Our Reviewers

Acknowledgement to Reviewers

The Editors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the following reviewers who generously contributed their time and expertise to review the articles for Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology in 2019; their efforts are immensely helpful in maintaining and improving the quality of our Journal. We apologize for inadvertent omissions.

Reviewers Name and Affiliation	Country
Dr. Khaled Saad, Assiut University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8473-6116 PUBLONS: 315971	Egypt
Prof. (Dr.) Enketeswara Subudhi, SOA University http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0571-6940 PUBLONS: 1576597	India
Dr. Muhammad Zubair Shabbir, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3562-007X PUBLONS: 1322630	Pakistan
Dr. Maxime Pichon, Hopital de la Croix-Rousse https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3732-6894	France
Dr. Shirzad fallahi, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1826-7910 PUBLONS: 1393484	Iran
Dr. Mohammed El-Magd, Kafrelsheikh University http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3314-9202 PUBLONS: 2925191	Egypt
Dr. Mahmut Gür, Kastamonu University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9942-6324 PUBLONS: 1497731	Turkey
Dr. Samuel Eshorame Sanni, Covenant University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1365-5156 PUBLONS: 1270299	Nigeria
Dr. Asemgul K. Sadvakasova, National University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1456-5320 PUBLONS: 3100774	Kazakhstan
Dr. Ayman Abdel-Aziz Swelum, King Saud University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3247-5898 PUBLONS: 1224329	Saudi Arabia
Dr. Mohd Nasir Mohd Desa, University Putra Malaysia http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0200-4796	Malaysia
Prof. (Dr.) Percy Chimwamurombe, Namibia University of Science and Technology http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1911-1651	Namibia
Dr. Reza Ghotaslou, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4762-3558	Iran
Dr. Bhuvanesh Sukhlal Kalal, A.J. Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2560-3778 PUBLONS: 1430308	India
Dr. Nagwa Mostafa El- Sayed, Research Institute of Ophthalmology http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6880-2147	Egypt
Dr. Sinan Uzunlu, Pamukkale Üniversity https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9824-7586 PUBLONS: 690696	Turkey
Dr. Jamshid Razmyar, University of Tehran https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1247-4591 PUBLONS: 1609089	Iran
Dr. Wong Mui Yun, University Putra Malaysia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6944-4860	Malaysia
Dr. Noha A Hassuna, Minia University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6702-2341 PUBLONS: 1281552	Egypt
Dr. Akram Abouie Mehrizi, Pasteur Institute of Iran http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9502-0407	Iran
Dr. Abhay Prakash Mishra, H.N.B. Garhwal University http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2224-0852	India
Dr. Khim Phin Chong, University of Malaysia Sabah http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5143-7283 PUBLONS: 2526094	Malaysia
Dr. Sahar A El-Masry, National Research Centre https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1416-0633 PUBLONS: 2665571	Egypt
Dr. Shravan kumar Paswan, CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2729-6257 PUBLONS: 1583916	India
Dr. Afsane Vaezi, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8261-7386	Iran
Prof. (Dr.) Essam Abd El-Monaem El-Moselhy, Al-Azhar University http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4047-8354	Egypt
Dr. Rekha Khandia, Barkatullah University http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9961-3127	India
Dr. Salah Abdelbary, Al-Azhar University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2588-870X PUBLONS: 1421061	Egypt
Dr. Tatheer Naqvi, COMSATS University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4538-6317 PUBLONS: 2789322	Pakistan
Dr. Zulfa Ali Saleh Aldisi, Qatar University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0935-4545	Qatar
Dr. Mehran Alavi, Razi University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5691-8326	Iran
Dr. Luis Alberto Gaitán Cepeda, National Autonomous University of Mexico https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4777-6829	Mexico
Dr. Aziz Ahmad, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2270-5197 PUBLONS: 1397167	Malaysia
Dr. Sinosh Skariyachan, Visvesvaraya Technological University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0950-7513 PUBLONS: 359811	India
Dr. Majed H. Wakid, King Abdulaziz University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4941-5373 PUBLONS: 2448198	Saudi Arabia
Dr. Abiola Ezekiel Taiwo, Landmark University PUBLONS: 1543470	Nigeria
Dr. Amin Fatoni, Universitas Jenderal Soedirman https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6550-2461 PUBLONS: 1378761	Indonesia
Dr. Ahmed Ali, Beni-Suef University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2576-2031 PUBLONS: 1664585	Egypt
Dr. Frederick Tawi Tabit, University of South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8004-8415 PUBLONS: 2365720	South Africa
Dr. Ben Braiek Olfa, University of Monastir https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9449-8513 PUBLONS: 1568455	Tunisia
Prof. (Dr.) Dinithi Peiris, University of Sri Jayewardenepura https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4788-6852 PUBLONS: 822452	Srilanka
Dr. Ahmed Jalal Khan Chowdhury, International Islamic University Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0113-0523 PUBLONS: 2614549	Malaysia
Dr. Yassir Dakheel Kremsh Alasadiy, University of Baghdad https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2128-7533	Iraq
Dr. Karima Al-Salihi, Al-Muthana University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5698-2678 PUBLONS: 2556996	Iraq
Dr. Sherif Marouf, Cairo University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4554-6974 PUBLONS: 2789322	Egypt
Dr. Alaa Kareem Niamah, University of Basrah https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7501-2143 PUBLONS: 1303174	Iraq
Dr. Mohamed Fawzy Ramadan Hassanien, Zagazig University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5431-8503 PUBLONS: 444228	Egypt
Dr. Vivek N. Upasani, M.G. Science Institute https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8001-6245 PUBLONS: 2284157	India
Dr. Yousra Saeed Abdel-Hameed Saeed, National Research Centre https://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-5183-4342	Egypt
Dr. Musarat Amina, King Saud University https://orcid.org/ 0000-0003-4545-253X	Saudi Arabia
Dr. Pinar Sanlibaba, Ankara University https://orcid.org/ 0000-0003-4638-6765	Turkey
Dr. Hayssam M. Ali, King Saud University https://orcid.org/ 0000-0001-6801-4263 PUBLONS: 1402196	Saudi Arabia
Dr. Aninditia Sabbdaningsih, Universitas Diponegoro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3342-5107	Indonesia
Dr. Arshad Javaid, University of the Punjab https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6243-4678	Pakistan
Dr. Prawej Ansari, Ulster University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9474-2766 PUBLONS: 1638573	United Kingdom
Dr. V. Ramachandra Murty, Manipal Institute of Technology https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3159-7191	India
Dr. Mushtak T. S. Al-Ouqaili, University of Anbar https://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-0454-8351 PUBLONS: 1667225	Iraq
Dr. Abdelmageed Othman, National Research Centre https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3708-985X PUBLONS: 1209101	Egypt
Dr. Milad Kazemnejadi, University of Birjand https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5424-9640	Iran
Dr. Anup Kumar Kesavan, Guru Nanak Dev University https://orcid.org/ 0000-0002-0156-0769	India
Dr. Rebah N. Algafari, Al-Nahrain University https://orcid.org/ 0000-0001-8032-3640 PUBLONS: 1953722	Iraq
Dr. Pinar Caglayan, Marmara University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0238-1754	Turkey
Dr. Dong Jin Yoo, Jeonbuk National University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5707-3361	Korea
Dr. Chongshan Yin, Changsha University of Science and Technology http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5578-2711 PUBLONS: 2117690	China
Dr. Javad Sharifi-Rad, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7301-8151 PUBLONS: 1333876	Iran
Dr. Maryam Hassan, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7225-733X PUBLONS: 2209367	Iran
Dr. Susan Sani Aishwarya, SRM Institute of Science and Technology http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5679-8336	India
Dr. Rida Batool, University of the Punjab https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6113-1563 PUBLONS: 2847857	Pakistan
Dr. Sharifi Yaeghob, Urmia University of Medical Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0867-546X PUBLONS: 2115312	Iran
Prof. (Dr.) Adel Kadri, University of Sfax https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3201-3346	Tunisia
Prof. (Dr.) A.M. Abdel Ghaffar, National Center for Radiation Research and Technology https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2228-1750 PUBLONS: 980997	Egypt
Dr. Amany Ahmed Arafa Ahmed, Researcher of Microbiology and Immunology https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4156-8068 PUBLONS: 1573489	Egypt
Prof. (Dr.) Gamil SG Zeedan, National Research Centre https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2723-542X	Egypt
Dr. Hassan Vatandoost, Tehran University of Medical Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5983-9420	Iran
Dr. Milena Misic, Institute for Public Health Vranje http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6154-0532 PUBLONS: 3252229	Serbia
Dr. Dejan Baskic, University of Kragujevac http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6152-0742	Serbia
Dr. Małgorzata Gniewosz, Warsaw University of Life Sciences http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2282-8231	Poland
Dr. Jia Xiong, North Carolina State University http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6630-7844	United States
Dr. Vivekanandhan Perumal, Periyar University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3283-1306 PUBLONS: 1435354	India
Dr. Hadis Jafarian, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8959-6482	Iran
Dr. Nisa Rachmania Mubarik, IPB University http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0012-0518 PUBLONS: 2333458	Indonesia
Dr. Tualar Simarmata, Padjadjaran University http://orcid.org/000-0003-3191-6591	Indonesia
Dr. Dominic Augustine, MS Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6937-2107 PUBLONS: 1718852	India
Dr. Noha Fathy Omar, Damietta Uniersity https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3820-4434 PUBLONS: 444289	Egypt
Dr. Dinko Đurđević, Energy Institute Hrvoje Požar http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3380-8439 PUBLONS: 3119577	Croatia
Dr. Sijo Francis, Mahatma Gandhi University http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7619-0590	India
Dr. Nazia Jamil, University of the Punjab http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4252-7954	Pakistan
Dr. Chaiwat Prapainainar, King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2575-5341 PUBLONS: 1319980	Thailand
Dr. Hanan Mostafa, National Research Centre https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0548-2224	Egypt
Dr. Brian Beseni, University of KwaZulu Natal https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9184-1985	South Africa
Dr. Parisa Badiee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4221-2995 PUBLONS: 1279392	Iran
Dr. Hadis Jafarian, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8959-6482	Iran
Dr. Margarita Shternshis, All-Russian Research Institute of Biological Plant Protection http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9660-1606 PUBLONS: 2319421	Russian Federation
Dr. Noor Faizul Hadry Nordin, International Islamic University Malaysia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2067-5692 PUBLONS: 2368604	Malaysia
Dr. Muhammad Farhan Nazarudin, University Putra Malaysia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9447-524X	Malaysia
Prof. (Dr.) Hacı Halilbiyik, Adnan Menderes University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0258-054X PUBLONS: 1440344	Turkey
Dr. Anand Nighojkar, Maharaja Ranjit Singh College of Professional Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9072-7259	India
Dr. Amit Kumar, Debre Markos University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5354-420X PUBLONS: 2134478	Ethopia
Prof. (Dr.) Roger Bayston, University of Nottingham https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8312-3844	United Kingdom
Prof. (Dr.) Rodica-Mariana Ion, Valahia University of Targoviste http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9842-3321 PUBLONS: 2863488	Romania
Dr. Paolo Blecich, University of Rijeka http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9678-3833 PUBLONS: 1216004	Croatia
Dr. Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, University of Cape Coast http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4562-9294 PUBLONS: 439300	Ghana
Dr. En Tao Wang, National School of Biological Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6606-6916	Mexico
Dr. Vishal Dhundale https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3432-7971 PUBLONS: 2970168	India
Dr. Nevcivan Guldas, Dokuz Eylul University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6253-361X	Turkey
Dr. Ahmad Zaheer, University of Lahore https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5131-3240 PUBLONS: 1643717	Pakistan
Dr. Jianxun Ding, Key Laboratory of Polymer Ecomaterials Changchun https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5232-8863	China
Dr. Leila Lo Leggio, University of Copenhagen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5135-0882 PUBLONS: 2439964	Denmark
Dr. Alicja Synowiec, Warsaw University of Life Sciences https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2512-8567	Poland
Dr. Alina Kunicka-Styczyńska, Lodz University of Technology https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4611-9109 PUBLONS: 1889738	Poland
Dr. Madhumita Barooah, Assam Agricultural University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3768-5336	India
Dr. Xuming Wang, Beijing Agro-Biotechnology Research Center https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3590-562X	China
Dr. Vijaya Ravinayagam, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5955-8135 PUBLONS: 2201294	Saudi Arabia
Dr. Kudzanai Tapfuma, Stellenbosch University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5161-6695 PUBLONS: 1712555	South Africa
Dr. Armstrong Ighodalo Omoregie, Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6356-9638 PUBLONS: 1375650	Malaysia
Dr. Jonathan S. Lindsey, North Carolina State University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4872-2040	United States
Dr. Bahadır Törün, Adnan Menderes University http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5142-1882	Turkey
Dr. Neha Sharma, Amity University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0149-0588	India
Dr. Shahabe Saquib Abullais, King Khalid University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5223-2167	Saudi Arabia
Dr. Esin Poyrazoglu Coban, Aydin Adnan Menderes University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3921-5362	Turkey
Dr. Guadalupe Virginia Nevárez-Moorillón, Autonomous University of Chihuahua https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1827-6844 PUBLONS: 874866	Mexico
Dr. Nihan Arabaci Istifli, Çukurova University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3829-6495	Turkey
Dr. Shiping Liu, Southwest University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2917-0172 PUBLONS: 3073646	China
Dr. Wafa Mohammed Al-Madhagi http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2680-2928 PUBLONS: 2097904	Yemen
Dr. Jadson Bezerra, Federal University of Goiás http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7782-8602 PUBLONS: 1802290	Brazil
Dr. Carlos Granados Echegogen, National Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2507-0729	Mexico
Dr. Boldura Oana-Maria, Banat University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9335-4462 PUBLONS: 1424708	Romania
Dr. Fabrizio Maggi, University of Pisa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7489-5271 PUBLONS: 470742	Italy
Dr. Dorota Witkowska, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1759-1455 PUBLONS: 2671917	Poland
Dr. Brajogopal Samanta, Central University of Rajasthan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1110-5097	India
Dr. Derya Efe, Giresun Üniversitesi http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4230-6780	Turkey
Dr. Firat Dogan, Hatay Mustafa Kemal University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8656-3645	Turkey
Dr. Jelena Velickovic, Institue of Forensic Medicine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4834-8044	Serbia
Dr. Pooja Ghosh, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6858-0126 PUBLONS: 3108996	India
Dr. Basil Abdulzahrah Abbas, University of Basrah http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1456-3344 PUBLONS: 1717815	Iraq
Dr. Chaitanya Tellapragada, Karolinska Institute https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0117-5369	Sweden
Dr. Francisco Franco Jr., De La Salle University http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8339-2411	Philippines
Dr. John J. Georrge, Christ College http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9858-6112 PUBLONS: 287836	India
Dr. Mohammed Attia Shaaban Mahmoud, National Research Centre (NRC) http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9281-2505 PUBLONS: 3081631	Giza
Dr. Saurabh Saxena, Lovely Professional University https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7824-0125	India
Dr. Wael Ahmed Ismail Elmoslimany, Arabian Gulf University http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3027-928X PUBLONS: 2976439	Bahrain
Dr. Hani Abdullah Anber Alhadrami, King Abdulaziz University	Saudi Arabia
Dr. Radhakrishnan E.K., Mahatma Gandhi University	India
Dr. Satish Kumar Verma, Banaras Hindu University	India
Dr. Mohd. Iqbal Yatoo, SKUAST-Kashmir	India
Dr. Kalpesh Kumar Babubhai Ishnava, ARIBAS-Gujarat	India
Dr. Marcos Antonio de Morais Junior, Univ Fed Pernambuco	Brazil
Dr. Randhir Singh, Guru Angad Dev Vet & Animal Science University	India
Dr. Nadia Soliman, City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications	Egypt
Dr. Reham El-Kased, The British University in Egypt	Egypt
Dr. Rami A.R. Mahfouz, American University of Beirut	Lebanon
Dr. Khwaja Ali Hasan, University of Karachi	Pakistan
Dr. Halide Aydoğdu, Trakya University	Turkey
Dr. Huda Elsheshtawy, COMSATS University	Egypt
Dr. Rashidi Othman, International Islamic University Malaysia	Malaysia
Dr. Vijaya Anand A, Bharathiar University	India
Dr. Muhammad Irfan, University of Sargodha	Pakistan
Dr. Fuguo Xing, Mississippi State University	China
Dr. Sahar Wefky Mostafa Hassan, Alexandria	Egypt
Prof. (Dr.) Voroshilina Ekaterina, Ural State Medical University	Russia
Dr. Shangli Shi, Gansu Agricultural University	China
Dr. Azlinah Mohd Sulaiman, Universiti Sains Malaysia	Malaysia
Dr. Parlakova Karagoz, Atatürk University	Turkey
Dr. Kraiwuth Kallawicha, Chulalongkorn University	Thailand
Dr. Sivakumar Nallusamy, Sultan Qaboos University	Oman
Dr. Tamer Turgut, Atatürk University	Turkey
Dr. Fadia S. Youssef, Ain Shams University	Egypt
Dr. Hisayuki Komaki, Biological Resource Center, NITE (NBRC)	Japan
Dr. Perrine Cruaud, Laval University	Canada
Dr. Abbas Norouzian Baghani, Tehran University of Medical Sciences	Iran
Dr. M. Syame Sohier, National Research Center	Egypt
Dr. Fahad Barakah, King Saud University	Saudi Arabia
Dr. Robin Boro, Assam Agricultural University	India
Dr. Vijay Singh Meena, ICAR-Vivekananda Parvatiya Krishi Anusandhan Sansthan (VPKAS)	India
Dr. Ashwani Kumar Thukral, Guru Nanak Dev University	India
Dr. Ephraim E Ibadin, University of Benin Teaching	Nigeria
Dr. K. Tamreihao, ICAR-NEH Quality Analysis Laboratory	India
Dr. Tengku Haziyamin Tengku Abdul Hamid, International Islamic University Malaysia	Malaysia
Dr. Rachid Selmi, Manouba University	Tunisia
Dr. Dragana Gabrić, University of Zagreb	Croatia
Dr. Fazilet Parlakova Karagoz, Atatürk University	Turkey
Dr. Kiran Halkai, HKES SN Institutue of Dental Scineces	India