List of Publications
INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS in Peer-reviewed Journals with Impact factor
Mainly senior author in more than 150 international original research articles in international peer-reviewed Scopus and web of Sc. Journals, and several national and US patents. Updated list might be found in the CV link.
-1-CV- Prof. Samir Jaoua – Jan. 2023.pdf
Google Scholar H-index: 42; Scopus-H-index: 34; i-10-index: 123; Citations: 5290
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1*BRETON A M, JAOUA S and GUESPIN-MICHEL J F (1985)
Transfer of plasmid RP4 to Myxococcus xanthus and evidence for its integration into the chromosome
J. Bacteriol. 161, 523-528
2*JAOUA S, BRETON A M, YOUNES G and GUESPIN-MICHEL J F (1986)
Structural instability and stabilization of IncP-1 Plasmids integrated into the chromosome of Myxococcus xanthus
J. Biotechnol. 4, 313-323
3*JAOUA S, GUESPIN-MICHEL J F and BRETON A M (1987)
Mode of insertion of the broad host range plasmid RP4 and some of its derivatives into the chromosome of Myxococcus xanthus
Plasmid 18, 111-119
4*SAULNIER P, HANQUIER J, JAOUA S, REICHENBACH H and GUESPIN-MICHEL J F (1988)
Utilization of IncP1 plasmids as vectors for transposon mutagenesis in Myxobacteria.
J. Gen Microbiol. 134, 2889-2895
5*JAOUA S, LETOUVET-PAWLACK B, MONNIER C and GUESPIN-MICHEL J F (1990)
Mechanism of integration of the broad host range plasmid RP4 into the chromosome of Myxococcus xanthus
Plasmid 23, 183-193
6*JAOUA S, NEFF S and SCHUPP T (1992)
Transfer of mobilizable plasmids to Sorangium cellulosum and evidence for their integration into the chromosome
Plasmid 28, 157-165
7*SAVOURE A, JAOUA S, HUA X J, ARDILES W, VAN MONTAGU M and VERBRUGGEN N (1995)
Isolation, characterization, and chromosomal location of a gene encoding the delta1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase, in Arabidopsis thaliana.
FEBS Lett. 372, 13-19
8*JAOUA S, ZOUARI N, TOUNSI S and ELLOUZ R (1996)
Study of particular delta-endotoxins produced by three isolated strains of Bacillus thuringiensis
FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 145, 349-354
9*ZOUARI N and JAOUA S (1997)
Purification and immunological characterization of particular delta-endotoxins from three isolated strains of Bacillus thuringiensis
Biotechnol. Lett. 19, 825-829
10*ZOUARI N, DHOUIB A, ELLOUZ R and JAOUA S (1998)
Nutritional requirements of a Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Kurstaki strain and use of Gruel hydrolysate for the formulation of a new medium for delta-endotoxin production
Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 69, 41-52
11*ZOUARI N and JAOUA S (1999)
Production and characterization of metalloproteases synthesized concomitantly with delta-endotoxin by Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Kurstaki strain grown on gruel-based media
Enz. Microb. Technol. 25, 364-371
12*ZOUARI N and JAOUA S (1999)
The effect of complex carbon and nitrogen, salt, Tween-80 and acetate on delta-endotoxin production by a Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. Kurstaki
J. Ind. Microb. Biotechnol. 23, 497-502
13*TOUNSI S, J’MAL A, ZOUARI N and JAOUA S (1999)
Cloning and nucleotide sequence of a novel cry1Aa-type gene from Bacillus thuringiensis
Biotechnol. Lett. 21, 771-775
14*CHERIF A, OUZARI H, DAFFONCHIO D, CHERIF H, BEN SLAMA K, HASSEN A, JAOUA S and BOUDABBOUS A (2001)
Thuricin 7 : A novel bactriocin produced by Bacillus thuringiensis BMG1.7, a new strain isolated from soil
Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 32, 1-5
15*SAYARI A, AGREBI N, JAOUA S and GARGOURI Y T (2001)
Biochemical and Molecular characterisation of Staphylococcus simulans lipase
Biochimie 83, 1-9
16*ZOUARI N, BEN SIK ALI S and JAOUA S (2002)
Production of delta-endotoxins by several Bacillus thuringiensis strains exhibiting various entomocidal activities towards lepidoptera and diptera in gruel and fish-meal media
Enz. Microb. Technol. 31,411-418
17*Tounsi, S. and Jaoua, S. (2002)
Identification of a promoter for the crystal protein-encoding gene cry1Ia from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki.
FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 208, 215-218
18*ZOUARI N, Achour O and JAOUA S (2002)
Production of delta-endotoxin by Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki and overcome of catabolite repression, by using highly concentrated gruel and fish meal media in 2 and 20 dm3 fermenters
J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 77, 877-882
19*Tounsi S, Zouari N and Jaoua S (2003)
Cloning and study of the expression of a novel cry1Ia-type gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki
J. Appl. Microbiol. 94, 1-6
20*Tounsi S and JaouA S (2003)
Characterisation of a novel cry2Aa-type gene from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki
Biotechnol. Lett. 25,1219-1223
21*GHRIBI D, ZOUARI N, and JAOUA S (2004)
Improvement of Bioinsecticide Production through mutagenesis of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki by UV and Nitrous acid affecting metabolic pathways and/or delta-endotoxins synthesis
J. Appl. Microbiol. 97, 338-346.
22* F. Kamoun, H. Mejdoub, H. Aouissaoui, J. Reinbolt, A. Hammami and S. Jaoua (2005)
Purification, Amino Acid Sequence and Characterization of Bacthuricin F4, a new bacteriocin produced by Bacillus thuringiensis
J. Appl. Microbiol. 98, 881-888
23*D. Ghribi, N. Zouari and S. Jaoua (2005)
Improvement of bioinsecticides production through Adaptation of Bacillus thuringiensis to heat treatment and NaCl addition
J. Appl. Microbiol. 98, 823-831
24* L Abdelkefi Mesrati, S Tounsi and S Jaoua (2005)
Characterization of a novel vip3-type gene from Bacillus thuringiensis and evidence of its presence on a large plasmid .
FEMS Microbiol. Lett. . 244, 353-358
25* F. Driss, M. Kallassy-Awad, N. Zouari and S. Jaoua(2005)
Molecular characterization of a novel chitinase from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki
J. Appl. Microbiol. 99, 945-953
26* Hmida-Sayari A, Costa A, Leone A, Jaoua S and R Gargouri-Bouzid (2005)
Identification of salt stress-induced transcripts in potato leaves by cDNA-AFLP
Mol. Biotechnol. 30, 31-39
27* Abdelkefi Mesrati L, Dammak Karray M, Tounsi S and Jaoua S (2005)
Construction of a new high copy-number shuttle vector of Bacillus thuringiensis
Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 41, 361-366
28* Abdelkefi Mesrati L, Tounsi S, Kamoun F and Jaoua S (2005)
Identification of a promoter for the vegetative insecticidal protein-encoding gene vip3LB from Bacillus thuringiensis.
FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 247, 101-104
29* Hmida-Sayari A, Gargouri-Bouzid R, Bidani A, Jaoua L, Savouré A and Jaoua S (2005)
Overexpression of 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase increases Proline production and confers osmotolerance in transgenic potato plants
Plant Science, 169, 746-752
30* S. TOUNSI, M. DAMMAK, A. REBAI, AND S. JAOUA (2005)
Response of larval Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) to individual Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki toxins and toxin mixtures
Biological Control. 35, 27-31
31*R. Zribi Zghal, S.Tounsi and S. Jaoua (2006)
Characterization of another cry4Ba-type gene of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis and evidence of the synergistic larvicidal activity of its encoded protein with Cry2A delta-endotoxin of B. thuringiensis kurstaki on Culex pipiens
Biotechnol. And Appl. Biochem. 44, 19-25
32* S. Tounsi, M. Dammak, N. Zouari, A. Rebaî, and S. Jaoua (2006)
Evidence of the effect of delta-endotoxin ratio in Bacillus thuringiensis crystals on the toxicity against Ephestia kuehniella
Biological Control. 37, 243-246
33* S. Tounsi, A. Ebn Aoun, M. Blight, A. Rebaî, S. JaouA (2006)
Evidence of oral toxicity of Photorhabdus temperata strain K122 against Prays oleae and its improvement by heterologous expression of Bacillus thuringiensis cry1Aa and cry1Ia genes
J. Inv. Pathol. 91, 131-135
34* S. Tounsi, N. Zouari, D. Ghribi, A. J’mal and S. Jaoua (2006)
Improvement of Bacillus thuringiensis -endotoxins synthesis yields
through acquisition of erythromycin resistance
Biotechnol. Lett. 28, 315-319
35* R Zribi Zghal and S Jaoua (2006)
Evidence of DNA rearrangements in the 128-kilobase pBtoxis plasmid of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis
Mol. Biotechnol. 33, 191-198
36*Tounsi Slim, Blight Mark, Jaoua Samir, de Lima Pimenta Andréa (2007)
From insects to human hosts: identification of major genomic differences involved in host adaptation of the emerging human pathogen Photorhabdus sp.
International Journal of Medical microbiology, 296, 521-530
37*S. Rouis, M. Chakroun, I. Saadaoui, and S. Jaoua (2006)
Proteolysis, histopathological effects and immunohistopathological localization of d-endotoxins ofBacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki in the midgut ofLepidopteran olive tree pathogenic insect Prays oleae
Mol. Biotechnol. 35,1-8
38* M. Kallassy Awad, I. Saadaoui, S. Rouis, S. Tounsi and S. Jaoua (2006)
Differentiation between Bacillus thuringiensis strains by gyrB PCR-Sau3AI fingerprinting
Mol. Biotechnol. 35, 1-7
39*S. Ktari, F. Mahjoubi, S. Jaoua, A. Karray, N. Marty, S. Ben Redjeb, A. Hammami. (2006) Use of molecular subtyping methods to investigate two nosocomial outbreaks due to Salmonella Livingstone in Sfax hospital, Tunisia.
Path. Biol. 54, 331-336
40* D. Ghribi, N. Zouari and S. Jaoua (2007)
Use of sea water as salts source in starch and soya bean based media, for the production of Bacillus thuringiensis bioinsecticides
Process Biochem. 42, 374-378
41* F. Driss, A. Baanannou, S. Rouis, I. Masmoudi, N. Zouari and S. Jaoua (2007)
Effect of the chitin binding domain deletion from Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki chitinase Chi255 on its stability in Escherichia coli
Mol. Biotechnol. 36, 232-237
42* D. Ghribi, N. Zouari, H. Trabelsi and S. Jaoua (2006)
Improvement of Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxin production by overcome of carbon catabolite repression through adequate control of aeration
Enz. Microbiol Technol. 40, 614-622
43* S. Rouis, M. Chakroun, and S. Jaoua (2008)
Comparative study of Bacillus thuringiensis –endotoxin Cry1Aa and Cry1Ac toxin activation, inactivation and in situ histopathological effect in Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Mol. Biotechnol. 38, 233-239
44* W Jallouli, W Hammami, Nl Zouari, S Jaoua (2008)
Medium optimization for biomass production and morphology variance overcome of Photorhabdus temperata ssp. temperata strain K122
Process Biochem.43, 1338-1344
45* Jung Woo-Jin; Mabood Fazli; Souleimanov Alfred; Zhou Xiaomin; Jaoua Samir; Kamoun Fakher; Smith Donald L (2008)
Stability and Antibacterial Activity of Bacteriocins Produced by Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus thuringiensis ssp. kurstaki.
J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 18, 1836-40.
46* R. ZRIBI ZGHAL, H. TRIGUI, M. BEN ALI AND S. JAOUA (2008)
A single missens mutation in Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis Cyt1A affects its
cytotoxicity in Escherichia coli
Mol. Biotechnol. 381, 121-127.
47* DAMMAK, Mariam; Tounsi, Slim; Ben Hamadou Dorra, Abdelkefi Mesrati, lobna; Schultz, Patrick; Jaoua, Samir (2009)
Restoration of the crystallisation of altered delta-endotoxins Cry1Ac, by the promotion of their in vivo integration into the Bacillus thuringiensis native crystals
FEMS Microbiology Letters. 292, 268 – 273
48* Imen SAADAOUI, Souad ROUIS, and Samir JAOUA (2009)
New Tunisian Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki isolate having better toxicity and d-endotoxin yield
Arch. Microbiol. 191, 341-348
49* Kaïs Jamoussi, Sameh Sellami, Lobna Abdelkefi-Mesrati, Alain Givaudan and Samir Jaoua (2009)
Heterologous Expression of Bacillus thuringiensis Vegetative Insecticidal Protein-Encoding Gene vip3LB in Photorhabdus temperata Strain K122 and Oral Toxicity against the Lepidoptera Ephestia kuehniella and Spodoptera littoralis
Mol. Biotechnol. 43:97-103
50*Fakher Kamoun, Nabil Zouari, Imen Saadaoui, and Samir Jaoua (2009)
Improvement of Bacillus thuringiensis Bacteriocin Production Through Culture Conditions Optimization
Prep. Biochem. & Biotechnol. 39: 400–412
51*Lobna ABDELKEFI-MESRATI, Souad ROUIS, Sameh SELLAMI and Samir JAOUA (2009)
Prays oleae midgut putative receptor of Bacillus thuringiensis Vegetative Insecticidal Protein Vip3LB differs from that of Cry1Ac toxin
Mol. Biotechnol. 43: 15-19
52*Fakher KAMOUN, Ines BEN FGUIRA, Afef TOUNSI, Lobna Adbelkefi-MESRATI, Vincent Sanchis, Didier Lereclus and Samir JAOUA (2009)
Generation of Mini-Tn10 transposon insertion mutant library of Bacillus thuringiensis for the investigation of genes required for its bacteriocin production
FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 294, 141-149
53*Sonia Ktari, Guillaume Arlet, Charlotte Verdet, Samir Jaoua, Amel Kachrid, Saida Ben Redjeb, Fouzia Mahjoubi-Rhimi, Adnane Hammami (2009)
Molecular Epidemiology and Genetic Environment of Acquired blaACC-1 in Salmonella enterica Serotype Livingstone Causing a Large Nosocomial Outbreak in Tunisia
Microbial Drug Resistance. 15, 279-286
54*Anissa Chouikha, Imene Fodha, Lamjed Bouslama, Mouna Ben Hadj Fredj, Samir Jaoua, Noureddine Boujaafar, Abdelhalim Trabelsi, and Andrew Duncan Steele. (2009) Emergence and Characterization of Human Rotavirus G9 Strains in Tunisia J. Infect. Dis, 200, 239-243
55* Imen Saadaoui, Nabil Miledand Samir Jaoua (2010)
Evidence of the involvement of E358, A498 and C571 of a new Cry1Ac d-endotoxin of Bacillus thuringiensis in its high insecticidal activity against Ephestia kuehniella
Mol. Biotechnol, 45. 65-70
56*Wafa Jallouli, Nabil Zouari and Samir Jaoua (2010)
Involvement of oxidative stress and growth at high cell density in the viable but non culturable state of Photorhabdus temperata ssp. temperata strain K122
Process Biochemistry, 45, 706–713
57*Mariam Dammak, Slim Tounsi, Souad Rouis and Samir Jaoua (2010)
Comparative study of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ia and Cry1Aa delta-endotoxins : activation process and toxicity against Prays oleae
J. Inv. Pathol.104, 39-43
58* Imen Saadaoui, Roda Al-Thani, Fatma Al-Saadi, Lobna Abdelkafi Mesrati, Najeh, Belghith Ben Hassin, Patrick Schultz, Souad Rouis and Samir Jaoua (2010)
Characterization of Tunisian Bacillus thuringiensis Strains with Abundance of kurstaki Subspecies Harbouring Insecticidal Activities Against the Lepidopteran Insect Ephestia kuehniella
Curr Microbiol. 61, 541-548
59* Olfa KILANI-FEKI, Oussama KHIARI, Gérald CULIOLI, Annick ORTELO-MAGNE, Nabil ZOUARI, Yves BLACHE and Samir JAOUA(2010)
Antifungal activities of an endophytic Pseudomonas fluorescens strain Pf1TZ harbouring genes from pyoluteorin and phenazine clusters
Biotechnol. Lett. 32, 1279-1285
60* Trabelsi A, Fodha I, Chouikha A, Ben Hadj Fredj M, Mastouri M, Abdelaziz AB, Sfar T, Essoussi AS, Jaoua S, Steele AD (2010) Rotavirus strain diversity in the Centre Coast of Tunisia from 2000 through 2003.
J. Infect. Dis. 202, 252-257
61* Anis Ben HSOUNA, Mohamed TRIGUI, Gérald CULIOLI, Yves BLACHE and Samir JAOUA ( March 2011)
Antioxidant constituents from Lawsonia inermis leaves: Isolation, structure elucidation and antioxidative capacity
Food Chem. 125, 193-200
62*Fatma Driss, Souad Rouis, Hichem Azzouz, Slim Tounsi, Nabil Zouari, Samir Jaoua (2011)
Integration of a Recombinant Chitinase into Bacillus thuringiensis Parasporal Insecticidal Crystal.
Curr. Microbiol. 62, 281-288.
63*Saoussen Ben Khedher, Nabil Zouari, Nadia Messaddeq, Patrick Schultz and Samir Jaoua (2011)
Overproduction of Delta-Endotoxins by Sporeless Bacillusthuringiensis Mutants Obtained by Nitrous Acid Mutagenesis
Curr. Microbiol. 62, 38-43
64* Lobna Abdelkefi-Mesrati, Hanen Boukedi, Mariam Dammak-Karray, Tahya Sellami-Boudawara, Samir Jaoua and Slim Tounsi (2011)
Study of the Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3Aa16 histopathological effects and determination of its putative binding proteins in the midgut of Spodoptera littoralis
J. Inv. Pathol. 106, 250–254
65*Fatma DRISS, Slim TOUNSI and Samir JAOUA (2011)
Relationship between plasmid loss and gene expression in Bacillus thuringiensis
Curr. Microbiol. 62:1287-1293
66* Olfa Kilani-Feki, Gérald Culioli, Annick Ortalo-Magné, Nabil Zouari, Yves Blache and Samir Jaoua (2011)
Environmental Burkholderia cepacia strainCS5 acting by two analogous alkyl-quinolones and a didecyl-phthalate against a broad spectrum of phytopathogens fungi
Curr. Microbiol. 62, 1490–1495
67*Ben Khedher, S., Jaoua, S. and Zouari, N. (2011).
Improvement of Bioinsecticides Production by Sporeless Bacillus thuringiensis strains in Response to Various Stresses in Low Cost Medium. Curr. Microbiol. 62 : 1467-1477
68* Anis BEN HSOUNA, Mohamed TRIGUI, Riadh BEN MANSOUR, Raoudha MEZGHANI JARRAYA, Mohamed DAMAK and Samir JAOUA (2011)
Chemical composition, cytotoxicity effect and antimicrobial activity of Ceratonia siliqua essential oil with preservative effects against Listeria inoculated in minced beef meat
Int. J. Food Microbiol. 148, 66–72
69*Saoussen BEN KHEDHER, Amel KAMOUN, Samir JAOUA and Nabil ZOUARI. (2011).
Improvement of Bacillus thuringiensis bioinsecticides production by sporeless and sporulating strains using response surface methodology .
New Biotechnol. 28, 705-712
70* Fakher Kamoun, Ines Ben Fguira, Najeh Belguith Ben Hassen, Hafedh Mejdoub, Didier Lereclus, Samir Jaoua (2011)
Purification and characterization of a new Bacillus thuringiensis bacteriocin active against Listeria monocytogenes, Bacillus cereus and Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol.165, 300-314
71* Lobna Abdelkefi-Mesrati, Hanen Boukedi, Maissa Chakroun, Fakher Kamoun, Hichem Azzouz, Slim Tounsi, Souad Rouis and Samir Jaoua (2011)
Investigation of the steps involved in the difference of susceptibility of Ephestia kuehniella and Spodoptera littoralis to the Bacillus thuringiensis Vip3Aa16 toxin
J. Inv. Pathol. 107, 198-201
72* Sameh Sellami, Kaïs Jamoussi, Emna Dabbeche and Samir Jaoua (2011)
Increase of the Bacillus thuringiensis secreted toxicity against lepidopteron larvae by homologous expression of the vip3LB gene during sporulation stage
Curr. Microbiol.63, 289-294 Sept
73*Jallouli W, Jaoua S, Zouari N (2011)
Overcoming the production limitations of Photorhabdus temperata ssp. temperata strain K122 bioinsecticides in low-cost medium.
Bioprocess Biosyst Eng.34, 1039-1047
74* Olfa Kilani-Feki and Samir Jaoua (2011)
Biological control of Botrytis cinerea using an antagonictic and endophytic Burkholderia cepacia (Cs5) for the vine plantlets protection
Canad. J Microbiol. 57, 896-901
75*Anis Ben Hsouna, Mongi Saoudi, Mohamed Trigui, Kamel Jamoussi, Tahia Boudawara, Samir Jaoua, Abdelfattah El Feki (2011)
Characterization of bioactive compounds and ameliorative effects of Ceratonia siliqualeaf extract against CCl4 induced hepatic oxidative damage and renal failure in rats
Food Chem. Toxicol. 49, 3183-3191
76*Mariam Dammak, Samir Jaoua, Slim Tounsi (2011)
Construction of a Bacillus thuringiensis genetically-engineered strain harbouring the secreted Cry1Ia delta-endotoxin in its crystal
Biotechnol. Lett..33,2367-2372
77* Mongi Saoudi, Anis Ben Hsouna, Mohamed Trigui, Kamel Jamoussi, Samir Jaoua and Abdelfatteh Feki (2011) Differential oxidative stress responses to methanol in intraperitoneally exposed rats: Ameliorative effects of Opuntia vulgaris fruit extract. Toxicol. Indust. Health , 28, 549-559
78*Imen Blibech, Mohieddine Ksantini, Ikbal Chaieb, Brahim Jlassi, Ali Rhoumaa, Samir Jaoua, Sami Aifa (2012)
Isolation of entomopathogenic Bacillus from a biodynamic olive farm and their pathogenicity to lepidopteran and coleopteran insect pests, Crop Protection; 31, 72-77
79* Olfa Kilani-Feki, Imen Zouari, Gérald Culioli, Annick Ortalo-Magné, Nabil Zouari Yves Blache and Samir Jaoua (2012)
Correlation between synthesis variation of 2-alkylquinolones and the antifungal activity of aBurkholderia cepacia strains collection
World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol.,28, 275 – 281.
80* Mariam Dammak, Mamdouh Ben Ali, Samir Jaoua, Slim Tounsi (2012)
Amino acids Y229 and F603 are involved in Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ac delta-endotoxin stability and toxicity
FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 329, 54-60
81*Abdelhi Dihazi, Ph.D.; Fatima Jaiti; Wafa Taktak; Olfa kilani Feki; Samir Jaoua; Azeddine Driouich; Mohamed Baaziz; Fouad Daayf; Mohammed Amine Serghini (2012)
Use of two bacteria for biological control of bayoud disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum in date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L) seedlings
Plant Physiol. Biochem 55, 7 – 15
82*Wafa Jallouli, Samir Jaoua and Nabil Zouari (2012)
Improvement of Photorhabdus temperata strain K122 bioinsecticide production by batch and fed-batch fermentations optimization.
Bioprocess and Biosys. Eng..35.1505-1513
83*Wafa Jallouli, Samir Jaoua and Nabil Zouari (2012)
Improvement of Photorhabdus temperata Bioinsecticides Production in Low-Cost Media Through Adequate Fermentation Technology.
Biotechnol. Prog. 28, 1278-1284
84*Sellami S, Zghal T, Cherif M, Zalila-Kolsi I, Jaoua S, Jamoussi K. (2013)
J. Basic Microbiol. 52, 1-10
85*Olfa Kilani-Feki, Fakher Frikha, Imen Zouari and Samir Jaoua (2013)
Heterologous expression and secretion of an antifungal Bacillus subtilis chitosanase (CSNV26) in Escherichia coli
Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering. 36, 985-992
86* Mohamed Trigui, Anis Ben Hsouna, Inès Hammami, Gérald Culioli, Mohieddine Ksantini, Slim Tounsi, Samir Jaoua (2013)
Efficacy of Lawsonia inermis leaves extract and its phenolic compounds against olive knot and crown gall diseases.
Crop protection 45, 83-88
87*Wafa Jallouli, Lobna Abdelkefi-Mesrati, Slim Tounsi, Samir Jaoua and Nabil Zouari (2013)
Potential of Photorhabdus temperata K122 bioinsecticide in protecting wheat flour against Ephestia kuehniella
Journal of stored product research, 53:61-66
88* Mohamed Trigui, Anis Ben Hsouna, Slim Tounsi, Samir Jaoua (2013).
Chemical composition and evaluation of antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Tunisian Thymelaea hirsuta with special reference to its mode of action.
Industrial Crops and Products. 41, 150– 157
89*Dorra Ben Hamadou-Charfi, Hanen Boukedi, Lobna Abdelkefi-Mesrati, Slim Tounsi, Samir Jaoua (2013)
Agrotis segetum midgut putative receptor of Bacillus thuringiensis vegetative insecticidal protein Vip3Aa16 differs from that of Cry1Ac toxin
Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 114, 139-143
90* Karim Ennouri, Saoussen Ben Khedher, Samir JAOUA and Nabil ZOUARI (2013)
Correlation between delta-endotoxin and proteolytic activities produced by Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki growing in an economic production medium.
Biocontrol Science and Technology, 23, 756-767
91*Dalel Benfarhat-Touzri, Amal Ben Amira, Saoussen Ben Khedher, Alain Givaudan, Samir Jaoua, Slim Tounsi (2013)
Combinatorial effect of Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki and Photorhabdus luminescens against Spodoptera littoralis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae).
Journal of Basic Microbiology, 53, 1–6
92* Saoussen Ben Khedher, Samir Jaoua, Nabil Zouari (2013)
Application of statistical experimental design for optimisation of bioinsecticides production by sporeless Bacillus thuringiensis strain on cheap medium
Brazilian J. Microbiol.44, 927-933
93* Walid Hammami, Stefano Fiori, Roda Al Thani, Najet Ali Kali, Virgilio Balmas, Quirico Migheli, Samir Jaoua (2014)
Fungal and aflatoxin contamination of marketed spices
Food control 37, 177–181
94*Stefano Fiori, Pietro Paolo Urgeghe, Walid Hammami, Salvatorico Razzu, Samir Jaoua and Quirico Migheli (2014)
Biocontrol activity of four non- and low-fermenting yeast strains against Aspergillus carbonarius and their ability to remove ochratoxin A fromgrape juice
International Journal of Food Microbiology, 189, 45-50 (Oct 2014)
95*Jihen ELLEUCH, Raida ZRIBI ZGHAL*, Mohamed JEMAA, Hichem AZZOUZ, Slim TOUNSI & Samir JAOUA (2014)
New Bacillus thuringiensis toxin combinations for biological control of Lepidopteran larvae
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 65, 148-154
96*Saoussen Ben Khedher, Samir Jaoua and Nabil Zouari (2014)
Overcome of carbon catabolite repression of bioinsecticides production by sporeless Bacillus thuringiensis through adequate fermentation technology
Biotechnology Research International, 2014-ID 698587
97*Hichem Azzouz; Jihene Kebaili-Ghribi; Dalel ben Farhat-Touzri; Fatma Daoud; Ines Fakhfakh; Slim Tounsi; Samir Jaoua (2014)
Selection and characterisation of an HD1-like Bacillus thuringiensis isolate with a high insecticidal activity against Spodoptera littoralis (lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Pest Management Science. 70:1192-1201
98*Ines Ben Fguira, Zaineb Fourati, Fakher Kamoun, Slim Tounsi and Samir Jaoua (2014)
Isolation of the Bacillus thuringiensis plasmid carrying Bacthuricin F4 coding genes and evidence of its conjugative transfer
J Infect Dev Ctries; 8(6):727-732.
99*Ben Hamadou-Charfi; Sauer; Abdelkefi-Mesrati; Tounsi; Jaoua; Stephan (2015)
Susceptibility of Agrotis segetum (noctuidae) to Bacillus thuringiensis and analysis of midgut proteinases
Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology 45, 411-420
100* Jihen Elleuch; Slim Tounsi; Najeh Belguith Ben Hassen; Marie Noël Lacroix; Fabrice Chandre; Samir Jaoua Raida Zribi (2015)
Characterisation of novel Bacillus thuringiensis isolates against Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) and Ceratitis capitata (Diptera:Tephridae)
J. Inv. Pathol. 124: 90-97
101*Dorra Ben Hamadou-Charfi, Annette Juliane Sauer, Lobna Abdelkafi-Mesrati, Samir Jaoua and Dietrich Stephan (2015)
Production of Polyclonal and Monoclonal Antibodies Against the Bacillus thuringiensis Vegetative Insecticidal Protein Vip3Aa16
Appl Biochem Biotechnol 175:2357-2365
102* Giammario Calia, Patrizia Monti, Salvatore Marceddu, Maria Antonietta Dettori, Davide Fabbri, Samir Jaoua, R D O’Neill, Pier Andrea Serra, Giovanna Delogu and Quirico Migheli (2015)
Electropolymerized phenol derivatives as permselective polymers for biosensor applications
Analyst, 140, 3607-3615
103*Anis Ben Hsouna, Mohamed Trigui, Raoudha Mezghani Jarraya, Mohamed Dammak, Samir Jaoua (2015)
Identification of phenolic compounds by HPLC/MS and in vitro evaluation of the antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Ceratonia siliqua leaves extracts
Journal of Medicinal Plants Research 9, 479-485
104*Jihen Elleuch, Raida Zribi Zghal, Marie Noël Lacoix, Fabrice Chandre, Slim Tounsi, Samir Jaoua (2015)
Evidence of two mechanisms involved in Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis decreased toxicity against mosquito larvae: Genomedynamic and toxins stability
Microbiological Research 176, 48–54
105*Jihen Elleuch, Samir Jaoua, Frédéric DARRIET, Fabrice Chandre, Slim Tounsi and Raida Zribi Zghal (2015)
Cry4Ba and Cyt1Aa proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis: Interactions and Toxicity mechanism against Aedes aegypti
Toxicon, 104, 83-90
106* Jihen Elleuch, Raida Zribi Zghal, Ines Ben Fguira, Marie Noël Lacroix, Jihed Suissi, Fabrice Chandre, Slim Tounsi, Samir Jaoua (2015)
Effects of the P20 protein from Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis on insecticidal crystal protein Cry4Ba
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 79, 174-179
107*Fatma Driss, Sonia Jemli and Samir Jaoua (2015)
Polymorphic study of chitinase catalytic domains from Bacillus thuringiensis isolates
Ind. J. Biotechnol., 14, 476-481
108*Maria Grazia Farbo, Pietro Paolo Urgeghe, Stefano Fiori, Salvadore Marceddu, Samir Jaoua and Quirico Mighelli (2016)
Adsorption of ochratoxin A from grape juice by yeast cells immobilised in calcium alginate beads
International Journal of Food Microbiology, 217, 29-34
109* Elleuch, Jihen; JAOUA, Samir; Ginibre, Carole; Chandre, Fabrice; TOUNSI, SLIM; Zribi Zghal, Raida (2016)
Toxin stability Improvement and toxicity increase against Dipteran and Lepidopteran larvae of Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein Cry2Aa
Pest Management Science, (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI 10.1002/ps.4261
110*Anis Ben Hsouna, Saoudi Mongi, Gérald Culioli, Yves Blache, Zohra Ghlissi, Rim Chaabane, Abdelfattah El Feki, Samir Jaoua, Mohamed Trigui (2016)
Protective effects of ethyl acetate fraction of Lawsonia inermis fruits extract against carbon tetrachloride-induced oxidative damage in rat liver.
Toxicology and Industrial Health, 32, 694-706
111* J Elleuch, S Jaoua, S Tounsi, RZ Zghal (2016)
Cry1Ac toxicity enhancement towards lepidopteran pest Ephestia kuehniellathrough its protection against excessive proteolysis
Toxicon, 120, 42-48
112* Walid Hammami, Roda Al Thani, Stefano Fiori, Saeed Al-Meer, Fathy Atia Mohamed Atia, Duha Rabah, Quirico Migheli, Samir Jaoua (2017)
Patulin and patulin producing Penicillium spp. occurrence in apples and apple-based products including baby food
J Infect Dev Ctries 11(4), 343-349
113* Raida Zribi Zghal, Jihen Elleuch, Mamdouh Ben Ali, Frédéric Darriet, Ahmed Rebaï, Fabrice Chandre, Samir Jaoua, Slim Tounsi (2017)
Toward novel Cry toxins with enhanced toxicity/broader: a new chimeric Cry4Ba /Cry1Ac
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 101, 113-122
114*Patrizia Monti, Giammario Calia, Salvatore Marceddu, Maria A. Dettori, Maria A. Dettori, Samir Jaoua, Robert D. O’Neill, Quirico Migheli, Giovanna Delogu, Giovanna Delogu, Pier A. Serra (2017)
Low electro-synthesis potentials improve permselectivity of polymerized natural phenols in biosensor applications
Talanta, 162, 151–158
115* Zulfa Al Disi, Samir Jaoua, Dhabia Al-Thani, Saeed Al-Meer, and Nabil Zouari (2017)
Considering the Specific Impact of Harsh Conditions and Oil Weathering on Diversity, Adaptation, and Activity of Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacteria in Strategies of Bioremediation of Harsh Oily-Polluted Soils
BioMed Research International – – https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/8649350
116* Zulfa Al Disi, Samir Jaoua, Tomaso R.R. Bontognali, Hamad Al Kuwari , Essam Shabaan Attia
and Nabil S. Zouari (2017)
Evidence of a Role for Aerobic Bacteria in High Magnesium Carbonate Formation in the Evaporitic Environment of Dohat Faishakh Sabkha in Qatar
Front. Environ. Sci. | doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2017.00001
117* Hanen Boukedi, Saoussen Ben Khedher, Rania Hadhri, Samir Jaoua, Slim Tounsi and Lobna Abdelkefi-Mesrati (2017)
Vegetative insecticidal protein of Bacillus thuringiensis BLB459 and its efficiency against Lepidoptera
Toxicon, 129, 89-94
118*Alzahraa Omar Attar, Samir Jaoua, Talaat Abdelfattah, Zulfa Ali Al-Disi and Nabil Zouari (2017)
Evidencing diversity of Nutritional Requirements for Hydrocarbon-Degrading Activity of adapted Pseudomonas aeruginosa to harsh conditions using 2n full Factorial design.
RSC Advances 7, 45920–45931
119* Zahoor Ul Hassan, Roda Al-Thani, Quirico Migheli, Samir Jaoua (2018)
Detection of toxigenic mycobiota and mycotoxins in cereal feed market”
Food control, 84, 389-394
120* Kavita Nair, Ahmad Iskandarani, Roda Al-Thani, Ramzi Mohammadand Samir Jaoua (2018)
Replacement of five Consecutive Amino Acids in the Cyt1A Protein of Bacillus thuringiensis Enhances its Cytotoxic Activity against Lung Epithelial Cancer Cells
Toxins, 10(3), 125; doi:10.3390/toxins10030125 (registering DOI)
121* Zahoor Ul Hassan, Roda Al Thani, Fathy A. Atia, Saeed Al Meer, Quirico Migheli and Samir Jaoua (2018)
Co-occurrence of mycotoxins in commercial formula milk and cereal-based baby
Food on the Qatar Market
Food Additivess & contaminants : PartB, 11 (3), 191-197
122* Kavita Nair, Roda Al-Thani, Dhabia Al-Thani, Fatima Al-Yafei, Talaat Ahmed, and Samir Jaoua (2018)
Front. Microbiol. 9, | doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00708
123*Patrizia Monti, Gaia Rocchitta, Salvatore Marceddu, Maria A. Dettori, Davide Fabbri, Samir Jaoua, Quirico Migheli, Giovanna Delogu, Pier A. Serra (2018)
Use of β-cyclodextrin as enhancer of ascorbic acid rejection in permselective films for amperometric biosensor applications
Talanta, 186, 53-59 DOI information: 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.04.034
124* Zahoor Ul Hassan, Roda Al-Thani, Fathy A. Atia, Saeed Al Meer, Quirico Migheli, Samir Jaoua (2018)
Evidence of low levels of aflatoxin M1 in milk and dairy products marketed in Qatar
Food control, 92, 25-29
125* Randa Zeidan, Zahoor Ul-Hassan, Roda Al-Thani, Virgilio Balmas and Samir Jaoua
(2018)
Application of Low-Fermenting Yeast Lachancea thermotolerans for the Control of Toxigenic Fungi Aspergillus parasiticus, Penicillium verrucosum and Fusarium graminearum and Their Mycotoxins
Toxins 2018, 10(6), 242; doi: 10.3390/toxins10060242-
126* Maria Grazia Farbo, Pietro Paolo Urgeghe, Stefano Fiori, Angela Marcello, Stefania Oggiano, Virgilio Balmas, Zahoor Ul Hassan, Samir Jaoua, Quirico Migheli (2018)
International Journal of Food Microbiology, 284, 1-10
127* Raida Zribi Zghal, Fakher Frikha, Jihen Elleuch, Frédéric Darriet, Fabrice Chandre, Samir Jaoua, Slim Tounsi (2019)
The combinatory effect of Cyt1Aa flexibility and specificity against dipteran larvae improves the toxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki toxins
International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 123 (2019) 42–49
128* Zahoor Ul Hassan, Roda Al-Thani, Virgilio Balmas, Quirico Migheli, Samir Jaoua (2019)
Prevalence of Fusarium fungi and their toxins in marketed feed
Food control, 104, 224-230
129*Zulfa Ali Al Disia, Nabil Zouari, Maria Dittrich, Samir Jaoua, Hamad Al Saad Al-Kuwari, Tomaso R.R, Bontognali (2019)
Characterization of the extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) of Virgibacillus strains capable of mediating the formation of high Mg-calcite and protodolomite
Marine Chemistry 216, 103693
130* B Tilocca, Virgilio Balmas, Zahoor Ul Hassan, Samir Jaoua, Quirico Migheli (2019)
International journal of food microbiology 306, 108265
131* Zahoor Ul Hassan, Roda Al-Thani, Hajer Alnaimi, Quirico Migheli, Samir Jaoua (2019)
Investigation and application of Bacillus licheniformis volatile compounds for the biological control of toxigenic Aspergillus and Penicillium spp.
ACS omega, 4, 17186−17193
132* Randa Zeidan, Zahoor Ul-Hassan, Roda Al-Thani, Quirico Migheli and Samir Jaoua (2019)
In-vitro Application of a Qatari Burkholderia cepacia strain (QBC03) in the Biocontrol of MycotoxigenicFungi and in the Reduction of Ochratoxin A biosynthesis by Aspergillus carbonarius
Toxins 2019, 11, 700; doi:10.3390/toxins11120700
133*Zulfa AliAl Disi, Tomaso R. R. Bontognali, Samir Jaoua, EssamAttia, HamadAl SaadAl-Kuwari , & Nabil Zouari (2019) Infuence of temperature, salinity and Mg2+:Ca2+ ratio on microbially mediated formation of Mg rich carbonates by Virgibacillus strains isolated from a sabkha environment
Scientific Reports, 9:19633 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56144-0
134*Reem Alasmar, Zahoor Ul-Hassan, Randa Zeidan, Roda Al-Thani, Noora Al-Shamary, Hajer Alnaimi, Quirico Migheli and Samir Jaoua (2020) Isolation of a novel Kluyveromyces marxianus strain QKM-4 and evidence of its volatilome production and binding potentialities in the biocontrol of toxigenic fungi and their mycotoxins
ACS omega, 5 (28), 17637−17645
135* Nasser Al-kaabi, Mohammad Al-Ghouti, Samir Jaoua and Nabil Zouari (2020) Potential for native hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria to remediate highly weathered oil-polluted soils in Qatar through self-purification and bioaugmentation in biopiles
Biotechnology Reports, 28 e00543 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.btre.2020.e00543
136* Kavita Nair , Roda Al-Thani, Carole Ginibre, Fabrice Chandre, Mohammed Alsafran and Samir Jaoua (2020) Bacillus thuringiensis strains isolated from Qatari soil, synthesizing d-endotoxins highly active against the disease vector insect Aedes aegypti Bora Bora
Heliyon, 6 (10) 6 October 2020, e05003; https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S2405-8440(20)31846-6
137*Nayla Salah Higazy, Aya Ehab Saleh, Zahoor Ul Hassan, Roda Al Thani, Quirico Migheli and Samir Jaoua (2021) Investigation and application of Bacillus pumilus QBP344-3 in the control of Aspergillus carbonarius and ochratoxin A contamination
Food control, 119, 107464, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107464
138*Zahoor Ul Hassan, Roda Al Thani, Fathy A. Atia, Mohammed Alsafran, Quirico Migheli, Samir Jaoua (2021)
Application of yeasts and yeast derivatives for the biological control of toxigenic fungi and their toxic metabolites
Environmental Technology & Innovation, 22. 101447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2021.101447
139*Zahoor Ul Hassan, Roda Al Thani, Mohammed Alsafran, Quirico Migheli, Samir Jaoua (2021)
Selection of Bacillus spp. with decontamination potential on multiple Fusarium mycotoxins
Food control, 127, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108119
140* Aya Ehab Saleh, Zahoor Ul-Hassan, Randa Zeidan, Noora Al-Shamary, Thoraya Al-Yafei, Hajer Alnaimi, Nayla Salah Higazy, Quirico Migheli, Samir Jaoua1* (2021)
Biocontrol activity of Bacillus megaterium BM344-1 against toxigenic fungi
ACS omega, 6, 10984-10990, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c00816
141* Kavita Nair , and Samir Jaoua (2021)
Development of Bio-insecticides based on Local Bacillus thuringiensis Strains for the Biological Control of Harmful Dipteran Disease Vectors
Qatar University Research Magazine, Issue 15, pages 22-23
142* Wadha Al Attiya, Zahoor Ul Hassan, Roda Al Thani, Samir Jaoua (2021)
Prevalence of toxigenic fungi and mycotoxins in Arabic coffee (Coffea arabica): Protective role of traditional coffee roasting, brewing and bacterial volatilesFusarium mycotoxins
PLOS ONE, 16, PLoS ONE 16(10): e0259302. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259302
143* Kavita Nair , Roda Al-Thani and Samir Jaoua (2021)
Bacillus thuringiensis strain QBT220 pBtoxis plasmid structural instability enhances d-endotoxins synthesis and bioinsecticidal activity.
Ecotoxicology and Environmental safety 228 (112975), 6
144* Randa Zeidan, Zahoor Ul Hassan, Noor Al-Naimi, Roda Al-Thani and Samir Jaoua (2022)
Detection of multi-mycotoxins in camel feed and milk and their comparison with the levels in cow milk
Food Science & Nutrition, 10:609–616.
145* A Al-Thani, Y Ashfaq, Mohammad, Z Ul Hassan, R Al Thani, S Jaoua (2022)
Bioresource Technology Reports 16 (101134), 7
146* A Alkuwari, Z Ul Hassan, R Zeidan, R Al Thani, S Jaoua (2022)
Toxins 14 (404), 13
147* MN Doshi, K Nair, ZU Hassan, S Jaoua (2022)
Bioresource Technology Reports, 101106
148* Yara Abdallah, Zahoor Ul Hassan, Roda Al-Thani, Noora Al-Shamary, Thoraya Al-Yafei, Hajer Alnaimi, Samir Jaoua (2022)
Prevalence of toxigenic mycobiota and mycotoxins in date palm fruits and investigation on Bacillus cereus 342-2 as biocontrol agent
Biocontrol Science & Technology
https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2022.2122404
149* Oufensou, Z Ul Hassan, V Balmas, S Jaoua and Q Migheli (2023)
Perfume Guns: Potential of Yeast Volatile Organic Compounds in the Biological Control of Mycotoxin-Producing Fungi
150*F Alsalabi, Z Ul Hassan, R Al-Thani, S Jaoua (2023)
Molecular identification and biocontrol of ochratoxigenic fungi and ochratoxin A in animal feed marketed in the state of Qatar
Heliyon, 9, e12835
151* In Press