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

Ronny Völz, Naganand Rayapuram & Heribert Hirt Phosphorylation regulates the activity of INDETERMINATE-DOMAIN (IDD/BIRD) proteins in response to diverse environmental conditions.

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.

Yunhe Jiang1, Baoda Han1, Huoming Zhang, Kiruthiga G Mariappan1 , Jean Bigeard, Jean Colcombet, Heribert Hirt
MAP4K4 associates with BIK1 to regulate plant innate immunity.
EMBO Reports (2019) e47965

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.

Daxberger, A., Nemak, A., Mithöfer, A., Fliegmann, J., Ligterink, W., Hirt, H., Ebel, J. (2007)
Activation of members of a MAPK module in ß-glucan elicitor-mediated non-host resistance of soybean.
Planta 6, 1559-71.

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, Schikora A, Hirt H (2009) PMID: 19608449
MAPK cascade signalling networks in plant defence.
Curr Opin Plant Biol. 12:421-6.

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,

irt H (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.
Mol Plant 7:657-74.

García AV, Hirt H (2014)
Salmonella enterica induces and subverts the plant immune system.
Front. Microbiol. 5:141.

Eida AA, Hirt H., and Saad MM
Complexity of abiotic and biotic factors in determining the success of phosphate solubilizing microbes in field applications
Springer series Soil Biology Rhizotrophs: Plant Growth Promotion to Bioremediation, Samina M (eds.), Springer Singapore, Page 125-143

Lafi FF, Alam I, Geurts R, Bisseling T, Bajic VB, Hirt H, Saad MM
Draft Genome Sequence of the Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium Acinetobacter radioresistens Strain SA188 Isolated from the Desert Plant Indigofera argentea
Genome Announcements. 2017;5(9):e01708-16. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01708-16.

Lafi FF, Alam I, Geurts R, Bisseling T, Bajic VB, Hirt H, Saad MM
Draft Genome Sequence of Ochrobactrum intermedium Strain SA148, A Plant Growth-Promoting Desert Rhizobacterium
Genome Announcements. 2017; 5(9):e01707-16. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01707-16.

Lafi FF, Alam I, Geurts R, Bisseling T, Bajic VB, Hirt H, Saad MM
Draft Genome Sequence of Endophytic Bacterium Enterobacter sp. SA187 Isolated from Desert Plant Indigofera argentea
Genome Announcements. 2017;5(7):e01638-16. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01638-16.

Lafi FF, Ramirez-Prado JS, Alam I, Bajic VB, Hirt H, Saad MM
Draft Genome Sequence of Plant Growth-Promoting Micrococcus luteus Strain K39 Isolated from Cyperus conglomeratus in Saudi Arabia
Genome Announcements. 2017;5(4):e01520-16. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01520-16.

Lafi FF, AlBladi ML, Salem NM, Al-Banna L, Alam I, Bajic VB, Hirt H, Saad MM
Draft Genome Sequence of the Plant Growth–Promoting Pseudomonas punonensis Strain D1-6 Isolated from the Desert Plant Erodium hirtum in Jordan
Genome Announcements. 2017; 5(2) e01437-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01437-16

Lafi FF, Geurts R, Bisseling T, Alam I, Bajic VB, Hirt H, Saad MM
Draft Genome Sequence of the Phosphate-Solubilizing Bacterium Pseudomonas argentinensis Strain SA190 Isolated from the Desert Plant Indigofera argentea
Genome Announcements. 2016; 4(6).e01431-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01431-16

Lafi FF, Ramirez-Prado JS, Alam I, Bajic VB, Hirt H, Saad MM
Draft Genome Sequence of Halomonas elongata Strain K4, an Endophytic Growth-Promoting Bacterium Enhancing Salinity Tolerance In Planta
Genome Announcements. 2016; 4(6):e01214-16. doi:10.1128/genomeA.01214-16.

Lafi FF, Bokhari A, Alam I, Bajic VB, Hirt H, Saad MM
Draft genome sequence of the plant growth-promoting Cupriavidus gilardii strain JZ4 isolated from the desert plant Tribulus terrestris
Genome Announcements. 2016;4(4):e00678-16. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00678-16.

Mahmood S, Daur I, Al-Solaimani SG, Ahmad S, Madkour MH, Yasir M, Hirt H, Ali S, Ali Z. . 2016
Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria 2016Front Plant Sci. 2016 Jun 17;7:876. doi:10.3389/fpls.2016.00876. eCollection. PubMed PMID: 27379151; PubMed Central
PMCID: PMC4911404.

de Zelicourt A, Al-Yousif M, Hirt H.. Mol Plant. 2013
Rhizosphere Microbes as Essential Partners for Plant Stress Tolerance
Mar;6(2):242-5. doi:10.1093/mp/sst028. Epub 2013 Mar 9. Review. PubMed PMID: 23475999.