Rehab Mustafa Mohamed

Associate professor

Department of Botany, Faculty of Science,

Sohag University, Sohag 82524, Egypt.

E-mail: rehab_mustafa@yahoo.com

Education

Employment

Main Research Interests

• Heavy metal-resistant bacteria.
• Bioremediation of heavy metals.
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• Natural products.
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Skills and Expertise

• Isolation and identification of heavy metal-resistant bacteria and fungi.
• Protein and LPS analysis.
• Plasmid isolation and curing.
• Modeling of heavy metal biosorption process.
• Sorption equilibria studies.
• Preparing bacterial samples for Electron Microscope (SEM and TEM).
• Determination of the surface area and pore size of bacteria.
• Computer skills include (Word, Excel, Power point, endnote).
• Isolation and determination of monument- deteriorating bacteria and fungi.

Teaching

   Undergraduate

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• Bacterial metabolism.
• Bacterial toxins.
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• General Microbiology.
• General Botany.
• Plant Anatomy.
• Lower plants (Bryophytes, Mosses, Pteridophytes and Gymenosperms).

Graduate

• Special course in bacteriology.
• Water Microbiology

Publications

Aly E Abo-Amer, Rehab M Mohamed (2006): Heavy metals resistant plasmid-mediated utilization of solar by Pseudomonas aeruginosa AA301. Roum. Arch Microbiol. Immunol. ;65 (3-4).

Mohamed, R. M. and Abo-Amer, A. E. (2012): Isolation and characterization of heavy-metal resistant microbes from roadside R.e soil and phylloplane. Journal of Basic Microbiology, 52: 53-65.

El-Maghraby, O. M., M. Soltan, E. M. Mohammed, R. Mohammed, M. M. (2013): Endophytic fungi of three leguminous plant roots in Egypt. Journal of Basic & Applied Mycology (Egypt) 4 (2013): 59-68.

Mohamed, R. M., Abu-Gharbia, M. A. and Abdelrehim, D. A. (2014): Biosorption of cadmium by living and lyophilized biomass of Bacillus cereus DAA54 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa DAA86. Jokull Journal, (2014), Vol. 64(2): 202-250.

      El-Maghraby, O. M. O., Soltan, S. M., Mohammed, Rehab M. and Mohammed, Maha M. (2014): Endophytic fungi of three economic plant roots in Sohag, Upper Egypt. Journal of Environmental Studies [JES] 2014. 13: 39-52.

Mohamed, R. M. (2015): Biosorption of zinc and cadmium by Klebsiella pneumonia KM609983 isolated from Sohag, Egypt. Global Advanced Research Journal of Microbiology. 4(2):018-026.

Gad, M. H., Mohamed, R. M., El-Sawi, N. M., Younes, S. H. and El-Ghadban, E. A. (2015): In vitro antibacterial activity of Ipomoea reptans extracts. Global Advanced Research Journal of Medicine and Medical Science. 4(4): 190-193.

Mohammed, R. M., El-Maghraby, O. M., Soltan and Mohammed, M. M. (2015): Derivatives of thiazole, triazole and indole from endophytic Streptomyces vinaceusdrappus KJ534509. (Accepted for publication in International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience).

Abd-Elkareem, E. and Mohamed R., M. (2017): Microbial deterioration of limestone of Sultan Hassan mosque, Cairo- Egypt and suggested treatment. International Journal of Chem Tech Research, 10(5): 535- 552.

Abstracts And Presentations

1. Soltan, E. M; Mohamed, R. M and Shoreit, A. A. (2008): Behavioral response of resistant and sensitive Pseudomonas aeruginosa S22 isolated from Sohag Governorate, Egypt to cadmium stress. African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 7 (14)

1. Soltan, E. M and Mohamed, R. M (1999): Microbial degradation of building stones of Abydos temple at Upper Egypt. The African journal of Mycology and Biotechnology; Vol. 7 1-14

1. El-Sharouny, H.M.; Soltan, E. M. and Mohamed, R. M. (1999): Microflora of inhibiting wall paintings of Abydos temple in Upper Egypt. Egyptian journal of Microbiology. 36: 19-37

1. El-Sharouny, H.M.; Soltan, E. M. and Mohamed, R. M. (1998): Aerospora of Abydos temple at Upper Egypt. Egypt. J. Microbiol. 35, 391-408.

Reference names:

Prof. A., A., Shoreit, Professor of Bacteriology, Botany department, Faculty of science, Asssuit University- Egypt.

E mail: shoreit@excite.com

Dr. E., M., Soltan, Associate Professor of Mycology, department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Sohag University- Egypt.

E mail: soltan@yahoo.com