Plant & Environmental
Biotechnology Laboratory

Konstantina Rousidou

Postdoctoral Researcher

Konstantina Rousidou holds a BSc in Biochemistry and Biotechnology and an MSc in Environmental Biotechnology, both from the University of Thessaly. She completed her Ph.D. in June 2020 in the same department, working in the Laboratory of Plant and Environmental Biotechnology under the supervision of Dr. D. Karpouzas. In her Ph.D., she studied the microbial degradation of carbamates, and her dissertation was titled: “Isolation of bacteria that degrade carbamate insecticides and characterization of the functional and ecological role of bacterial genes involved in their hydrolysis in soil”. She has participated in EU and nationally funded projects (OMIC-ENGINE, EXCELLENCE II / BIOREMEDIAT-OMICS), with her research centered on microbial degradation of pesticides, particularly the genetic mechanisms behind this process. Currently, her work focuses on discovering novel pesticide-degrading enzymes using functional metagenomic strategies. Konstantina has contributed to 15 papers in peer-reviewed journals (Scopus: h-index 13, citations 466) and to 19 publications in the proceedings of national and international conferences.

Publications

     Papadopoulou, E.S., Bachtsevani, E., Papazlatani, C.V., Rousidou, C., Brouziotis, A., Lampronikou, E., Tsiknia, M., Vasileiadis, S., Ipsilantis, I., Menkissoglu-Spiroudi, U., Ehaliotis, C., Philippot, L., Nicol, G.W., Karpouzas, D.G., (2022) The Effects of quinone imine, a new potent nitrification inhibitor, dicyandiamide, and nitrapyrin on target and off-target soil microbiota. Microbiology Spectrum 10: e0240321. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02403-21

Bachtsevani, E., Papazlatani, C. V., Rousidou, C., Lampronikou, E., Menkissoglu-Spiroudi, U., Nicol, G. W., Karpouzas, D. G., & Papadopoulou, E. S. (2021). Effects of the nitrification inhibitor 3,4-dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) on the activity and diversity of the soil microbial community under contrasting soil pH. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 57(8), 1117–1135. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-021-01602-z

Gallego-Blanco S., Devers-Lamrani M., Rousidou K., Karpouzas D.G., Martin-Laurent F., (2019) Assessment of the effects of oxamyl on the bacterial community of an agricultural soil exhibiting enhanced biodegradation. Science of the Total Environment 651: 1189-1198 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.255

Papadopoulou E.S, Perruchon C., Vasileiadis S., Rousidou K., Tanou G., Samiotaki M., Molassiotis A., Karpouzas D.G., (2018) Metabolic and evolutionary insights in the transformation of diphenylamine by a Pseudomonas putida strain unravelled by genomic, proteomic and transcription analysis. Frontiers in Microbiology 9: 676, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00676

Rousidou C, Karaiskos D, Myti D,  Karanasios E, Karas P, Tourna M, Tzortzakakis EA, Karpouzas DG (2017) Distribution and function of carbamate hydrolase genes cehA and mcd in soils: the distinct role of soil pH, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Volume 93, Issue 1, fiw219, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiw219

Perruchon, C., Vasileiadis S., Rousidou C., Papadopoulou E.S., Tanou G., Samiotaki M., Garagounis C., Molassiotis A., Papadopoulou K.K., Karpouzas D.G., (2017) Metabolic pathway and cell adaptation mechanisms revealed through genomic, proteomic and transcription analysis of a Sphingomonas haloaromaticamans strain degrading ortho-phenylphenol. Scientific Reports 7: Article 6449, doi:10.1038/s41598-017-06727-6

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