Faculty of Science

Prof.Dr. Ashraf Mohamed Mohamed Essa

Contact Information
Phone number : 084 6338462 - 084 6344264
Fax number : 084 6370025
E-mail Address : ame08@fayoum.edu.eg
Office : Faculty of Science - Botany Department
Post Address : Fayoum - Fayoum University - Faculty of Science - Botany Department -
POBox: 63514
Academic Qualifications
B. Sc.:Sciences - Cairo University - 1989
M.Sc. : Microbiology- Faculty of Sciences - Fayoum University - 1996
Ph.D. :Molecular Microbiology- 2004
Academic Positions
Demonstrator: From 1991 To 1996
Assistant Lecturer: From 1996 To 2004
Lecturer : From 2004 To 2012
Assistant Professor : From 2012 To 2018
Professor : From 2018 Until Now
Research Interests
Bioremediation of Industrial wastewater
Water purification and recycling
Bioremediation of some insecticides
Publication List

Ashraf M. M. Essa | Mohamed A. Al Abboud | Sayeed I. Khatib (2018). Metal transformation as a strategy for bacterial detoxification of heavy metals

Majed Albokari, Amr Arishi1 and Ashraf Essa (2018). Molecular Analysis of the Bacterial Communities from Tannery Contaminated Sites in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Tharwat E. E. Radwan, Amany M. M. Reyad and Ashraf M. M. Essa (2017). Occurrence of Atrazine Biodegrading Bacterium "Ochrobactrum oryzae" In Agricultural Wastewater.

Tharwat E. E. Radwan, Amany M. M. Reyad and Ashraf M. M. Essa (2017). Occurrence of Atrazine Biodegrading Bacterium "Ochrobactrum oryzae" In Agricultural Wastewater.

Hend M. M. Selim, Nafisa M. Gomaa & Ashraf M. M. Essa (2017). Application of endophytic bacteria for the biocontrol of Rhizoctonia solani (Cantharellales: ceratobasidiaceae) damping-off disease in cotton seedlings.

Khaled E. El-Gayar, Mohamed A . Al Abboud and Ashraf M. M. Essa (2017). Characterization of Thermophilic Bacteria Isolated from two Hot Springs in Jazan, Saudi Arabia.

DeyaEldeen Mohammed Radwan, Ashraf Mohammed Mohammed Essa and Dia Mohammed Soltan1 (2017). Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of the methanolic extracts of some edible seed spices.

Hend M.M. Selim, Nafisa M. Gomaa and A.M.M. Essa (2016). Antagonistic Effect of the Endophytic Bacteria and Against some Phytopathogens.

A.M.M. Essa, Amany M. Reyad, T.E.E. Radwan and W.M. Ibrahim (2016). Biodegradation of the Organophosphorus Insecticide Diazinon by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from Agricultural Drainage Ditches.

D. E. M. Radwan , A. M. M. Essa , M. N. Awad (2016). Bacterial Detoxification of Copper and Its Impacts on Germination Indices of Barley and Mung Bean.

Ashraf M. M. Essa and Mohamed K. Khallaf (2016). Antimicrobial potential of consolidation polymers loaded with biological copper nanoparticles.

Ashraf M. M. Essa, Wael M. Ibrahim, Rania M. Mahmud and Nabil Abo ElKassim (2015). Potential impact of cyanobacterial exudates on seed germination and antioxidant enzymes of crop plant seedlings.

Ashraf M.M. Essa , Mohamed K. Khallaf (2015). Influence of Spirulina platensis exudates on the endocrine and nervous systems of a mammalian model.

Ashraf M.M. Essa , Mohamed K. Khallaf (2014). Biological nanosilver particles for the protection of archaeological stones against microbial colonization.

A.M.M. Essa and S.M. Fathy (2014). Sex hormonal disruption by cyanobacterial bioactive compounds.

Ashraf M. M. Essa ,Rafat M.Ali, Bahget E.Ali (2013). Alleviation of salinity stree on maize plants using the extract of the halotolerant dunaliella bardawil.

Ashraf M. Essa, Eman Sais and Refat M. Ali (2012). Biogenic volatile compounds of the activated sludge and application for metal bioremediation. African Journal of Biotechnology In Press.

Sanaa Shnab, Ashraf Essa, Emad Shalaby (2012). Bioremoval capacity of three heavy metals by some microalgae species (Egyptian isolates). Plant Signalling & Behaviour 7-3, 1-8.

Ashraf M.M. Essa. (2012). The effect of a continuous mercury stress on mercury reducing community of some characterized bacterial strains. African Journal of Microbiology Research Vol.(6)6, PP.1255-1261.

Ashraf M. M. Essa and Soha S. M. Mostafa. (2011). Biomineralization of some heavy metals by cyanobacterial biogas. Egpt. J. Botany.

Ibrahim W.M. and Essa A.M. (2010). Tolerance, biodegradation and utilization of malathion, an organophosphorous pesticide, by some cyanobacterial isolates. Egpt. J. Botany.

Wael M. Ibrahim, Ashraf M. Essa, Nabil Abo ElKassim and Rania M. Mahmud (2010). Effect of cyanobacterial extract on growth and some enzymatic activities of Sorghumdurra and Helianthus annus seedlings. Proc. 6th int. con. Bio. Sci. (Bot.) 6:49-57.

Ali RM, Essa AM, Addel-Rahman MH and Ali BE. (2008). Growth and some metabolic activities of salt stressed Maize plants presoaked in unicellular Dunaliella bardawili extract. 1st International Conference of Biological and Environmental Science. Mansoura- Hurghada 13 -16 March.

Macaskie LE, Creamer NJ, Essa AM, Brown NL. (2007). A new approach for the recovery of precious metals from solution and from leachates derived from electronic scrap. Biotechnol Bioeng. 96(4):631-9.

Essa AM, Creamer NJ, Brown NL, Macaskie LE. (2006). A new approach to the remediation of heavy metal liquid wastes via off-gases produced by Klebsiella pneumoniae M426. Biotechnol Bioeng. 95(4):574-83.

Essa AM, Macaskie LE, Brown NL. (2005).A new method for mercury removal. Biotechnol Lett. 27(21):1649-55.

Essa AM, Julian DJ, Kidd SP, Brown NL, Hobman JL. (2003). Mercury resistance determinants related to Tn21, Tn1696, and Tn5053 in enterobacteria from the preantibioticera. Antimicrob.Agents Chemother. 47(3):1115-9.

Hobman JL, Essa AM, Brown NL. (2002). Mercury resistance (mer) operons in enterobacteria. Biochem Soc. Trans. 30(4):719-22.

Essa AM, Macaskie LE, Brown NL. (2002). Mechanisms of mercury bioremediation. Biochem Soc. Trans. 30(4):672-4.

Pattanapipitpaisal P, Mabbett AN, Finlay JA, Beswick AJPaterson-Beedle M, Essa AM, Wright J, Tolley MR, Badar U, Ahmed N, Hobman JL, Brown NL, Macaskie LE. (2002). Reduction of Cr(VI) and bioaccumulation of chromium by gram positive and gram negative microorganisms not previously exposed to Cr-stress. Environ Technol. 23(7):731-45.

Tharwat E. E. Radwan, Amany M. M. Reyad1 and Ashraf M. M. Essa. Occurrence of Atrazine Biodegrading Bacterium "Ochrobactrum oryzae" In Agricultural Wastewater.