Dr. Rehab El-Shehawy
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Dr. Rehab El-Shehawy

Senior Researcher
Institute IMDEA Water, Spain

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Microbiology from University of Bayreuth, Germany

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Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
100%
Environment Science
62%
Microbial Ecology
90%
Plant Genetics
75%
Botany
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

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Selected Publications

  1. Lezcano, M.A., A. Quesada and R. El-Shehawy, 2018. Seasonal dynamics of microcystin-degrading bacteria and toxic cyanobacterial blooms: Interaction and influence of abiotic factors. Harmful Algae, 71: 19-28.
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  2. Abu-Serie, M.M., N. Nasser, A.A. El-Wahab, R. Shehawy, H. Pienaar, N. Baddour and R. Amer, 2018. In vivo assessment of the hepatotoxicity of a new Nostoc isolate from the Nile River: Nostoc sp. strain NRI. Toxicon, 143: 81-89.
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  3. Moron-Lopez, J., L. Nieto-Reyes and R. El-Shehawy, 2017. Assessment of the influence of key abiotic factors on the alternative microcystin degradation pathway(s) (mlr−): A detailed comparison with the mlr route (mlr+). Sci. Total Environ., 599: 1945-1953.
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  4. Lezcano, M.A., D. Velazquez, A. Quesada and R. El-Shehawy, 2017. Diversity and temporal shifts of the bacterial community associated with a toxic cyanobacterial bloom: An interplay between microcystin producers and degraders. Water Res., 125: 52-61.
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  5. El-Shehawy, R. and A. Quesada, 2017. Quantification of Potentially Cylindrospermopsin-Producing Chrysosporum ovalisporum. In: Molecular Tools for the Detection and Quantification of Toxigenic Cyanobacteria, Kurmayer, R., K. Sivonen, A. Wilmotte and N. Salmaso (Eds.). Wiley, USA., ISBN: 978-1-119-33210-7, pp: 229-231.
  6. Lezcano, M.A., J. Moron-Lopez, R. Agha, I. Lopez-Heras, L. Nozal, A. Quesada and R. El-Shehawy, 2016. Presence or absence of mlr genes and nutrient concentrations co-determine the microcystin biodegradation efficiency of a natural bacterial community. Toxins, Vol. 8, No. 11. 10.3390/toxins8110318.
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  7. Voβ, B., H. Bolhuis, D.P. Fewer, M. Kopf and F. Moke et al., 2013. Insights into the physiology and ecology of the brackish-water-adapted cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena CCY9414 based on a genome-transcriptome analysis. PLoS ONE, Vol. 8. 10.1371/journal.pone.0060224.
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  8. Campo, E., M.A. Lezcano, R. Agha, S. Cires, A. Quesada and R. El-Shehawy, 2013. First TaqMan assay to identify and quantify the cylindrospermopsin-producing cyanobacterium Aphanizomenon ovalisporum in water. Adv. Microbiol., 3: 430-437.
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  9. El-Shehawy, R., E. Gorokhova, F. Fernandez-Pinas and F.F. del Campo, 2012. Global warming and hepatotoxin production by cyanobacteria: What can we learn from experiments? Water Res., 46: 1420-1429.
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  10. El-Shehawy, R. and E. Gorokhova, 2012. The Bloom-Forming Cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena: A Peculiar Nitrogen-Fixer in the Baltic Sea Food Webs. In: Cyanobacteria: Ecology, Toxicology and Management, Ferrao-Filho, A.D.S. (Ed.). Chapter 3, Nova Publisher, USA., ISBN: 978-1-62618-115-1.
  11. Vintila, S., T. Selao, A. Noren, B. Bergman and R. El-Shehawy, 2011. Characterization of nifH gene expression, modification and rearrangement in Nodularia spumigena strain AV1. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol., 77: 449-459.
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  12. Engstrom-Ost, J., H. Hogfors, R. El-Shehawy, B. de Stasio, A. Vehmaa and E. Gorokhova, 2011. Toxin-producing cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena, potential competitors and grazers: Testing mechanisms of reciprocal interactions. Aquat. Microb. Ecol., 62: 39-48.
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  13. Vintila, S., S. Jonasson, H. Wadensten, A. Nilsson, P.E. Andren and R. El-Shehawy, 2010. Proteomic profiling of the Baltic Sea cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena strain AV1 during ammonium supplementation. J. Proteomics, 73: 1670-1679.
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  14. Vintila, S. and R. El-Shehawy, 2010. Variability in the response of the cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena to nitrogen supplementation. J. Environ. Monit., 12: 1885-1890.
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  15. Sandh, G., R. El-Shehawy, B. Diez and B. Bergman, 2009. Temporal separation of cell division and diazotrophy in the marine diazotrophic cyanobacterium Trichodesmium erythraeum IMS101. FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 295: 281-288.
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  16. Martensson, L., B. Diez, I. Wartiainen, W. Zheng, R. El-Shehawy and U. Rasmussen, 2009. Diazotrophic diversity, nifH gene expression and nitrogenase activity in a rice paddy field in Fujian, China. Plant Soil, 325: 207-218.
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  17. Amer, R., B. Diez and R. El-Shehawy, 2009. Diversity of hepatotoxic cyanobacteria in the Nile Delta, Egypt. J. Environ. Monit., 11: 126-133.
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  18. Jonasson, S., S. Vintila, K. Sivonen and R. El-Shehawy, 2008. Expression of the nodularin synthetase genes in the Baltic Sea bloom-former cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena strain AV1. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol., 65: 31-39.
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  19. Diez, B., B. Bergman and R. El-Shehawy, 2008. Marine diazotrophic cyanobacteria: Out of the blue. Plant Biotechnol., 25: 221-225.
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  20. Vintila, S. and R. El-Shehawy, 2007. Ammonium ions inhibit nitrogen fixation but do not affect heterocyst frequency in the bloom-forming cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena strain AV1. Microbiology, 153: 3704-3712.
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  21. El-Shehawy, R.M. and D. Kleiner, 2003. The mystique of irreversibility in cyanobacterial heterocyst formation: Parallels to differentiation and senescence in eukaryotic cells. Physiol. Plant., 119: 49-55.
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  22. El-Shehawy, R.M. and D. Kleiner, 2003. Effect of controlled expression of the hetR gene on heterocyst formation in the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120. Physiol. Plant., 119: 44-48.
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  23. El-Shehawy, R., C. Lugomela, A. Ernst and B. Bergman, 2003. Diurnal expression of hetR and diazocyte development in the filamentous non-heterocystous cyanobacterium Trichodesmium erythraeum. Microbiology, 149: 1139-1146.
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  24. El-Shehawy, R. and B. Bergman, 2003. Inhibition of cell division blocks the synthesis of the second nitrogenase (Nif2) in the cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis. FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 219: 23-25.
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  25. Shehawy, R. and D. Kleiner, 2001. Nitrogen Limitation. In: Algal Adaptation to Environmental Stresses: Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms, Rai, L.C. and J.P. Gauer (Eds.). Chapter 3, Springer, New York, USA., ISBN: 978-3-642-59491-5, pp: 45-64.
  26. El-Helow, E.R., S.A. Sabry and R.M. Amer, 2000. Cadmium biosorption by a cadmium resistant strain of Bacillus thuringiensis: Regulation and optimization of cell surface affinity for metal cations. BioMetals, 13: 273-280.
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  27. Shehawy, R.M. and D. Kleiner, 1999. Ammonium (methylammonium) transport by heterocysts and vegetative cells of Anabaena variabilis. FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 181: 303-306.
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