As part of its continuous efforts in supporting scientific research and documenting molecular data, a research team from the Department of life sciences at the Faculty of Science – University of Mosul recorded a number of bacterial isolates in the database of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), in a step reflecting the distinguished academic activity of the Department.

This research work was carried out under the supervision of Dr. Sahar Salem Boutros, and with the participation of the students of the research project: Masar Mahmoud Ahmed, Ashourina Fouad Massoud, Najiba Athir Daoud, and Zeinab amwan Hussein, where the team worked on isolating and diagnosing a number of bacterial species using advanced techniques in Molecular Biology.

The bacterial isolates recorded included the species:

Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain MAS-iq, Proteus mirabilis strain AMS-iq, Serratia marcescens strain NS-iq, Staphylococcus aureus strain ZS-iq, which were isolated from various clinical samples, while diagnosed based on molecular analysis and sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene, because of its high importance in the accurate definition for bacterial species.

The genetic sequences have been officially deposited in the NCBI GenBank database in numbers:

PZ212921.1, PZ212918.1, PZ212914.1 and PZ212916.1, ensuring that they are preserved and made available to researchers worldwide.

This achievement comes within the framework of the requirements of academic scientific research, and contributes to enriching global databases with accurate molecular information, as well as supporting the efforts of researchers in the study of bacterial diversity and its various applications.

We wish our dear students continued success and success, and our teaching staff more giving and excellence.

Government information and Communication Division

Monday, April 20, 2026