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PhD Fellowship Alumna
Ruth Nahurira
Country of origin: Uganda Currently in: Uganda, Kabale General field of specialization: Agricultural SciencesPhD Fellowship Alumna
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Degrees
2019 Doctorate Agricultural Sciences -
Current Research Activities
Biological Systems and Organisms
Environmental biotechnology, Bio-degradation and Bioremediation of Organic compounds
Publications resulting from Research:
1. Eltoukhy Adel, Yang Jia, Nahurira Ruth, Abo-Kadoum M. A., Khokhar Ibatsam, Wang Junhuan , Yan Yanchun (2020). Biodegradation of Endocrine Disruptor Bisphenol A by Pseudomonas putida Strain YC-AE1 Isolated from Polluted Soil, Guangdong, China. BMC Microbiology; 20, 11 (https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-020-1699-9)
2. Nahurira Ruth, Wang Junhuan, Yan Yanchun, Jia Yang, Fan Shuanghu, Khokhar Ibatsam and Eltoukhy Adel (2019). In silico genome analysis reveals the metabolic versatility and biotechnology potential of a halotorelant phthalic acid esters degrading Gordonia alkanivorans strain YC-RL2. AMB Express (https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-019-0733-5)
3. Khokhar Ibatsam, Jia Yang, Mukhtar Irum, Wang Junhuan, Nahurira Ruth, Eltoukhy Adel, Fan Shuanghu, Li Xianjun, Wang Jiayi, Yan Yanchun (2019). First report of Rhizopus oryzae causing postharvest fruit rot on pear in China. Plant Disease. 10.1094/PDIS-11-18-1993-PDN.
4. Khokhar Ibatsam, Jia Yang, Mukhtar Irum, Wang Junhuan, Nahurira Ruth, Eltoukhy Adel, Fan Shuanghu, Li Xianjun, Wang Jiayi, Yan Yanchun (2019). First Report of Paecilomyces Rot on Apples in China. Plant Disease. 10.1094/PDIS-11-18-1993-PDN
5. Ting Yang, Lei Ren Yang Jia, Shuanghu Fan, Junhuan Wang, Jiayi Wang, Ruth Nahurira, Haisheng Wang and Yanchun Yan (2018). Biodegradation of Di-(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate by Rhodococcus ruber YC-YT1 in Contaminated Water and Soil. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15050964).
6. Nahurira Ruth, Lei Ren, Wang Junhuan, Jia Yang, Fan Shuanghu, Cheng Qiao, Wang Haisheng, Yan Yanchun (2018). Biochemical and structural characterization of a mono-ethylhexyl phthalate hydrolase from Gordonia alkanivorans strain YC-RL2. Acta Microbiologica Sinica DOI: 10.13343/j.cnki.wsxb.20170142)
7. Nahurira Ruth, Lei Ren, Jinlong Song, Yang Jia, Junhuan Wang, Shuanghu Fan, Haisheng Wang, Yanchun Yan. Degradation of Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate by a novel Gordonia alkanivorans strain YC-RL2, Current Microbiology. 2017, 74 (3): 309–319
8. Lei Ren, Yang Jia, Nahurira Ruth, Yanhua Shi, Junhuan Wang, Cheng Qiao and Yanchun Yan*. Biotransformations of bisphenols mediated by a novel Arthrobacter sp. strain YC-RL1. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2016 (100), 1967-1976
9. Lei Ren, Yang Jia, Nahurira Ruth, Baisuo Zhao and Yanchun Yan. Complete genome sequence of an aromatic compound degrader Arthrobacter sp. YC-RL1. Journal of Biotechnology, 2016(219), 34–35
10. Lei Ren, Yang Jia, Nahurira Ruth, Cheng Qiao, Junhuan Wang, Baisuo Zhao and Yanchun Yan. Biodegradation of phthalic acid esters by a newly isolated Mycobacterium sp. YC-RL4 and the bioprocess with environmental samples. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016 (23), 16609–16619
11. Lei Ren, Shuanghu Fan, Junhuan Wang, Nahurira Ruth, Cheng Qiao, Yang, Jia, Yanchun Yan*. Complete genome sequence of a phthalic acid esters degrading Mycobacterium sp. YC-RL4. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, 2016 ,23(16):16609-19
12. Junhuan Wang, Lei Ren, Yang Jia, Nahurira Ruth, Yanhua Shi, Cheng Qiao and Yanchun Yan. Degradation characteristics and metabolic pathway of 4-nitrophenol by a halotolerant bacterium Arthrobacter sp. CN2. Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, 2016(98), 226-240
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchTeaching
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Fellowship with OWSD
Fellowship with OWSD
Fellowship awarded 2012
PHD Graduation 2019