YAGOUBI Amira (University of Carthage, TUNISIA)

  • First Name: Amira
  • Last Name: Yagoubi
  • Position: PostDoc
  • Email address: amirayakoubi70@yahoo.fr
  • Institute / University / Company: University of Carthage Tunisia
  • Research Unit / Laboratory: Issam Smaali’s lab
  • Address (city, country): Tunis, Tunisia
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  • Key words showing your research / interest in Microbial Ecotoxicology:
    • Soil microbiome
    • Microbial ecotoxicology
    • Metagenomics
    • Antimicrobial resistance (resistome dynamics)
    • Microbial functional ecology
  • Main kinds of contaminant(s) of interest:
    • Antibiotics and antibiotic residues
    • Heavy metals
    • Emerging organic contaminants in wastewater
    • Agrochemical inputs (e.g., pesticides and herbicides)
    • Oxidative stress–inducing chemical stressors
  • Main kinds of microorganisms of interest:
    • Soil and rhizosphere bacteria (plant-associated microbiota, including beneficial and stress-adapted taxa)
    • Microbial communities involved in biogeochemical cycling (e.g., nitrogen- and carbon-cycling bacteria)
    • Antibiotic-resistant and stress-adapted bacteria (resistome-associated populations)
    • Microbial consortia and interacting communities in soil ecosystems
    • Environmentally relevant microbial genera involved in biodegradation and pollutant transformation
  • Main kinds of ecosystems of interest:
    • Agricultural soils under conventional and wastewater irrigation systems
    • Forest soils and natural terrestrial ecosystems
    • Rhizosphere and plant-associated microhabitats
    • Agroecosystems exposed to chemical stressors (e.g., antibiotics, pesticides, heavy metals)
    • Soil–water interface environments influenced by anthropogenic inputs
  • Do you give courses on Microbial Ecotoxicology ?: no
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  • Most relevant articles in the field of Microbial Ecotoxicology YOU AUTHORED (max.5)
    • 1. Yagoubi, A., Mahjoubi, Y., Giannakis, S., Rzigui, T., Djebali, W., & Chouari, R. (2023). The silver lining of antibiotic resistance: Bacterial-mediated reduction of tetracycline plant stress via antibiotrophy. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 204, 108093. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.108093. (IF=6.4).
    • 2. Yagoubi, A., Giannakis, S., Chamekh, A., Kharbech, O., & Chouari, R. (2024). Influence of decades-long irrigation with secondary treated wastewater on soil microbial diversity, resistome dynamics, and antibiotrophy development. Heliyon, 10(21). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e39666 . (IF=3.6).
    • 3.Yagoubi, A., Decker, J., Salas, C. O., del Castillo González, I., Lehmann, A. H., Chouari, R., & Giannakis, S. (2025). Solar-assisted Advanced oxidation processes affect the antibiotic resistance traits of bacteria developed in wastewater-irrigated soils: Are they a friend, a foe, or just a traitor in our midst? Chemical Engineering Journal, 510, 161768. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.161768. (IF=13.2).