Mozhde Hamidizade
- Postdoctoral Scholar, Bull Lab
- Advised by: Dr. Carolee T. Bull
Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
State College, PA 16802
- Email mxh6128@psu.edu
Areas of Expertise
- Genomics of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria
- Taxonomy and Classification of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria
- Mushroom Pathology
- Etiology, Biology, and Epidemiology of Emerging Bacterial Diseases in Mushrooms
- Biological Control of Plant Diseases
Websites
Education
- PhD: 2020 - 2023 - Plant Pathology - Shiraz University, Iran
- MSc: 2017 - 2019 - Plant Pathology - Shiraz University, Iran
- BSc: 2011 - 2015 - Plant Protection- Yasuj University, Iran
Professional Occupations
Oct. 2023 - Present: Postdoctoral Scholar - Pennsylvania State University, USA
Sep. 2021 - Jun. 2023: Lecturer - Shiraz University of Applied Sciences and Technology, Iran
Recent Publications:
Moallem, M., Hamidizade, M., Taghavi, S. M., Aeini, M., Abachi, H., Haghighi, S., & Osdaghi, E. (2024). Rarity of Pseudomonas agarici on Edible Mushrooms Associated with Susceptibility to Biological Competition. Plant Disease, https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-02-24-0374-RE.
Hamidizade, M., Taghavi, S. M., Soleimani, A., Bouazar, M., Abachi, H., Portier, P., & Osdaghi, E. (2024). Wild mushrooms as potential reservoirs of plant pathogenic bacteria: a case study on Burkholderia gladioli. Microbiology Spectrum, 12, e03395-23. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.03395-23.
Osdaghi, E., Taghavi, S. M., Hamidizade, M., Kariminejhad, M., Fazliarab, A., Maleki, H. H., & Portier, P. (2024). Multiphasic investigations imply transfer of orange-/red-pigmented strains of the bean pathogen Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens pv. flaccumfaciens to a new species as C. aurantiacum sp. nov., elevation of the poinsettia pathogen C. flaccumfaciens pv. poinsettiae to the species level as C. Poinsettiae sp. nov., and synonymy of C. albidum with C. citreum. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 47, 126489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2024.126489.
Abachi, H., Moallem, M., Taghavi, S. M., Hamidizade, M., Soleimani, A., Fazliarab, A., & Osdaghi, E. (2023). Garlic Bulb Decay and Soft Rot Caused by the Cross-Kingdom Pathogen Burkholderia gladioli. Plant Disease, 108, 684-693. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-08-23-1603-RE.
Osdaghi, E., Taghavi, S. M., Hamidizade, M., Fazliarab, A., Hajian Maleki, H., Li, X., & Portier, P. (2023). Clavibacter lycopersici sp. nov.: a peach-colored actinobacterium isolated from symptomless tomato plant. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 73, 006022. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.006022.
Hamidizade, M., Taghavi, S. M., Moallem, M., Aeini, M., Fazliarab, A., Abachi, H., Herschlag, R. A., Hockett, K. L., Bull, C. T., & Osdaghi, E. (2022). Ewingella americana: an Emerging Multifaceted Pathogen of Edible Mushrooms. Phytopathology, 113, 150-159. 10.1094/PHYTO-08-22-0299-R.
Hamidizade, M., Taghavi, S. M., Mafakheri, H., Herschlag, R. A., Martins, S., Hockett, K., & Osdaghi, E. (2021). First Report of Brown Spot on White Button Mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) Caused by Cedecea neteri in Iran. Plant Disease, 106, 1291. 10.1094/PDIS-06-21-1305-PDN
Hamidizade, M., Taghavi, S. M., Martins, S. J., Herschlag, R. A., Hockett, K. L., Bull, C. T., & Osdaghi, E. (2020). Bacterial brown pit, a new disease of edible mushrooms caused by Mycetocola sp. Plant Disease, 104, 1445-1454. 10.1094/PDIS-10-19-2176-RE
Ansari, M., Taghavi, S. M., Zarei, S., Mehrb-Moghadam, S., Mafakheri, H., Hamidizade, M., & Osdaghi, E. (2019). Phenotypically and genotypically heterogeneous strains of Pseudomonas syringae associated with alfalfa leaf spot disease in Iran. Plant Disease, 103, 3199-3208. 10.1094/PDIS-06-19-1153-RE