney, Francisca C. García, Helena D.M. Villela, Ashley M. Dungan, Kate M. Quigley, Michael Sweet, Gabriele Berg, Lone Gram, David G. Bourne, Blake Ushijima, Maggie Sogin, Lone Hoj, Gustavo Duarte, Heribert Hirt, Kornelia Smalla, Alexandre S. Rosado, Susana Carvalho, Rebecca Vega Thurber, Maren Ziegler, Christopher E. Mason, Madeleine J.H. van Oppen, Christian R. Voolstra, and Raquel S. Peixoto

Horizon scanning the application of probiotics for wildlife

Heribert Hirt, Hassan Boukcim, Marc Ducousso, and Maged M. Saad

Engineering carbon sequestration on arid lands

Amal Khalaf Alghamdi · Sabiha Parween · Heribert Hirt · Maged M. Saad

Complete genome sequence analysis of plant growth‑promoting bacterium, Isoptericola sp. AK164 isolated from the rhizosphere of Avicennia marina growing at the Red Sea coast

Guoxin Cui, Migle K. Konciute, Lorraine Ling, Luke Esau, Jean-Baptiste Raina, Baoda Han, Octavio R. Salazar, Jason S. Presnell, Nils Rädecker, Huawen Zhong, Jessica Menzies, Phillip A. Cleves, Yi Jin Liew, Cory J. Krediet, Val Sawiccy, Maha J. Cziesielski, Paul Guagliardo, Jeremy Bougoure, Mathieu Pernice, Heribert Hirt, Christian R. Voolstra, Virginia M. Weis, John R. Pringle, Manuel Aranda

Molecular insights into the Darwin paradox of coral reefs from the sea anemone Aiptasia

Anna Siodmak , Umar F. Shahul Hameed, Naganand Rayapuram, Ronny Volz, Marie Boudsocq, Siba Alharbi, Hannah Alhoraibi, Yong-Hwan Lee, Ikram Blilou,
Stefan T. Arold and Heribert Hirt

Essential role of the CD docking motif of MPK4 in plant immunity, growth, and development

Guotai Yu, Oadi Matny, Spyridon Gourdoupis,
Naganand Rayapuram , Fatimah R. Aljedaani , Yan L. Wang, Thorsten Nürnberger, Ryan Johnson, Emma E. Crean , Isabel M.-L. Saur, Catherine Gardener, Yajuan Yue, Ngonidzashe Kangara, Burkhard Steuernagel, Sadiye Hayta, Mark Smedley, Wendy Harwood , Mehran Patpour, Shuangye Wu, Jesse Poland , Jonathan D. G. Jones , T. Lynne Reuber, Moshe Ronen, Amir Sharon, Matthew N. Rouse, Steven Xu, Kateřina Holušová, Jan Bartoš, István Molnár, Miroslava Karafiátová , Heribert Hirt, Ikram Blilou, Łukasz Jaremko, Jaroslav Doležel, Brian J. Steffenson  & Brande B. H. Wulff

The wheat stem rust resistance gene Sr43 encodes an unusual protein kinase

Arsheed H. Sheikh, Kashif Nawaz, Naheed Tabassum, Marilia Almeida-Trapp, Kiruthiga G. Mariappan, Hanna Alhoraibi, Naganand Rayapuram, Manuel Aranda,
Martin Groth and Heribert Hirt

Linker histone H1 modulates defense priming and immunity in plants

Heribert Hirt, Salim Al-Babili, Marilia Almeida-Trapp, Martin Antoine, Manuel Aranda,
Dorothea Bartels, Malcolm Bennett, Ikram Blilou, Damian Boer, Alix Boulouis, Chris Bowler,
Sophie Brunel-Muguet, Fabien Chardon, Jean Colcombet, Vincent Colot,
Agata Daszkowska-Golec, Jose R. Dinneny, Ben Field, Katja Froehlich, Catherine H. Gardener,
Alain Gojon, Eric Gomès, Eva María Gómez Álvarez, Crisanto Gutierrez, Michel Havaux,
Scott Hayes, Edith Heard, Michael Hodges, Amal Khalaf Alghamdi, Laurent Laplaze,
Kyle J. Lauersen, Nathalie Leonhard, Xenie Johnson, Jonathan Jones, Hannes Kollist,
Stanislav Kopriva, Anne Krapp, Mauricio Lopez-Portillo Masson, Matthew F. McCabe,
Livia Merendino, Antonio Molina, Jose L. Moreno Ramirez, Bernd Müller-Röber, Michaël Nicolas,
Ido Nir, Izamar Olivas Orduna, José Pardo-Tomás, Jean-Philippe Reichheld,
Pedro Luis Rodriguez Egea, Hatem Rouached, Maged M. Saad, Peter Schlögelhofer, Kirti A. Singh,
Ive De Smet, Clara Stanschewski, Alice Stra, Mark Tester, Catherine Walshe, Andreas P.M. Weber,
Detlef Weigel, Philip Wigge, Michael Wrzaczek, Brande Wulff, and Iain M. Young

PlantACT! – how to tackle the climate crisis

Marília Almeida-Trapp, Gezimar Donizetti de Souza, Kirti Shekhawat ,Arsheed H. Sheikh, Axel Mithöfer, Heribert Hirt , Edson Rodrigues-Filho

Development, validation, and application of an HPLC-MS/MS method for quantification of oxidized fatty acids in plants

Kirti Shekhawat, Katja Fröhlich, Gabriel X. García-Ramírez , Marilia A. Trapp and Heribert Hirt

Ethylene: A Master Regulator of Plant–Microbe Interactions under Abiotic Stresses

Anamika A. Rawat, Michael Hartmann, Anne Harzen, Raphael Lugan, Sara Christina Stolze,
Celine Forzani, Laura Abts, Sophie Reißenweber, Naganand Rayapuram, Hirofumi Nakagami,
Jürgen Zeier, and Heribert Hirt

OXIDATIVE SIGNAL-INDUCIBLE1 induces immunity by coordinating N-hydroxypipecolic acid, salicylic acid, and camalexin synthesis

Ikram Blilou & Heribert Hirt

Desert plants to stop desertification

Aala A. Abulfaraj, Hanna M. Alhoraibi, Kiruthiga Mariappan, Jean Bigeard, Huoming Zhang, Marilia Almeida-Trapp, Olga Artyukh, Fatimah Abdulhakim, Sabiha Parween , Delphine Pflieger, Ikram Blilou, Heribert Hirt  and
Naganand Rayapuram

Analysis of the Arabidopsis coilin mutant reveals a positive role of AtCOILIN in plant immunity

Tiffany Yip Delormel, Liliana Avila-Ospina, Marl`ene Davanture, Michel Zivy, Julien Lang, Nicolas Valentin, Naganand Rayapuram, Heribert Hirt, Jean Colcombet, Marie Boudsocq

In vivo identification of putative CPK5 substrates in Arabidopsis thaliana

Eleonora Rolli, Axel de Zélicourt ,Hanin Alzubaidy, Michael Karampelias, Sabiha Parween, Naganand Rayapuram, Baoda Han, Katja Froehlich, Aala A. Abulfaraj, Hanna Alhoraibi, Kiruthiga Mariappan, Cristina Andrés-Barrao , Jean Colcombet and Heribert Hirt

The Lys-motif receptor LYK4 mediates Enterobacter sp. SA187 triggered salt tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana

Sajid Mahmood, Ihsanullah Daur, Muhammad Yasir, Muhammad Waqas  and Heribert Hirt

Synergistic Practicing of Rhizobacteria and Silicon Improve Salt Tolerance: Implications from Boosted Oxidative Metabolism, Nutrient Uptake, Growth and Grain Yield in Mung Bean

Ronny Völz, William Harris, Heribert Hirt & Yong-Hwan Lee

ROS homeostasis mediated by MPK4 and SUMM2
determines synergid cell death

Aala A. Abulfaraj, Heribert Hirt and Naganand Rayapuram

G3BPs in Plant Stress

Anna Siodmak and Heribert Hirt

Stomatal regulation: Role of H2S-induced persulfidation in ABA signaling

Marília Almeida-Trapp, Gezimar Donizetti de Souza d, Kirti Shekhawat, Arsheed H. Sheikh, Axel Mithöfer, Heribert Hirt, Edson Rodrigues-Filho

Development, validation, and application of an HPLC-MS/MS method for quantification of oxidized fatty acids in plants

Abdul Aziz Eida · Salim Bougouffa · Intikhab Alam · Heribert Hirt · Maged M. Saad

Complete Genome Sequence of Cellulomonas sp. JZ18, a Root Endophytic Bacterium Isolated from the Perennial Desert Tussock‑Grass Panicum turgidum

Ying Huang, Sanchari Sicar, Juan S. Ramirez-Prado, Deborah Manza-Mianza, Javier Antunez-Sanchez, Rim Brik-Chaouche, Natalia Y. Rodriguez-Granados,
Jing An, Catherine Bergounioux, Magdy M. Mahfouz, Heribert Hirt, Martin Crespi, Lorenzo Concia, Fredy Barneche, Simon Amiard, Aline V. Probst, Jose Gutierrez-Marcos, Federico Ariel, Cécile Raynaud, David Latrasse and Moussa Benhamed

Polycomb-dependent differential chromatin compartmentalization determines gene coregulation in Arabidopsis

Lukas Synek, Anamika Rawat, Floriane L’Haridon, Laure Weisskopf, Maged M. Saad and Heribert Hirt

Multiple strategies of plant colonization by beneficial
endophytic Enterobacter sp. SA187

Kirti Shekhawat, Maged M Saad, Arsheed Sheikh, Kiruthiga Mariappan, Henda Al-Mahmoudi, Fatimah Abdulhakim, Abdul Aziz Eida, Rewaa Jalal, Khaled Masmoudi & Heribert Hirt

Root endophyte induced plant thermotolerance by constitutive chromatin modification at heat stress memory gene loci

Cristina Andrées-Barraoa, Hanin Alzubaidy, Rewaa Jalala, Kiruthiga G. Mariappana, Axel de Zélicourta,
Ameerah Bokharia, Olga Artyukha, Khairiah Alwutayda, Anamika Rawata, Kirti Shekhawata, Marília Almeida-Trappa, Maged M. Saada and Heribert Hirt

Coordinated bacterial and plant sulfur metabolism in Enterobacter sp. SA187–induced plant salt stress tolerance

Pierre Jacob, Gwilherm Brisou, Marion Dalmais, Johanne Thévenin, Froukje van der Wal, David Latrasse, Ravi Suresh Devani, Moussa Benhamed, Bertrand Dubreucq, Adnane Boualem, Loic Lepiniec, Richard G. H. Immink, Heribert Hirt and Abdelhafid Bendahmane

The Seed Development Factors TT2 and MYB5 Regulate Heat Stress Response in Arabidopsis

Soonkap Kim1,2,†, Sophie J. M. Piquerez1,3,†, Juan S. Ramirez-Prado, Emmanouil Mastorakis, Alaguraj Veluchamy, David Latrasse, Deborah Manza-Mianza,
Rim Brik-Chaouche, Ying Huang, Natalia Y. Rodriguez-Granados, Lorenzo Concia, Thomas Blein, Sylvie Citerne, Abdelhafid Bendahmane, Catherine Bergounioux,
Martin Crespi, Magdy M. Mahfouz , Cécile Raynaud, Heribert Hirt, Vardis Ntoukakis  and Moussa Benhamed

GCN5 modulates salicylic acid homeostasis by regulating H3K14ac levels at the 5’ and 3’ ends of its target genes

Heribert Hirt

Healthy soils for healthy plants for healthy humans

Abdul Aziz Eida · Salim Bougouffa · Intikhab Alam · Heribert Hirt · Maged M. Saad

Complete Genome Sequence of Paenibacillus sp. JZ16, a Plant Growth Promoting Root Endophytic Bacterium of the Desert Halophyte Zygophyllum Simplex

Abdul Aziz Eida · Salim Bougouffa · Intikhab Alam · Maged M. Saad · Heribert Hirt

Complete genome sequence of the endophytic bacterium Cellulosimicrobium sp. JZ28 isolated from the root endosphere of the perennial desert tussock grass Panicum turgidum

Abdul Aziz Eida, Salim Bougouffa, Floriane L’Haridon, Intikhab Alam, Laure Weisskopf, Vladimir B. Bajic, Maged M. Saad and Heribert Hirt

Genome Insights of the Plant-Growth Promoting Bacterium Cronobacter muytjensii JZ38 With Volatile-Mediated Antagonistic Activity Against Phytophthora infestans

Mai Jarad, Kiruthiga Mariappan, Marilia Almeida-Trapp, Michael Florian Mette, Axel Mithöfer, Naganand Rayapuram and Heribert Hirt

The Lamin-Like LITTLE NUCLEI 1 (LINC1) Regulates Pattern-Triggered Immunity and Jasmonic Acid Signaling

Jeremie Bazin, Kiruthiga Mariappan, Yunhe Jiang, Thomas Blein Ronny Voelz, Martin Crespi, Heribert Hirt

Role of MPK4 in pathogen-associated molecular pattern-triggered alternative splicing in Arabidopsis

Lorenzo Concia1, Alaguraj Veluchamy2, Juan S. Ramirez-Prado1, Azahara Martin-Ramirez3, Ying Huang1,
Magali Perez, Severine Domenichini, Natalia Y. Rodriguez Granados, Soonkap Kim, Thomas Blein,
Susan Duncan, Clement Pichot, Deborah Manza-Mianza, Caroline Juery, Etienne Paux, Graham Moore,
Heribert Hirt, Catherine Bergounioux, Martin Crespi, Magdy M. Mahfouz, Abdelhafid Bendahmane,
Chang Liu, Anthony Hall, Cécile Raynaud, David Latrasse and Moussa Benhamed

Wheat chromatin architecture is organized in genome territories and transcription factories

Cécile Sözen, Sebastian T. Schenk, Marie Boudsocq, Camille Chardin, Marilia Almeida-Trapp, Anne Krapp,
Heribert Hirt, Axel Mithöfer, and Jean Colcombet

Wounding and Insect Feeding Trigger Two Independent MAPK Pathways with Distinct Regulation and Kinetics

Cristina Andrés-Barrao, Feras F. Lafi, Intikhab Alam, Axel de Zélicourt, Abdul A. Eida, Ameerah Bokhari, Hanin Alzubaidy, Vladimir B. Bajic, Heribert Hirt and Maged M. Saad

Complete Genome Sequence Analysis of Enterobacter sp. SA187, a Plant Multi-Stress Tolerance Promoting Endophytic Bacterium

Feras F. Lafi, Intikhab Alam, Ton Bisseling, Rene Geurts, Vladimir B. Bajic, Heribert Hirt, Maged M. Saad

Draft Genome Sequence of the Plant Growth–Promoting Rhizobacterium Acinetobacter radioresistens Strain SA188 Isolated from the Desert Plant Indigofera argentea

Feras F. Lafi, Intikhab Alam, Rene Geurts, Ton Bisseling, Vladimir B. Bajic, Heribert Hirt, Maged M. Saad

Draft Genome Sequence of the Phosphate-Solubilizing Bacterium Pseudomonas argentinensis Strain SA190 Isolated from the Desert Plant Indigofera argentea

Feras F. Lafi, Ameerah Bokhari, Intikhab Alam, Vladimir B. Bajic, Heribert Hirt, Maged M. Saad

Draft Genome Sequence of the Plant Growth-Promoting Cupriavidus gilardii Strain JZ4 Isolated from the Desert Plant Tribulus terrestris

Feras F. Lafi, Intikhab Alam, Rene Geurts, Ton Bisseling, Vladimir B. Bajic, Heribert Hirt, Maged M. Saad

Draft Genome Sequence of Ochrobactrum intermedium Strain SA148, a Plant Growth-Promoting Desert Rhizobacterium

Feras F. Lafi, Ameerah Bokhari, Intikhab Alam, Vladimir B. Bajic, Heribert Hirt, Maged M. Saad

Draft Genome Sequence of the Plant Growth-Promoting Cupriavidus gilardii Strain JZ4 Isolated from the Desert Plant Tribulus terrestris

Sajid Mahmood, IhsanullahDaur, SamirG.Al-Solaimani, ShakeelAhmad, Mohamed H.Madkour, MuhammadYasir, HeribertHirt, ShawkatAli and ZahirAli

Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria and Silicon Synergistically Enhance Salinity Tolerance of Mung Bean

Ameerah Bokhari, Magbubah Essack, Feras F. Lafi, Cristina Andres-Barrao, Rewaa Jalal, Soha Alamoudi, Rozaimi Razal, Hanin Alzubaidy, Kausar H. Shah, Shahid Siddique, Vladimir B. Bajic, Heribert Hirt & Maged M.

SaadBioprospecting desert plant Bacillus endophytic strains for their potential to enhance plant stress tolerance.

Inès Beaugelin, Anne Chevalier, Stefano D’Alessandro, Brigitte Ksas, Ondřrej Novák, Miroslav Strnad, Céline Forzani, Heribert Hirt, Michel Havaux, and Fabien Monnet.

OXI1 and DAD Regulate Light-Induced Cell Death Antagonistically through Jasmonate and Salicylate Levels.

Ghofran Othoum1, Salim Bougouffa, Ameerah Bokhari, Feras F. Lafi, Takashi Gojobori, Heribert Hirt, Ivan Mijakovic, Vladimir B. Bajic1 and Magbubah Essack

Mining biosynthetic gene clusters in Virgibacillus genomes.

Juan S. Ramirez-Prado, Aala A. Abulfaraj, Naganand Rayapuram, Moussa Benhamed, and Heribert Hirt

Plant Immunity: From Signaling to Epigenetic Control of Defense.

Ronny Völz, Soon-Kap Kim1, Jianing Mi, Anamika A. RawatID, Alaguraj Veluchamy, Kiruthiga G. Mariappan, Naganand Rayapuram, Jean-Michel Daviere, Patrick Achard, Ikram Blilou, Salim Al-Babili, Moussa Benhamed, Heribert Hirt
INDETERMINATE-DOMAIN 4 (IDD4) coordinates immune responses with plantgrowth in Arabidopsis thaliana.

Ronny Völz, Soon-Kap Kim, Jianing Mi, Kiruthiga G. MariappanID, Xiujie Guo, Jean Bigeard, Santiago Alejandro, Delphine Pflieger, Naganand Rayapuram, Salim Al-Babili, Heribert Hirt
The Trihelix transcription factor GT2-like 1(GTL1) promotes salicylic acid metabolism, and regulates bacterial-triggered immunity.

Andreasson E, Jenkins T, Brodersen P, Thorgrimsen S, Petersen NH, Zhu S, Qiu JL, Micheelsen P, Rocher A, Petersen M, Newman MA, Bjorn Nielsen H, Hirt H, Somssich I, Mattsson O, Mundy J. (2005)
The MAP kinase substrate MKS1 is a regulator of plant defense responses.

EMBO J. 14 , 2579-89.

Veronese, P., Nakagami, H., Bluhm, B., AbuQamar, S., Chen, X., Salmeron, J., Dietrich, R.A., Hirt, H. and Mengiste T. (2006)
The Membrane-Anchored BOTRYTIS INDUCED KINASE1 Has Distinct Roles in Arabidopsis Resistance to Necrotrophic and Biotrophic Pathogens.
Plant Cell 18, 257-73

Fernandez-Pascual M, Lucas MM, de Felipe MR, Bosca L, Hirt H, Golvano MP. (2006)
Involvement of mitogen-activated protein kinases in the symbiosis Bradyrhizobium-Lupinus.

J Exp Bot. 57, 2735-42.

Brader, G., Djamei, A., Teige, M., Palva, T. Hirt, H. (2007)
The MAP kinase kinase MKK2 affects diseasse resistance in Arabidopsis.

Mol. Plant Micr. Int. 20, 589-596.

Schweighofer, A., Kazanaviciute, V., Scheikl, E., Teige, M., Doczi, R., Hirt, H., Schwanninger, M., Kant, M., Schuurink, R., Mauch, F., Buchala, A., Cardinale, F., and Meskiene I. (2007)
The PP2C-Type Phosphatase AP2C1 Negatively Regulates MPK4 and MPK6 and Modulates Innate Immunity and Jasmonic Acid and Ethylene Levels in Arabidopsis.

Plant Cell 7, 2213-24.

Kemmerling, B., Schwedt, A., Rodriguez, P., Mazzotta, S., Frank, M., Abu Qamar, S., Mengiste, T., Betsuyaku, S., Parker, J.E., Müssig, K., Thomma, B.P.H.J., Albrecht, C., de Vries, S., Hirt, H., and Nürnberger T. (2007)
The BRI1-Associated Kinase 1, BAK1, Has a Brassinolide-Independent Role in Plant Cell-Death Control.

Current Biol. 17, 1116–1122

Dóczi, R., Brader, G., Pettkó-Szandtner, A., Rajh, I., Djamei, A., Pitzschke, A., Teige, M., and Hirt, H. (2007)
The Arabidopsis MAP Kinase Kinase MKK3 is Upstream of Group C MAP Kinases and Participates in Pathogen-Signaling.

Plant Cell, 19, 3266-3279.

Djamei, A., Pitzschke, A., Nakagami, H., Rajh, I., and Hirt, H. (2007)
Trojan horse strategy in Agrobacterium transformation by abusing MAPK defence signalling.

Science, 318, 453-456.

Schikora, A., Carreri, A., Charpentier, E., Hirt, H. (2008)
The dark side of the salad : Salmonella typhimurium overcomes the innate immune response of Arabidiopsis thaliana and shows an endopathogenic lifestyle.

PLOS One, 3:e2279.

Pitzschke, A., Djamei, A., Teige, M., Hirt, H. (2009) PMID: 19820165
VIP1 response elements mediate mitogen-activated protein kinase 3-induced stress gene expression.

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 106:18414-9.

Bartels, S., Anderson, J., Gonzalez Besteiro, M., Carreri, A., Hirt, H., Buchala, A., Metraux, J.-P., Peck, S., Ulm, R. (2009) PMID: 19789277
MAP KINASE PHOSPHATASE1 and PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE1 Are Repressors of Salicylic Acid and SNC1-Mediated Responses in Arabidopsis.

Plant Cell 9:2884-97.

Pitzschke A, Hirt H.(2010)
New insights into an old story: Agrobacterium-induced tumour formation in plants by plant transformation.

EMBO J. 29:1021-32

Camehl I, Drzewiecki C, Vadassery J, Shahollari B, Sherameti I, Forzani C, Munnik T, Hirt H, Oelmüller R. (2011)
The OXI1 Kinase Pathway Mediates Piriformospora indica-Induced Growth Promotion in Arabidopsis.

PLoS Pathog. 7:e1002051.

Schikora A, Virlogeux-Payant I, Bueso E, Garcia AV, Nilau T, Charrier A, Pelletier S, Menanteau P, Baccarini M, Velge P, Hirt H. (2011)
Conservation of Salmonella infection mechanisms in plants and animals.

PLoS One. 6:e24112.

Schikora A, Garcia AV, Hirt H. (2012)
Plants as alternative hosts for Salmonella.

Trends Plant Sci. 17:245-9.

Garcia AV, Al-Yousif M, Hirt H. (2012)
Role of AGC kinases in plant growth and stress responses.

Cell Mol Life Sci. 69, :3259-67.

Berriri S, Garcia AV, Frei Dit Frey N, Rozhon W, Pateyron S, Leonhardt N, Montillet JL, Leung J, Hirt H, Colcombet J. (2012)
Constitutively Active Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Versions Reveal Functions of Arabidopsis MPK4 in Pathogen Defense Signaling.

Plant Cell 24, :4281-93.

Colcombet J, Berriri S, Hirt H. (2012)
Constitutively active MPK4 helps to clarify its role in plant immunity.

Plant Signal Behav. 8,

Hirt (2012)
Role of micro-organisms in adapting plants to environmental stress conditions.

Biol. Aujourdhui 206:285-90.

Montillet, J.-L., Leonhardt, N., Mondy, S., Tranchimand, S., Rumeau, D., Boudsocq, M., Garcia, A.V., Douki, T., Bigeard, J., Laurière, C., Chevalier, A., Castresana, C., Hirt, H. (2013)
An ABA-independent oxylipin pathway controls stomatal closure and immune defense in Arabidopsis.

PLoS Biol. 11(3):e1001513

de Zelicourt A, Al-Yousif M, Hirt H.(2013)
Rhizosphere microbes as essential partners for plant stress tolerance.

Mol. Plant 6:242-5.

Montillet, J-L., Hirt, H. (2013)
New checkpoints in stomatal defense.

Trends Plant Sci. 18(6):295-7.

Garcia AV, Charrier A, Schikora A, Bigeard J, Pateyron S, de Tauzia-Moreau ML, Evrard A, Mithöfer A, Martin-Magniette ML, Virlogeux-Payant I, Hirt H. (2013)
Salmonella enterica flagellin is recognized via FLS2 and activates PAMP-triggered immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana.

García AV, Hirt H (2014)
Salmonella enterica induces and subverts the plant immune system.

Front. Microbiol. 5:141.

Axel de Zelicourt, Mohamed Al-Yousif and Heribert Hirt

Rhizosphere Microbes as Essential Partners for Plant Stress Tolerance

Andrea Daxberger · Andrea Nemak · Axel Mithöfer ·
Judith Fliegmann · Wilco Ligterink · Heribert Hirt ·
Jürgen Ebel

Activation of members of a MAPK module in ß-glucan elicitor-mediated non-host resistance of soybean

Cristina Andrés-Barrao, Feras F. Lafi,†, Intikhab Alam, Axel de Zélicourt, Abdul A. Eida, Ameerah Bokhari, Hanin Alzubaidy, Vladimir B. Bajic, Heribert Hirt and Maged M. Saad

Complete Genome Sequence Analysis of Enterobacter sp. SA187, a Plant Multi-Stress Tolerance Promoting Endophytic Bacterium

Feras F. Lafi, Maha L. AlBladi, Nida M. Salem, Luma Al-Banna, Intikhab Alam, Vladimir B. Bajic, Heribert Hirt, Maged M. Saada

Draft Genome Sequence of the Plant Growth–Promoting Pseudomonas punonensis Strain D1-6 Isolated from the Desert Plant Erodium hirtum in Jordan

Abdul Aziz Eida, Maren Ziegler, Feras F. Lafi, Craig T. Michell, Christian R. Voolstra, Heribert Hirt, Maged M. Saad

Desert plant bacteria reveal host influence and beneficial plant growth properties

Feras F. Lafi, Ameerah Bokhari, Intikhab Alam, Vladimir B. Bajic, Heribert Hirt, Maged M. Saada

Draft Genome Sequence of the Plant Growth-Promoting Cupriavidus gilardii Strain JZ4 Isolated from the Desert Plant Tribulus terrestris

Feras F. Lafi, Juan S. Ramirez-Prado, Intikhab Alam, Vladimir B. Bajic, Heribert Hirt, Maged M. Saada

Draft Genome Sequence of Halomonas elongata Strain K4, an Endophytic Growth-Promoting Bacterium Enhancing Salinity Tolerance In Planta

Feras F. Lafi, Juan S. Ramirez-Prado, Intikhab Alam, Vladimir B. Bajic, Heribert Hirt, Maged M. Saada

Draft Genome Sequence of Plant Growth–Promoting Micrococcus luteus Strain K39 Isolated from Cyperus conglomeratus in Saudi Arabia

Yunhe Jiang , Baoda Han, Huoming Zhang, Kiruthiga G Mariappan, Jean Bigeard, Jean Colcombet & Heribert Hirt

MAP4K4 associates with BIK1 to regulate plant innate immunity

Andrea Pitzschke, Adam Schikora and Heribert Hirt

MAPK cascade signalling networks in plant defence

Corinna Banga, Tal Dagana, Peter Deinesb, Nicole Dubilierc, Wolfgang J. Duschld, Sebastian Frauneb, Ute Hentschele, Heribert Hirtf, Nils Hültera, Tim Lachnitb, Devani Picazoa, Lucia Pitae, Claudia Pogoreutzg, Nils Rädeckerg, Maged M. Saadf, Ruth A. Schmitza, Hinrich Schulenburgb, Christian R. Voolstrag, Nancy Weiland-Bräuera, Maren Zieglerg, Thomas C.G. Bosch

Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation?

Ronny Völz, Naganand Rayapuram and Heribert Hirt

Phosphorylation regulates the activity of INDETERMINATE-DOMAIN (IDD/BIRD) proteins in response to diverse environmental conditions

Abdul Aziz Eida, Hanin S. Alzubaidy, Axel de Zélicourt, Lukáš Synek, Wiam Alsharif, Feras F. Lafi, Heribert Hirt, Maged M. Saad

Phylogenetically diverse endophytic bacteria from desert plants induce transcriptional changes of tissue-specific ion transporters and salinity stress in Arabidopsis thaliana

Sajid Mahmood, IhsanullahDaur, SamirG.Al-Solaimani, ShakeelAhmad, Mohamed H.Madkour, MuhammadYasir, HeribertHirt, ShawkatAli  and ZahirAli

Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteriaand Silicon Synergistically Enhance Salinity Tolerance of Mung Bean

Ihsanullah Daur , Maged M. Saad, Abdul Aziz Eida, Shakeel Ahmad, Zahid Hussain Shah, Muhammad Z. Ihsan, Yasir Muhammad, Sayed S. Sohrab and
Heribert Hirt

Boosting Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) Production With Rhizobacteria From Various Plants in Saudi Arabia

Axel de Zelicourt, Mohamed Al-Yousif and Heribert Hirt,

Rhizosphere Microbes as Essential Partners for Plant Stress Tolerance

Feras F. Lafi, Intikhab Alam, Rene Geurts, Ton Bisseling, Vladimir B. Bajic, Heribert Hirt, Maged M. Saada

Draft Genome Sequence of Ochrobactrum intermedium Strain SA148, a Plant Growth-Promoting Desert Rhizobacterium

Feras F. Lafi, Intikhab Alam, Rene Geurts, Ton Bisseling, Vladimir B. Bajic, Heribert Hirt, Maged M. Saada

Draft Genome Sequence of Enterobacter sp. Sa187, an Endophytic Bacterium Isolated from the Desert Plant Indigofera argentea

Feras F. Lafi, Intikhab Alam, Ton Bisseling, Rene Geurts, Vladimir B. Bajic, Heribert Hirt, Maged M. Saada

Draft Genome Sequence of the Plant Growth–Promoting Rhizobacterium Acinetobacter radioresistens Strain SA188 Isolated from the Desert Plant Indigofera argentea

Feras F. Lafi, Intikhab Alam, Rene Geurts, Ton Bisseling, Vladimir B. Bajic, Heribert Hirt, Maged M. Saada

Draft Genome Sequence of the Phosphate-Solubilizing Bacterium Pseudomonas argentinensis Strain SA190 Isolated from the Desert Plant Indigofera argentea