Dr. Nor Aini Abdul Rahman

Professor
Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Metabolic Engineering from Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan

My URL
https://livedna.org/60.29701

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Area of Interest:

Biomedical Sciences
Biochemistry
Microbiology
Metabolic Engineering
Metabolic Diseases

Selected Publications

  1. Kazeem, M.O., M.S. Umi Kalsom, S.B. Azhari and A.A. Nor, 2017. Influence of high-pressure steam pretreatment on the structure of rice husk and enzymatic saccharification in a two-step system. Bioresources, 12: 6207-6236.
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  2. Kazeem, M.O., K.M.S. Umi, S.B. Azhari and A.A. Nor, 2017. Prospecting agro-waste cocktail: Supplementation for cellulase production by a newly isolated thermophilic B. licheniformis 2D55. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol., 182: 1318-1340.
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  3. Hafid, H.S., A.A. Nor, N.M. Mohd, T.T. Ahmad, S.B. Azhari and M.S. Umi Kalsom, 2017. Over production of fermentable sugar for bioethanol production from carbohydrate-rich Malaysian food waste via sequential acid-enzymatic hydrolysis pretreatment. Waste Manage., 67: 95-105.
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  4. Yaacob, N., S.M.A. Mohd, B.S. Abu and A.A. Nor, 2016. Effects of glucose, ethanol and acetic acid on regulation of ADH2 gene from Lachancea fermentati. Peer J., .
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  5. Sulaiman, F.A., M.O. Kazeem, M.A. Akanji, A.A. Sulaiman and O.I. Igwe et al., 2016. Bioconversion of Aspergillus niger KM treated rice and wheat bran for experimental rat feed formulation. Biokemistri, 28: 96-105.
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  6. Hafid, H.S., A.A. Nor, K.M.S. Umi, S.B. Azhari and Z. Rabitah, 2016. Direct utilization of kitchen waste for bioethanol production by separate hydrolysis and fermentation (SHF) using locally isolated yeast. Int. J. Green Energy, 13: 248-259.
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  7. Hafid, H.S., A.A. Nor, K.M.S. Umi and S.B. Azhari, 2015. Enhanced fermentable sugar production from kitchen waste using various pretreatments. J. Environ. Manage., 156: 290-298.
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  8. Alemahdi, N., H.C. Man, N.A. Rahman, N. Nasirian and Y. Yang, 2015. Enhanced mesophilic bio-hydrogen production of raw rice straw and activated sewage sludge by co-digestion. Intl. J. Hydrogen Energy, 40: 16033-16044.
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  9. Alemahdi, N., H.C. Man, N. Nasirian and Y. Yang, 2015. Enhanced mesophilic bio-hydrogen production of raw rice straw and activated sewage sludge by co-digestion. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 40: 16033-16044.
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  10. Yusof, T.R.T., H.C. Man and H.S. Hafid, 2014. Optimization of methane gas production from Co-digestion of food waste and poultry manure using artificial neural network and response surface methodology. J. Agric. Sci., 6: 27-37.
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  11. Rahnama, N., L.F. Hooi, A.A. Nor, A. Arbakariya and K.M.S. Umi, 2014. Saccharification of rice straw by cellulase from a local Trichoderma harzianum SNRS3 for biobutanol production. BMC Biotechnol., 10.1186/s12896-014-0103-y.
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  12. Fazli, P., H.C. Man, M. Azwan, U.K.M. Shah, N.A.A. Rahman and A. Idris, 2014. Evaluation of methane oxidizer bacteria in the rice soil in Malaysia. Int. J. Enhanced Res. Sci. Technol. Eng., 3: 360-367.

  13. Yasin, N.H.M., M. Tabassum, A.H. Mohd and A. Nor-Aini, 2013. Food waste and food processing waste for biohydrogen production: A review. J. Environ. Manage. 130: 375-385.
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  14. Rahnama, N., M. Suhaila, K.M.S. Umi, H.L. Foo, A. Nor Aini and A. Arbakariya, 2013. Effect of alkali pretreatment of rice straw on cellulase and xylanase production by local trichoderma harzianum SNRS3 under solid state fermentation. Bioresources, 8: 281-296.
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  15. Rahman, N.A., A.A. Nor, A.Z. Suraini and A.H. Mohd, 2013. Production of ligninolytic enzymes by newly isolated bacteria from palm oil plantation soils. Bioresources, 8: 6136-6150.
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  16. Eshtaya, M.K., A. Nor 'Aini, A.H. Mohd, 2013. Bioconversion of restaurant waste into Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) by recombinant E. coli through anaerobic digestion. Int. J. Environ. Waste Manage., 11: 27-37.
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  17. Rasdi, Z., T. Mumtaz, N.A.A. Rahman and M.A. Hassan, 2012. Kinetic analysis of biohydrogen production from anaerobically treated POME in bioreactor under optimized condition. Int. J. Hydrogen. Energy, 37: 17724-17730.
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  18. Natarajan, S.D., M. Rosfarizan, A. Raha and A. Nor-Aini, 2012. Potential of bioethanol production from Nypa fruticans sap by a newly isolated yeast Lachancea fermentati. J. Renewable Sustainable Energy, 10.1063/1.3699621.
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  19. Yasin, N.H.M., N.A. Abd Rahman, H.C. Man, M. Zulkhairi, M. Yusoff1 and M.A. Hassan, 2011. Microbial quantification of hydrogen producing bacteria at different pH from fermented food waste. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 36: 9571-9580.

  20. Omar, F.N., A. Nor-Aini, S.H. Halimatun, M. Tabassum, L.Y. Phang and A.H. Mohd, 2011. Utilization of kitchen waste for the production of green thermoplastic polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) by Cupriavidus necator CCGUG 52238. Afr. J. Microbiol. Res., 5: 2873-2879.
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  21. Mumtaz, T., S. Abd-Aziz, N.A. Abdul Rahman, P.L. Yee, H. Wasoh, Y. Shirai and M.A. Hassan, 2011. Visualization of core-shell PHBV granules of wild type comamonas sp EB172 in vivo under transmission electron microscope. Int. J. Polym. Characterizat., 16: 228-238.
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  22. Kheng, T.Y., P. Ding and N.A. Abdul Rahman, 2011. Physical and cellular structure changes of rastali banana (Musa AAB ) during growth and development. Sci. Horticuturae, 129: 382-389.
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  23. Kheng, T.Y., D. Phebe and A.A. Nor, 2011. Determination of optimum harvest maturity and physico‐chemical quality of Rastali banana (Musa AAB Rastali) during fruit ripening. J. Sci. Food Agric., 92: 171-176.
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  24. Ismail, I., M.A. Hassan, N.A. Abdul Rahman and C.S. Soon, 2011. Effect of retention time on biohydrogen production by microbial consortia immobilised in polydimethylsiloxane. Afr. J. Biotechnol., 10: 601-609.
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  25. Hafid, H.S., A.A. Rahman, S. Abd-Aziz and M.A. Hassan, 2011. Enhancement of organic acids production from model kitchen waste via anaerobic digestion. Afr. J. Biotechnol., 10: 14507-14515.
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  26. Baharuddin, A.S., N.A.A. Rahman, U.K. Shan, M.A. Hassan, M. Wakisaka and Y. Shirai, 2011. Evaluation of pressed shredded Empty Fruit Bunch (EFB)-Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) anaerobic sludge based compost using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) analysis. Afr. J. Biotechnol., 10: 8082-8089.
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  27. Yusoff, M.Z.M., N.A. Rahman, S. Abd-Aziz, C.M. Ling, M.A. Hassan and Y. Shirai, 2010. The effect of hydraulic retention time and volatile fatty acids on biohydrogen production from palm oil mill effluent under non-sterile condition. Aust. J. Basic Applied Sci., 4: 577-587.
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  28. Mumtaz, T., N.A. Yahaya, S. Abd-Aziz, N.A. Abdul Rahman, P.L. Yee, Y. Shirai and M.A. Hassan, 2010. Turning waste to wealth-biodegradable plastics polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from palm oil mill effluent (POME). J. Cleaner Prod., 18: 1393-1402.

  29. Ismail, I., M.A. Hassan, N.A. Abdul Rahman and C.S. Soon, 2010. Thermophilic biohydrogen production from palm oil mill effluent using suspended mixed cultures. Biomass Bioenergy, 34: 42-47.

  30. Ibrahim, S.B., N.A. Abdul Rahman, R. Mohamad and R. Abdul Rahim, 2010. Effects of agitation speed, temperature, carbon and nitrogen sources on the growth of recombinant Lactococcus lactis N9 900 carrying domain 1 aerolysin gene. Afr. J. Biotechnol., 9: 5392-5398.

  31. Hafid, H.S., N.A. Abdul Rahman, F.N. Omar, P.L. Yee, S. Abd-Aziz and M.A. Hassan, 2010. A comparative study of organic acids production from kitchen wastes and simulated kitchen waste. Aus. J. Basic Applied Sci., 4: 639-645.

  32. Baharuddin, A.S., M.N. Abd Razak, L.S. Hock, M.N. Ahmad and S. Abd-Aziz et al., 2010. Isolation and characterization of thermophilic cellulase-producing bacteria from empty fruit bunches-palm oil mill effluent compost. Am. J. Applied Sci., 7: 56-62.
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  33. Baharuddin, A.S., L.S. Hock, M.Z.M. Yusof, N.A. Abdul Rahman and U.K.M. Shah et al., 2010. Effects of palm oil mill effluent (POME) anaerobic sludge from 500 m3 of closed anaerobic methane digested tank on pressed-shredded empty fruit bunch (EFB) composting process. Afr. J. Biotechnol., 9: 2427-2436.
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  34. Yusoff, M.Z.M., M.A. Hassan, S. Abd-Aziz and N.A.A. Rahman, 2009. Start-up of biohydrogen production from palm oil mill effluent under non-sterile condition in 50 L continuous stirred tank reactor. Int. J. Agric. Res., 4: 163-168.
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  35. Rasdi, Z., N.A. Abdul Rahman, S. Abd-Aziz, P.L. Yee, M.L. Chong and M.A. Hassan, 2009. Optimisation of biohydrogen production from palm oil mill effluent by natural microflora using response surface methodology. Open Biotechnol. J., 8: 79-86.

  36. Omar, F.N., N.A. Abdul Rahman, H.S. Hafid, P.L. Yee and M.A. Hassan, 2009. Separation and recovery of organic acids from fermented kitchen waste by an integrated process. Afr. J. Biotechnol., 8: 5807-5815.

  37. Nazlina, H.M.Y., A.R. Nor Aini, F. Ismail, M.Z.M. Yusof and M.A. Hassan, 2009. Effect of different temperature, initial ph and substrate composition on biohydrogen production from food waste in batch fermentation. Asian J. Biotechnol., 1: 42-50.
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  38. Mumtaz, T., S. Abd-Aziz, N.A. Abdul Rahman, P.L. Yee, Y. Shirai, M.A. Hassan, 2009. Fed-batch production of P(3HB-co-HV) copolymer by Comamonas sp EB 172 using mixed organic acids under dual nutrient limitation. Eur. J. Sci. Res., 33: 371-384.

  39. Ismail, F., N.A. Abdul Rahman, S. Abd-Aziz, C.M. Ling, M.A. Hassan, 2009. Statistical optimization of biohydrogen production using food waste under thermophilic condition. Open Renew. Energy J., 2: 124-131.

  40. Hong, S.K., Y. Shirai, A.R. Nor Aini and M.A. Hassan, 2009. Semi-continuous and continuous anaerobic treatment of palm oil mill effluent for the production of organic acids and polyhydroxyalkanoates. Res. J. Environ. Sci., 3: 522-529.
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  41. Hock, L.S., A.S. Baharuddin, M.N. Ahmad, U.K.M. Shah and N.A. Abdul Rahman et al., 2009. Physicochemical changes in windrow co-composting process of oil palm mesocarp fiber and palm oil mill effluent anaerobic sludge. Aus. J. Basic Applied Sci., 3: 2809-2816.

  42. Chong, M.L., N.A.A. Rahmana, R.A. Rahim, S.A. Aziz, Y. Shirai and M.A. Hassan, 2009. Optimization of biohydrogen production by Clostridium butyricum EB6 from palm oil mill effluent using response surface methodology. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 34: 7475-7482.
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  43. Chong, M.L., N.A. Abdul Rahman, P.L. Yee, S. Abd-Aziz, R. Abdul Rahim, Y. Shirai and M.A. Hassan, 2009. Effects of Ph, glucose and iron sulfate concentration on the yield of biohydrogen by Clostridium butyricum EB6. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 34: 8859-8865.
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  44. Baharuddin, A.S., S. Abd-Aziz, N.A. Abdul Rahman, M.A. Hassan, M. Wakisaka, K. Sakai and Y. Shirai, 2009. Characteristics and microbial succession in co-composting of oil palm empty fruit bunch and partially treated palm oil mill effluent. Open Biotechnol. J., 3: 87-95.

  45. Baharuddin, A.S., N.A. Abd Razak, N.A. Abdul Rahman, S. Budiatman, Y. Shirai and M.A. Hassan, 2009. Bioconversion of oil empty fruit bunch by aspergillus niger EB4 under solid-state cultivation. Pertanika J. Trop. Agric. Sci., 32: 143-151.

  46. Baharuddin, A.S., M. Wakisaka, Y. Shirai, S. Abd-Aziz, N.A. Abdul-Rahman and M.A. Hassan, 2009. Co-composting of empty fruit bunches and partially treated palm oil mill effluents in pilot scale. Int. J. Agric. Res., 4: 69-78.
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  47. Zakaria, M.R., S. Abd-Aziz, H. Ariffin, N.A. Abdul Rahman, P.L. Yee and M.A. Hassan, 2008. Comamonas sp. EB172 isolated from digester treating palm oil mill effluent as potential polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) producer. Afr. J. Biotechnol., 7: 4118-4121.
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  48. Shahrim, Z., V. Sabaratnam, N.A. Abdul Rahman, S. Abd-Aziz, M.A. Hassan and M.I. Abdul Karim, 2008. Production of reducing sugars by Trichoderma sp. KUPM0001 during solid substrate fermentation of sago starch processing waste hampas. Res. J. Microbiol., 3: 569-579.

  49. Mun, W.K., N.A. Abdul Rahman, S. Abd-Aziz, V. Sabaratnam and M.A. Hassan, 2008. Enzymatic hydrolysis of palm oil mill effluent solid using mixed cellulases from locally isolated fungi. Res. J. Microbiol., 3: 474-481.
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  50. Mumtaz, T., S. Abd-Aziz, N.A. Abdul Rahman, P.L. Yee, Y. Shirai and M.A. Hassan, 2008. Pilot-scale recovery of low molecular weight organic acids from anaerobically treated palm oil mill effluent (POME) with energy integrated system. Afr. J. Biotechnol., 7: 3900-3905.

  51. Nor Aini, A.R., Y. Shirai, M.A. Hassan and K. Shimizu, 2004. Investigation on the metabolic regulation of pgi gene knock-out Escherichia coli by enzyme activities and intracellular metabolic concentrations. Malaysian J. Microbiol., 2: 24-31.
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  52. Rahman, A.N.A., Y. Shirai, K. Shimizu and M.A. Hassan, 2002. Periodic change in DO concentration for efficient polyhydroxybutyrate production using temperature inducible recombinant Escherichia coli with proteome analysis. Biotechnol. Bioprocess Eng., 7: 281-288.
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  53. Hassan, M.A., O. Nawata, Y. Shirai, A.R. Nor-Aini, P.L. Yee, A. Arif and M.I.A. Karim, 2002. A proposal for zero emission from palm oil industry incorporating the production of Polyhydroxyalkanoates from palm oil mill effluent. J. Chem. Eng. Jap., 35: 9-14.
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  54. Hassan, M.A., L.Y. Phang, N.A. Abdul Rahman, Y. Shirai, A.A. Ariff and M.I. Abdul Karim, 2001. Effect of different chemical treatments on the settlebility of palm oil mill ffluent pertanika. J. Trop. Agric., 24: 79-85.

  55. Nor Aini, A.R., M.A. Hassan, Y. Shirai, A.A. Ariff and M.I. Abdul Karim, 1999. Production of organic acids from palm oil mill effluent during continuous anaerobic treatment. Asia Pac. J. Mol. Biol. Biotechnol., 7: 179-184.
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