Research Publications

• Laser surface texturing inhibits biofilm formation. 2021. Materials Chemistry and Physics (pdf)

• Matrix inhibition by Salmonella excludes uropathogenic E. coli from biofilm. 2021. FEMS Microbiol Ecol.

  • • • • • A twitter thread was made by me along with some beautiful illustrations made by our lab students, which can be found here

          • A short video on this work can be found here

The work appeared in the following scientific blogs:

• • • • • • Bacteria fight by destroying each other’s biofilms.

          • Bacterial Conflicts offer A Cure To Urinary Tract Infections

• An injectable self-healing anesthetic glycolipid-based oleogel with antibiofilm and diabetic wound skin repair properties. 2020. Sci Rep.

• Supramolecular gels of gluconamides derived from renewable resources: Antibacterial and anti-biofilm applications. 2020. Nano Select

• A Multiple Approach Combined with Portable Electronic Nose for Assessment of Post-harvest Sapota Contamination by Foodborne Pathogens. 2020. Food Bioprocess Tech. (pdf)

• Disperse red 15 (DR15) impedes biofilm formation of uropathogenic Escherichia coli. 2020. Microbial Pathogenesis. (pdf)

• Freshness Assessment of Broccoli using Electronic Nose. 2019. Measurement. (pdf)

• An Electronic Nose for Royal Delicious Apple Quality Assessment – A Trilayer Approach. 2018. Food Res Int. (pdf)

• Disassembly of Bacterial Biofilms by the Self-Assembled Glycolipids Derived from Renewable Resources. 2017. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. (pdf)

The work appeared in the following news media and Blogs:

The Hindu Businessline; Scroll.in; Firstpost; Vigyan Prasar; SciSoup; Ananya's blog; Biotech Times

• Intrinsic hydrophobic antibacterial thin film from renewable resources: Application in the Development of anti-biofilm urinary catheters. 2017. ACS Sustainable Chem Eng. (pdf)

A blog article written by Ananya on this work can be found here: A thin film with a strong promise

• Infiltration of matrix-non-producers weakens the Salmonella biofilm and impairs its antimicrobial tolerance and pathogenicity. 2015. Frontiers Microbiol.

  • • • • • • News article on this work appeared in Bangalore Mirror

            • Vishwak wrote a piece on this work in his blog that can be accessed here

• Successful treatment of biofilm infections using shock waves combined with antibiotic therapy. 2015. Scientific Reports.

An editor's choice article on this work was published in Science Trans Med, which can be accessed here

• Nitrate levels modulate the abundance of Paracoccus sp. in a biofilm community. 2015. World J Microbiol Biotech. (pdf)

Animations of Individual based modeling to visualize the spatial structure of the dual-species biofilm can be seen here

• Carbon sources influence the nitrate removal activity, community structure and biofilm architecture. Biores. Tech. (pdf)

• Comparison of denitrification between Paracoccus sp. and Diaphorobacter sp. Appl Biochem Biotech. (pdf)

• Assessment of denitrifying bacterial composition in activated sludge. Biores Tech. (pdf)

• Nutrients determine the spatial architecture of Paracoccus sp. biofilm. Biofouling. (pdf)