Dr. Mohamed A. Abouzeid

Personal Information

Name           : Dr. Mohamed A. Abouzeid
Date of Birth  : 27/07/1967
Place of Birth : Heliopolice- Cairo (Egypt)
Social Status  : Married

Last Scientific Degree:

1996 - Ph.D. Agrarian Chemistry; Curriculum “Defense of Environmental Resources” Universita degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II. Italy.

Occupation:

Assistant Professor of Microbiological Sciences,
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science
University of Ain Shams, 11566 El-Khalifa El-Mamoun,
Abbassia - Cairo (Arab Republic of Egypt)

Tel : +20123570802
Fax : +2022409509

References:

Professor: Antonio Evidente
Dipartimento di Scienze del Suolo e della Pianta e del’Ambiente; Universita degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Napoli (IT).
E-mail: evidente@unina.it

Dr: Maurizio Vurro
Istituto di Scienze del Produzione Alimentari, CNR , Bari (IT)
E-mail: mvurro@areabari.cnr.it

B-List of Publications

1. ANTONIO EVIDENTE, ROSA LANZETTA, MOHAMED A. ABOUZEID, MARIA M. CORSARO, LAURA MUGNAI AND GIUSEPPE SURICO. 1994. Foeniculoxin, a new geranyl hydroquinone from Phomopsis foeniculi. Tetrahydron,. Volume 50 (34). pp. 10371-10378.

2. A. EVIDENTE, R. CAPASSO, M. A. ABOUZEID, R. LANZETTA, M. VURRO AND A. BOTTALICO. 1993. Three new toxic pinolidoxins from Ascochyta Pinodes. Journal of Natural Products. Volume: 56 (11). pp. 1937-1943.

3. ANTONIO EVIDENTE, ROSA LANZETTA, R. CAPASSO, M.A. ABOUZEID, M. VURRO AND A. BOTTALICO. 1994. Phytotoxins produced by species of Ascochyta isolated from pea. PETRIA (PATRON EDITORE). pp. 248-251. (In Italian)

4. MOHAMED A. ABOUZEID, ANGELA BOARI, MARIA CHIARA ZONNO, MAURIZIO VURRO AND ANTONIO EVIDENTE. 2001. Toxicological profile of potential biocontrol agents of the parasitic weed Orobanche ramosa. Session VI: Novel strategies for Mediterranean crops and forest plants. A publication in Proceedings of 11th Phytopathological Union. Evora, Portugal. pp.888-889.

5. P. LAVERMICOCCA, F. VALERIA, MOHAMED A. ABOUZEID, ALDO CORSETTI AND C. AMALFITANO. 2002. Methods for identification and quantification of antifungal compounds phenyllactic and hydroxyphenyllactic acids in bacterial culture filtrates and in sourdough. In: Final Meeting of The International Symposium On Natural Antifungal System For Prevention Of Mould Spoilage In Bakery Products. Bari, Italy.

6. ANTONIO EVIDENTE AND MOHAMED A. ABOUZEID. 2005. Characterization of phytotoxins from phytopathogenic fungi and their potential use as herbicides in integrated crop management. In: Handbook of Weed Management in Sustainable Agriculture. The Haworth Press Inc. Binghamton. Chapter 17.

7. AZAM EZZELDIN IDRIS, MOHAMED ALI ABOUZEID, ANGELA BOARI, MAURIZIO VURRO AND ANTONIO EVIDENTE. 2003. Identification of phytotoxic metabolites of a new Fusarium sp. Inhibiting germination of Striga hermonthica seeds. Journal of Phytopathol. Med. Volume: 42. pp. 65-70.

8. MOHAMED A ABOUZEID† AND KHALED A EL-TRABILLY. 2003. Production of phytotoxins by Ascochyta pisi Lib., the causal agent of leaf spot disease of pea. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology. Volume: 5(2). pp. 145-149.

9. MOHAMED A ABOUZEID†, DINA G ABDELRAHMAN, AMINA A HASSAN, KHAYRIA A YOUSSEF AND HAMMAD A A. 2003. The Use of Gamma Irradiation To Control Fusarium verticillioides Producing Two Known Mycotoxins In Infected Corn. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology. Volume: 5(4). pp. 397-404.

10. ANNA ANDOLFI, MOHAMED A. ABOUZEID, M.C. ZONNO, MAURIZIO VURRO, ANDREA MOTTA AND ANTONIO EVIDENTE. 2002. Phytotoxins with potential herbicidal activity produced by Ascochyta sonchi. In: 23 rd. International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products (IUPAC). Florence, Italy.

11. PAOLA CIMINO, GIUSEPPE BIFULCO, ANTONIO EVIDENTE, MOHAMED A. ABOUZEID, RAFAELLE RICCIO AND LUIGI GOMEZ-PALOMA. 2002. Extension of the J-based configuration analysis to multiple conformer equilibria: An application to the phytotoxin Sapinofuranone A. American Chemical Society (Organic Letters). Volume 4(16). pp. 2779-2782.

12. K. A. EL-TARABILY, MOHAMED A. ABOUZEID, G. E. ST. J. HARDY, AND K. SIVASITHAMPARAM. 2004. Pythium sulcatum and P. ultimum as causal agents of cavity spot disease of carrots in Egypt. Canadian Journal of Plant Sciences. Vol. 84(2), 607-614.

13. MOHAMED A. ABOUZEID, ANGELA BOARI, MARIA CHIARA ZONNO, MAURIZIO VURRO AND ANTONIO EVIDENTE. 2004. Inhibition of Orobanche ramosa seed germination using different screened fungal culture metabolites. Weed Science Society of America (WSSA). Volume: 52, pp. 326-332.

14. ANTONIO EVIDENTE, ANNA ANDOLFI, MOHAMED A. ABOUZEID, Maria Chiara Zonno, Maurizio Vurro, Andrea Motta. 2004. Ascosonchine, the enol tautomer of 4-pyridylpyruvic acid with herbicidal activity produced by Ascochyta sonchi. Phytochemistry, Volume: 65, pp. 475-480.

15. ANTONIO EVIDENTE, ANNA ANDOLFI and MOHAMED A. ABOUZEID. 2005. Analytical methods of bioactive compounds produced by plants and by microorganisms. Current Pharmaceutical analysis, Bentham Science Publishers Ltd. U.K., Volume1(3), pp.329-348.

C-Activities

1. Congresses

• L. Mugnai, A. Evidente, G. Surico, and M.A. ABOUZEID. Phytotoxic products produced by the genus Phomopsis. 6th. Congress of Molecular and Physiological Aspects of Plant-Pathogen Interaction. 1-2 October 1992. Florence, Italy.

• A. Evidente, R. Lanzetta, R. Capasso, M.A. ABOUZEID, M. Vurro , and A. Bottalico. Phytotoxins produced by the genus Ascochyta. XI Congress of S.I.C.A. 21-24 September 1993. Cremona, Italy.

• A. Evidente, M. Vurro, R. Capasso, and M.A. ABOUZEID. Observation on structure-activity relationship of pinolidoxin from Ascochyta pinodes. 8th. Congress of Molecular and Physiological Aspects of Plant-Pathogen Interaction. 31 May-01 June 1994. Alghero, Italy.

• MOHAMED A. ABOUZEID, Angela Boari, Maria Chiara Zonno, Maurizio Vurro and Antonio Evidente. Toxicological profile of potential biocontrol agents of the parasitic weed Orobanche ramosa. Session VI: Novel strategies for Mediterranean crops and forest plants. 11th Phytopathological Union. Evora, Portugal. 17-20 September 2001.

• Maurizio Vurro, Angela Boari, Maria Chiara Zonno, MOHAMED A. ABOUZEID, and Antonio Evidente. The National Orobanche Biological Control Program in Italy. Workshop on The State of the Art in Orobanche Control. 18-20 October 2001. Bari., Italy. (Abstract)

• P. Lavermicocca, F. Valeria, MOHAMED A. ABOUZEID, Aldo Corsetti and C. Amalfitano. Methods for identification and quantification of antifungal compounds phenyllactic and hydroxyphenyllactic acids in bacterial culture filtrates and in sourdough. In: Final Meeting of The International Symposium On Natural Antifungal System For Prevention Of Mould Spoilage In Bakery Products. 18 February 2002. Bari, Italy.

• Angela Bario and MOHAMED A. ABOUZEID. Progress in biological control of Orobanche in Italy. 2nd. Joint Meeting of WG2 and WG4. MC Session: Biological Control. 24-28 July 2002. Obermarchtal, Germany. (Abstract)

• Anna Andolfi, MOHAMED A. ABOUZEID and Antonio Evidente. Mycotoxins with potential herbicidal activity produced by Ascochyta sonchi. In: 23 rd. International Symposium on the Chemistry of Natural Products (IUPAC). 28 July-02 August 2002. Florence, Italy.

• Anna Andolfi, MOHAMED A. ABOUZEID, Angela Boari, Maurizio Vurro and Antonio Evidente. Fungal toxins in the control of the parasitic weed O. ramosa. Workshop on Weed biocontrol. Napoli 29-30 October 2004.

• M.A. ABOUZEID, R. ELKASSAS, A. A. EL-MAHALAWY, A. KARAM ELDIN. Pattern and potentiality of fungal isolates from soil-rhizosphere and from young Orobanche crenata infesting Vicia faba fields in the south of Egypt. 13th International Symposium of European Weed Research Society (EWRS). Bari (IT), 20-23 June 2005.

2. Books

Chapter title: Characterization of phytotoxins from phytopathogenic fungi and their potential use as herbicides in integrated crop management.
Chapter Number: 17
Authors       : Antonio Evidente and MOHAMED A. ABOUZEID.
Book title: Handbook of Weed Management in Sustainable Agriculture.
Editor    : Pal Singh
Publisher : The Haworth Press Inc. Binghamton, NY – 13904-1580 U.S.A.
Year: (2005).
No. of Pages: 966 with index.

3. Courses
3.a. Under-graduate students

• Microbial Toxins [3rd Year students - Microbiology/Chemistry].
  Academic years: 1997/98; 1998/99; 1999/2000; 2003/2004, 2004/2005

• Microbial Toxins [B.Sc. students – Microbiology].
  Academic years: 1997/2000; 2003/2005.

• Microbial Transformation [B.Sc. students – Microbiology].
  Academic year: 1999/2000

• Industrial Microbiology [B.Sc. students – Microbiology and B.Sc.
  students Microbiology/Chemistry].
  Academic years: 1998/1999; 2002/2003.

• Antibiotics [B.Sc. students – Microbiology and Microbiology/    Chemistry]. Academic year: 1997/1999 and 2003/2005.

• Fermentation [B.Sc. students – Botany/Chemistry].
  Academic year: 2002/2003.

• General Microbiology [Pre-dent students].
  Academic years: 2003-2004 and 2004-2005.

3.b. Post-graduate students

Physiology of fungi. Academic years: 1997/1998; 1998/1999.

General Mycology: Academic year 2004/2005

4. Thesis
4.a. M.Sc. thesis:

• Application of radiation process in controlling Fusarium growth and in prevention of toxin production in food and feed.

• Using gamma rays in controlling some toxigenic fungal species infecting the oily crops in Egypt.

• Isolation and biological characterization of two known mycotoxins, fusaric and 9,10-dehydrofusaric acids produced by two different Fusarium strains and their potential application in biocontrol strategies.

4.b. Ph.D. thesis:

• Use of active fungal metabolites in controlling Orobanche species in Egyptian Fava bean.
* * Channel system with University of College London. U.K.

• Pathogenesis of Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus niger to Tilapia species in Egypt and study of fungal toxins, their role and fungal biological control.

• Study of antifungal activity of toxic metabolites extracted from leaves of Azadiracta indica (El-Neem) on plant and human pathogens.

• Screening of different Fusarium species, isolated from infected broomrape (Orobanche species), for mycoherbicidal activity and molecular differentiation of active isolates.

• Biological Control of Gibberella fujikuroi dry rot and wilt disease of potato by rhizosphere actinomycetes, bacteria and yeast fungi* *Channel system with ISPA Bari (IT)

• Isolation and characterization of toxins from phytopathogenic microorganisms infecting the cultured mushroom” Agaricus bisporus”

5. Projects

• Dr MOHAMED ABDELMONTASER ALI ABOUZEID has collaborated with DISPA and ISPA within the Italian National Project on “Use of fungal plant pathogens and their bioactive metabolites for biological control of Orobanche species” for two years from September 2000 to October 2002.

6. Scientific missions

• A two-years scientific mission started in September 2000 till October 2002. Departimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e dell’Ambiente. Universita degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”. 80055 Portici (Italy).

• A three month short scientific mission started in August 2004 till October 2004. Departimento di Scienze del Suolo, della Pianta e dell’Ambiente. Universita degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”. 80055 Portici (Italy).

7. Nominations

• Nomination from Dr. Maurizio Vurro “Italian Cost Delegate/WG2 Responsible/Biological Control” for the post in the European Commission.

• Nomination from Professor A. Evidente “ Head of Project/Parasitic Plant Management in Sustainable Agriculture” for the post in the European Commission.

• Nomination of Faculty of Science-University of Ain Shams” for the post of Egyptian delegate in the European Cost Action.

8. Awards

• University Mastery Award for Distinguished Scientific Researches in“Microbiology”. 2005