Publications

2026

  1. Omar Faruk, Sharaf Aroni, Mostafizur Rahman, Md. Rezaul Karim Rana, Md. Hossain Sohrab, Md. Humayun Kabir, Haseena Khan, Md. Aftab Uddin, Mohammad A. Rashid, Marcel Jaspars, Mohammad Riazul Islam (2026). Fumagillin, an antimicrobial compound isolated from jute endophytic fungi Aspergillus fumigatus MBL_F107. The Microbe, 12, 100791.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microb.2026.100791
  2. Rana, M. R. K., Rabeya, R., Amin, A., Shaon, F. H., Chowdhury, F. T., Khan, H., & Islam, M. R. (2026). Time-Dependent Metagenomic Analysis of Customized Jute Retting for Delineating Microbial Dynamics and CAZyme Profiles for Process Modernization. Microbiology, 95, 663–674.
    https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261725603057
  3. Shathi, R. T., Hossain, M. A., Ferdous, M., Haider, B., Chowdhury, F. T., Khan, H., & Islam, M. R. (2026). Jute endophyte Paenibacillus sp. strain MBL_B28 promotes plant growth in salt stress condition. Discover Plants, 3, 249.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s44372-026-00732-8
  4. Rana, M. R. K., Rabeya, R., Amin, A., Shaon, F. H., Chowdhury, F. T., Khan, H., & Islam, M. R. (2026). Bacterial Consortia as a Sustainable Alternative to Jute Batching Oil (JBO) in Jute Yarn Manufacturing Process. Journal of Fibers and Polymer Composites, 5(1), 86–100.
    https://doi.org/10.55043/jfpc.v5i1.453

2025

  1. Kormokar, S., Hossain, M. A., Uddin, M. A., & Islam, M. R. (2025). Genome mining reveals the prevalence of Bsa lantibiotic and its variants in Staphylococcus aureus strains. Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, 49(2), 179–188.
    https://doi.org/10.3329/jbas.v49i2.80908
  2. Faruk, O., Rana, M. K., Fatema, B., Paul, J. C., & Islam, M. R. (2025). Insight into antibiotic and heavy metal resistance gene diversity in two ecologically important rivers of Bangladesh: a metagenomics analysis. Annals of Microbiology, 75, 25.
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s13213-025-01820-y
  3. Rupa, A. A., Chowdhury, M. A. A., Rahi, M. L., Ali, A. A., Khan, H., Amin, M. A., & Islam, M. R. (2025). Deciphering Salinity-Induced Transcriptomic Variations in Osmoregulatory Tissues Gills and Kidney of Hilsa Shad (Tenualosa ilisha). Bioresearch Communications, 11(2), 764–1777.
    https://doi.org/10.3329/brc.v11i2.82635

2024

  1. Hossain, M. A., Islam, M. R., Faruk, O., Zendo, T., Uddin, M. A., Khan, H., & Islam, M. R. (2024). Unveiling the biosynthesis mechanism of novel lantibiotic homicorcin: an in silico analysis. Scientific Reports, 14, 28893.
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-80514-y
  2. Palit, T., Khan, F. A., Kashem, M. A., Samad, R., Islam, M. R., & Hossain, M. Z. (2024). Differential Expression of VrNAC Genes in Shoot and Root Tissues of Mung Bean Grown Under Drought Condition. Journal of Plant Biology and Crop Research, 8(2), 1105.
  3. Rana, M. R. K., Al Amin, Afia Ayub, Rabeya, Shaon, F. H., Paul, J. C., Chowdhury, F. T., Khan, H., & Islam, M. R. (2024). An improved jute ribbon retting using microbial consortia from jute retting water. Industrial Crops and Products, 221, 119335.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2024.119335
  4. Mou, S. N., Rupa, A. A., Chowdhury, M. A. A., Rahi, M. L., Baten, A., Ali, A. A., Khan, H., Amin, M. A., & Islam, M. R. (2024). Muscle Transcriptome Provides Insights into the Allergen Profile of Habitat-Specific Mature Hilsa shad Tenualosa ilisha. Current Chinese Science, 4(3), 202–213.
    https://doi.org/10.2174/0122102981301480240514113753
  5. Ganguly, A., Amin, S., Al-Amin, Chowdhury, F. T., Khan, H., & Islam, M. R. (2024). Whole genome resequencing unveils low-temperature stress tolerance specific genomic variations in jute (Corchorus sp.). Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 22(2), 100376.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgeb.2024.100376

2023

  1. Chowdhury, M. A. A., Islam, M. R., Amin, A., Mou, S. N., Ullah, K. N., Baten, A., Shoyaib, M., Ali, A. A., Chowdhury, F. T., Rahi, M. L., Khan, H., Amin, M. A., & Islam, M. R. (2023). Integrated transcriptome catalog of Tenualosa ilisha as a resource for gene discovery and expression profiling. Scientific Data, 10(1), 214.
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02132-z
  2. Shaheen, N., Najar, F. Z., Chowdhury, U. F., Chowdhury, M. A. A., Reza, R. N., Halima, O., Foster, S. B., Khan, H., Islam, M. R., & Ahsan, N. (2023). Muscle proteome profile and potential allergens of premature hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha). Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 123, 105641.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2023.105641
  3. Chatterjee, D., Al Rimon, R., Chowdhury, U. F., & Islam, M. R. (2023). A multi-epitope based vaccine against the surface proteins expressed in cyst and trophozoite stages of parasite Entamoeba histolytica. Journal of Immunological Methods, 113475.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jim.2023.113475
  4. Beg, M. A., Hannan, S. B., Rabeya, Uddin, A., Talukder, S. A., Akter, S., Reza, R. N., Khan, H., & Islam, M. R. (2023). Jute endophyte Grammothele lineata SDL-CO-2015-1 produces an anticancer compound epothilone B. Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, 47(1), 91–99.
    https://doi.org/10.3329/jbas.v47i1.65129
  5. Rana, R. K., Hannan, S. B., Khan, H., Nabi, A. H. M. N., & Islam, M. R. (2023). Association of ACE I / D rs4646994 and ACE2 rs2285666 Receptor Gene Polymorphisms with SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Bangladeshi People. , 3.
  6. Zaman, N. R., Chowdhury, F. T., Khan, H., & Islam, M. R. (2023). Plant Microbiome Diversity and Potential for Crops and Sustainable Agriculture. Plant Microbiome for Plant Productivity and Sustainable Agriculture / Springer, 307–333.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5029-2_14

2022

  1. Ullah, M. E., Chowdhury, F. T., Aroni, S., Amin, A., Hossain, M., Khan, H., & Islam, M. R. (2022). Protease from jute endophyte Micrococcus luteus MBL-Bac7 functions as a potential bating agent for the leather industry. Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, 46(1), 31–43.
    https://doi.org/10.3329/jbas.v46i1.60345

2021

  1. Zaman, N. R., Chowdhury, U. F., Reza, R. N., Chowdhury, F. T., Sarker, M., Hossain, M. M., Akbor, M. A., Amin, A., Islam, M. R., & Khan, H. (2021). Plant growth promoting endophyte Burkholderia contaminans NZ antagonizes phytopathogen Macrophomina phaseolina through melanin synthesis and pyrrolnitrin inhibition. PLoS ONE, 16(9), e0257863.
    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257863
  2. Uddin, M. A., Akter, S., Ferdous, M., Haidar, B., Amin, A., Molla, A. H. M. S. I., Khan, H., & Islam, M. R. (2021). A plant endophyte Staphylococcus hominis strain MBL_AB63 produces a novel lantibiotic, homicorcin and a position one variant. Scientific Reports, 11, 11211.
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90613-9
  3. Nath, M., Chowdhury, F. T., Ahmed, S., Das, A., Islam, M. R., & Khan, H. (2021). Value addition to jute: assessing the effect of artificial reduction of lignin on jute diversification. Heliyon, 7(3), e06353.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06353
  4. Chowdhury, F. T., Zaman, N. R., Islam, M. R., & Khan, H. (2021). Anti-fungal secondary metabolites and hydrolytic enzymes from rhizospheric bacteria in crop protection: a review. Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, 44(2), 69–84.
    https://doi.org/10.3329/jbas.v44i2.51452

2020

  1. Akash, M., Chowdhury, U. F., Khaleque, F. T. Z., Reza, R. N., Howlader, D. C., Islam, M. R., & Khan, H. (2020). On the reappearance of the Indian grey wolf in Bangladesh after 70 years: what do we know?. Mammalian Biology.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-020-00064-4
  2. Zaman, N. R., Kumar, B., Nasrin, Z., Islam, M. R., Maiti, T. K., & Khan, H. (2020). Proteome Analyses Reveal Macrophomina phaseolina's Survival Tools When Challenged by Burkholderia contaminans NZ. ACS Omega, 5(3), 1352–1362.
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b01870
  3. Ehsan, T., Reza, R. N., Das, A., Ahmed, O., Baten, A. K. M. A., Ferdous, A. S., Islam, M. R., & Khan, H. (2020). Genome and secretome analysis of jute endophyte Grammothele lineata strain SDL-CO-2015-1: Insights into its lignocellulolytic structure and secondary metabolite profile. Genomics, 112(4), 2794–2803.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2020.03.017
  4. Hossain, M. S., Khan, M. S., Akter, S., Rabbane, M. G., Khan, H., Kundu, G. K., & Paul, B. (2020). Deciphering Oxidative Stress Responsive microRNA (miRNA) in Hilsa (Tenualosa ilisha) and Rohu (Labeo rohita). Genetics of Aquatic Organisms, 4(2), 97–110.
    https://doi.org/10.4194/2459-1831-v4_2_05

2019

  1. Chowdhury, F. T., Islam, M. R., Islam, M. R., & Khan, H. (2019). Diversity of Plant Endophytic Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) and Their Potential Applications. Reference Series in Phytochemistry, 307–333.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90484-9_10

2018

  1. Das, A., Ianakiev, P., Baten, A., Reza, R. N., Ehsan, T., Ahmed, O., Islam, M. R., Naser, M. N., Marma, M. S., & Khan, H. (2018). Genome of Tenualosa ilisha from the river Padma, Bangladesh. BMC Research Notes, 11, 921.
    https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-4028-8
  2. Amin, S., Ferdous, A., Sharker, T., Bushra, S., Al-Amin, Palit, P., Islam, M., & Khan, H. (2018). A Comparative study of host response against Macrophomina phaseolina Infection in sensitive and resistant jute (Corchorus sp) species unravels a possible defense mechanism. Journal of Plant Physiology & Pathology, 6(4).
  3. Chowdhury, F. T., Sarker, M., Islam, M. S., Nur, H. P., Islam, M. R., & Khan, H. (2018). Investigation of Antimicrobial Activity and Identification of Bioactive Volatile Metabolites of Jute Endophytic Fungus Aspergillus flavus. Bioresearch Communications, 4(1), 476–482.
  4. Haidar, B., Ferdous, M., Fatema, B., Ferdous, A. S., Islam, M. R., & Khan, H. (2018). Population diversity of bacterial endophytes from jute (Corchorus olitorius) and evaluation of their potential role as bioinoculants. Microbiological Research, 208, 43–53.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2018.01.008

2017

  1. Das, A., Rahman, M. I., Ferdous, A. S., Al-Amin, Rahman, M. M., Nahar, N., Uddin, M. A., Islam, M. R., & Khan, H. (2017). An endophytic Basidiomycete, Grammothele lineata, isolated from Corchorus olitorius, produces paclitaxel that shows cytotoxicity. PLoS ONE.
    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178612
  2. Das, A., Ahmed, O., Baten, A. K. M. A., Bushra, S., Islam, M. T., Ferdous, A. S., Islam, M. R., & Khan, H. (2017). Draft genome sequence of Grammothele lineata SDL-CO-2015-1, a jute endophyte with a potential for paclitaxel biosynthesis. Genome Announcements, 5(39).
    https://doi.org/10.1128/genomea.00825-17
  3. Islam, M. S., Saito, J. A., Mannan, E., Ahmed, B., Islam, M. M., Halim, A., et al. (2017). Comparative genomics of two jute species and insight into fibre biogenesis. Nature Plants, 3.
    https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2016.223
  4. Shafrin, F., Ferdous, A. S., Sarkar, S. K., Ahmed, R., Al-Amin, Hossain, K., Sarker, M., Rencoret, J., Gutiérrez, A., del Río, J. C., Sanan-Mishra, N., & Khan, H. (2017). Modification of monolignol biosynthetic pathway in jute: Different gene, different consequence. Scientific Reports, 7, 39984.
    https://doi.org/10.1038/srep39984

2015

  1. Shafrin, F., Das, S. S., Sanan-Mishra, N., & Khan, H. (2015). Artificial miRNA mediated down regulation of two monolignoid biosynthetic genes (C3H and F5H) cause reduction in lignin content in jute. Plant Molecular Biology, 89(4), 511–527.
  2. Islam, M. T., Ferdous, A. S., Najnin, R. A., Sarker, S. K., & Khan, H. (2015). High-throughput sequencing reveals diverse sets of conserved, non-conserved, and species-specific miRNAs in jute. International Journal of Genomics, 2015(1), 125048.
    https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/125048
  3. Ferdous, A. S., Islam, M. T., Alam, S. S., & Khan, H. (2015). Identification of stable reference genes for quantitative PCR in jute under different experimental conditions: An essential assessment for gene expression analysis. Australian Journal of Crop Science, 9(7).
  4. Tanmoy, A. M., Alam, M. M., Moosa, M. M., Ghosh, A., Quarni, W., Ahmed, F., Zaman, N. R., Sharmin, S., Islam, M. T., Islam, M. S., Hossain, K., Ahmed, R., & Khan, H. (2015). Corchorus L. and Hibiscus L.: Molecular phylogeny helps to understand their relative evolution and dispersal routes. Bioresearch Communications, 1(1).
  5. Najnin, R. A., Shafrin, F., Polash, A. H., Zaman, A., Hossain, A., Taha, T., Ahmed, R., Tuli, J. F., Barua, R., Sajib, A. A., & Khan, H. (2015). A diverse community of jute (Corchorus spp.) endophytes reveals mutualistic host–microbe interactions. Annals of Microbiology, 65(3), 1615–1626.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s13213-014-1001-1
  6. Tanmoy, M. A., Alum, M. S., Islam, M. S., Farzana, T., & Khan, H. (2015). Jute (Corchorus olitorius var. O-72) stem lignin: variation in content with age. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 43(3), 309–314.

2012

  1. Islam, M. S., Azam, M. S., Sharmin, S., Sajib, A. A., Alam, M. M., Reza, M. S., Ahmed, R., Khan, H., & others (2012). Improved salt tolerance of jute plants expressing the katE gene from Escherichia coli. Turkish Journal of Biology, 37(2).
  2. Sharmin, S., Azam, M. S., Islam, M. S., Sajib, A. A., Mahmood, N., Hasan, A. M. M., Ahmed, R., Sultana, K., & Khan, H. (2012). Xyloglucan endotransglycosylase/hydrolase genes from a susceptible and resistant jute species show opposite expression pattern profile during/following Macrophomina phaseolina infection. Communicative & Integrative Biology, 5(6).
    https://doi.org/10.4161/cib.21422
  3. Akashi, R., Fancy, N. N., Tanmoy, A. M., & Khan, H. (2012). Estimation of genome size of jute (Corchorus capsularis (L.) var. CVL-1 using Flow Cytometry. Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology, 22(1), 83–86.
  4. Mahmood, N., Moosa, M. M., Matin, S. A., & Khan, H. (2012). Members of Ectocarpus siliculosus F-box family are subjected to differential Selective Forces. Interdisciplinary Bio Central, 4, 1–7.

2011

  1. Mahmood, N., Ahmed, R., Azam, M. S., & Khan, H. (2011). A Simple and swift method for isolating high quality RNA from jute (Corchorus spp.). Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology, 21(2), 207–211.
  2. Sharmin, S., Moosa, M. M., Islam, M. S., Kabir, I., Akter, A., & Khan, H. (2011). Identification of a novel dehydration responsive transcript from tossa jute (Corchorus olitorius L.). Journal of Cell and Molecular Biology, 9(1), 21–29.
  3. Moosa, M. M., Ayub, M. I., Bashar, A. M. A. E., Sarwardi, G., Khan, W., Khan, H., & Yeasmin, S. (2011). Combination of two rare mutations causes β-thalassaemia in a Bangladeshi patient. Genetics and Molecular Biology, 34(3), 406–409.
  4. Ahmed, S., Shafiuddin, M., Azam, M. S., Islam, M. S., Ghosh, A., & Khan, H. (2011). Identification and characterization of jute LTR retrotransposons: Their abundance, heterogeneity and transcriptional activity. Mobile Genetic Elements, 1(1), 18–28.
    https://doi.org/10.4161/mge.1.1.16433

2010

  1. Ghosh, A., Sharmin, S., Islam, S., Pahloan, M., Islam, S., & Khan, H. (2010). SSR markers linked to mite (Polyphagotarsonemus latus Banks) resistance in Jute (Corchorus olitorius L.). Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 46(2), 64–74.
  2. Ayub, M. I., Moosa, M. M., Sarwardi, G., Khan, W., Khan, H., & Yeasmin, S. (2010). Mutation analysis of the HBB gene in selected Bangladeshi β-thalassemic individuals: Presence of rare mutations. Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers, 14(3), 299–302.
  3. Samira, R., Moosa, M. M., Alam, M. M., Keka, S. I., & Khan, H. (2010). In silico analysis of jute SSR library and experimental verification of assembly. POJ, 3(2), 57–65.

2009

  1. Ahmed, S., Alam, M. M., Islam, M. S., Shafiuddin, M., Mondal, M. M. H., Hossain, M. A., & Khan, H. (2009). Identification and characterization of ribosomal protein S8 gene of jute. Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology, 19(2), 207–215.
  2. Ahmed, S., Nabi, M. Z., Alam, M. M., Islam, M. S., Samira, R., Moosa, M. M., & Khan, H. (2009). A computational and experimental approach for developing jute ESTs from genomic clones. Australian Journal of Crop Science, 3(6), 322–328.
  3. Huq, S., Islam, M. S., Sajib, A. A., Ashraf, N., Haque, S., & Khan, H. (2009). Genetic diversity and relationship in jute (Corchorus spp.) revealed by SSR markers. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 38(2), 161–169.
  4. Alam, M. M., Sharmin, S., Nabi, Z., Mondal, S. I., Islam, M. S., Nayeem, S. B., Shoyaib, M., & Khan, H. (2009). A putative leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase of jute involved in stress response. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 28(3), 394–402.

2008

  1. Haque, S., Ashraf, N., Begum, S., Sarkar, R. H., & Khan, H. (2008). Construction of genetic map of jute (Corchorus olitorius L.) based on RAPD markers. Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology, 18(2), 165–172.
  2. Haque, A., Anwar, F., Jabid, T., Baker, S. M., Khan, H., Islam, M. N., & Shoyaib, M. (2008). Identification of Drosophila Promoter Using Positional Differential Matrix and Support Vector Machine from Sequence Data. Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology, 18(2), 123–130.
  3. Keka, S. I., Shamsuzzaman, M., Pahloan, M. U., Pervin, S., Rahman, M. M., & Khan, H. (2008). Identifying simple sequence repeat (SSR) marker linked to mite tolerance in jute. Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 37(2), 161–171.
  4. Anwar, F., Baker, S. M., Jabid, T., Hasan, M. M., Shoyaib, M., Khan, H., & Walshe, R. (2008). Pol II promoter prediction using characteristic 4-mer motifs: a machine learning approach. BMC Bioinformatics, 9, 414.
  5. Sajib, A. A., Islam, M. S., Reza, M. S., Bhowmik, A., Fatema, L., & Khan, H. (2008). Tissue culture independent transformation for Corchorus olitorius. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, 95, 333–340.
  6. Khan, H., Akter, J., Islam, M. S., Sajib, A. A., Ashraf, N., & Haque, S. (2008). Microsatellite markers for determining genetic identities and genetic diversity among jute cultivars. Australian Journal of Crop Science, 1(3), 97–107.

2007

  1. Haque, S., Begum, S., Sarker, R. H., & Khan, H. (2007). Determining genetic diversity of some jute varieties and accessions using RAPD markers. Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology, 17(2), 183–191.
  2. Mir, R. R., Sharma, S., Singh, R., Rustgi, S., Goyal, A., Kumar, J., Gaur, A., Tyagi, A., Khan, H., Sinha, M., Balyan, H. S., & Gupta, P. K. (2007). Development and use of microsatellites for study of DNA polymorphism, transferability and genetic diversity in jute. Euphytica, 161, 413–427.

2004

  1. Haque, S., Ashraf, N., Awal, A., Sarker, R. H., Begum, S., & Khan, H. (2004). Method for quality DNA isolation from different parts of a jute plant: Corchorus capsularis L. and C. olitorius L.. Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology, 14(2), 143–148.

2003

  1. Shifat, R., Begum, A., & Khan, H. (2003). Use of RAPD fingerprinting for discriminating two populations of Hilsa shad (Tenulosa ilisha Ham.) from inland rivers of Bangladesh. Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 36(5), 462–467.
  2. Hossain, M. B., Awal, A., Rahman, M. A., Haque, S., & Khan, H. (2003). Distinction between cold sensitive and cold tolerant jute by a combined RAPD and AFLP study. Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 36(5), 427–432.

2002

  1. Khan, H., Parveen, F., & Begum, A. (2002). DNA typing by RAPD for differentiation between two species of catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis and Clarias batrachus. Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences, 11(2), 1–8.
  2. Hossain, M. B., Haque, S., & Khan, H. (2002). DNA fingerprinting of jute germplasm by RAPD. Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 35(4), 414–419.

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