Search for a Higgs boson in fermion decay modes at the LHC

Since the discovery of a Higgs-like boson by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the LHC, the emphasis has shifted towards measurements of its properties in order to determine whether the new particle is the Standard Model (SM) Higgs boson, or not. Of particular importance is the direct observation of the coupling of the Higgs boson to fermions and rare decay modes. In this presentation a comprehensive review of ATLAS and CMS results in the search for the Higgs boson in the main fermion decay (bb and tautau) channels and in various production modes (VBF, VH, and gluon fusion) and in the searches for the SM Higgs boson via decays in rare modes such as dimuon pairs or invisible decays.