Dr Raja Lakhal

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Dr Raja Lakhal

Assistant Professor
Rlakhal@su.edu.om
Phone: +968 26850100 Extn:357
Location: Barka building

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Biography

Dr Raja graduated from the University of Provence, France, and holds a Ph.D. in biotechnology and microbiology. He is an Assistant Professor of biology in the Bachelor of Science and Domain 2 program at Sohar University in Oman. Dr Raja previously worked as an Assistant Professor of biology at Carthage University in the Faculty of Science in Bizerte, Tunisia, and as an assistant professor and researcher at the Centre of Biotechnology in Sfax, Tunisia. He has published papers dealing with the microbiology of the deep sea and marine environments and the capacity of hyperthermophilic and anaerobic bacteria to cope with oxygen in their ecosystems. His area of interest is the fermentation of wastewater to produce bioenergy.

Qualification

  • Ph.D. in Microbiology and Biotechnology

Teaching Interest

  • ​Microbiology
  • Environmemtal biotechnology
  • General biology / cytology

Research Interest

  • ​​Environmemtal biotechnology​

Publications

  • ​Raja Lakhal, Nathalie Pradel, Anne Postec, Bernard Ollivier, Jean-Luc Cayol, Anne Godfroy, Marie-Laure Fardeau and Grégoire Galès. Crassaminicellaprofunda gen. nov., sp. nov.an anaerobic marine bacterium isolated from deep-sea sediments. International Journal of Systematic and Environmental Microbiology.(2015), 00, 1-6; DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.000386.
  • Raja Lakhal, Nathalie Pradel, Anne Postec, Anne Godfroy, Bernard Ollivier, Marie Laure Fardeau. Characterization of Vallitaleaguaymasensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium, isolated from sediments of Guaymas basin. International Journal of Systematic and Environmental Microbiology (2013), 63, 3019 – 3023. DOI 10, 1099/ijs.0.045708-0.
  • Raja Lakhal, Richard Auria, Sylvain Davidson, Bernard Ollivier, Marie-Claire Durand, Alain Dolla, MoktarHamdi, and YannickCombet-Blanc. Oxygen uptake rates in the hyperthermophilic anaerobe Thermotogamaritima grown in a bioreactor under controlled oxygen exposure: clues to its defense strategy against oxidative stress. Achieves of Microbiology (2011); 193:429–438 DOI 10.1007/s00203-011-0687-8​
  • Raja Lakhal, Richard Auria, Sylvain Davidson, Bernard Ollivier, Alain Dolla, MoktarHamdi, and YannickCombet-Blanc. Effect of oxygen and redox potential on glucose fermentation in Thermotogamaritima under controlled physicochemical conditions.International Journal of Microbiology (2010), Article ID 896510, 10 pages doi:10.1155/2010/896510

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