FACULTY PROFILE

Neeli Habib

Assistant Professor


Department:
Microbiology

Email:
neelihabib234@gmail.com

Name

NEELI HABIB

Personal

Assistant Professor

Department of Microbiology

Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University

Charsadda Road, Larama, Peshawar, Pakistan

Contact No. .(+92) 3139735645 (+92) 3462992144,(+92) 091-9224814

neelihabib234@gmail.com

Experience

Working as Assistant professor in Department of Microbiology Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University (SBBWU), Peshawar since April 26th 2021 till Date

Qualification

2018: PhD in Microbiology, Yunnan University, China                               

2013:M.Phil in Genomics and Biotechnology, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Agricultural University Peshawar

2008. B.Sc (Hons) Biotechnology, University of Malakand                                 

Honor and Awards

Chinese Government Scholarship

HEC IPFP (Interim Placement for fresh PhD)

 Research Grants

P.I of HEC project under Startup Research Grant Project SRGP worth (0.5 Million)

RESEARCH JOURNAL REVIEWER

Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Memberships

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Graduate Students Postdocs Undergraduate Students Honor Students

BS Students

  1. Shahraz Batool (2021) Identification and phylogenetic characterization of bacterial isolates from hot spring of Karachi, Pakistan
  2. Mahnoor Bashir (2021) Identification and phylogenetic characterization of bacterial isolates from soil of Karak, Pakistan
  3. Laiba Tariq (2021) Reclassification of Caldimonas taiwanensis as a later heterotrophic synonym of Caldimonas  manganoxidans on the basis of whole genome comparison
  4. Rubi Farhad (2021) Bacterial diversity from soil of Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  5. Fareeha Khan (20121) Analysis of thermophilic Bacterial Diversity from Hot Spring of Gilgit Baltistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  6. Syeda Ayesha (2021) Genome based reclassification Caldicellulosiruptor lactoaceticus and Caldicellulosiruptor kristjanssonii
  7. Somayya Gul (2022) Study of basic diagnostic techniques for identification of microorganisms Laboratory
  8. Yusra Zubair  (2022) Study of basic diagnostic techniques for identification of microorganisms Laboratory
  9. Sajida Gul (2022) Diagnosis of different diseases in pathology Laboratory
  10. Aisha Khan Durrani (2022) Identification methods used for isolation and screening of pathogenic microorganisms in microorganisms in microbiology lab
  11. Kainat Zareen (2022) Study of Diagnostic techniques used in Hayat Abad Medical Complex, Peshawar
  12. Mahrukh Bibi (2022) Identification methods used for screening of pathogenic microrganisms in clinical laboratory
  13. Sumaya Faiz (2022) Study of Diagnostic techniques used in Hayat Abad Medical Complex laboratory
  14. Sana mehmood (2023) Genome-based reclassification of Fontibacillus solani and Fontibacillus panacisegetis species in the family Paenibacillaceae
  15. Sapna (2023) Genome-based reclassification of Acidiplasma aeolicum as a later heterotypic synonym of and Acidiplasma cupricumulans
  16. Sana nisar (2023) Genome-based reclassification of Delftia lacustris  and Delftia tsuruhatensis in family Comamonadaceae
  17. Sara Bibi (2023) Insights into the genomic sequence of emerging pathogen Massilia timonae; antimicrobial resistance and virulence factors
  18. Khadija (2023) Genome based reclassification of Myxococcus virescens and Myxococcus xanthus species

 

 

 

 

Under Supervision

BS

7 Students supervision

MS Scholar                                                                                                     

7 Scholars under Supervision

2020-2021

  1. Aaisha Aslam
  2. Humaira Akbar

2021-22

  1. Zainab Bibi
  2. Hina Sami
  3. Faryal Parvez
  4. Aleena Khan
  5. Kainat Aziz

Service Activity

Brief Statement of Research Interest

Publications

  1. Neeli Habib, Inam Ullah Khan, Muhammad Saqib, Mohammad Saeid Hejazi, Vahideh Tarhriz, Sohail Ahmad Jan, Cynthia Meza, Aparna Banerjee, Manik Prabhu Narsing Rao, Wen-Jun Li. Tabrizicola caldifontis sp. nov., Isolated from Hot Spring Sediment Sample. Current Microbiology. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-025-04156-7
  2. Neeli Habib, Saira Abbas, Ahmad Ali, Sharjeel Ahmed, Sobia Zulfiqar, Jian-Wei Guo, Iftikhar Ahmed. Do Pantoea spp. play a vital role in the dynamics of rice bacterial leaf blight disease beside Xanthomonas in Pakistan?. 2025. Journal of Plant pathology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-025-01859-5.
  3. Xing Chen, Yuan-Dong Li, Xiu-Ming Liu, Li Gao, Xing-Kui Zhou, Li-Min Dong, Gang Du, Neeli Habib, Wen-Jun Li, Yan-Qing Duan. Simplicispira sedimenti sp. nov., isolated from a sediment of drainage ditch in winery. 2024. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-023-01899-w.
  4. 2. Marike Palmer, Jonathan K. Covington, En-Min Zhou, Scott C. Thomas, Neeli Habib et al. Thermophilic Dehalococcoidia with unusual traits shed light on an unexpected past.  International Society for Microbial Ecology. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-023-01405-0.
  5. 3. Neeli Habib, Manik Prabhu Narsing Rao​, Sohail Ahmad Jan, Aparna Banerjee, Arinthip Thamchaipenet​, Wen-Jun Li. Genome-based reclassification of Picrophilus torridus Zillig et al. 1996 as a later heterotypic synonym of Picrophilus oshimae Schleper et al. 1996.  2023. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005851.
  6. Sohail Ahmad Jan, Zabta Khan Shinwari, Neeli Habib, Abdullah, Sher Ali, Muhammad Siddique Afridi, and Muddasir Khan. Impact of Climate Change on Marine Biodiversity:Current Challenges and Future Perspectives. 2023. Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences: B Pakistan Academy of SciencesLife and Environmental Sciences 60(1): 29-47.
  7. Yan‑Qing Duan, Xing‑Kui Zhou, Neeli Habib, Shi‑Qiang Gao, Li‑Min Dong, Xiao‑Fei Liu  · Yang‑Mei Shi, Wen‑Jun Li  and Gang Du. Azospirillum tabaci sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from rhizosphere soil of Nicotiana tabacum L. 2022. Archives of Microbiology (2022) 204:80 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-021-02688-7
  8. Dong Wang, Lei Dong,  Neeli Habib, Feng Li, Sohail Ahmad Jan, Jian‑Yu Jiao, Min Xiao Nimaichand Salam  and Wen‑Jun Li. Sphingosinicella terrae sp. nov. Isolated from a Desert Soil and Reclassifcation of Sphingomonas deserti as Sphingosinicella deserti comb. nov. 2023. Current Microbiology. 10.1007/s00284-022-03006-0.
  9. Neeli Habib, Manik Prabhu Narsing Rao​, Min Xiao​, Sohail Ahmad Jan, Wen-Jun Li. Genome-based reclassification of  Caldicellulosiruptor  lactoaceticus and Caldicellulosiruptor kristjanssonii as later heterotypic synonyms of Caldicellulosiruptor acetigenus. 2021. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004927.
  10. Sohail Ahmad Jan, Neeli Habib, Zabta Khan Shinwari, Muhammad Ali & Nasir Ali. The anti-diabetic activities of natural sweetener plant Stevia: an updated review. 2021. SN Applied Sciences. 10.1099/ijsem.0.004016.
  11. Neeli Habib,  Inam Ullah Khan, Min Xiao, Muhammad Saqib, Salam Nimachand, Sadia Butt, Xiao-Yang Zhi and Wen-Jun Li. Marmoricola caldifontis sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a hot spring. 2020. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. DOI.  10.1099/ijsem.0.004016.
  12. Neeli Habib, Inam Ullah Khan, Min Xiao, Mohammad Saeid Hejazi, Vahideh Tarhriz, Xiao-Yang Zhi, Wen-Jun Li. Elioraea thermophila sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium from Hot Spring of the class Alphaproteobacteria, emended description of Elioraea and proposal of Elioraeaceae fam. nov. 2020. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003915.
  13. Neeli Habib, Inam Ullah Khan, Firasat Hussain, En-Min Zhou, Min Xiao, Lei Dong, Xiao-Yang Zhi and Wen-Jun Li. Meiothermus luteus sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2910-2914. DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.002040.
  14. Neeli Habib, Inam Ullah Khan, Firasat Hussain, En-Min Zhou, Min Xiao, Iftikhar Ahmed, Xiao-Yang Zhi and  Wen-Jun Li. Caldovatus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017. DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.002363.
  15. Neeli Habib, Inam Ullah Khan, Nimaichand Salam, Min Xiao, Iftikhar Ahmed, Xiao-Yang Zhi, Wen-Ju Li. Tepidimonas sediminis sp. nov. and Tepidimonas alkaliphilus sp. nov., two novel moderately thermophilic species isolated from a hot spring. Antonie van Leeuwen hoek. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-017-1002-8.
  16. Neeli Habib, Inam Ullah Khan, Xiao Chu, Min Xiao, Shuai Li, Bao-Zhu Fang, Xiao-Yang Zhi, Wen-Jun Li. Actinoplanes deserti sp. nov., isolated from a desert soil sample. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-018-1121-x.
  17. Inam Ullah Khan, Neeli Habib, Firasat Hussain, Wen-Dong Xian, Arshia Amin, En-Min Zhou, Iftikhar Ahmed, Xiao-Yang Zhi and Wen-Jun Li. Thermus caldifontis sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2017; 67:2868-2872. DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.002037.
  18. Inam Ullah Khan, Neeli Habib, Min Xiao, Xing Huang, Nasr Ullah Khan, Wan-Taek Im, Iftikhar Ahmed, Xiao-Yang Zhi, Wen-Jun Li. Phenylobacterium terrae sp. nov., isolated from a soil sample of Khyber-Pakhtun-Khwa, Pakistan. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-018-1064-2.
  19. Inam Ullah Khan, Neeli Habib, Mipeshwaree Devi Asem, Nimaichand Salam, Min Xiao, En-Min Zhou, Xiao-Yang Zhi, Wen-Jun Li. Aquabacterium tepidiphilum sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from Tibet hot spring, China. 2018. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.003103.
  20. Inam Ullah Khan, Neeli Habib, Min Xiao, Meng-Meng Li, Wen-Dong Xian, Mohammad Saeid Hejazi, Vahideh Tarhriz, Xiao-Yang Zhi, Wen-Jun Li. Rhodobacter thermarum sp. nov., a novel phototrophic bacterium isolated from sediment of a Hot Spring.  Ms. No. ANTO-D-18-00179, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 2019. doi.org/10.1007/s10482-018-012197
  21. Inam Ullah Khan, Neeli Habib, Min Xiao, Asem Mipeshwaree Devi, Maham Habib, Mohammad Saeid Hejazi, Nimaichand Salam, Xiao-Yang Zhi Wen-Jun Li. Anoxibacillus sediminus sp. nov., a novel moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-018-1118-5.
  22. Inam Ullah Khan, Firasat Hussain, Ye Tian, Neeli Habib, Wen-Dong Xian, Zhao Jiang, Arshia Amin, Chang-Guo Yuan, En-Min Zhou,  Xiao-Yang Zhi and Wen-Jun Li. Tibeticola sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring.Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1133-1139. DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.001777.
  23. Inam Ullah Khan, Firasat Hussain, Neeli Habib, Min Xiao, Iftikhar Ahmed, Arshia Amin, Xiao-Yang Zhi and Wen-Jun Li. Nocardioides thalensis sp. nov., isolated from a desert. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2848-2852. DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.002366.
  24. Inam Ullah Khan,  Firasat Hussain,  Neeli Habib,   Mohammed A.M. Wadaan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Wan-Taek Im, Wael N. Hozzein, Xiao-Yang Zhi, Wen-Jun Li. Phenylobacterium deserti sp. nov., a new bacterium isolated from desert soil. DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.002032.
  25. Firasat Hussain, Inam Ullah Khan, Neeli Habib, Wen-Dong Xian, Wael N. Hozzein, Zhi-Dong Zhang, Xiao-Yang Zhi and Wen-Jun Li. Deinococcus saudiensis sp. nov., isolated from desert. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5106-5111. DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.001479.
  26. Yu-Song Fu, Firasat Hussain, Neeli Habib, Inam Ullah Khan, Xiao Chu, Yan-Qing Duan, Xiao-Yang Zhi, Xing Chen and Wen-Jun Li. Sphingobacterium soli sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2017;67:2284-2288 DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.001946.
  27. Arshia Amin, Iftikhar Ahmed, Neeli Habib,  Saira Abbas,  Fariha Hasan,  Min Xiao, Wael N. Hozzein,  Wen‑Jun Li. Microvirga pakistanensis sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from desert soil of Cholistan, Pakistan. Arch Microbio. 2016. :10.1007/s00203-016-1251-3.
  28. Arshia Amin, Iftikhar Ahmed, Neeli Habib, Saira Abbas, Min Xiao, Wael N. Hozzein, Wen-Jun Li. Nocardioides pakistanensis sp. nov., isolated from a hot water spring of Tatta Pani in Pakistan. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 2016. 10.1007/s10482-016-0711-8.
  29. Wen-Dong Xian, Yi-Rui Yin, Lan Liu, Chang-Guo Yuan, Firasat Hussain, Inamullah Khan, Neeli Habib, En-Min Zhou and Wen-Jun Li. Brevibacillus sediminis sp. nov., isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2016. DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.000752.

 

Book Chapter

 

Inam Ullah Khan, Muhammad Saqib, Neeli Habib, Min Xiao, Shakeeb Ullah, Shah Irum, Iftikhar Ahmed, Wen Jun Li. Bacterial diversity from salt environment (Salt mines) of Pakistan and their application at regional level. Series Title Microorganisms for Sustainability. (2021).

Research Grants and Contracts

Chinese Government Scholarship

HEC IPFP (Interim Placement for fresh PhD)

 Research Grants

P.I of HEC project under Startup Research Grant Project SRGP worth (0.5 Million)

RESEARCH JOURNAL REVIEWER

Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Other Research or Creative Accomplishments

  1. One day hands on training workshop on Role of Bio-security and Bio-safety in Life Sciences Research Organized by Department of Biotechnology and Biochemistry on 25th May 2022
  2. Certificate of speaker in 1st International conference on “Innovations in Biotechnology and genetic engineering)” organized by department of Biotechnology and Biochemistry and Genetic Engineering Hazara University Mansehra held on November 1-3, 2023.
  3. Organizer of one day seminar on “Malaria: A disease without borders” by Department of Zoology and Microbiology on 21st April 2022
  4. Chief organizer of Zakat and Blood Donation Campaign Organized by Department of Microbiology and Blood Donation Society SBBWU Peshawar in collaboration with Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre Peshawar on 6th April 2022.
  5. Webinar on “Dietary Modification for Chemo-prevention of Cancer, Current Evidences and Future Perspectives” by Science Society SBBWU Peshawar on June 11, 2021.
  6. Organizer of Seminar by Department of Microbiology on HIV/AIDS Awareness on World AIDS day, December 2021.
  7. Organizer of Breast Cancer Awareness Session by Alkhidmat Hospital Nishtarabad Peshawar on 25th October 2021.
  8. Organizer of  Shaukat Khanum Blood Donation Camp by Microbiology Department on 25th November 2021
  9. Organizer of Breast Cancer Awareness Seminar by Department of Microbiology in Collaboration with Public Association Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA on November 1st 2021.
  10.  Participated in two days workshop “Research project procurement, budgeting and planning by Science Society SBBWU Peshawar on November, 2021.
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  12. Contribution in Breast Cancer Awareness seminar by Microbiology department SBBWU-Peshawar in collaboration with PHA and PGGA on September 30th 2020.
  13. Organizer of Shaukat Khanum Pink Tea Party in collaboration with Microbiology
  14. As a participant of the “Work shop on Asian training course on management and Application of microbial data resources” in institute of microbiology, Chines academy of sciences, Beijing, China (2012).
  15. Oral presentation

Neeli Habib, Inam Ullah Khan, Iftikhar Ahmed, Xiao-Yang Zhi and Wen-Jun Li. Comparative genome analysis of sulfur oxidizing Tepidimonas species isolated from hot spring water. 2019. Invited speaker in the international conference on “Microbes for sustainable Agriculture”. Organized by “Forman Christian College University, Lahore, Pakistan” held on March 25-28, 2019.

  1. As participant in Two days national conference on “Microbiology infectious diseases and Health Safety” held on April 4-5, 2019. Organized by “Department of Microbiology, Swabi University”.

Conference papers

  • Iftikhar Ahmed, N. Habib, M. Iqbal, A. Shahzad, N. Khalid, I. Ahmad, M. Zakria and G. M. Ali. 2013. Molecular Identification, and Characterization of Bacterial Population Associated with Rice Leaves Infected Bacterial Blight in Pakistan. In: FEMS 2013 5th Congress of European Microbiologists Meeting, July 21–25, 2013, Leipzig, Germany.

 

  • BP Hedlund, E Zhou, SC Thomas, N Habib, L-X Chen, CO Seymour, SK Murugapiran, JA Dodsworth, CR Mefferd1, L Liu, W-D Xian, X-Y Zhi, K Louie, BP Bowen, TR Northen5, T. Woyke, W-J Li. Cultivation, physiology, genomic, and exometabolomic study of previously uncultivated Chloroflexi class TK10 (TK17), a global inhabitant of geothermal springs and other environments. In: International conferenc  BISMiS 2018. held in Muldersdrift, South Africa from 8 - 11 April 2018

Selected Professional Presentations

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