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I'm working within the network "Algerian Biodiversity Group" founded for the survey, analysis, promotion and conservation of all the components of Algerian biodiversity by publishing articles, checklists and maintaining a dedicated website
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Checklist of lichens and lichenicolous fungi of Morocco

Herzogia, Dec 31, 2022

High salt levels reduced dissimilarities in root-associated microbiomes of two barley genotypes

Molecular Plant-microbe Interactions, Mar 22, 2022

Plants harbour in and at their roots bacterial microbiomes that contribute to their health and fi... more Plants harbour in and at their roots bacterial microbiomes that contribute to their health and fitness. The microbiome composition is controlled by the environment and plant genotype. Previously, it was shown that the plant genotype-dependent dissimilarity of root microbiome composition of different species becomes smaller under drought stress. However, it remains unknown whether this reduced plant genotype-dependent effect is a specific response to drought stress or a more generic response to abiotic stress. To test this, we studied the effect of salt stress on two distinct barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) genotypes; the reference cultivar Golden Promise and the Algerian landrace AB. As inoculum, we used soil from a salinized and degraded farmland on which barley was cultivated. Controlled laboratory experiments showed that plants inoculated with this soil display growth stimulation under high salt stress (200mM) in a plant genotype-independent manner, whereas the landrace AB also showed significant growth stimulation at low salt concentrations. Subsequent analysis of the root microbiomes revealed a reduced dissimilarity of the bacterial communities of the two barley genotypes in response to high salt, especially in the endophytic compartment. High salt level did not reduce α-diversity (richness) in the endophytic compartment of both plant genotypes, but associates with an increased number of shared strains that respond positively to high salt. Among these, Pseudomonas species were most abundant. These findings suggest that the plant genotype-dependent microbiome composition is altered generically by abiotic stress.

Prévalence de la symbiose chez Acacia raddiana (A. tortilis subsp. raddiana) et spectre d’hôte des souches de Rhizobia associées

Annales de la Recherche Forestière en Algérie, Sep 21, 2021

The International Natural Product Sciences Taskforce (INPST) and the power of Twitter networking exemplified through #INPST hashtag analysis

Phytomedicine

Biodegradation of diazo dye Evans blue by four strains of Streptomyces isolated from soils of Algeria

Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology

Checklist of Algerian fungi – Part 4: Sordariomycetes (Ascomycota)

Microbial Biosystems, 2019

A checklist is presented of ascomycetes belonging to class Sordariomycetes in Algeria. This group... more A checklist is presented of ascomycetes belonging to class Sordariomycetes in Algeria. This group of fungi is represented in the country by at least 189 genera and 470 species. The list is based on bibliographical, thesis and herbaria online databases sources. This checklist is the first comprehensive species list fully dedicated to Algerian Sordariomycetes.

Biological and phytogeographical diversity for different levels of salinity in the region of Chott-Ech-Chergui (South-West of Algeria)

Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - memSIC, 2016

Biological and phytogeographical diversity for different levels of salinity in the region of Chot... more Biological and phytogeographical diversity for different levels of salinity in the region of Chott-Ech-Chergui (South-West of Algeria).-The Algerian halophilic areas have been subject to few studies, which remain fragmented. If their floristic, pedological and phytogeographical characterization begins to be better clarified, studies related to changes in the flora and vegetation along a salinity gradient are, however, much rarer. The aim of this present work was to survey, at least partly, such changes in one of the largest saline lakes in Algeria known as the Chott-Ech-Chergui. The a priori surprising results are interesting because they show that, regardless of vegetation type and salinity degree, diversity indices are relatively high. They have the same value, when not larger, as their counterparts in steppe and unsalted presaharan areas. This contrasts with the obvious homogeneity of the landscape dominated by chamaephytes. In reality, it appears that conventional indices such as the Shannon index show here a limit in the conditions of their application. This peculiarity, although known, is rarely mentioned in the scientific literature. The evocation of this methodological problem reinforces the interest of the present work.

Author Correction: Associations between carabid beetles and fungi in the light of 200 years of published literature

Scientific Data

The original version of this Data Descriptor implied that the Global Biotic Interactions database... more The original version of this Data Descriptor implied that the Global Biotic Interactions database (GloBi) was a sub-site of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) which is incorrect. It also implied that data sources relating to literature references and location information were unavailable in GloBi, whereas these can retrieved by changing the parameters in the get_interactions() function of the rglobi R package. The text in the Methods section has been amended to reflect this.

Diversité des rhizobia associés au genre Hippocrepis en Algérie

Botany, 2021

La présente étude porte sur la nature des rhizobia associés aux légumineuses du genre Hippocrepis... more La présente étude porte sur la nature des rhizobia associés aux légumineuses du genre Hippocrepis qui compte une dizaine d’espèces en Algérie et pour laquelle très peu de travaux ont été jusqu’ici consacrés. Les résultats de nos investigations qui ont portés sur 26 plants représentant 8 espèces de ce genre et provenant de 17 localités du nord et du sud du pays révèlent que tous les plants étaient nodulés et fixateurs d’azote, ce qui indique que les 8 espèces identifiées sont capables d’établir une symbiose efficiente avec les rhizobia présents dans les sols qui les supportent. Le séquençage du gène de l’ARN 16S des 26 souches de rhizobia isolées et authentifiées par des tests de nodulation au laboratoire permet de les assigner à 16 espèces de rhizobia réparties sur 5 genres: Ensifer, Mesorhizobium, Bradyrhizobium, Rhizobium et Neorhizobium avec une prédominance des représentants des genres Ensifer et Mesorhizobium. Les résultats de cette étude qui est la première dédiée spécifiqueme...

Effet du chlorure de sodium (NaCl) sur la croissance des souches bactériennes nodulant Acacia ehrenbergiana

Annales de la Recherche Forestière en Algérie, Mar 21, 2021

Casuarina species in Algeria: reviewing their identity, distribution and symbiotic status

BOIS & FORETS DES TROPIQUES, 2022

Since their introduction at the beginning of the 19th century, Casuarina species have become impo... more Since their introduction at the beginning of the 19th century, Casuarina species have become important components of the Algerian landscape, yet the numbers of species present in Algeria and their identity, distribution, and symbiotic status are still not well understood. A survey conducted on 2,304 trees in 96 Casuarina stands across Algeria indicates that they are represented exclusively by five species: Casuarina cristata Miq., C. cunninghamiana Miq., C. equisetifolia L., C. glauca Sieber ex Spreng. and C. junghuhniana Miq. Two species, C. cunninghamiana and C. glauca, were the most common – the former occurring more often in the relatively humid and temperate areas of the country while the latter is most frequent in the drier and warmer areas. Production of seedlings of C. cunninghamiana and C. glauca in 12 nurseries resulted in low rates of spontaneous mycorrhizal infection frequency and nodulation, suggesting that inoculation of seedlings with selected mycorrhizal fungi and/or...

Carabid - fungal associations

Literature-based associations between ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and Fungi. Data are ... more

Checklist of Algerian fungi – Part 5: Dothideomycetes (Ascomycota)

Microbial Biosystems, 2021

Our fifth contribution to the checklist of Algerian fungi is dedicated to Dothideomycetes which c... more Our fifth contribution to the checklist of Algerian fungi is dedicated to Dothideomycetes which comprise a highly diverse range of fungi characterized mainly by asci with double two wall layers (bitunicate asci) and often with fissitunicate dehiscence. By screening all available bibliographic sources and herbaria (fungaria) catalogues it was possible to delineate 562 species belonging to 59 families and 176 genera that occurs in Algeria. Additionally, a list of 10 doubtful records unsupported by literature and/or herbarium (fungarium) material is provided. This checklist is the first comprehensive species list fully dedicated to Algerian Dothideomycetes. Therefore, it should be mentioned here that, although the present study will add some new data to our information concerning Fungi in Algeria, this checklist must be considered as a provisional one always waiting for continuous supplementation.

Checklist of the lichens and lichenicolous fungi of Tunisia

Herzogia, 2021

Abstract: Seaward, M. R. D., Khadhri, A. & Amrani, S. 2021. Checklist of the lichens and lich... more Abstract: Seaward, M. R. D., Khadhri, A. & Amrani, S. 2021. Checklist of the lichens and lichenicolous fungi of Tunisia. – Herzogia 34: 400 – 427. Although lichens have been the subject of renewed interest for many countries worldwide, this has not been the case for Tunisia where much of the territory continues to be largely under-explored. In order to promote lichenological research in Tunisia, a checklist was published in 1996 together with an historical overview and a bibliography compiled from a wide range of published sources. As a result of more recent field and herbarium work, a revised checklist containing 644 taxa (628 lichens and 16 lichenicolous and allied fungi) is provided, of which 230 taxa are additional to the previous checklist; it also takes into account the large number of changes to the nomenclature in recent years.

Structure and composition of barley rhizospheric bacterial community and plant development cultivated with a super absorbent polymer

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil & Plant Science, 2021

Our study aimed to determine the effect on barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) of adding potassium polyac... more Our study aimed to determine the effect on barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) of adding potassium polyacrylate to a sandy soil under normal watering condition and drought. We focused on morphological and physiological characteristics of barley and its rhizosphere bacterial community structure using Illumina Miseq sequencing. It was found that under normal watering condition (70% of soil water holding capacity (WHC)), the soil water retention increased with the SAP addition to the soil. Barley plant height and weight, leaf relative water content and protein content decreased under drought (35% of soil WHC), the addition of SAP eliminated the negative effect of drought on plants, the proline content was reduced from 2.71 μg g−1 leave dry weight with stressed plants to 0.99 μg g−1 with only 0.2% of SAP. The barley rhizophere bacterial community was affected by drought. Changes in relative abundance were noticed at both phyla and OTU level. The SAP addition (0.8%) shifted the barley rhizophere...

Structures and chemical compounds causing integumentary inhibition of Erythrina corallodendron seeds in Algeria

Phyton-annales Rei Botanicae, 2020

Structures and chemical compounds causing integumentary inhibition of Erythrina corallodendron se... more Structures and chemical compounds causing integumentary inhibition of Erythrina corallodendron seeds in Algeria. – Phyton (Horn, Austria) 60: 161–172, with 4 figures and 1 table.* Erythrina corallodendron belonging to the genus Erythrina and the family Fabaceae is a tree growing in tropical and sub-tropical regions. The tree is mainly grown as an ornamental plant because of its nice orange flowers but is also considered as a medicinal plant. The aim of this study was to determine the causes of the limited germination rate of seeds under natural conditions. Even under favorable conditions (humidity, optimum temperature), a very low percentage of germination can be observed. Considerably higher percentages of germination of 99.5 % and 85.7 % were obtained after decortication and mechanical scarification, respectively. Also, the duration until the seeds germinated was reduced to only one day by both treatments. The integumentary germination inhibition is related to its impermeability, ...

Checklist of Algerian fungi – Part 1: Protozoan Fungal Analogues (Myxomycetes)

Microbial Biosystems, 2018

Effects of Pre-Germination Treatments, Salt and Water Stresses on Germination of Acacia Ehrenbergiana Hayne and Acacia Seyal Del. (Mimosoideae): Two Algerian Native Species

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 2017

Lichenological Exploration of Algeria II: Checklist of Lichenized, Lichenicolous and Allied Fungi

Herzogia, 2018

Abstract: Amrani, S., Seaward, M. R. D., Sipman, H. J. M. & Feuerer, T. 2018. Lichenological ... more Abstract: Amrani, S., Seaward, M. R. D., Sipman, H. J. M. & Feuerer, T. 2018. Lichenological exploration of Algeria II: checklist of lichenized, lichenicolous and allied fungi. – Herzogia 31: 817–892. Despite more than two centuries of almost uninterrupted studies of the Algerian lichen flora, its diversity, ecology and biogeography remain much under-explored. Following the publication of our historical overview of lichenological exploration of Algeria (1798–2013) and an annotated bibliography of 171 titles in 2015, it was thought necessary to provide a basis for future studies in the form of a checklist of Algerian lichens and lichenicolous fungi. In all, 1051 lichen taxa and 43 species of lichenicolous and allied fungi are listed, and their synonyms used in publications on Algerian lichens are provided. An attempt has also been made to provide basic biogeographical data.

Checklist of Algerian fungi – Part 3: Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota)

Microbial Biosystems, 2019

Checklist of lichens and lichenicolous fungi of Morocco

Herzogia, Dec 31, 2022

High salt levels reduced dissimilarities in root-associated microbiomes of two barley genotypes

Molecular Plant-microbe Interactions, Mar 22, 2022

Plants harbour in and at their roots bacterial microbiomes that contribute to their health and fi... more Plants harbour in and at their roots bacterial microbiomes that contribute to their health and fitness. The microbiome composition is controlled by the environment and plant genotype. Previously, it was shown that the plant genotype-dependent dissimilarity of root microbiome composition of different species becomes smaller under drought stress. However, it remains unknown whether this reduced plant genotype-dependent effect is a specific response to drought stress or a more generic response to abiotic stress. To test this, we studied the effect of salt stress on two distinct barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) genotypes; the reference cultivar Golden Promise and the Algerian landrace AB. As inoculum, we used soil from a salinized and degraded farmland on which barley was cultivated. Controlled laboratory experiments showed that plants inoculated with this soil display growth stimulation under high salt stress (200mM) in a plant genotype-independent manner, whereas the landrace AB also showed significant growth stimulation at low salt concentrations. Subsequent analysis of the root microbiomes revealed a reduced dissimilarity of the bacterial communities of the two barley genotypes in response to high salt, especially in the endophytic compartment. High salt level did not reduce α-diversity (richness) in the endophytic compartment of both plant genotypes, but associates with an increased number of shared strains that respond positively to high salt. Among these, Pseudomonas species were most abundant. These findings suggest that the plant genotype-dependent microbiome composition is altered generically by abiotic stress.

Prévalence de la symbiose chez Acacia raddiana (A. tortilis subsp. raddiana) et spectre d’hôte des souches de Rhizobia associées

Annales de la Recherche Forestière en Algérie, Sep 21, 2021

The International Natural Product Sciences Taskforce (INPST) and the power of Twitter networking exemplified through #INPST hashtag analysis

Phytomedicine

Biodegradation of diazo dye Evans blue by four strains of Streptomyces isolated from soils of Algeria

Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology

Checklist of Algerian fungi – Part 4: Sordariomycetes (Ascomycota)

Microbial Biosystems, 2019

A checklist is presented of ascomycetes belonging to class Sordariomycetes in Algeria. This group... more A checklist is presented of ascomycetes belonging to class Sordariomycetes in Algeria. This group of fungi is represented in the country by at least 189 genera and 470 species. The list is based on bibliographical, thesis and herbaria online databases sources. This checklist is the first comprehensive species list fully dedicated to Algerian Sordariomycetes.

Biological and phytogeographical diversity for different levels of salinity in the region of Chott-Ech-Chergui (South-West of Algeria)

Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe - HAL - memSIC, 2016

Biological and phytogeographical diversity for different levels of salinity in the region of Chot... more Biological and phytogeographical diversity for different levels of salinity in the region of Chott-Ech-Chergui (South-West of Algeria).-The Algerian halophilic areas have been subject to few studies, which remain fragmented. If their floristic, pedological and phytogeographical characterization begins to be better clarified, studies related to changes in the flora and vegetation along a salinity gradient are, however, much rarer. The aim of this present work was to survey, at least partly, such changes in one of the largest saline lakes in Algeria known as the Chott-Ech-Chergui. The a priori surprising results are interesting because they show that, regardless of vegetation type and salinity degree, diversity indices are relatively high. They have the same value, when not larger, as their counterparts in steppe and unsalted presaharan areas. This contrasts with the obvious homogeneity of the landscape dominated by chamaephytes. In reality, it appears that conventional indices such as the Shannon index show here a limit in the conditions of their application. This peculiarity, although known, is rarely mentioned in the scientific literature. The evocation of this methodological problem reinforces the interest of the present work.

Author Correction: Associations between carabid beetles and fungi in the light of 200 years of published literature

Scientific Data

The original version of this Data Descriptor implied that the Global Biotic Interactions database... more The original version of this Data Descriptor implied that the Global Biotic Interactions database (GloBi) was a sub-site of the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) which is incorrect. It also implied that data sources relating to literature references and location information were unavailable in GloBi, whereas these can retrieved by changing the parameters in the get_interactions() function of the rglobi R package. The text in the Methods section has been amended to reflect this.

Diversité des rhizobia associés au genre Hippocrepis en Algérie

Botany, 2021

La présente étude porte sur la nature des rhizobia associés aux légumineuses du genre Hippocrepis... more La présente étude porte sur la nature des rhizobia associés aux légumineuses du genre Hippocrepis qui compte une dizaine d’espèces en Algérie et pour laquelle très peu de travaux ont été jusqu’ici consacrés. Les résultats de nos investigations qui ont portés sur 26 plants représentant 8 espèces de ce genre et provenant de 17 localités du nord et du sud du pays révèlent que tous les plants étaient nodulés et fixateurs d’azote, ce qui indique que les 8 espèces identifiées sont capables d’établir une symbiose efficiente avec les rhizobia présents dans les sols qui les supportent. Le séquençage du gène de l’ARN 16S des 26 souches de rhizobia isolées et authentifiées par des tests de nodulation au laboratoire permet de les assigner à 16 espèces de rhizobia réparties sur 5 genres: Ensifer, Mesorhizobium, Bradyrhizobium, Rhizobium et Neorhizobium avec une prédominance des représentants des genres Ensifer et Mesorhizobium. Les résultats de cette étude qui est la première dédiée spécifiqueme...

Effet du chlorure de sodium (NaCl) sur la croissance des souches bactériennes nodulant Acacia ehrenbergiana

Annales de la Recherche Forestière en Algérie, Mar 21, 2021

Casuarina species in Algeria: reviewing their identity, distribution and symbiotic status

BOIS & FORETS DES TROPIQUES, 2022

Since their introduction at the beginning of the 19th century, Casuarina species have become impo... more Since their introduction at the beginning of the 19th century, Casuarina species have become important components of the Algerian landscape, yet the numbers of species present in Algeria and their identity, distribution, and symbiotic status are still not well understood. A survey conducted on 2,304 trees in 96 Casuarina stands across Algeria indicates that they are represented exclusively by five species: Casuarina cristata Miq., C. cunninghamiana Miq., C. equisetifolia L., C. glauca Sieber ex Spreng. and C. junghuhniana Miq. Two species, C. cunninghamiana and C. glauca, were the most common – the former occurring more often in the relatively humid and temperate areas of the country while the latter is most frequent in the drier and warmer areas. Production of seedlings of C. cunninghamiana and C. glauca in 12 nurseries resulted in low rates of spontaneous mycorrhizal infection frequency and nodulation, suggesting that inoculation of seedlings with selected mycorrhizal fungi and/or...

Carabid - fungal associations

Literature-based associations between ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and Fungi. Data are ... more

Checklist of Algerian fungi – Part 5: Dothideomycetes (Ascomycota)

Microbial Biosystems, 2021

Our fifth contribution to the checklist of Algerian fungi is dedicated to Dothideomycetes which c... more Our fifth contribution to the checklist of Algerian fungi is dedicated to Dothideomycetes which comprise a highly diverse range of fungi characterized mainly by asci with double two wall layers (bitunicate asci) and often with fissitunicate dehiscence. By screening all available bibliographic sources and herbaria (fungaria) catalogues it was possible to delineate 562 species belonging to 59 families and 176 genera that occurs in Algeria. Additionally, a list of 10 doubtful records unsupported by literature and/or herbarium (fungarium) material is provided. This checklist is the first comprehensive species list fully dedicated to Algerian Dothideomycetes. Therefore, it should be mentioned here that, although the present study will add some new data to our information concerning Fungi in Algeria, this checklist must be considered as a provisional one always waiting for continuous supplementation.

Checklist of the lichens and lichenicolous fungi of Tunisia

Herzogia, 2021

Abstract: Seaward, M. R. D., Khadhri, A. & Amrani, S. 2021. Checklist of the lichens and lich... more Abstract: Seaward, M. R. D., Khadhri, A. & Amrani, S. 2021. Checklist of the lichens and lichenicolous fungi of Tunisia. – Herzogia 34: 400 – 427. Although lichens have been the subject of renewed interest for many countries worldwide, this has not been the case for Tunisia where much of the territory continues to be largely under-explored. In order to promote lichenological research in Tunisia, a checklist was published in 1996 together with an historical overview and a bibliography compiled from a wide range of published sources. As a result of more recent field and herbarium work, a revised checklist containing 644 taxa (628 lichens and 16 lichenicolous and allied fungi) is provided, of which 230 taxa are additional to the previous checklist; it also takes into account the large number of changes to the nomenclature in recent years.

Structure and composition of barley rhizospheric bacterial community and plant development cultivated with a super absorbent polymer

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil & Plant Science, 2021

Our study aimed to determine the effect on barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) of adding potassium polyac... more Our study aimed to determine the effect on barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) of adding potassium polyacrylate to a sandy soil under normal watering condition and drought. We focused on morphological and physiological characteristics of barley and its rhizosphere bacterial community structure using Illumina Miseq sequencing. It was found that under normal watering condition (70% of soil water holding capacity (WHC)), the soil water retention increased with the SAP addition to the soil. Barley plant height and weight, leaf relative water content and protein content decreased under drought (35% of soil WHC), the addition of SAP eliminated the negative effect of drought on plants, the proline content was reduced from 2.71 μg g−1 leave dry weight with stressed plants to 0.99 μg g−1 with only 0.2% of SAP. The barley rhizophere bacterial community was affected by drought. Changes in relative abundance were noticed at both phyla and OTU level. The SAP addition (0.8%) shifted the barley rhizophere...

Structures and chemical compounds causing integumentary inhibition of Erythrina corallodendron seeds in Algeria

Phyton-annales Rei Botanicae, 2020

Structures and chemical compounds causing integumentary inhibition of Erythrina corallodendron se... more Structures and chemical compounds causing integumentary inhibition of Erythrina corallodendron seeds in Algeria. – Phyton (Horn, Austria) 60: 161–172, with 4 figures and 1 table.* Erythrina corallodendron belonging to the genus Erythrina and the family Fabaceae is a tree growing in tropical and sub-tropical regions. The tree is mainly grown as an ornamental plant because of its nice orange flowers but is also considered as a medicinal plant. The aim of this study was to determine the causes of the limited germination rate of seeds under natural conditions. Even under favorable conditions (humidity, optimum temperature), a very low percentage of germination can be observed. Considerably higher percentages of germination of 99.5 % and 85.7 % were obtained after decortication and mechanical scarification, respectively. Also, the duration until the seeds germinated was reduced to only one day by both treatments. The integumentary germination inhibition is related to its impermeability, ...

Checklist of Algerian fungi – Part 1: Protozoan Fungal Analogues (Myxomycetes)

Microbial Biosystems, 2018

Effects of Pre-Germination Treatments, Salt and Water Stresses on Germination of Acacia Ehrenbergiana Hayne and Acacia Seyal Del. (Mimosoideae): Two Algerian Native Species

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 2017

Lichenological Exploration of Algeria II: Checklist of Lichenized, Lichenicolous and Allied Fungi

Herzogia, 2018

Abstract: Amrani, S., Seaward, M. R. D., Sipman, H. J. M. & Feuerer, T. 2018. Lichenological ... more Abstract: Amrani, S., Seaward, M. R. D., Sipman, H. J. M. & Feuerer, T. 2018. Lichenological exploration of Algeria II: checklist of lichenized, lichenicolous and allied fungi. – Herzogia 31: 817–892. Despite more than two centuries of almost uninterrupted studies of the Algerian lichen flora, its diversity, ecology and biogeography remain much under-explored. Following the publication of our historical overview of lichenological exploration of Algeria (1798–2013) and an annotated bibliography of 171 titles in 2015, it was thought necessary to provide a basis for future studies in the form of a checklist of Algerian lichens and lichenicolous fungi. In all, 1051 lichen taxa and 43 species of lichenicolous and allied fungi are listed, and their synonyms used in publications on Algerian lichens are provided. An attempt has also been made to provide basic biogeographical data.

Checklist of Algerian fungi – Part 3: Laboulbeniales (Ascomycota)

Microbial Biosystems, 2019

Preliminary list of papers published in Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord (1909-1975)

The Bulletin of the Society of Natural History of North Africa regularly published between 1909 a... more The Bulletin of the Society of Natural History of North Africa regularly published between 1909 and the 1970s, nearly 1800 articles dealing mainly with the fauna and flora of the countries of North Africa. The 67 volumes of this review constitute a considerable source of information for the knowledge of the biodiversity of North Africa.
Unfortunately, this documentary source is relatively unknown and under-used due to the lack of tables listing the papers published by this bulletin.
To compensate this lack we aimed to publish general tables of all the articles published in the Bulletin of the Natural History Society of North Africa as well as an index listing the subjects, genera and species treated by this journal.