1 Bhukya KK, Bhukya B (2021) Unraveling the probiotic efficiency of bacterium Pediococcus pentosaceus OBK05 isolated from buttermilk: An in vitro study for cholesterol assimilation potential and antibiotic resistance status. PLOS ONE 16(11): e0259702. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259702.

2 Nagamani Pammi, Kiran Kumar Bhukya, Ravi Kumar Lunavath and Bhima Bhukya. 2021. Bioprospecting of Palmyra Palm (Borassus flabellifer) Nectar: Unveiling the Probiotic and Therapeutic Potential of the Traditional Rural Drink. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.683996.

3 Praveen Kumar Keshav, Chandrashekhar Banoth, Srinivas Naik Kethavat, Bhima Bhukya. 2021. Lignocellulosic ethanol production from cotton stalk: an overview on pretreatment, saccharification and fermentation methods for improved bioconversion process. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-02101468-z.

4 Anuradha Barigela and Bhima Bhukya. 2021. Probiotic Pediococcus acidilactici strain from tomato pickle displays anti-cancer activity and alleviates gut inflammation in-vitro. 3 Biotech. 11:23.

5 Srinivas Banoth, Anjana Devi Tangutur, Archana Anthappagudem, Janaki Ramaiah, Bhima Bhukya. 2020. Cloning and in vivo metabolizing activity study of CYP3A4 on amiodarone drug residues: A possible probiotic and therapeutic option. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 127 (2020) 110128.

6 Bindu Sunkar, Balakrishna Kannoju and Bhima Bhukya. 2020. Optimized Production of Xylanase by Penicillium purpurogenum and Ultrasound Impact on Enzyme Kinetics for the Production of Monomeric Sugars from Pretreated Corn Cobs. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11:772.

7 Kumar Ramachandrappa Naveen, Bhima Bhukya, Kumar Putchaa Uday, Ghosh Sudip. 2020. Bio-control of Salmonella spp. in carrot salad and raw chicken skin using lytic bacteriophages. LWT-Food Science and Technology. 122: 109039.

8 Praveen Kumar Keshav, Chandrasekhar Banoth, Archana Anthappagudem, Venkateswar Rao Linga, Bhima Bhukya. 2018. Sequential acid and enzymatic saccharification of steam exploded cotton stalk and subsequent ethanol production using Scheffersomyces stipitis NCIM. Industrial Crops & Products. 125: 462-467.

9 Mohammed Al Saiqali, Anjana Devi Tangutur, Chandrasekhar Banoth, Bhima Bhukya. 2018. Antimicrobial and anticancer potential of low molecular weight polypeptides extracted and characterized from leaves of Azadirachta indica. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 114: 906–921.

10 Chandrasekhar Banoth, Bindu Sunkar, Pruthvi Raj Tondamanati, Bhima Bhukya. 2017. Improved physicochemical pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis of rice straw for bioethanol production by yeast fermentation. 3 Biotech. 7:334.

11 Kannoju Balakrishna, Ganapathiwar Swaruparani, Nunavath Hanumalal, Sunkar Bindu, Bhukya Bhima. 2017. Plausible exploitation of Jatropha de-oiled seed cake for lipase and phytase production and simultaneous detoxification by Candida parapsilosis isolated from poultry garbage. Bioresource Technology. 225: 215-224.

12 Banoth Srinivas, Ganapathiwar Swarupa Rani, Bhukya Kiran Kumar, Banoth Chandrasekhar, Kommalapati Vamsi Krishna, Tangutur Anjana Devi and Bhukya Bhima. 2016. Evaluating the probiotic and therapeutic potentials of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain (OBS2) isolated from fermented nectar of toddy palm. AMB Express. 7(2): 1-14.

13 Dipti W. Pitta, Zhengxia Dou, Sanjay Kumar, Nagaraju Indugu, John Daniel Toth, Bonnie Vecchiarelli, and Bhima Bhukya. 2016. Metagenomic evidence of the prevalence and distribution patterns of antimicrobial resistance genes in dairy agroecosystems. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 13 (6): 1-7.

14 Dipti W. Pitta, Nagaraju Indugu, Sanjay Kumar, Bonnie Vecchiarelli, Rohini Sinha, Linda D. Baker, Bhima Bhukya, James D. Ferguson. 2016. Metagenomic assessment of the functional potential of the rumen microbiome in Holstein dairy cows. Anaerobe, 38: 50-60.

15 Dinesh Addla, Bhima, Balasubramanian Sridhar, Anjana Devi, Srinivas Kantevari. 2012. Design, synthesis and antimicrobial evaluation of novel 1-benzyl 2-butyl-4chloroimidazole embodied 4-azafluorenones via molecular hybridization approach. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 22: 7475–7480.

Publications in other Peer-Reviewed Scopus Journals - 16

16 Chandrasekhar Banoth, Srinivas Naik Kethavath, Praveen Kumar Keshav and Bhima Bhukya. 2020. Selection of stress tolerant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains isolated from sloughing off soil for bioethanol production using Prosopis juliflora. Research Journal of Biotechnology. 15: 1.

17 Hanumalal Nunavath, Chandrasekhar Banoth, Venkateswar Rao Talluri, Bhima Bhukya. 2016. An analysis of horseradish peroxidase enzyme for effluent treatment. Bioinformation 12(6): 318-323.

18 Vasu Namani, B. Goud, Y. Bharathi Kumari, Ramesh Kumbham, Kannoju

Balakrishna, Bhukya Bhima. 2015. Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Benzimidazolyl and Benzothiazolyl Picolinamide Derivatives as Antimicrobial Agents. Asian Journal of Chemistry. 27(12): 4575-4578.

19 B. Bhima, Y. Ramana Reddy, M. Pawani, Sudhakara Reddy, L. Venkateswar Rao and D.W. Pitta. 2015. Influence of Stress-Resistant Yeast Culture (OBV9) Supplementation on the Productive Performance of Water Buffalo. Asian Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances. 10(6): 260-270.

20 Chandrasekhar B and Bhima B. 2015. Cellulose as Sole Substrate for Bio Ethanol

Production: Development of Structural Molecular Model of Endoglucanase III from Trichoderma Reesei Using Bioinformatic Tools. Int J Pharm Sci Res. 6(3): 1132-36.

21 B. Bhima, Y. Ramana Reddy, M. Sudhakara Reddy, M. Pawani, L. Venkateswar Rao. 2014. Effect of thermo-tolerant yeast on intake and nutrient digestibility in Murrah buffalo steers (Bubalus bubalis) fed straw based complete diet. Veterinary World. 7(7): 501-504.

22 Jaheer. Md, Ranjith Reddy. P, Bhima. B, Narsimha. N, Sujitha. P, Srinivas. B & Ch. Sarala Devi. 2014. Synthesis, spectro-analytical, computational and biological studies of novel 6-methyl-3-(1-(4-oxo-2-phenylquinazolin-3(4H)-ylimino) ethyl)2H-pyran-2, 4(3H)-dione and its Co (II), Cu (II) and Hg (II) metal complexes. IOSR Journal of Applied Chemistry. 7(6): 1-12.

23 M. Sudhakara Reddy, Y. Ramana Reddy, B. Bhima, Y. Thirupathaiah, A. Rajasekhar Reddy, L. Venkateswar Rao. 2013. Effect of different levels of thermotolerant probiotic yeast supplementation on biochemical and immune parameters in broilers. World Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2(6): 4911-4916

24 B. Kiran Kumar and B. Bhima. 2012. Detoxification of anti-nutrients (tannins) present in fruit extracts for probiotic yeast production. International J. Appl. Biol.

and Pharmaceutical Tech., 3(3):275-279.

25 B. Bhima, T. Anjana Devi M. Sudhakara Reddy, Y. Ramana Reddy and L. Venkateswar Rao. 2011. Optimized protein extraction from Saccharomyces cerevisiae for 2-D gel electrophoresis. J. Theor. Exp. Biol., 8(1&2): 77-84.

26 Bhukya Bhima, Marrivada Sudhakara Reddy, Tanguturu Anjana Devi, Yerradoddi Ramana Reddy and Linga Venkateswar Rao. 2010. Screening and characterization of stress tolerant Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolated from brewery effluents for animal probiotic applications. IIOABJ., 1(4): 32-39.

27 Smita C. Pawar, Jithender kumar Naik, B. Bhima, Anusha Pawar, Gopinath, G. Deepika. 2010. Uniform expression of hepcidin mRNA in tumors differing in number, degree of differentiation and vessel invasion of hepatocellular carcinoma. International J. Appl. Biol. Pharmaceutical Tech., 1(1): 168-174.

28 B. Bhima, Y. Ramana Reddy, M. Pavani, M. Sudhakara Reddy and L. Venkateswar Rao. 2010. In vitro evaluation of straw based complete diets supplemented with probiotic yeast. Indian Vet. J., 87: 779-781.

29 B. Bhima, T. Anjana Devi, M. Sudhakara Reddy, Y. Ramana Reddy and L.Venkateswar Rao. 2010. Insights into the protein profiles of stress tolerant and mesophilic yeast by proteomics approach: a comparative study. International J. Appl. Biol. and Pharmaceutical Tech., 1(2):349-359.

30 B. Bhima, Y. Ramana Reddy, M. Pavani, M. Sudhakara Reddy and L. Venkateswar Rao. 2009. Rumen fermentation pattern in Murrah buffalo steers fed on straw based complete diet supplemented with thermotolerant probiotic yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) at graded levels. Indian J. Anim. Nutr., 26(3): 239-242.

31 G.V.N. Reddy and B. Bhima. 2003. Effect of yeast culture based diet on growth and nutrient utilization in deoni bull calves. Indian J. Anim. Nutri., 20(1):101-104.

Books edited

1 Editor of the Book ‘Microbial Biotechnology-Technological Challenges and Developmental Trends’. 2017. Reference book published by CRC/Apple academic press.

2 Co-Editor of the Book ‘Mycology: Current and future developments’ Volume II. 2021. Reference book in press by Bentham Science.

Book chapters

1 Bhima Bhukya, Srinivas Banoth and Archana Anthappagudem. 2019.

Saccharomyces cerevisiae as potential probiotic: Strategies for isolation and selection.

Applied Microbiology and Bioengineering (edited by Pratyoosh Shukla). Elsevier Inc.

2 S. Anju, Y. Aparna, Bhukya Bhima, and J. Sarada. 2018. Novel Insights on the Bacillus Quorum Sensing Mechanism: Its Role in Competence, Virulence, Sporulation and Biofilm Formation. the Implication of Quorum Sensing System in Biofilm Formation and Virulence (Edited by Pallaval Veera Bramhachari). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2429-1_21.

3 B. Bhima and Mohammed Al Saiqali. 2017. Antimicrobial Peptides from Plants and Their Applications. In Microbial Biotechnology: Technological Challenges and Developmental Trends. Apple academic press.

4 B. Bhima, N. Hanumalal and B. Chandrasekhar. 2017. Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae efficient biological Agent for Decolorization of Reactive Dyes used in Textile Industry. In Microbial Biotechnology: Technological Challenges and Developmental Trends. Apple academic press.

5 B. Bhima. 2012. Development of stress-tolerant yeast for Probiotic and Pre

Applications. Lifescience India. 1(3): 63-65.

6 L. Venkateswar Rao, B. Bhima, Y. Ramana Reddy, M. Pavani and M. Sudhakara R 2010. Effect of different levels of thermotolerant probiotic yeast (Saccharomyces cerev on intakes, nutrient digestibility and rumen fermentation pattern in straw based com diets fed Murrah buffalo steers. In: Current topics on bioprocesses in the food industry. Vo Asiatech publishers, Inc. Pp. 58-70.

7 B. Bhima, Smita C. Pawar, M. Sudhakara Reddy and L. Venkateswar Rao. 2010. Iso Characterization and screening of Bacillus thuringiensis for Mosquito control conference proceedings of Implications of climate change on mosquito-borne disease its impact on public health. Excel India Publishers. Pp. 182-185.

Conference proceedings :

1 B. Bhima, M. Sudhakara Reddy and L. Venkateswar Rao. 2012. Optimized Biomass Production of Probiotic Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Taguchi Methodology. In: Conference proceedings of International Conference on Biological, Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences (ICCEPS’2012). International conference proceedings of PSRC, Pattaya, Thailand Pp. 118-121.

2 Y. Ramana Reddy, N. Nalini Kumari, M. Pavani, T. Monika, B. Bhima, M. Sudhakara Reddy, D. Srinivasa Rao and L. V. Rao. 2010. Effect of supplementation of thermotolerant Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast on the performance of lactating Murrah buffaloes and Deccani ram lambs. In: Conference proceedings of VII Biennial Animal Nutrition Association Conference. Orissa University of Agriculture&Technology, Bhubaneswar, India. Pp. 141.