First Name: Sabir
Name: Hussain
Position: Assistant Professor
Email: sabirghani@gmail.com
Institute / University / Company: Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Research Unit: Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology
Address (city, state): Faisalabad, Punjab
Country: Pakistan
Please give 5 key-words showing your research / interest in Microbial Ecotoxicolgy:
- Textile wastewaters
- Bacteria
- Biodecolorization
- Azo-Dyes
- Detoxification
Main kinds of contaminant(s) of interest: Synthetic organic azo-dyes
Main kinds of microorganisms of interest: Bacteria
Main kinds of ecosystems of interest: Aquatic
Do you give courses on Microbial Ecotoxicology ?: YES
If yes, please tell us more about the courses (University, course level,website,etc):
Most relevant articles in the field of Microbial Ecotoxicology (max.5):
- Biodecolorization of Reactive Black-5 by a metal and salt tolerant bacterial strain Pseudomonas sp. RA20 isolated from Paharang Drain effluents in Pakistan
- Simultaneous removal of malachite green and hexavalent chromium by Cunninghamella elegans biofilm in a semi-continuous system
- Characterization of a salt resistant bacterial strain Proteus sp. NA6 capable of decolorizing reactive dyes in presence of multi-metal stress
- Potential plant growth-promoting strain Bacillus sp. SR-2-1/1 decolorized azo dyes through NADH-ubiquinone: oxidoreductase activity
- The stability of textile azo dyes in soil and their impact on microbial phospholipid fatty acid profiles
- Microbial biotechnology for decolorization of textile wastewaters