Garcia Mendez Sonia

Garcia Mendez Sonia - Postdoctoral fellow
Joined the group in 2023

Sonia obtained her PhD in Biochemistry and Biotechnology in 2022 in the group of Prof. Anne Willems (Laboratory of Microbiology, University of Gent) and Prof. Sofie Goormachtig (VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology). During her PhD, she studied the effect of low temperatures on the microbiome of two cold tolerant plants, Valerianella locusta and Poa annua, and the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. The aim was to identify bacteria able to alleviate cold stress in plants. She is now a postdoctoral scientist in the group of Prof. Sofie Goormachtig at VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology since 2023. As a part of the BOOSTER project, she investigates how drought shapes maize microbiomes to identify drought-enriched bacteria that might promote plant growth under this abiotic stress and understand their mode of action.

8. Digging into the Lettuce Cold-Specific Root Microbiome in Search of Chilling Stress Tolerance-Conferring Plant-Growth-Promoting Bacteria

Antoine Persyn, Sonia García Méndez, Sam De Meyer, Stien Beirinckx, Anne Willems, Caroline De Tender, Sofie Goormachtig

(2024) - Phytobiomes Journal

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7. Do seasons impact the root microbiome of wild Poa annua populations?

Sonia Garcia Mendez, Stephanie Fordeyn, Caroline De Tender, Sofie Goormachtig, Anne Willems

(2024) - Rhizosphere

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6. Root phenotypic plasticity mediates the effects of bacterivorous and herbivorous nematodes on rhizosphere bacterial communities

Junwei Hu, Sonia García Méndez, Ummehani Hassi, Caroline De Tender, Nkurunziza Radisras, Mesfin Tsegaye Gebremikael, Steven Sleutel, Sofie Goormachtig, Stefaan De Neve

(2024) -

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5. Unravelling the Bacterial Community Composition of Valerianella locusta, A Cold-Tolerant Plant

Sonia Garcia Mendez, Antoine Persyn, Caroline De Tender, Sofie Goormachtig, Anne Willems

(2023) - Phytobiomes Journal

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4. Flemish soils contain rhizobia partners for Northwestern Europe‐adapted soybean cultivars

Judith Van Dingenen, Sonia Garcia-Mendez, Stien Beirinckx, Lena Vlaminck, Annick De Keyser, Naomi Stuer, Severine Verschaete, Alexander Clarysse, Joke Pannecoucque, Stephane Rombauts, Isabel Roldan-Ruiz, Anne Willems, Sofie Goormachtig

(2022) - Environmental Microbiology

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3. Stenotrophomonas sp. SRS1 promotes growth of Arabidopsis and tomato plants under salt stress conditions

Tuong Ho Manh, Sonia Garcia-Mendez, Michiel Vandecasteele, Anne Willems, Dexian Luo, Stien Beirinckx, Sofie Goormachtig

(2022) - Plant and Soil

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2. Plant Growth Promotion Driven by a Novel Caulobacter Strain

Dexian Luo, Sarah Langendries, Sonia Garcia Mendez, Joren De Ryck, Derui Liu, Stien Beirinckx, Anne Willems, Eugenia Russinova, Jane Debode, Sofie Goormachtig

(2019) - Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®

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1. Classification of Isolates from the Pseudomonas fluorescens Complex into Phylogenomic Groups Based in Group-Specific Markers

Daniel Garrido-Sanz, Eva Arrebola, Francisco Martínez-Granero, Sonia García-Méndez, Candela Muriel, Esther Blanco-Romero, Marta Martín, Rafael Rivilla, Miguel Redondo-Nieto

(2017) - Frontiers in Microbiology

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Garcia Mendez Sonia

8. Digging into the Lettuce Cold-Specific Root Microbiome in Search of Chilling Stress Tolerance-Conferring Plant-Growth-Promoting Bacteria

7. Do seasons impact the root microbiome of wild Poa annua populations?

6. Root phenotypic plasticity mediates the effects of bacterivorous and herbivorous nematodes on rhizosphere bacterial communities

5. Unravelling the Bacterial Community Composition of Valerianella locusta, A Cold-Tolerant Plant

4. Flemish soils contain rhizobia partners for Northwestern Europe‐adapted soybean cultivars

3. Stenotrophomonas sp. SRS1 promotes growth of Arabidopsis and tomato plants under salt stress conditions

2. Plant Growth Promotion Driven by a Novel Caulobacter Strain

1. Classification of Isolates from the Pseudomonas fluorescens Complex into Phylogenomic Groups Based in Group-Specific Markers