Selected Publications:

Bahat-Samet E., Castro-Sowinski, S and Okon, Y. 2004.Arabinose content of extracellular polysaccharide plays a role in cell aggregation of Azospirillum brasilense. FEMS Microbiology Letters 237:195-203.

Kadouri, D., Castro-Sowinski, S., Jurkevitch, E. and Okon, Y. 2005. Ecological and agricultural significance of bacterialpolyhydroxyalkanoates. Critical Reviews in Microbiology 31:55-67.

Post-doc. Scholars:

• Susana Castro-Sowinski
• Angel Valverde-Portal

Present students:

• Hila Kramer-Haimovich PhD student
• Anat Lerner PhD student
• Sharon Fibach PhD student
• Anat Shtarker MSc student

Teaching:

• General Microbiology
• Phytobacteriology
• Biological Nitrogen Fixation

Research Interests:

Biological nitrogen fixation and plant promoting effects in associations between rhizophere bacteria and roots of grasses, legumes and vegetables. Biological nitrogen fixation in the Rhizobium legume symbiosis and bacterial diseases of plants.