Dr. Fehmida Bibi
Email: [email protected]
KFMRC Position:
Assistant Professor
Special Infectious Agents Unit
Specialty:
Microbiology (Bacterial active metabolites)
Degree:
PhD
Brief Bio:
Dr. Fehmida has been appointed as Assistant Professor at King Fahd Medical Research
Center, King Abdulaziz University in Nov 2011. She completed her PhD studies in
Molecular Microbiology at Gyeongsang National University, South Korea. Her doctoral
research was focused on isolation and identification of novel endophytic bacteria and
their antagonistic mechanism to oomycete, production of antimicrobial compounds,
identification of gene cluster conferring antimicrobial activity and specific signaling
pathways induced during host-pathogen interaction in Arabidopsis. During her PhD she
used different techniques like, Western blot, RT-PCR, cloning, GFP tagging of bacteria,
Immunofluorescence, Confocal microscopy, Scanning electron microscopy (SEM),
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), MTT assay, Flow cytometric analysis and
metagenomics.
Area(s) of Research:
Her research interest is based on four interlinked field i.e. bacterial community analysis,
plant bacterial interaction using GFP-tagged endophytic bacteria, bacterial antimicrobial
compound isolation, and finally gene cluster analysis coding for antimicrobial compound
using metagenomics.
Publications:
1. Fehmida Bibi, Eu Jin Chung, Ajmal Khan, Che Ok Jeon and Young Ryun Chung.
(2012). Martelella endophytica sp. nov., an antifungal bacterium associated
with a halophyte. IJSEM. IJS/2012/048785.
2. Eu Jin Chung, Jeong Ae Park, Prabhat Pramanik, Fehmida Bibi, Che Ok Jeon
and Young Ryun Chung. (2012). Hoeflea suaedae sp. nov., an endophytic
bacterium isolated from the root of a halophyte, Suaeda maritime. IJSEM.
doi:10.1099/ijs.0.045484-0.
3. Muhammad Imran Naseer, Ikram Ullah, Mohammed H Al-Qahtani, Sajjad
Karim, Najeeb Ullah, Shakeel Ahmed Ansari, Myeong Ok Kim and Fehmida
Bibi. (2012). Decreased GABABR expression and increased neuronal cell death
in developing rat brain after PTZ-induced seizure. Neurol sci DOI
10.1007/s10072-012-1083-0.
4. Fehmida Bibi, Muhammad Yasir, Geun Cheol Song, Sang Yeol Lee and Young
Ryun Chung. (2012). Diversity and characterization of endophytic bacteria
associated with coastal dune plants and antagonistic to Oomycete plant
pathogens. Plant Pathol. J. 28: 20-31.
5. Geun Cheol Song, Muhammad Yasir, Fehmida Bibi, Eu Jin Chung, Che Ok
Jeon, and Young Ryun Chung. (2011). Nocardioides caricicola sp. nov., an
endophytic bacterium isolated from a halophyte, Carex scabrifolia Steud.
IJSEM 61:105-109.
6. Bibi, F.; Chung, E.; Khan, A. and Chung, Y. A novel endophytic biocontrol
agent of oomycete pathogens with the activity of plant growth promotion,
resistance induction and nitrogen fixation. Phytopathology Vol 101: page
S15, June 2011.
7. Fehmida Bibi, Eu Jin Chung, Che Ok Jeon, and Young Ryun Chung. (2011).
Rhizobium halophytocola sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from the root
of a coastal dune plant. IJSEM doi:10.1099/ijs.0.029488-0
8. Muhammad Yasir, Eu Jin Chung, Geun Cheol Song, Fehmida Bibi, Che Ok
from vermicompost. IJSEM 61: 2373-2378.
9. Fehmida Bibi, Eu Jin Chung, Che Ok Jeon, and Young Ryun Chung. (2010).
Bacillus graminis sp. nov., an endophytic bacterium isolated from a coastal
dune plant. IJSEM 61: 1567-1571.
10. Fehmida Bibi, Eu jin Chung, Hwan Sik Yoon, Geun Cheol Song, Che Ok Jeon,
and Young Ryun Chung. (2010). Haloferula luteola sp. nov., an endophytic
bacterium isolated from the root of a halophyte, Rosa rugosa and emended
description of the genus Haloferula. IJSEM 61:1837-1841.
11. Bibi, F., M. A. Khan, M. Ahmad and M. Zafar. (2007). Leaf epidermal anatomy
of some grasses. Pak. J. Sci. 59(1-2): 47-51.
12. Banaras, S., M .A. Khan, A.A. Meo and F. Bibi. (2006). Pollen fertility of
Islamabad Flora. J. Hamdard Medicus XLIX (3): 110-115.