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Dr. Alaa Mostafa Abou-Zeid




Personal Information :

Name           : Alaa Mostafa Abou-Zeid
Nationality    : Egyptian
Date of Birth  : 15-5-1958
Place of Birth : Gharbia Governorate, Tanta, Egypt.
Marital status : Married, I have 3 children: Heba, Zeyad and Fatma.

Present position :

Professor of Microbiology (fungi), Botany Dept., Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.
Tel    : 0020403414773
Mobile : 0020125757859 / 009660508639273


University Qualification:

• B. Sc. (Botany), 1980 with Grade Excellent from Botany Dept. Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.

• M. Sc. (Mycology) 1986 from Botany Dept. Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.

• Ph. D. (Physiology of Fungi) 1991 from Botany Dept. Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt (Egypt and France Cooperation).

Employment History:

• A demonstrator of Botany in Botany Dept. Faculty of Science, Tanta
University, Tanta, Egypt from 1980 till 1986.

• Assistant Lecturer in Botany Dept. Faculty of Science, Tanta
University, Tanta, Egypt from 1986 till 1988.

• Researcher in Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France for Complete Ph. D. Thesis from 1988 till 1990.

• Lecturer of Microbiology in Botany Dept. Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt from 1991 till 1996.

• Assistant Prof. of Microbiology (Fungi) in Botany Dept. Faculty of
Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt from 1996 till 2001.

• Professor of Microbiology (Fungi) in Botany Dept. Faculty of Science, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt from 2001 till now.

Teaching Duties:

1- Plant Kingdom for Undergraduate Students.
2- General Microbiology for Undergraduate Students.
3- Fungal Physiology for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students.
4- Plant Pathology for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students.
5- Industrial Mycology for Postgraduate Students.
6- Physiology of Fungi for Undergraduate and Postgraduate Students.
7- Biochemistry for Postgraduate Students.

Supervision of Theses:
• Four Master Degree Students.
• Three Ph. D. Students

Membership in Professional Societies:

• Egyptian Botanical Society.
• Arabian Biological Society.
• Fungal Society.

Scholarships and Fellowships:

1- Egyptian scholarship for complete Ph. D. Theses to France, According to a Channel System Scholarships Programs Between Egypt and France from 1988 till 1990.

2- Postdoctoral fellowship in Holland from European Community from
1992 till 1993.

Conferences and meetings:

1- First Pan African Environmental Mutagen Society Meeting.
Mycotoxins as Mutagens and Carcinogens: Possibilities for Disease Prevention. (Cairo), 23-26 January 1993.

2- The Fourth International Conference for Energy, Development and Ecology. (Cairo), 24-27 October 1994.

3- Proceedings, Sixth Egyptian Botanical Conference. (Cairo), 24-26 November 1998.

4- Second International Conference on Fungi: Hopes and Challenges.II
Fungi and the Environment. (Al-Azhar) 29 September – 1 October
1999.

5- The First International Conference for Biological Sciences (Tanta) 7-8 May 2000.

6- The 9th International Conference of the Egyptian Society of Infection Control (Mansoura) 24-26 October 2000.

Research Experience and Skills:

1- Identification of Fungi According to Classical Methods.

2- Effect of Different Physiological Factors on Fungal Growth and Metabolism.

3- Biochemical Characterization of the Tested Fungi by Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis (PAGE).

4- Molecular Characterization of the Tested Fungi by Using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD).

5- Isolation, Characterization and Purification of Different Enzymes from Fungi.

6- Effect of Some Heavy Metals and Fungicides on Fungal Growth and Metabolism.

7- Production of Different Toxins by Fungi Under Different Physiological Conditions.

8- Biological Control of Some Pathogenic Fungi.


List of publications

1- Osman M. and Abou- Zeid A. M. (1984): Effect of UV- irradiation on spore germination and growth of Alternaria alternata and Fusarium solani. Delta J. Sci. 8 (2) 722-732.

2- Osman M. and Abou- Zeid A. M. (1987): Effect of UV- irradiation on tatal protein and nucleic acids in Alternaria alternata and Fusarium solani. Annals. of Botany, 60: 667-680.

3- Osman M. M., El-Sayed M. A. and Abou- Zeid A. M. (1988): Effect of UV- irradiation on some aspects of metabolic activities in Aspergillus flavus and Penicillium notatum. Microbios, 56: 79-87.

4- Osman M. M., El-Sayed M. A. and Abou- Zeid A. M. (1989): Effect of ultraviolet irradiation on germination and growth in Aspergillus flavus and Penicillium notatum. Mycol. Res. 92 (3): 293-296.

5- Abou- Zeid A. M., Jerebzoff S. and Jerebzoff Quintin S. (1991): Alanine aminotransferase in Leptospharea michotii. Isolation, properties and cyclic variations of its activity in relation to polypeptide level. Physiologia Plantarum. 82: 401-408.

6- Abou- Zeid A. M. (1994): Purification and some properties of aspartate aminotransferase of Amycolatopsis methanolica. Can. J. Microbiol. 40: 601-604.

7- Metwally M. and Abou- Zeid A. M. (1994): Effect of some heavy metals on certain aspects of growth of some fungi. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Energy, Development and Environment Cario, Egypt. V. 2: 781-790.

8- El-Refai I. M., Awadalla O. A. and Abou-Zeid A. M. (1995): Effect of some insect growth regulators on growth of Aspergillus flavus and its productivity of aflatoxin B1 and lipids. Food Additives and Contaminants. Vol. 12, No. 4, 585-590.

9- Abou-Zeid A. M., Euverink G. Y., Hessels G. I., Jensen R. A. and Dijkuizen L. (1995): Biosynthesis of L- phenylalanine and L- tyrosine in the actinomycete Amycolatopsis methanolica. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61: 1298-1302.

10- Abou-Zeid A. M., Elwy E. and El-shanshoury A. (1995): Partial purification and initial studies of prephenate aminotransferase from Amycolatopsis methanolica mutants. Microbios. 81: 213-221.

11- Abou-Zeid A. M. (1995): Effect of Ustilago maydis (DC) corda and its toxin on some maizea cultivars. Phytopathology. 143: 577-580.

12- Abou-Zeid A. M., El-Refai I., and Metwally M. (1996): Activities of phenylalanine and tyrosine aminotransferase in some Amycolatopsis methanolica mutants. Egyptian J. of Microbiology. 31, No. 2, 155-166.

13- Metwally M., Elwy, E., and Abou-Zeid A. M. (1996): Combination effect of lipids, temperature and culture age on growth and lipase production by some fungi. Cytobiose. 88, 209- 217 .

14- Abou- Zeid A. M., Metwaly M. and Badria F . (1997): Physiological and hepatotoxic studies on fungal aflatoxin isolated from Egyptian cereals. Egyption J. of Microbiol. 32, No.1, 83-98.

15- Abou- Zeid A. M. (1997): production, Purification and characterization of an extracellular -amylase enzyme isolated form Aspergillus flavus. Microbiose.89: 55-66.

16- El-Shanshoury A. R., Mohamed Y.A. and Abou-Zeid A. M. (1997): Growth aspects of selected Azotobacter and streptomyces species in response to the herbicide terbutryn. Acta Microbiologica Polanica.Vol. 46, No.3, 285-295.

17- Abou-Zeid A. M., El-Refai I. M. and Metwally M. (1998): Relationships between aflatoxin production and pigmentation, protein profiles and isozymes activities in some Aspergillus falvus isolates. Sixth Egyptian Botanical Conference. Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. November 24-26, Vol. II: 349-356.

18- Abou-Zeid A. M. and Zaied K. (1999): Lactose/whey fermentation and single cell protein production by auxotrophic mutants of Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Egyptian J. Microbiol. 34, No.1: 129-152.

19- Abou-Zeid A. M. (1999) : Partial purification and some properties of extracellular glucoamylase from Aspergillus niger (ATCC1015) grown in dextrin- limited fed-batch culture. The Second International Conference on Fungi: Hopes and Challenges. Fungi and the Environment. 29 September : 1 October. Al-Azhar University Cairo, Egypt. Vol. II, 79-93.

20- Elwy, E., Abou-Zeid A. M. and Metwally M., (1999): In vitro studies of pestisides effect on certain fungi isolated from Locusts (Schistocerca gregaria). The African J. of Mycology and Biotechnology. Vol. 7, (1) 65-79.

21- Zaied K. and Abou- Zeid A. M. (1999): Development of new recombinant yeast Saccharomyces cerevisia strains. Egyptian J. Microbiol. 34, No.4: 693-714

22- Abou-Zeid A. M. (2000): Growth, zearalenone production and some metabolic activities of Fusarium moniliforme under salt stress. Acta Microbiologica Polanica. Vol 49, No. 3-4: 225-235.

23- Abu El-Souod S. M., Abou-Zeid A. M., Bedaiwy M. Y., Lucas J. A. and Amer S. M. (2000): Studies on saponinase from Colletotrichum destructivum. African J. of Mycology and Biotechnology. Vol. 8 (2) : 51-68.

24- Abou-Zeid A. M. (2000): Cytosolic malate dehydrogenase from Cryptococcus neoformans (ATCC 52817). Bull. Fac. Sci. Assiut Univ. 29 (2-D), 83-91.

25- Abu El-Souod S. M., Abou-Zeid A. M., Bedaiwy M. Y., Lucas J. A., Bowyer P. and Amer S. M (2001): Pathogenicity and infection process of Colletotrichum destructivum and two mutants strains on legume hosts . African J. of Mycology and Biotechnology. Vol. 9(1): 1-15.

26- Abu El-Souod S. M., Bedaiwy M. Y. Alaa M. Abou-Zeid, Megahed Y. M., and El-Sayad H. (2002): The effect of gamma radiation of spawn and spawned substrate on the production of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus).Proc. 2nd Int. Conf. Biol. Sci. (ICBS) Fac. Sci., Tamta Univ. 27-28 April. Vol. 2: 94-103.

27- Yehia A. G. Mahmoud and Alaa M. Abou-Zeid (2002): Zoosporic fungi isolated from four egyptian lakes and the uptake of radioactive waste. Mycobiology 30(2): 76-81.

28- Hefnawy M. A. and Abou-Zeid A. M. (2003): Differenatial adaptation of membranes of two osmotolerant fungi, Aspergillus chevalieri and Penicillium expansum to high sucrose concentrations. Acta Microbiologica Polonica. Vol. 52, No 1, 53-64.

29- Abou-Zeid A. M., Mahmoud Y. A. G. and Talhe A. E. (2004): Effect of gaucho insecticide on the efficacy of fungicides used to control root-rot and damping off- diseases in cotton seedlings. N. Egypt. J. Microbiol. Vol. 9, 1-10.

30- Abu El-Souod S. M., Amer S. M, Assawah S. W. , Ismail A. A., Abou-Zeid A. M. and Mubark H. M. (2005): Effect of some fungicides, heavy metals and their combination against some pathogenic fungi for Phaseolus vulgaris. Assiut Univ. J. of Botany. 34(1),115-130.

31- A. M. Abou-Zeid and A. E. Altahi (2006): Survey of some mushrooms in Al- Taif Governorate of Saudi Arabia. Accepted for publication in World J. Agric. Sci.