First Name: Nazia
Name: Rafique
Position: Senior Scientific Officier
Email: naziarafiqchem@gmail.com
Institute / University / Company: NARC, Islamabad
Research Unit: Ecotoxicology research program
Address (city, state): Islamabad
Country: Pakistan
Please give 5 key-words showing your research / interest in Microbial Ecotoxicolgy:
- interaction of pesticides and their metabolites with microbial population in soil
- pesticides-metals interaction in soil
- pesticides-microbial interaction in water
- effect of microbial population on pesticides degradation
- microbial degradation of pesticides in soil
Main kinds of contaminant(s) of interest:
- pesticides residues
- heavy metals Cd, Pb Hg
Main kinds of microorganisms of interest: pesticides degradating bacteria or fungus
Main kinds of ecosystems of interest: soil
Most relevant articles in the field of Microbial Ecotoxicology (max.5):
- Fungicidal activity of honey originating from different phytogeographic regions against Aspergillus niger and Penicillium chrysogenum. A Samad, A Khalid, S Sattar, N Rafique, K Javed… – 2016
- Bioremediation Potential of White Rot Fungi, Pleurotus Spp against Organochlorines. S Sadiq, HM Inam, I Ahmad, K Ahad, A Rashid – J Bioremed Biodeg, 2015
- Spent Mushroom Compost of Pleurotus ostreatus as tool to treat soil contaminated with Endosulfan. Saima Sadiq, M. Mahmood-ul-Hassan, Karam Ahad, Javaid Asad, Nazia Rafiq, Sonia Saba (submitted 2018)