Publications

Publications (2019)

Abina S., kumutha k., Senthilkumar M., Ramalingam J.Amutha R and Gnanachitra M. 2019. Performance of redgram rhizobial isolates under water stress condition. International Journal of Microbiology Research.11(7):1651-1654. Issn: 0975-5276 & e-issn: 0975-9174.

Anandakumar S, Kalaiselvi T, Sivakumar U 2019. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomus intraradices) and diazotrophic bacterium (Rhizobium BMBS) primed defense in blackgram against herbivorous insect (Spodoptera litura) infestation. Microbiological Research.

Aswitha, K., Malarvizhi, P., Meena, S. and Kalaiselvi, T. 2019. Interaction effect of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza on increasing phosphorus availability in alkaline soil. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 8(3): 2408-2412.

Begum JF, Tamilarasi M, Pushpakanth P, Balachandar D (2019) A simple method for direct isolation of N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone mediated biofilm-forming rhizobacteria from roots J Microbiol Methods doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2018.11.018

Bhuvaneshwari T., Tilak M., Kalaiselvi T. and Shanmugam R.2019. Scouting IAA producing ability of bacterial endophytes isolated from the plant parts of mulberry (Morus indica L.). International Journal of Chemical Studies,7(3): 3043-3047.

Cayalvizhi BS, Balachandar D (2019) Prevalence of Shiga-like toxin producing Escherichia coli strain (E. coli O157) in freshly consumed vegetables and its characterization Journal of Food Safety 0:e12577 doi:doi:10.1111/jfs.12577.

Cayalvizhi BS, Naganandhini S, Kennady JK and Balachandar D (2019) Experimentation on artificial inoculation studies for persistence of Shiga-like toxin producing Escherichia coli strain (E. coli O157) in freshly consumed vegetables and soil using realtime PCR. J Food Biochem.

Evaluation of wine varieties of grapes (Vitis vinifera L.) during winter pruning under Cumbum valley condition of Tamil Nadu. JPP 2019; 8(3): 3770-3773.

G Nivitha, T Bowya, T Kalaiselvi and U Sivakumar.2019.Screening of Rice Apoplast Associated EndophyticBacterial Isolates for Moisture Stress Tolerance and Plant Growth Promoting Traits. Madras Agric. J. 106(1-3): 5-11.

Gnanachitra M and R Sridar, 2019. Exploring wild Rhizobium isolates for development of Rhizobium mutants suitable for blackgram under acid soil condition.Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry .SP2: 668-670. E-ISSN: 2278-4136 P-ISSN: 2349-8234.

Gomathi V , M. Esakkiammal S.S. Thilagavathi, A. Ramalakshmi. 2019.Lignocellulosic Enzyme Production by Termitomyces spp from Termite Garden. Universal Journal of Agricultural Research 7(2): 100-111.

Jaivel, N., R. Rajesh and P. Marimuthu. 2019. Optimization of culture conditions for antimicrobial metabolites production by Streptomyces sp. against bacterial leaf blight pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. Intl. J. Chem. Stud., 7(3): 1187-1191.

Jaivel, N., R. Rajesh, U. Sivakumar and P. Marimuthu. 2019. Antimicrobial activity and Spectroscopic characterization of Surfactin class of Lipopeptides from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens SR1. Microbial Pathogenesis, 128: 374-380.

Jayalakshmi C, S Saraswathy, A Subbiah, K Ilamurugu and D Balachandar 2019. Comparative studies on vine vigour and fruitfulness of wine varieties of grapes (Vitis vinifera L.) during summer pruning under Cumbum valley condition of Tamil Nadu. IJCS 2019; 7(3): 3532-3535.

Jayani Tilak, S. Marimuthu, and Sivakumar Uthandi. 2019. Bacterial Cellulose Dissolution for High-Value NanoFibre Application. Madras Agric. J.. 106(SpI.):199-204.

Kaviyapriya M, RA Lone, Balakrishnan N, Rajesh S and Ramalakshmi A, 2019. cloning and characterization of insecticidal cry/vip genes from an indigenous Bacillus thuringiensis isolate T29 and evaluation of its toxicity to maize fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 7(3)1314-1321.

Keerthana,S., Kalaiselvi, P., Mahewari, M., and Kalaiselvi,T.2019. Isolation and screening of lignin and cellulose degrading proficient microbial strains from diverse biotic substrates based on qualitative traits. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 8 (07): 475-483, DOI: 10.20546 / ijcmas.2019.807.058.

Lakshmi Devi,K, P Thangavel, P Kalaiselvi and A Ramalakshmi . 2019. Studies on effects of soil enzymes for removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from sewage water treatment by constructed wetlands. International Journal of Chemical Studies 2019; 7(4): 759-763.

Lallawmsanga, Vincent Vineeth Leo, Ajit Kumar Passari, Iniya Kumar Muniraj, Sivakumar Uthandi,AbeerHashem,Elsayed Fathi Abd Allah, Abdulaziz A. Alqarawi, Bhim Pratap Singh. 2019. Elevated levels of laccase synthesis by Pleurotus pulmonarius BPSM10 and its potential as a dye decolorizing agent. Saudi Journal of BiologicalSciences. 26 (3), 464-468.

Manikandan Ariyan and Sivakumar Uthandi. 2019. Xylitol Production by Xylose Reductase over producingRecombinant Escherichia coli M15. Madras Agric. J.. 106 | SpI. | 205-209.

Premalatha N, SP Sundaram, R Anandham, R Krishnamoorthy and NO Gopal. 2019.Composting of organic waste materials using the bacterial consortium and its effect on plant growth promotion. International Journal of Chemical Studies 2019; 7(3): 4751-4756.

NanjundanJ., R. Ramasamy, S. Uthandi, M. Ponnusamy. 2019. Antimicrobial activity and spectroscopiccharacterization of surfactin class of lipopeptides from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens SR1. Microbial pathogenesis128, 374-380.

Naveen S and Balachandar D (2019). Utilization of rhizospheric carbon sources by biofilm-forming rhizobacteria of rice. Madras AgricJ 106:178-183.

Nivedha, R. M., Marimuthu, P., Balachandar, D., and Nakeeran, S. (2019). Standardization of spore load for AMF inoculation and its effect on rice root colonization and root system architecture in vitro. Madras Agricultural Journal, 106.

Nivitha G., Bowya T., Kalaiselvi T. and Sivakumar, U.2019. Screening of rice apoplast associated endophytic bacterial isolates for moisture stress tolerance and plant growth promoting traits.Madras Agric. J., 106 (1-3) 5- 11; DOI:10.29321/MAJ 2019.000214.

Passari AK, Upadhyaya K, Singh G, Abdel Azeem AM, Thankappan S, Uthandi S, et al. (2019)Enhancement of disease resistance, growth potential, and photosynthesis in tomato (Solanumlycopersicum) by inoculation with an endophytic actinobacterium, Streptomyces thermocarboxydus strainBPSAC147. PLoS ONE 14(7): e0219014.

Perumal MD, D Selvi, T Chitdeshwari, D Balachandar (2019) Enhanced Zinc Nutrient and Enzyme Activity of Rice Crop by Zinc Solubilizing Bacteria with Zn sources in Zn Deficient Rice Soil. - Madras Agricultural Journal, 2019

Polpass Arul Jose . Ramasamy Krishnamoorthy . Soon-Wo Kwon . Veeranan Janahiraman . Murugaiyan Senthilkumar . Nellaiappan O. Gopal Karunanandham Kumutha . Rangasamy Anandham. 2019. Interference in quorum sensing and virulence of the phytopathogen Pseudomonassyringae pv. Passiflorae by Bacillus and Variovorax species. BioControl (2019) 64:423–433.

Preyanga Raja , Anandham Rangasamy, Gopal, N.O and Meena, S. 2019. Isolation and Characterization of Nodule Endophytes from Bunching and Semi-spreading Groundnut Genotypes. Madras Agric. J., 2019; doi:10.29321/MAJ 2019.000280

Priyadharshini, S., A.Ramya, V.Gomathi and P. Dhevagi. 2019. Removal of lead from aqueous solution by EPS producing bacteria. International journal of chemical studies. 7(3): 3745-3750.

Priyanka S., Krishnamoorth, A, S., Lath, P. and Kalaiselvi T. 2019. Exploration of bacterial endophytes in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.).Madras Agric. J., 106 (4-6) 406-414 ; DOI:10.29321/MAJ 2019.000283.

Punitha S., Kalarani M.K. and Sivakumar Uthandi. 2019. Apoplast associated Bacillus methylotrophicus RABA6 induced growth and yield attributes leading to drought tolerance in rice. Madras Agric. J.. 106 (4-6): 353-356.

Punitha S., Kalarani M.K. and Sivakumar Uthandi. 2019.Microbes influence the antioxidant system of rice underdrought. Madras Agricultural Journal (Accepted, in press).

Pushpakanth P, John Kennedy, Balachandar D (2019) Source tracking of Shiga-like toxin-producing Escherichia coli in the fresh vegetable production system of South India. Ann Microbiol. (Online First).

R. S. Anusuya,R. Anandham, K. Kumutha1 G. Gayathry, Mageswhwaran Vellaisamy, Sivakumar Uthandi. 2019. Characterization and optimization of bacterial cellulose produced by Acetobacter spp. Journal of Environmental Biology (Accepted)

Raja, S.R.T., Sugitha Thankappan, and Sivakumar Uthandi.2019. Non-Rhizobial nodule associated bacteria(NAB) from black gram (Vigna mungoL., and their possible role in growth promotion. Madras Agric. J.. 106(7-9):143-151.

Rajavigneshwaran A., Kalaiselvi T. and Sivakumar U.2019. Impact of drought-tolerant rice apoplastic fluid endophyte (Sphingobium yanoikuyae MH394206) on the morphological and physiological characteristics of rice (CO51) grown in moisture deficit condition. Madras Agric. J., 106 spl. 217-224; DOI:10.29321/MAJ 2019.000249.

Rajavigneshwaran Arunthavasu, Kalaiaselvi Thankavel and Sivakumar Uthandi.2019. Impact of drought tolerantrice drought tolerant rice apoplastic fluid endophyte (Spingobium yanoikae). Madras Agric. J.. 106( SpI.): 217-224.

Ramesh Desikan, Kiruthika Thangavelu, and Sivakumar Uthandi.2019. Hydrodynamic Cavitation- A promisingTechnology For biomass Pretreatment. International Journal of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources,19(3). IJESNR. MS. ID. 556015.

Ramjegathesh R, Karthikeyan G, Balachandar D, Ramaraju K, Rajendran L, Raguchander T, Samiyappan R (2019) Nested and TaqMan® probe based quantitative PCR for the diagnosis of Ca. Phytoplasma in coconut palms.Mole Biol Reports 46:479-488.

Ramya, P., V.Gomathi, ParimalaDevi and D.Balachandar. 2019. Isolation and screening of soil yeasts for plant growth promoting traits. Madras Agricultural Journal.

Rangasamy Anandham, Jun Heo, Ramasamy Krishnamoorthy, Murugaiyan SenthilKumar,Nellaiappan Olgaganathan Gopal, Soo-Jin Kim and Soon-Wo Kwon. 2019. Azospirillumramasamyi sp. nov., a novel diazotrophic bacterium isolated from fermented bovine products. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol .;69:1369–1375.

Shunmugavel Uma Maheshwaria, Sundarajan Amuthab, Rangasamy Anandham, Ganapathyswamy Hemalathab, Natesan Senthild, Soon Woo Kwon, Natesan Sivakumar. 2019. Characterization of potential probiotic bacteria from ‘panchamirtham’; A Southern Indian ethinic fermented fruit mix. Food Science and Technology 116. 108540 (Accepted).

Vegnesh R., Sugitha Thankappan, Z. John Kennedy, Ratul Zakia, Sivakumar Uthandi. 2019. GlycosylHydrolases producing bacterial endophytes from Perennial grass species (Neyraudia reynaudiana) for biomassdeconstruction. Madras Agric. J.. 106(7-9):143-149.

Vibithabala, B., GopalN O and Sivakumar Uthandi. 2019. Assessment of endophytic guard cell bacterial strainsKlebsiellaoxytoca and Acinetobactersp of rice for abiotic stress tolerance. International Journal of Microbiology Research, 11(5): 1580-1583.

Vibithabala, B., GopalN O and Sivakumar Uthandi. 2019.Effect of Klebsiellaoxytoca and Acinetobacter on the growth of rice genotypes under moisture stress. International Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 11(7):8255-8259.

Vidhyasri, M.S and V. Gomathi. 2019. In vitro assessment of induced drought stress tolerance and changes in root architectural behavior of rice by drought tolerant Bacillus megaterium. Research journal of agricultural sciences. 10(2): 237-243.

Vidhyasri, M.S., V. Gomathi and U. Sivakumar. 2019. Determination of potential plant growth promoting compounds from Ochrobactrum sp. (MH685438) by thermal desorption-gas chromatography. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 8(3): 3059- 3063.

Vidhyasri, M.S., V. Gomathi and U. Sivakumar. 2019. Plant growth promotion of rice influenced by Ochrobactrum sp. (MH685438) a rhizospheric bacteria associated with Oryza sativa. International journal of current microbiology and applied sciences. 8 (5): 901-909.

Vidhyasri, M.S., V. Gomathi and U. Sivakumar. 2019. Profiling of volatiles emitted by Pseudomonas fluorescens KRB78 using GC-MS-TD and their effect on plant growth promotion of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L). International journal of microbiology research. 11(5): 1576-1579.

Vidyasri, M.S., Gomathi, V. and U. Sivakumar. 2019. Plant growth promotion of rice as influenced byOchrobactrum sp. (MH685438) a rhizospheric bacteria associated with Oryza sativa. 8(5): 901-909.

Viveka B and Balachandar D (2019). Occurrence of diversified N-acyl homoserine lactone mediated biofilm-forming bacteria in rice rhizoplane. J Basic Microbiol 1‐ 9. doi: 10.1002/jobm.201900202

Publications (2018)

Bakhoum N, Fall D, Fall F, Diouf F, Hirsch A M, Balachandar D, Diouf D (2018). Senegalia senegal (synonym: Acacia senegal), its importance to sub-Saharan Africa, and its relationship with a wide range of symbiotic soil microorganisms. South African Journal of Botany.119:362-368. doi: 10.1016/j.sajb.2018.10.007.

Gomathi, V and S.S. Thilagavathi and K. Kumar. 2018. An Approach to low density polyethylene (LDPE) biodegradation by Xylaria sp from termite garden. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 7(2): 2408-2411.

Gomathi, V. A. Ramalakshmi and K. Ramasamy. 2018. Microbial Diversity and Fungal Symbiont of Termite Ecosystem. International J. of Current Microbiology and Applied Science. 7(12): 3283-3295.

Kalaiselvi T., Preethi R., Srimeena N., Senthil K., Senthil C., Jude S. R., Gopal N.O. and Balachandar D. 2018. Growth and metabolic characteristics of oleaginous microalgal isolates from Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve of India. BMC Microbiology, 18:1, 1-17, DOI 10.1186/s12866-017-1144-x, Springer-Nature [Open access J.], IF: 2.662, NAAS rating: 8.64

Kirupa Sankar Muthuvelu, R. Rajarathinam, Naresh Kumar Manickam, Sivakumar Uthandi. 2018. Development of co-immobilized tri-enzyme biocatalytic system for one-pot pretreatment of four different perennial lignocellulosic biomass and evaluation of their bioethanol production potential. Bioresource Technology. 269, 227-236.

Kiruthika Thangavelu, Ramesh Desigan, Oxana P.Taran and Sivakumar Uthandi. 2018. Delignification of corncob via combined hydrodynamic cavitation and enzymatic (HCE) pretreatment: process optimization by response surface methodology. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 11:203 doi:10.1186/s13068-018-1204-y

Krishnamoorthy, R, P. Arul Jose, M.Ranjith, R.Anandham, K.Suganya, J.Prabakaran. S.Thiyageswari, Jijo Johnson. N.O. Gopal and K. Kumutha. 2018. Decolourisation and degradation of azo dyes by mixed fungal culture consisted of Dichotomyces cejpii MRCH 1-2 and Phoma tropica MRCH1-1-3. Journal of Environmental Engineering.6.588-595.

M.Gnanachitra, V.K.Satya and P.Ahiladevi, 2018. In vitro estimation of effect of Imidacloprid on the growth and multiplication rate of Rhizobium for a strategic-ecofriendly Seed Treatment in Pulse. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci., 7(4): 1-6. ISSN: 2319-7706.

Poorniammal R, Balachandar D and Gunasekaran S (2018). Evaluation of antioxidant property of some fungal pigments by DNA protection assay. Ann Phytomed. 7(1):106-111. doi: 10.21276/ap.2018.7.1.13.

Priyanka S., Kalaiselvi P., Paul Sebastein S., Parameswari E. and Kalaiselvi T.2018. Sustainable cultivation of castor (Ricinus communis L.) priming with AM Fungi in textile effluent contaminated soil of Tirupur district in Tamil Nadu. Res. Jr. of Agrl. Sci. 10 (1): 78-81.

Ramalakshmi,A., P. Annakodi, V. Udayasurian and V. Balasubramani . 2018 Toxicity Analysis and cry Gene Profiling of Bacillus thuringiensis Isolated from Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu State, India. Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy. 84 (3), 723-729.

Reddypriya P, Soumare A and Balachandar D (2018). Multiplex and quantitative PCR targeting SCAR markers for strain-level detection and quantification of biofertilizers. J Basic Microbiol., 59 (1): 111-119. doi: 10.1002/jobm.201800318.

Sakthivel Ambreetha, Chinnappan Chinnadurai, Ponnusamy Marimuthu, Dananjeyan Balachandar, 2018. Plant-associated Bacillus modulates the expression on auxin-responsive genes of rice and modifies the root architecture. Rhizosphere. 5 : 57-66.

Sandipan Samaddara Poulami Chatterjee, Jaak Truu, Rangasamy Anandham, Sukjin Kim, Tongmin Sa, 2018. Long-term phosphorus limitation changes the bacterial community structure and functioning in paddy soils. Applied Soil Ecology.

Sivakala K.K., Jose P.A. , Anandham R., Thinesh, T., Jebakumar S.R.D, Sandipan Samaddar, Poulami Chatterjee, Sivakumar N. and Tongmin Sa, 2018.Spatial physiochemical and metagenomic analysis of desert environment. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology.28 (9).1517-526.

Vignesh S, Balachandar D and Mohankumar S (2018). Variation in endosymbionts of phosphine resistant and susceptible key stored grain insect pests. Madras Agric J 105 (4-6): 201-205.

Yasodha,M., P. Devasenapathy and A. Ramalakshmi.2018. Effect of arbuscular mycorrhiza and zinc sulphate application in lowland and rice ecosystem. Multilogic in science. 3.61-64.

Dr P Marimuthu, Professor & Head

Rajesh R, N Jaivel and P Marimuthu. 2017. Solvent Extraction and Evaluation of Antifungal Activity of Muntingia calabura Root against Fungal Phytopathogens. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 6(7): 77-83.

Rajesh R, N Jaivel, KP Smitha and P Marimuthu. 2017. Screening of antibacterial activity of Muntingia calabura leaves extracts against bacterial pathogens. Intl. J. Chem. Stud., 5(5): 313-316.

Vinu Radha R, Kumutha K and Marimuthu P 2015. Sporulation of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices through root organ culture. Appl Biol Res 17 (1): 38-47. [NAAS Impact: 4.35]

Vinu Radha R, Marimuthu P and Kumutha K 2015. Cadmium tolerance of AM fungi Glomus intraradices in root organ culture. Biochem Cell Arch 15(2):485-488. [NAAS Impact: 3.77]

Jaivel N, Rajesh R and Marimuthu P 2014. Evaluation of antimicrobial activity against bacterial leaf blight pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae and antioxidant activities of Streptomyces sp. TC1. Afr J Microbiol Res 8 (40): 3558-3564. [NAAS Impact: 5.0]

Rajesh R, Jaivel N and Marimuthu P 2014. Muntingia calabura botanical formulation for enhanced disease resistance in tomato plants against Alternaria solani. Afr J Microbiol Res 8(20): 2059-2068. [NAAS Impact: 5.0]

Rajesh R, Jaivel N and Marimuthu P 2014. Antifungal metabolite from Muntingia calabura root against early leaf blight of tomato. J Medicinal Plant Res 8(13): 523-528. [NAAS Impact: 4.0]

Jaivel N, Uvarani C, Rajesh R, Velmurugan D and Marimuthu P 2014. Natural occurrence of organo-fluorine and other constituents from Streptomyces sp. TC1. J Nat Products 77:2-8. [NAAS Impact: 9.95]

Srinivasan M, Kumar K, Kumutha K and Marimuthu P 2014. Influence of acetosyringone concentration on induction of carrot hairy root by Agrobacterium rhizogenes. Afr J Microbiol Res 8(26): 2486-2491. [NAAS Impact: 5.0]

Jaivel N, Rajesh R, Uvarani C and Marimuthu P 2014. In vitro antimicrobial evaluation of compound derived from Streptomyces sp. TC1 against Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. J Pure Appl Microbiol 8(2):1-12. [NAAS Impact: 6.07]

Rajesh R, Jaivel N and Marimuthu P 2014. Bio-efficacy of Muntingia calabura of botanical formulation against Alternaria solani causing early blight in tomato. J Mycol Plant Pathol 44(2): 166-171. [NAAS Impact: 4.00]

Jaivel N, Rajesh R and Marimuthu P 2014. Optimization of lovastatin production by Aspergillus terreus under various fermentation strategies. Trend Bioscience 7(4): 658-662. [NAAS Impact: 2.74]

Jaivel N, Rajesh R and Marimuthu P 2014. Standardizing the extraction and evaluation of antimicrobial fraction from Streptomyces sp. tc1 against Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. Life Sciences Leaflets 54:16-26. [NAAS Impact: 2.69]

Rajesh R, Jaivel N and Marimuthu P. 2014. Botanical formulation of Muntingia calabura for the management of early leaf blight in tomato. Madras Agric J 100(1-3): 747-750. [NAAS Impact: 3.98]

Srinivasan M, Kumar K, Kumutha K and Marimuthu P. 2014. Comparison of colonization potential of AM fungus Glomus intraradices cultured under in vitro and in vivo condition. Trend Bioscience 7(3): 437-440. [NAAS Impact: 2.74]

Srinivasan M, Kumar K, Kumutha K and Marimuthu P 2014.Establishing monoxenic culture of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices through root organ culture. J Appl Nat Sci 6 (1):290-294 [NAAS Impact: 5.08]

Vinu Radha R, Kumutha K and Marimuthu P 2014. Agrobacterium rhizogenes transformed hairy root induction from Daucuscarota and optimization of culture parameters for proliferation of transformed roots. Trend Bioscience 7(4): 612-617. [NAAS Impact: 2.74]

Vinu Radha R, Kumutha K and Marimuthu P 2014. Assessment of cadmium contamination of soils in sewage disposal areas of Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu, India. Curr World Environ 9(2): 379 - 386. [NAAS Impact: 4.25]

Parimala Devi R and Marimuthu P 2011. Effect of botanical formulation of Polygonum minus (P-40) on control of Alternaria solani. J Plant Pathol Microbiol 2:1-4. [NAAS Impact: -]

Geethalakshmi R, Sarada DVL and Marimuthu P 2010. Evaluation of antimicrobial and antioxidant potentials of Trianthema decandra L. Asian J Biotechnol 2:225-231. [NAAS Impact: 3.07]

Geethalakshmi R, Sarada DVL, Marimuthu P and Ramasamy K 2010. α-Amylase Inhibitory activity of Trianthema decandra. Int J Biotechnol Biochem 6(3): 369-376. [NAAS Impact: 6.81]

Sangeetha S, Marimuthu P, Sarada DVL and Ramasamy K 2010. Isolation of antimicrobial compound from Sphaeranthus Indicus against human pathogens. Int J Biotechnol Biochem 6(4): 569-577. [NAAS Impact: 6.81]

Dr R Sridhar, Professor

Veerender K and Sridar R 2012. Isolation of autotrophic sulphur oxidizing bacteria from marine environment. Adv Appl Res 4:138-141. [NAAS Impact: 2.98]

Sridar R 2011. Potential for plant growth promotion in blackgram (Vigna mungo) cv.CO5 by co-inoculation of sulphur-oxidizing bacteria and Rhizobium. J Soil Biol Ecol 31:41-55.[NAAS Impact: 3.00]

Vidhyasri S and Sridar R 2011. Evaluation of co inoculation of sulphur oxidizing bacteria and Rhizobium for enhancing the productivity of groundnut. Int J Tropical Agric 29:35-40. [NAAS Impact: 3.03]

Vidhyasri S and Sridar R 2011. Isolation and characterization of heterotrophic sulphur oxidizing bacteria from different ecological niches. Adv Appl Res 3:127-133 [NAAS Impact: 2.98]

Khambalkar P, Sridar R and Sivaji M 2014. Isolation and characterizaion of plant growth promoting Burkholderia sp. J Soil Biol Ecol 34(1&2): 1-8 [NAAS Impact: 3.00]

Khambalkar P and Sridar R 2015. Isolation and characterization of nitrogen-fixing Burkholderia sp. Int J Agric Environ Biotechnol 8:681-689 [NAAS Impact: 4.10]

Khambalkar P and Sridar R 2015. A novel multifunctional Burkholderia sp. for plant growth promotion. J Pure Appl Microbiol 9(3): 2513-2521. [NAAS Impact: 6.05]

Hemalatha K, Sridar R and Sivaji M 2013. Isolation and characterization of phosphate solubilizing bacteria from TNAU soils. J Soil Biol Ecol 33: 50-65. [NAAS Impact: 3.00]

Sivaji M, KeerthigaT, SridarR and Veerender K 2013. Evaluation of phosphate solubilization by Burkholderia sp. isolated from rhizosphere of different crops. Adv Appl Res 5: 43-46 [NAAS Impact: 2.98]

Sivaji M and Sridar R 2014.Impact of Bt cotton on the functional microbes in rhizosphere soil under in vitro condition. Trend Bioscience 7:3475-3478. [NAAS Impact: 2.74]

Sivaji,M. and Sridar,R.2014.Antagonistic activity of Trichoderma viride and Pseudomonas fluorescens isolated from Bt and non Bt cotton rhizosphere against Rhizoctonia solani. J Soil Biol Ecol 1&2:60-69. [NAAS Impact: 3.00]

Sivaji M and Sridar R 2014.Effect of Bt cotton root exudates on functional enzymes in the rhizosphere soil. J Soil Biol Ecol 1&2:25-34 [NAAS Impact: 3.00]

Sridar R, Veerender K, Sivaji M and Gayathri R 2015. Genetic diversity of sulphur oxidizing bacteria from different ecosystems. Indian J Biotechnol 14:72-80 [NAAS Impact: 6.48]

Dr Z John Kennady, Professor

Naganandhini S, Kennedy ZJ, Uyttendaele M and Balachandar D 2015. Persistence of pathogenic and non-pathogenic Escherichia coli strains in various tropical agricultural soils of India. PloS one 10 (6), e0130038 [NAAS Impact: 9.53]

Nithyapriya S, Vishwanathan R, John Kennedy Z and Kasthuri R 2013. Preservation of ready to eat drumstick products by canning and retort packaging. Int J Process Post Harvest Technol 4 (2), 122-131. [NAAS Impact: 2.38]

Kennedy ZK and Rangarajan M 2012. Biomass production, root colonization and phosphatase activity by six VA-mycorrhizal fungi in papaya. Indian Phytopathol 54 (1), 72. [NAAS Impact: 4.59]

Pragalyaashree MM, Kailappan R and John Kennedy Z 2015. Mechanical properties of onion seeds (Allium cepa var. Aggregatum L.). Int J Agric Environ Biotechnol 8(2):477-487. [NAAS Impact: 4.10]

Pragalyaashree MM, Pandiselvam, R. Kailappan and John Kennedy Z 2015. Effect of feed rate, concave clearance and peripheral speed on the performance evaluation of pre thresher for onion umbels (Allium cepa var. aggregatum). J Agric Eng 3: 13-22. [NAAS Impact: 4.27]

Dr N O Gopal, Professor

Rangasamy Anandham, Nagaiah Premalatha, Hyeong Jin Jee, Hang YeonWeon, Soon Wo Kwon, Ramasamy Krishnamoorthy, Pandiyan Indira Gandhi, Yong Ki Kim, Nellaiappan Olaganathan Gopal. 2015. Cultivable bacterial diversity and early plant growth promotion by the traditional organic formulations prepared using organic waste materials. International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture 4:279–289. [NAAS Impact: ]

Anvar Hussain Noorul Anisha, Rangasamy Anandham, Soon Woo Kwon, Pandiyan Indira Gandhi and Nellaiappan Olaganathan Gopal. 2015. Evaluation of Bacillus spp. as dough starters for Adhirasam: Traditional rice based fermented food of Southern India. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. 46:1183-1191. [NAAS Impact: 6.87]

Adhiyaman P, S Kanchana, G Hemalatha, M Anandhan, N O Gopal and M Ilamaran. 2013. Influence of pretreatment and prepackaging on post-harvest shelf life of under-utilized fruits (Star fruit, Egg fruit and Fig). Indian Journal of Science and technology.6 (9):5263-5270. [NAAS Impact: 5.0]

Arunkumar N, SP Sundaram, R Anandham, NO Gopal and K Balakrishnan.2013. Studies on Methionine secreting Microorganisms from Sago industrial wastes and standardization of growth parameters for maximum methionine secretion. Int. Journal of Agricultural Sciences.1112:56-59. [NAAS Impact: 4.2]

Premalatha, N., N.O.Gopal, and R. Anandham.2015. Isolation of cellulose degrading bacteria and fungi from Southern Tamil Nadu. Trends in Biosciences, 8(6): 1581-1586. [NAAS Impact: 3.94]

Premalatha,N., N.O. Gopal and R. Anandham.2015. Screening and studying enzymatic activity of cellulose producing yeasts. International Journal of Farm Sciences, 5(4): 1-6. [NAAS Impact: 4.01]

Rajaekar, M., V. Swaminathan, M. Ananthan, K. Balakrishnan, G. Hemalatha and N.O. Gopal.2015. Effect of different levels of pre-harvest chemical sprays on some agronomic traits in Bitter gourd (Momordiacharantia.L.) cultivars. Trends in Biosciences, 8(10): 2584-2589. [NAAS Impact: 3.94]

Nagaiah Premalatha, Nellaiappan O. Gopal, Polpass A. Jose, Rangasamy Anandham and Soon W. Kwon (2015) Optimization of cellulase production by Enhydrobactor sp. ACCA2 and its application in biomass saccharification. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6:1046. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01046. [NAAS Impact: 10.16]

Sasikala, G. and N.O.Gopal. 2014. Evaluation and Selection of native fungal isolates for cellulase enzyme production. Research Journal of Biotechnology, 9(1):1-8. [NAAS Impact: 6.24]

Sasikala, G. and N.O. Gopal. 2014. Exploration of wild yeast strains for thermotolerance and ethanol production. Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, 18 (1); 1-9. [NAAS Impact: 4.00]

Dr. S. Karthikeyan, Professor

Vijayanand C, Kamaraj S, Sriramajayam S, Karthikeyan S, Surendrakumar A and Ramesh D. 2017. A Probe into the Biphasic Nature of the Acetonebutanolethanol (ABE) Fermentation by Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci. 6(4): 2179 - 2186. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ ijcmas.2017.604.255

Palanisamy M, Mukund S, Sivakumar U, Karthikeyan S and Sivasubramanian V. 2017.Biochar production from micro algal biomass of Chlorella vulgaris. Phykos 47 (1): 99-104

Bhattacharyya P, Roy KS, Das M, Ray S, Balachandar D, Karthikeyan S, Nayak AK and Mohapatra T 2016. Elucidation of rice rhizosphere metagenome in relation to methane and nitrogen metabolism under elevated carbon dioxide and temperature using whole genome metagenomic approach. Sci Total Environ 542: 886-898. [NAAS Impact: 9.16]

Bhattacharyyaa P, Roy KS, Das PK, Neogi S, Shahid Md, Nayak AK, Raja R, Karthikeyan S, Balachandar D and Rao KS 2014. Effect of elevated carbon dioxide and temperature on phosphorus uptake in tropical flooded rice (Oryza sativa L.). Euro J Agron 53: 28– 37. [NAAS Impact: 8.92]

Preethi BM, Poorniammal R, Balachandar D, Karthikeyan S, Chendrayan K, Bhattacharyya P and Adhya TK 2013. Long-term organic nutrient managements foster the biological and carbon sequestering capability of wetland rice soil. Arch Agron Soil Sci 59(12):1607-1624.[NAAS Impact: -]

Mutanda T, Karthikeyan S and Bux F 2011. The utilization of post-chlorinated municipal domestic wastewater for biomass and lipid production by Chlorella spp. under batch conditions. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 164(7): 1126–1138. [NAAS Impact: 7.69]

Bhola V, Ramesh D, Santosh SK, Karthikeyan S, Elumalai S and Bux F 2011. Effects of parameters affecting biomass yield and thermal behaviour of Chlorella vulgaris. J Biosci Bioeng 111(3): 377-382. [NAAS Impact: 7.79]

Mutanda T, Ramesh D, Karthikeyan S, Kumari S, Anandraj A and Bux F 2011. Bioprospecting for hyper-lipid producing microalgal strains for sustainable biofuel production. Bioresour Technol 102 (1): 57-70. [NAAS Impact: 11.04]

Balachandar D, Karthikeyan S, Kumar K and Chendrayan K 2010. Improved diagnostic techniques for quality control of biofertilizers. Biofert Newlett 18(1):3-8. [NAAS Impact: -]

Sivakumar U, Karthikeyan S and Sabarinathan KG 2010. Gibberellic acid production by Fusarium fujikuroi SG2. J Sci Ind Res 69: 211-214. [NAAS Impact: 6.50]

Dr. U. Sivakumar, Professor

Jeya Sundara Sharmila D, Jino Blessy J, Subramanian KS, Gunasekaran K and Sivakumar U. 2017. Molecular docking and dynamics studies on the protein-protein interactions of electrically active pilin nanowires of of Geobacter sulfurreducens. J. Proteins and Proteomics. 8(2): 93-103.

Daphy MeurialC, Kumar K and Sivakumar U. 2017. Isolation and Characterization of N2 Fixing Anaerobic Bacteria from Paddy Ecosystem. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci. 6(5): xx-xx. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2017.605.0xx

Kavitha Mary J, Marimuthu P and Sivakumar U. 2017. Evaluation of Jasmonic Acid Production by Lasiodiplodia theobromae under Submerged Fermentation. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci. 6(6): xx-xx. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2017.606.0xx

Tamilselvi S M, Chitdeshwari T and Sivakumar U. 2017. Calcite dissolution by Bacillus subtilis SSRCI02: An in vitro analyses for the reclamation of calcareous saline-sodic soils. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Science (IJMS/MS 3419 in press)

Muniraj IK, S Uthandi, L Xiao, Z Hu, X Zhan.2017. Molecular Diversity of Oleaginous Fungi in Irish Soil and Their Potential for Biodiesel Production. Molecular Markers in Mycology, 53-63.

Palanisamy M, Mukund S, Sivakumar U, Karthikeyan S, and Sivasubramanian V. 2017. Bio-char production from micro algal biomass of Chlorella vulgaris. Phykos. 47 (1): 99-104

Devi P, Kandasamy S, Chendrayan K and Sivakumar U. 2016. Laccase producing Streptomyces bikiniensis CSC12 isolated from composts. J Microbiol Biotech Food Sci, 6 (2), 794-798

Tamilselvi SM, Chitdeshwari T and Sivakumar U. 2016. Calcite Dissolution by Brevibacterium sp. SOTI06: A Futuristic Approach for the Reclamation of Calcareous Sodic Soils. Dec 2016 · Front Plant Sci. 7: 1828 (doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01828)

Ajit Kumar Passari, Vineet Kumar Mishra, Vincent Vineeth Leo, Bhim Pratap Singh, Geetha Valliammai Meyyappan, Vijai Kumar Gupta, Sivakumar Uthandi, Ramesh Chandra Upadhyay. 2016. Antimicrobial Potential, Identification and Phylogenetic Affiliation of Wild Mushrooms from Two Sub-Tropical Semi-Evergreen Indian Forest Ecosystems. PloS one (11): 11.DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166368

Sorokina KN, Samoylova Yu V, Piligaev AV, Sivakumar U, and Parmon VN. 2016. Modern methods of activation, one-step biological treatment and catalytical processing of polysaccharide component of lignocellulosic biomass (cellulose and hemicellulose) into valuable products. (2) single-stage biotechnological processing of poly- and monosaccharides into valuable industrial chemical products. Catalysis in industry (In press)

Nathaniel L Hepowit, Ian Mitchelle S de Vera, Shiyun Cao, Xian Fu, Yifei Wu, Sivakumar Uthandi, Nikita E Chavarria, Markus Englert, Dan Su, Dieter Sӧll, Douglas J Kojetin, Julie A Maupin‐Furlow.2016. Mechanistic insight into protein modification and sulfur mobilization activities of noncanonical E1 and associated ubiquitin‐like proteins of Archaea. The FEBS Journal (DOI: 10.1111/febs.13819)

Kandhasamy S, Muniraj I, Puroshothaman N, Sekar A, Sharmila JS, Kumarasamy R and Uthandi S. 2016. High level secretion of laccase (LccH) from a newly isolated white rot basidiomycete, Hexagonia hirta MSF2. Front. Microbiol. 7:707. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00707

Leo VV, Passari AK, Joshi JB, Mishra VK, Uthandi S, Ramesh N, Gupta VK, Saikia R, Sonawane VC and Singh BP.2016. A Novel Triculture System (CC3) for Simultaneous Enzyme Production and Hydrolysis of Common Grasses through Submerged Fermentation. Front. Microbiol. 7:447. (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00447)

Gromov NV, Taran OP, Sorokina KN, Mishchenko TI, Uthandi S and Parmon VN. 2016. New methods for one-stage processing of polysaccharide components of Lignocellulose biomass (Cellulose and Hemicellulose) to valuable products. Part 1. Methods for biomass activation. Review, Catalysis in Industry, 16(1): 74.

Muniraj IK, Sivakumar U, Hu, Z., Xiao, L., and Zhan, X. 2015. Microbial lipid production from renewable and waste materials for second-generation biodiesel feedstock. Environmental Technology Reviews, 1-16. doi: 10.1080/21622515.2015.1018340.

Nikita EC, Shiyun C, Mary H, Dina E, Suzanne R, Deanna A, Markus E, Sivakumar U, Dieter S and Maupin-Furlow JA 2014. Archaeal Tuc1/Ncs6 homolog required for wobble uridine tRNA thiolation is associated with ubiquitin-proteasome, translation, and RNA processing system homologs. PloS one 9 (6), e99104 [NAAS Impact: 9.53]

Sivakumar U and alaichelvan G 2014. Enrichment and isolation of bluish purple producing bacterium. J Soil Biol Ecol 34 (1&2) : 17-24 [NAAS Impact: 3.0]

Nathaniel H, Sivakumar U, Michaela T, Hugo M, Oliver O, De Vera S, Fanucci GE and Maupin-Furlow JA 2013. Archaeal JAB1/MPN/MOV34 metalloenzyme (HvJAMM1) cleaves ubiquitin-like small archaeal modifier proteins (SAMPs) from protein-conjugates. Mol Microbiol 86 (4), 971-987. [NAAS Impact: 11.03]

Sivakumar U, Laurence P, De Vera S, Fanucci GE, Alexander A and Maupin-Furlow JA 2012. Enhanced archaeal laccase production in recombinant Escherichia coli by modification of N-terminal propeptide and twin arginine translocation motifs. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 1152-7. [NAAS Impact: -]

Iniya Kumar M, Ramalakshmi A, Sivakumar U, Santhanakrishnan P and Zhan X 2011. Single cell oil production from Mortierella sp for generation of biodiesel feedstock- a feasibility study. Afr J Microbiol Res 5(24): 105-4111. [NAAS Impact: 5.00]

Khodadad CLM, Zimmerman AR, Green SJ, Sivakumar U and Foster JS 2011. Taxa-specific changes in soil microbial community composition induced by pyrogenic carbon amendments. Soil Biol Bichem 43:385-392 [NAAS Impact: 10.14]

Sivakumar U, Saad B, Humbard MA and Maupin-Furlow JA 2010. LccA, an archaeal aaccase secreted as a highly-stable glycoprotein into the extracellular medium of Haloferax volcanii. Appl Environ Microbiol 76(3): 733-743. [NAAS Impact: 9.95]

Sivakumar U, Sabarnathan KG and Karthikeyan S 2010. Production of gibberellic acid by some isolates of Fusarium spp. under submerged fermentation. J Sci Ind Res 69: 211-14. [NAAS Impact: 6.50]

Reuter CJ, Sivakumar U, Puentes JA and Maupin-Furlow JA 2010. Hydrophobic carboxy-terminal residues dramatically reduce protein levels in the haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii. Microbiol 156: 248–255 [NAAS Impact: 6.71]

Dr. D. Balachandar, Professor

Krithika S, Prasad G and Balachandar D (2017) Zinc solubilizing bacteria from rice rhizosphere and their impact on zinc fertilization and fortification in rice. J Microbiol. (Springer) 55(7): 1-11.

Krithika S and Balachandar D (2016) Expression of zinc transporter genes in rice as influenced by zinc solubilizing Enterobacter cloacae strain ZSB14. Front. Plant Sci., 7:446. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00446 [NAAS = 9.95]

Krithika S, Prasad G and Balachandar D (2016) Zinc solubilizing potential of Enterobacter cloacae strain ZSB14 in three different semi-arid tropical soils. Int. J. Plant Soil Sci., 11(2) DOI: 10.9734/IJPSS/2016/25790 [Open access J IF: 1.12]

Balachandar D, Chinnadurai C, Tamilselvi SM, Ilamurugu K and Arulmozhiselvan K (2016) Lessons from Long-term nutrient management adoptions in semi-arid tropical Alfisol. Int J Plant Soil Sci 10(2): 1-14 [Open access J IF: 1.12]

Aparna K, Rao DLN and Balachandar D (2016) Microbial populations, activity and gene abundance in tropical Vertisols under intensive chemical farming. Pedosphere 26(5): 725–732 [NAAS = 7.42]

Reddy Priya P, Selastin Antony R, Gopalaswamy G and Balachandar D (2016) Development of sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) markers as a quality standard of inoculants based on Azospirillum. Arch Microbiol. DOI 10.1007/s00203-016-1187-7 [NAAS = 7.67]

Reddypriya P, Gopalaswamy G and Balachandar D (2016) Designing a SCAR molecular marker based on a repetitive DNA fingerprint to authenticate Bacillus megaterium (Pb1), a commercial bioinoculant from TNAU as a quality control. Progressive Research: An International Journal 11(3) Accepted. [NAAS = 3.18]

Bhattacharyya P, Roy K, Das M, Ray S, Balachandar D, Karthikeyan S, Nayak A, and Mohapatra T 2016. Elucidation of rice rhizosphere metagenome in relation to methane and nitrogen metabolism under elevated carbon dioxide and temperature using whole genome metagenomic approach. Sci Total Environ 542: 886-898. [NAAS Impact: 9.16]

Rao D, Balachandar D, and Thakuria D 2015. Soil biotechnology and sustainable agricultural intensification. Indian J Fertilisers 87 [NAAS Impact: 3.78]

Naganandhini S, Kennedy ZJ, Uyttendaele M and Balachandar D 2015. Persistence of pathogenic and non-pathogenic Escherichia coli strains in various tropical agricultural soils of India Plos One 10:e0130038 [NAAS Impact: 9.53]

Kandasamy S, Balachandar D, Krishnamurthy K and Benckiser G 2015. Aerobic cyanide degradation by bacterial isolates from cassava factory wastewater Brazilian J Microbiol 46:659-666 [NAAS Impact: 6.45]

Tamilselvi SM, Chinnadurai C, Ilamurugu K, Arulmozhiselvan K and Balachandar D 2015. Effect of long-term nutrient managements on biological and biochemical properties of semi-arid tropical Alfisol during maize crop development stages. Ecol Indic 48:76-87. [NAAS Impact: 9.23]

Sarathambal C, Ilamurugu K, Balachandar D, Chinnadurai C and Gharde Y 2015. Characterization and crop production efficiency of diazotrophic isolates from the rhizosphere of semi-arid tropical grasses of India. Appl Soil Ecol. 87:1-10. [NAAS Impact: 8.21]

Chinnadurai C, Gopalaswamy G and Balachandar D 2014. Long-term effects of nutrient management regimes on abundance of bacterial genes and soil biochemical processes for fertility sustainability in a semi-arid tropical Alfisol. Geoderma 232-234: 563-572. [NAAS Impact: 8.51]

Cibichakravarthy B, Kumutha K and Balachandar D 2014. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity in phosphorus-deficient Alfisols of a dry North-western agro-ecosystem of Tamil Nadu, India. Ann Microbiol :1-11. [NAAS Impact: 7.04]

Balachandar D, Doud MS, Schneper L, Mills D and Mathee K 2014. Long-term organic nutrient management fosters the eubacterial community diversity in the Indian semi-arid alfisol as revealed by length heterogeneity–PCR. Commun Soil Sci Plant Anal 45 (2):189-203. [NAAS Impact: 6.42]

Bhattacharyya P, Roy KS, Dash PK, Neogi S, Shahid M, Nayak AK, Raja R, Karthikeyan S, Balachandar D and Rao KS 2014. Effect of elevated carbon dioxide and temperature on phosphorus uptake in tropical flooded rice (Oryza sativa L.). Eur J Agron 53:28-37. [NAAS Impact: 8.92]

Adhilakshmi M, Paranidharan V, Balachandar D, Ganesamurthy K and Velazhahan R 2014. Suppression of root rot of mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) by Streptomyces sp. is associated with induction of peroxidase and polyphenol oxidase. Arch Phytopathol Plant Protect 47 (5):571-583. [NAAS Impact: -]

Adhilakshmi M, Latha P, Paranidharan V, Balachandar D, Ganesamurthy K and Velazhahan R 2014. Biological control of stem rot of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) caused by Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. with actinomycetes. Arch Phytopathol Plant Protect 47 (3):298-311. [NAAS Impact: -]

Chinnadurai C, Gopalaswamy G & Balachandar D 2013. Impact of long-term organic and inorganic nutrient managements on the biological properties and eubacterial community diversity of the Indian semi-arid Alfisol. Arch Agron Soil Sci 60 (4):531-548. [NAAS Impact: -]

Chinnadurai C, Gopalaswamy G and Balachandar D 2013. Diversity of cultivable Azotobacter in the semi-arid alfisol receiving long-term organic and inorganic nutrient amendments. Ann Microbiol 63 (4):1397-1404. [NAAS Impact: 7.04]

Ranjithkumar R, Maya S, Balachandar D, Stefan Ratering, Kumar G and Benckiser G 2012. Microbial community diversity of organically rich cassava sago factory waste waters and their ability to use nitrate and N2O added as external N-sources for enhancing biomethanation and the purification efficiency. J Biotechnol 164(2):266-75. [NAAS Impact: 8.88]

Preethia B, Poorniammal R, Balachandar D, Karthikeyan S, Chendrayan K, Bhattacharya P and Adhya TK 2012. Long-term organic nutrient managements foster the biological properties and carbon sequestering capability of a wetland rice soil. Arch Agron Soil Sci 59(12): 1607-1624. [NAAS Impact: -]

Jothibasu K, Chinnadurai C, Sundaram SP, Kumar K and Balachandar D 2012. Molecular Profiling of Rhizosphere Bacterial Communities Associated with Prosopis julifolora and Parthenium hysterophorus. J Microbiol. Biotechnol 22(3): 301–310. [NAAS Impact: 7.32]

Cibichakravarthy B, Preetha R, Sundaram SP, Kumar K and Balachandar D 2012. Diazotrophic diversity in the rhizosphere of two exotic weed plants, Prosopis juliflora and Parthenium hysterophorus. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 28(2): 605-613 [NAAS Impact: 7.35]

Ranjithkumar R, Maya S, Sujatha K, Balachandar D, Kumar K and Benckiser G 2012. Biogas plants efficiency in purifying Indian sago factory waste water with wide C/N ratios: strategies for process water reuse. Int J Sustain Engg 4(4): 348-358. [NAAS Impact: -]

Suchitra R, Kumutha K and Balachandar D 2012. Morpho-typing and molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in sub-tropical soils of Coimbatore region, Tamil Nadu, India. Indian J Microbiol 52(2): 145-152. [NAAS Impact: 6.83]

Naganandhini S, Balachandar D and Kumar K 2011. Diversity analysis of pseudomonads in rice rhizosphere for multifaceted-plant growth promotion. Acta Microbiol Immunol Hungarica 58(4): 247–258 [NAAS Impact: 6.78]

Dr. M. Kalaiselvi, Professor

Ravi R, Kalaiselvi T and Tilak M 2012. Effect of combined treatment of microbial consortia and microwave energy on germination of Melia dubia seeds. Int J Sci Eng Res 3( 9),1-5 [NAAS Impact: -]

Viswanathan VL, Paramathma M, Jude Sudhagar R, Venkitasamy R, Renukadevi P, Kalaiselvi T, Ravi R and Subashini G 2012. Genetic improvement in Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L.). Madras Agric J 99: 21-22 [NAAS Impact: 3.89]

Kiruba M, Tilak M, Kalaiselvi T and Shanmugam M 2013. Nutritional status of the tree litters, coffee, tea processing wastes, pungam, simaruba shell and vegetable mandy waste. Discovery Sci 5(13), 4-6 [NAAS Impact: -]

Kiruba M, Tilak M, Kalaiselvi T, Shanmugam M, Hemalatha P, Manivasakan S and Rajamanickam S 2013. Effect of Vermicompost and mycorrhizal consortia on growth of Jatropha and Casuarina seedlings. Indian J Sci 6 (16), 50-59 [NAAS Impact: -]

Vennila S, Kalaiselvi T, Umesh Kanna S and Parthiban KT 2013. Assessment of microbial density and diversity in the rhizosphere of Bambusa bambos (l.). J Int Acad Res Multidisciplinary 1( 11), 550 -564 [NAAS Impact: -]

Saravanan V, Santhi R, Kumar P, Kalaiselvi T and Vennila S 2013. Effect of forest fire on microbial diversity of the degraded Shola forest ecosystem of Nilgiris Eastern slope range. Res J Agric Forestry Sci 1(5), 5-8 [NAAS Impact: -]

Dr. M. Senthilkumar, Assistant Professor

Karthi M, Pushpakanth P, Krishnamoorthy R and M Senthilkumar. 2017. Endophytic bacteria associated with banana cultivars and their inoculation effect on plant growth. Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology. (http :// dx. doi. org /10.1080 / 14620316. 2017 .1310600) (In Press) (NAAS rate – 6.46)

Senthilkumar M and R Krishnamoorthy. 2017. Isolation and characterization of tomato leaf phyllosphere Methylobacterium and their effect on plant growth. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. (In Press) (NAAS rate – 5.38)

Chandrasekaran P, R Sivakumar, GK Nandhitha, M Vishnuveni, P Boominathan and M Senthilkumar. 2017. Impact of PPFM and PGRs on seed germination, stress tolerant index and catalase activity in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L) under drought. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences : 6 (6) : 540-549. (NAAS rate – 5.38)

Senthilkumar M and R Krishnamoorthy. 2017. Tripartite Influence of Methylobacterium, Azospirillum and Phosphobacteria on Cotton (Gossypium arboreum) Growth and Yield. Research Journal of Agricultural Sciences 8(1): 58-63, January-February (NAAS rate – 4.54)

Ramasamy Krishnamoorthy, Kiyoon Kim, Parthiban Subramanianc, Murugaiyan Senthilkumar, Rangasamy Anandham, Tongmin Sa. 2016. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and associated bacteria isolated from salt-affected soil enhances the tolerance of maize to salinity in coastal reclamation soil. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 231: 233–239 (NAAS rate – 9.56)

Pushpakanth P, K Ilamurugu and M Senthilkumar. 2016. Characterization of endophytic plant growth promoting traits of Methylobacterium sp. isolated from banana. International Journal of Forestry and Crop Improvement. 7 (1) : 114 – 120 (NAAS rate – 6.46)

Pushpakanth P, K Ilamurugu and M Senthilkumar.2015 Isolation and characterization of plant growth promoting endophytic Methylobacterium sp. from banana cultivar (Musa sp.). Annals of Plant and Soil Research. 17: 182 – 186 (NAAS rate – 4.39)

Antony Selastin R, G Gopalaswamy and M Senthilkumar. 2015. First Report of Bacterial Wilt Caused by Ralstonia solanacearum Race I Biovar I in Egg- plant (Solanum melongena L.) in TamilNadu, Southern India . Plant Disease. Vol.99 (9) P: 1271 (NAAS rate – 9.19)

Munusamy Madhaiyan,Selvaraj Poonguzhali, Murugaiyan Senthilkumar, Dhandapani Pragatheswari, Jung-Sook Lee and Keun-Chul Lee. 2015. Arachidicoccus rhizosphaerae gen. nov., sp. nov., a plant-growth-promoting bacterium in the family Chitinophagaceae isolated from rhizosphere soil. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 65, 578-586 (NAAS rate – 8.44)

Antony Selastin R, Gopalaswamy G and Senthilkumar M 2015. First report of bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum race I biovar I in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) in Tamil Nadu, Southern India. Plant Disease [NAAS Impact: 8.74]

Madhaiyan M, Poonguzhali S, Senthilkumar M, Pragatheswari D, Lee JS and Lee KC 2015. Arachidicoccus rhizosphaerae gen. nov., sp. nov., a plant-growth-promoting bacterium in the family Chitinophagaceae isolated from rhizosphere soil. Int J Sys Evol Microbiol 65: 578-586 [NAAS Impact: 8.80]

Um HY, Kong HG, Lee HJ, Choi HK, Park EJ, Kim ST, Senthilkumar M, Chung E, Kang KY and Lee SW 2013. Altered gene expression and intracellular changes of the viable but non-culturable state in Ralstonia solanacearum by copper treatment. Plant Pathol J 29 (4): 374-385 [NAAS Impact: 6.76]

Bae JY, Wu J, Lee HJ; Jo EJ, Senthilkumar M, Chung E and Lee SW 2012. Biocontrol potential of a lytic bacteriophage PE204 against bacterial wilt of tomato. J Microbiol Biotechnol 22 (12): 1613 – 1620 [NAAS Impact: 7.32]

Madhaiyan M, Poonguzhali S, Senthilkumar M, Lee JS and Lee KC 2012. Methylobacterium gossipiicola sp. nov., a pink-pigmented, facultatively methylotrophic bacterium isolated from the cotton. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 62 (1): 162 – 167 [NAAS Impact: 8.80]

Senthilkumar M; Bae JY, Wu J; Lee S, Um, HY, Choi, HK, Chung E, Lee JH, Lee SW 2011. Characterization of filamentous bacteriophage PE226 infecting Ralstonia solanacearum strains. J Appl Microbiol 110 (1) 296-303. [NAAS Impact: 8.39]

Madhaiyan M, Poonguzhali S, Lee JS, Senthilkumar M, Lee KC and Sundaram SP 2010. Leifsonia soli sp. nov., a novel yellow pigmented actinobacterium isolated from teak rhizosphere soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 60 (6): 1317 – 1321. [NAAS Impact: 8.80]

Madhaiyan M, Poonguzhali S, Lee JS, Senthilkumar M, Lee KC and Sundaram SP 2010. Mucilaginibacter gossypii sp. nov. and Mucilaginibacter gossypiicola sp. nov., plant-growth promoting bacteria isolated from cotton rhizosphere soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 60: 2451-2457 [NAAS Impact: 8.80]

Kong HG, Chun OJ, Choi KH, Lee KY, Baek JW, Kim HJ, Senthilkumar M, Moon BJ, Lee SW 2010. Formulation of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens A-2 and Its Efficacy to Control Tomato Leaf Mold Caused by Fulvia fulva. Res Plant Disease16(1): 27-34 [NAAS Impact: -]

Dr. R. Parimaladevi, Assistant Professor

Parimala devi R and Marimuthu P 2011. Effect of botanical formulation of Polygonum minus (P-40) on control of Alternaria solani. Plant Pathol Microbiol 2(1). [NAAS Impact: -]

Parimala devi R, Sundaram SP and Poorniammal R 2010. Effect of facultative methylotrophs on callus induction and regeneration of rice. Asian J Biosci 4(2): 207-209. [NAAS Impact: 3.21]

Parimala devi R 2015. Development of rhizobacteria repository suitable for Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu. J Ecobiol 34 (3): 133 – 137. [NAAS Impact: 1.94]

Marimuthu P and Parimala devi R 2010. Evaluation of the effect of microbial consortia on vegetable crops. J Scientific Trans Environ Technovation 3(3): 130-133. [NAAS Impact: -]

Dr V. Ramalakshmi, Assistant Professor

Manikandan R, Ramalakshmi A, Balasubramani V and Udayasuriyan V 2015. Characterization and cloning of the cry2A gene from indigenous isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis. Mole Biol 49(4):585-591. Impact Factor: Thomson Routers: 0.718; [NAAS Impact: 6.74]

Ramalakshmi A, Manikandan R, Balasubramani V and Udayasuriyan V 2014. Cloning of a new truncated cry1AcGene from an Indian isolate of Bacillus thuringiensis. Adv Microbiol 4 (1):55-62. [NAAS Impact: -]

Manikandan R, Ramalakshmi A, Balasubramani V and Udayasuriyan V 2014. Cloning of partial cry1Ac gene from an indigenous isolate of Bacillus thuringiensis. Afr J Biotechnol 13(18):1845-1849. [NAAS Impact: 4.00]

Sanjeev P, Kannan V, Ramalakshmi A and Udayasuriyan V 2014. Cloning of cry1Ac gene from a new indigenous isolate of Bacillus thuringiensis. Trend Biosci 7(15): 2034-2038. [NAAS Impact: 2.74]

Kumar I, Ramalakshmi A, Sivakumar U and Santhanakrishnan P 2011. Production of microbial oils from Mortierella sp. for generation of biodiesel feedstock. Afr J Microbiol Res 5(24): 4105-4111. [NAAS Impact: 5.00]

Ramalakshmi A and Udayasuriyan V 2010. Diversity of Bacillus thuringiensis isolated from Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu state, India. Curr Microbiol 61: 13-18. [NAAS Impact: 7.36]

Dr. R. Raghu, Assistant Professor

Liu, C. T., Rajasekaran Raghu, Lin, S.H., Wang, S.Y., Kuo, C.H., Tseng, Y.J. , Sheen, L.Y. 2013. Metabolomics of ginger essential oil against Alcoholic Fatty liver in mice. J. Agric. Food Chem. Oct 30. 61: (46): 11231-11240 . PMID: 24171385

Chu, Y. L., Ho, C. T., Chung, J. G., Rajasekaran Raghu, Lo, Y.C., Sheen, L. Y. 2012. Allicin Induces Anti‐ human liver cancer cells through the p53 gene modulating Apoptosis and Autophagy. J. Agric. Food Chem. 61 (41): 9839–9848. PMID: 24059278

Chu Y.L., Rajasekaran Raghu, Lu K.H., Liu C.T., Lin S.H., Lai Y.S., Cheng W.C., Lin S.H., Sheen L.Y. 2013. Autophagy Therapeutic Potential of Garlic in Human Cancer Therapy. J. Tradit. Complementary Med. 3(3):159-62.

Rajasekaran Raghu, Liu, C. T., Tsai, M.H., Tang, X, Kalari, K.R., Subramanian, S, Sheen, L. Y. 2012. Transcriptome analysis of garlic induced hepatoprotection against alcoholic fatty liver. J. Agric. Food Chem. 60 (44): 11104–11119. PMID: 23066854.

Su, Y.C., Liu, C.T., Chen, Y.L., Rajasekaran Raghu, Kuo, Y.H. and Sheen, L.Y. 2012. Eburicoic Acid, an Active Triterpenoid From the Fruiting Bodies of Basswood Cultivated Antrodia cinnamomea, Induces ER Stress-mediated Autophagy in Human Hepatoma Cells. J. Tradit. Complementary Med. 2(4): 312-322.

Chu, Y. L., Ho, C. T., Chung, J. G., Rajasekaran Raghu, Sheen, L. Y. 2012. Allicin Induces p53‐Mediated Autophagy in Hep G2 Human Liver Cancer Cells. J. Agric. Food Chem. 60 (34): 8363–8371. PMID: 22860996.

Rajasekaran Raghu, Lu, K. H., Sheen, L. Y. 2012. Recent Research Progress on Garlic as a Potential Anticarcinogenic Agent Against Major Digestive Cancers. J. Tradit. Complementary Med. 2 (3): 192-201.

Lu, K. H.,Liu, C. T., Rajasekaran Raghu, Sheen, L. Y. 2012. Therapeutic Potential of Chinese Herbal Medicines in Alcoholic Liver Disease. J. Tradit. Complementary Med., 2(2): 115-122.

Chen, S.Y., H.C.Tsai, Rajasekaran Raghu, Y.Y.Do and P.L. Huang. 2011. cDNA cloning and functional characterization of ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE 3 orthologs from Oncidium Gower Ramsey involved in flower cutting and pollinia cap dislodgement. Plant Physiol. Biochem., 49 (10): 1209-1219. PMID: 21775159.

Ramasubramanian, T., S.M.Gómez, Rajasekaran Raghu and S.Mohankumar. 2008. Cloning and characterization of resistance gene analogs from under-exploited plant species. Electronic J. Biotechnol., 11(4). PMID: 16462901.

Gopalaswamy, G., C.V. Karthikeyan, Rajasekaran Raghu, V.Udayasuriyan and S.K.Apte. 2007. Identification of acid stress tolerant proteins from promising cyanobacterial isolates. J. Appl. Phycol., 19:631-639.

Patents

Applied

  1. Sivakumar Uthandi, Sujatha Kandasamy, Iniyakumar Muniraj, Namitha Purushothaman and Ramasamy Kumarasamy 2015.High level secretion and method of laccase production by Hexagonia hirta and uses there of (645/CHE/2015 dt 10.02.2015)
  2. Sivakumar Uthandi, Iniyakumar Muniraj, Anbu P.V, and Ramasamy Kumarasamy 2015. Novel Delignification process for biomass deconstruction of woody biomass and corn cob (3806/CHE/2015 dt 24.07.2015)
  3. Udayasuriyan, V., Ramalakshmi, A., Kannan, V. and Balasubramanian, P. 2009. Novel gene of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding insecticidal protein (476/CHE/2009 dt 4.3.2009)

Obtained

  1. Maupin-Furlow, JA, Sivakumar Uthandi, B Saad, MA Humbard.2013. Haloferax volcanii laccase and variants and fragments thereof, US Patent 8,414,660