User:Tanvirahman

Hi, I am Dr.Md.Tanvir Rahman (tanvirahman@gmail.com) is working as Professor of Microbiology at the Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh.

EDUCATION:

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Postdoc: Max Planck Institute for terrestrial Microbiology, Germany.

PhD: University of Warwick, United Kingdom.

MSc: University of Guelph, Canada.

DVM: Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh.

MAJOR RESEARCH INTEREST:

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=========== Microbial ecology, Virulence, Pathogenesis and Antibiotic resistance.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCES:

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========= My research experiences includes working as a postdoctoral work on molecular ecology of methanogen targeting mcrA gene at the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology at Marburg, Germany. During PhD at the University of Warwick, at UK, I worked on the development, validation and application of conventional and real-time (quantitative) PCR assays for the detection of Methylocella spp. which are facultative methane-utilizing bacteria from environmental samples. The global distribution, diversity and abundance of Methylocella in various environmental samples were determined using these assays. I also worked on the diagnostic DNA microarray for the detection of methanotrophs in various islands that are at different successional stages. In addition, I worked on the genomics and whole genome transcriptomics of Methylocella silvestris during growth on different substrates. Finally I worked on the effect of acetate on the ability of M. silvestris to utilize methane as carbon source in situ using DNA-Stable Isotope Probing (DNA-SIP) with 13Clabelled methane and/or acetate.

At the University of Guelph, Canada during MSc I worked on the sequencing of the genome of Rhodococcus equi, which is an opportunistic intracellular pathogen of young foals. I developed a DNA microarray system and studied the gene expression patter of Rhodococcus equi during growth in vivo and in vitro. This study identified genes transcribed differentially in R. equi during growth in vivo (inside macrophages) that might be related with virulence.

During DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) at Bangladesh Agricultural University, I worked on isolation, identification and characterization of microbial agents from animal, food and environments.

My Selected Publications (Rahman, M.T.)

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Rahman, M.T., Islam, M.R., and Hasan, M. (2013). Isolation and identification of bacterial agents causing clinical mastitis in cattle in Mymensingh and their antibiogram profile. Microbes and Health. 2: 19-21.

Razi, KMA, Rahman, M.B., Flores-Gutiérrez, G.H., and Rahman, M.T. (2012). Prevalence of  caprine  subclinical  mastitis  in   Mymensingh  area  and  characterization of associated bacterial agents and the risk factors. Microbes and Health. 1: 1-5

Rahman, M.T., Crombie, A., Moussard, H., Chen, Y., and Murrell, J.C. (2011). Acetate repression of methane oxidation by supplemental Methylocella silvestris in a peat soil microcosm. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77: 4234-4236.

Rahman, M.T., Crombie, A., Chen, A., Stralis-Pavese, N., Bodrossy, L., McNamara, N.P., and Murrell, J.C. (2011). Distribution and abundance in the environment of the facultative methanotroph Methylocella. The ISME Journal. 5: 1061-1066.

Chen, Y., Crombie, A., Rahman, M.T., Dedysh, S.N., Liesack, W., Stott, M.B.,Alam, M., Theisen, A.R., Murrell, J.C., and Dunfield, P.F. (2010). Complete genome sequence of the aerobic facultative methanotroph Methylocella silvestris BL2. Journal of Bacteriology. 192: 3840-3841.

Chen, Y., Scanlan, J., Song, L., Crombie, A., Rahman, M.T., Schäfer, H., and Murrell, J.C. (2010). gamma-glutamylmethylamide is an essential intermediate in the metabolism of methylamine by Methylocella silvestris. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 76: 4530–4537.

Nooruddin, G M., Rahman, M.T., Mohammad, M., Rahman, M.M., (2007). Identification and characterization of hemagglutinating viruses in native chickens in Bangladesh. International Journal of Poultry Science. 6: 912-915.

Rahman, M.T., Kobayashi, N., and Alam, M.M. (2005). Genetic analysis of mecA homologues in Staphylococcus sciuri strains derived from mastitis in dairy cattle. Microbial Drug Resistance. 11: 205-214.

Rahman, M.T., Parreira, V.P., and Prescott, J.F. (2005). In vitro and intra-macrophage gene expression by Rhodococcus equi strain 103. Veterinary Microbiology.110: 131-140.

Rahman, M.T., Herron L.L., Kapur, V., Meijer. W.G., Byrne, B.A., Ren, J., Nicholson, V.M., and Prescott, J.F.(2003). Partial genome sequencing of Rhodococcus equi ATCC 33701. Veterinary Microbiology. 94: 143-158.