Dr. Mosbah Mahdhi
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Dr. Mosbah Mahdhi

Assistant Professor
University of Gabes, Tunisia

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Microbiology from Tunis El Manar University, Tunisia

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Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
100%
Microbiology
62%
Plant-Microorganisms Interactions
90%
Microbial Ecology
75%
Soil Microbiology
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
0
Chapters
0
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Selected Publications

  1. Mahmoudi, N., M.F. Caeiro, M. Mahdhi, R. Tenreiro, F. Ulm, M. Mars, C. Cruz and T. Dias, 2021. Arbuscular mycorrhizal traits are good indicators of soil multifunctionality in drylands. Geoderma, Vol. 397. 10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.115099.
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  2. TOUNEKTI T., M. MAHDHI, Z. AL-FAIFI and H. KHEMIRA, 2020. Priming improves germination and seed reserve utilization, growth, antioxidant responses and membrane stability at early seedling stage of saudi sorghum varieties under drought stress. Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca 48: 938-953.
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  3. Mahdhi, M., T. Tounekti, E. Abada, Z. Al‐Faifi and H. Khemira, 2020. Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with acacia trees in southwestern Saudi Arabia. J. Basic Microbiol., 60: 322-330.
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  4. Tounekti, T., M. Mahdhi and H. Khemira, 2019. Ethnobotanical study of indigenous medicinal plants of Jazan Region, Saudi Arabia. Evidence-Based Complement. Alternat. Med., Vol. 2019. 10.1155/2019/3190670.
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  5. Mahmoudi, N., M. Mahdhi, R. Abddaiem, K. Bessadok and M. Mars, 2019. Arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization of selected herbaceous plants under arid protected area in Tunisia. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr., 10.1080/00380768.2019.1579045.
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  6. Mahmoudi, N., C. Cruz, M. Mahdhi, M. Mars and M.F. Caeiro, 2019. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soil, roots and rhizosphere of Medicago truncatula: Diversity and heterogeneity under semi-arid conditions. PeerJ, Vol. 7. 10.7717/peerj.6401.
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  7. Mahdhi, M., T. Tounekti and H. Khemira, 2019. Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of microsymbionts of Acacia species plants grown in South-Western Saudi Arabia. J. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr., 19: 631-638.
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  8. Mahdhi, M., T. Tounekti and H. Khemira, 2019. Effects of Prosopis juliflora on germination, plant growth of Sorghum bicolor, mycorrhiza and soil microbial properties. Allelopathy J., 46: 265-275.
  9. Tounekti, T., M. Mahdhi, T.A. Al-Turki and H. Khemira, 2018. Water relations and photo-protection mechanisms during drought stress in four coffee (Coffea Arabica) cultivars from southwestern Saudi Arabia. South Afr. J. Bot., 117: 17-25.
  10. Tounekti, T., M. Mahdhi, T.A. Al-Turki and H. Khemira, 2018. Physiological responses of the halophyte Salvadora persica to the combined effect of salinity and flooding. Int. J. Agric. Biol., 20: 2211-2220.
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  11. Mosbah, M., T. Taieb and K. Habib, 2018. Invasive character of Prosopis juliflora facilitated by its allelopathy and a wide mutualistic interaction with soil microorganisms. J. Biol. Sci., 18: 115-123.
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  12. Mosbah, M., D.L. Philippe and M. Mohamed, 2018. Molecular identification of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spores associated to the rhizosphere of Retama raetam in Tunisia. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr., 64: 335-341.
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  13. Mahdhi, M., T. Tounekti and H. Khemira, 2018. Occurrence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and nodules in the roots of twelve legume species in South-western Saudi Arabia. Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Hortorum Cultus, 17: 53-60.
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  14. Habib, K., T. Tounekti, M. Mahdhi, D.N. Reddy, E. Makhasha and A. Jaafar, 2018. Remedying Zn deficiency in mango orchards with foliar spays. Asian J. Crop Sci., 10: 86-92.
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  15. Tounekti, T., T.A. Al-Turki, M. Mahdhi and H. Khemira, 2017. Leaf functional trait variation associated with salinity tolerance in Salvadora persica. Int. J. Pure Applied Biosci., 5: 14-21.
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  16. Tounekti, T., M. Mahdhi, T.A. Al-Turki and H. Khemira, 2017. Genetic diversity analysis of coffee (Coffea arabica L.) germplasm accessions growing in the Southwestern Saudi Arabia using quantitative traits. Nat. Resour., 8: 321-336.
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  17. Mahdhi, M., T. Tounekti, T.A. Al-Turki and H. Khemira, 2017. Composition of the root mycorrhizal community associated with Coffea Arabica in fifa mountains (Jazan region, Saudi Arabia). J. Basic microbial., 57: 691-698.
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  18. Mahdhi, M., T. Tounekti, I. Abada and H. Khemira, 2017. Occurrence of Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and nodules in the roots of three acacia species in South-western Saudi Arabia. Int. J. Pure Applied Biosci., 5: 1-8.
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  19. Mahdhi, M., T. Tounekti and H. Khemira, 2017. Status and need of research on Rhizobia and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi associated with Leguminous plants in Saudi Arabia. Am. J. Curr. Microbiol., 5: 1-8.
  20. Mahdhi, M., T. Tounekti and H. Khemira, 2017. Status and need of research on Rhizobia and Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with leguminous plants in Saudi Arabia. Am. J. Curr. Microbiol., 5: 1-8.
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  21. Mahdhi, M., N. Mahmoudi, A. Msaadek, M. Rejili and M. Mars, 2017. Natural nodulation and AMF colonization of Retama raetam and their impact on soil microbial properties in arid regions of Tunisia. Res. J. Microbiol., 12: 82-89.
  22. Mahdhi, M., N. Houidheg, N. Mahmoudi, A. Msaadek, M. Rejili and M. Mars, 2016. Characterization of rhizobial bacteria nodulating Astragalus corrugates and Hippocrepis areolata in Tunisian arid soils. Polish J. Microbiol., 65: 331-339.
  23. Rejii, M., M. Mahdhi, J.A. Dominguez-Nunez and M. Mars, 2014. The phenotypic, phylogenetic and symbiotic characterization of rhizobia nodulating Lotus sp. in Tunisian arid soils. Ann. Microbiol., 64: 355-362.
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  24. Fterich, A., M. Mahdhi and M. Mars, 2014. The effects of Acacia tortilis subsp. raddiana, soil texture and soil depth on soil microbial and biochemical characteristics in arid zones of Tunisia. Land Degradat. Dev., 25: 143-152.
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  25. Fterich, A., M. Mahdhi and M. Mars, 2014. Seasonal changes of microbiological properties in steppe soils from degraded arid area in Tunisia. Arid Land Res. Manage., 28: 49-58.
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  26. Guefrachi, I., M. Rejili, M. Mahdhi and M. Mars, 2013. Assessing genotypic diversity and symbiotic efficiency of five rhizobial legume interactions under cadium stress for soil phytoremediation. Int. J. Phytoremed., 15: 938-951.
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  27. Rejili, M., M. Mahdhi, A. Fterich, S. Dhaoui, I. Guefrachi, R. Abdeddayem and M. Mars, 2012. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation of wild legumes in Tunisia: Soil fertility dynamics, field nodulation and nodules effectiveness. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ., 157: 60-69.
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  28. Mahdhi, M., A. Fterich, M. Rejili, I.D. Rodriguez-Llorente and M. Mars, 2012. Legume-nodulating bacteria (LNB) from three pasture legumes (Vicia sativa, Trigonella maritima and Hedysarum spinosissimum) in Tunisia. Ann. Microbiol., 62: 61-68.
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  29. Fterich, A., M. Mahdhi, A. Lafuente, E. Pajuelo, M.A. Caviedes, I.D. Rodriguez-Llorente and M. Mars, 2012. Taxonomic and symbiotic diversity of bacteria isolated from nodules of Acacia tortilis subsp. raddiana in arid soils of Tunisia. Can. J. Microbiol., 58: 738-751.
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  30. Fterich, A., M. Mahdhi, M.A. Caviedes, E. Pajuelo, R. Rivas, I.D. Rodriguez-Llorente and M. Mars, 2011. Characterization of root-nodulating bacteria associated to Prosopis farcta growing in the arid regions of Tunisia. Arch. Microbiol., 193: 385-397.
  31. Fterich, A., M. Mahdhi and M. Mars, 2011. Impact of grazing on soil microbial communities along a chronosequence of Acacia tortilis subsp. raddiana in arid soils in Tunisia. Eur. J. Soil Biol., 50: 56-63.
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  32. Valverde, A., A. Fterich, M. Mahdhi, M.H. Ramirez-Bahena and M.A. Caviedes et al., 2010. Paenibacillus prosopidis sp. nov., isolated from the nodules of Prosopis farcta. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 60: 2182-2186.
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  33. Merabet, C., M. Martens, M. Mahdhi, F. Zakhia and A. Sy et al., 2010. Multilocus sequence analysis of root nodule isolates from Lotus arabicus (Senegal), Lotus creticus, Argyrolobium uniflorum and Medicago sativa (Tunisia) and description of Ensifer numidicus sp. nov. and Ensifer garamanticus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 60: 664-674.
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  34. Rejili, M., M. Mahdhi, A. Ferchichi and M. Mars, 2009. Natural nodulation of some wild legumes in south area of Tunisia. Plant Biosyst., 143: 34-39.
  35. Rejili M., M.J. Lorite, M. Mahdhi, J.S. Pinilla, A. Ferchichi and M. Mars, 2009. Genetic diversity of rhizobial populations recovered from three Lotus species cultivated in the infra-arid Tunisian soils. Prog. Nat. Sci., 19: 1079-1087.
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  36. Mahdhi, M., P. de Lajudie and M. Mars, 2008. Phylogenetic and symbiotic characterization of rhizobial bacteria nodulating Argyrolobium uniflorum in Tunisian arid soils. Can. J. Microbiol., 54: 209-217.
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  37. Mahdhi, M., A. Nzoue, P. de Lajudie and M. Mars, 2008. Characterization of root-nodulating bacteria on Retama raetam in arid Tunisian soils. Progr. Nat. Sci., 18: 43-49.
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  38. Mahdhi, M., A. Nzoue, F. Gueye, C. Merabet, P. de Lajudie and M. Mars, 2007. Phenotypic and genotypic diversity of Genista saharae microsymbionts from the infra‐arid region of Tunisia. Lett. Applied Microbiol., 45: 604-609.
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  39. Mosbah, M. and M. Mars, 2006. Genotypic diversity of rhizobia isolated from Retama raetam in arid regions of Tunisia. Ann. Microbiol., 56: 305-311.
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