Publications

• Nancharaiah, Y. V., Sarvajith, M., Krishna Mohan, T. V., Kiran Kumar Reddy, G.,  Velumurgan, S., Venugopalan, V.P.,  Method for Bio-beads Development for Normal and Saline Wastewater Treatment – Patent No. 381341  

• 2024. Research Grant, Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Govt. of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia

• 2019. Grant, ITS, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), India

• 2019. Grant, Material- Endowment Fund, Indian Institute of Metals (IIM), India

• 2018. Grant, CG, Geochemical Society, USA

• 2018. Grant, Dept. of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India, India

2025

• Shaima. I, Sarvajith. M., Rosa. B., Lorenzo. R., Pascal. E.S., & Luiza. C. C., Characterization of nanoplastics and small-sized microplastics in sewage treatment. Sci. Rep. 15. 30089.

• Vasundaradevi, R., Sarvajith. M., Deepa. N., Divyashree. S., & Sreenivasa, M. Y., Tropical fruit-derived Lactiplantibacillus as potential probiotic and antifungal agents against Fusarium oxysporum. Sci. Rep. 15. 2144.

2024

• Sarvajith. M., Reddy, G. K. K., & Nancharaiah, Y. V. Thauera enriched granular activated carbon-assisted aerobic granular sludge performs enhanced biological nitrogen and phosphate removal via propionate utilization. Bioresour. Technol. Rep. 101954.

• Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Y. V., Aerobic granular sludge with granular activated carbon for enhanced biological phosphate removal from domestic wastewater,127, (5) Curr. Sci. India.

•  Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Y. V., Comparative evaluation of activated sludge and aerobic granular sludge for biological treatment of real domestic wastewater with oxytetracycline dosing. J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 110769.

• Vasundaradevi, R., Sarvajith. M., Somashekaraiah, R., Gunduraj, A., & Sreenivasa, M. Y., Antagonistic properties of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum MYSVB1 against Alternaria alternata: A putative probiotic strain isolated from the banyan tree fruit. Front. Microbiol. 15.

2023

•  Nancharaiah, Y. V., & Sarvajith. M., Granular stability, nitrogen and phosphorus removal pathways of aerobic granular sludge treating real municipal wastewater at different temperatures. J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 110769.

• Ali, M, Singh, Y., Fortunato, L., Rehman, Z., Sarvajith. M., Vrouwenvelder, J. S., Pronk, M., van Loosdrecht, M. C. M & Saikaly, P. E., Performance Evaluation of a Pilot-Scale Aerobic Granular Sludge Integrated with Gravity-Driven Membrane System Treating Domestic Wastewater.  ACS ES&T Water.

• Nancharaiah, Y. V., Sarvajith. M., & Mohan, T. K. Pilot-scale aerobic granular sludge reactors with granular activated carbon for effective nitrogen and phosphorus removal from domestic wastewater. Sci. Total Environ. 164822.

• Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Y. V. Properties of alginate-like exopolymers recovered from flocculent and granular microbial sludges of different biological treatment systems treating real municipal wastewater.  Sep. Purif. Technol. 123460.

• Sudharshan G., Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Y. V. Selenite reduction and biogenesis of selenium-nanoparticles by different size groups of aerobic granular sludge under aerobic conditions.  J. Environ. Manage.  334, 117482.

• Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Y. V. De novo granulation of sewage-borne microorganisms: A proof of concept on cultivating aerobic granular sludge without activated sludge and effective enhanced biological phosphorus removal.  Environ. Res. 115500.

2022

• Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Y. V. Concurrent tellurite reduction, biogenesis of elemental tellurium nanostructures and biological nutrient removal in aerobic granular sludge sequencing batch reactor. J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 108511 .

• S. Nivedhita, P. Shyni Jasmin, Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Y. V. Effects of oxytetracycline on aerobic granular sludge process: Granulation, biological nutrient removal and microbial community structure.  Chemosphere. 136103 .

• Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Y. V. Enhanced biological phosphorus removal in aerobic granular sludge reactors by granular activated carbon dosing.  Sci. Total Environ. 153643.

• Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Y. V. Enhancing biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal performance in aerobic granular sludge sequencing batch reactors by activated carbon particles.  J. Environ. Mang. 114134.

• Nancharaiah, Y. V., & Sarvajith. M. Aerobic granular sludge for efficient biotransformation of chalcogen SeIV and TeIV oxyanions: biological nutrient removal and biogenesis of Se0 and Te0 nanostructures. J. Hazard. Mater. 126833. 

2021

• Sarvajith. M.,  PhD thesis on Nitrogen and Phosphorus removal in aerobic granular sludge sequencing batch reactor. Homi Bhabha National Institute, India

• Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Y. V. Comparative performance of activated sludge and aerobic granular sludge sequencing batch reactors for removing metalloid SeIV/VI oxyanions. J. Hazard. Mater. 100040.

2020

• Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Y. V. Biological nutrient removal by halophilic aerobic granular sludge under hypersaline seawater conditions. Bioresour. Technol. 124065. 

• Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Y. V. Granulation of autochthonous planktonic bacterial community of seawater for saline wastewater treatment. RSC Environ. Sci-Wat Res. 

• Sarvajith. M., Reddy, G. K. K., & Nancharaiah, Y. V. Aerobic granular sludge for high-strength ammonium wastewater treatment: effect of COD/N ratios, long-term stability and nitrogen removal pathways. Bioresour. Technol. 123150.

• Rajitha, K.*, Sarvajith. M*., Venugopalan, V. P., & Nancharaiah, Y. V. Development and performance of halophilic microalgae-colonized aerobic granular sludge for treating seawater-based wastewater. Bioresour. Technol. Rep. 100432. (*equal contribution).

2019

• Nancharaiah, Y. V., Sarvajith. M., & Mohan, T. K. Aerobic granular sludge: the future of wastewater treatment. Cur. Sci. India, 117(3), 395.

• Nancharaiah, Y. V., & Sarvajith. M. Aerobic granular sludge process: a fast-growing biological treatment for sustainable wastewater treatment. Curr. Opin Environ Sci Health. , 12, 57-65.

 2018

• Nancharaiah, Y. V., Sarvajith. M., & Lens, P. N. L. Selenite reduction and ammoniacal nitrogen removal in an aerobic granular sludge sequencing batch reactor. Water Res. 131, 131-141.

• Sarvajith. M., Reddy, G. K. K., & Nancharaiah, Y. V. Textile dye biodecolourization and ammonium removal over nitrite in aerobic granular sludge sequencing batch reactors. J. Hazard. Mater. 342, 536-543.

2017

• Reddy, G. K. K., Sarvajith. M., Nancharaiah, Y. V., & Venugopalan, V. P. 2, 4-Dinitrotoluene removal in aerobic granular biomass sequencing batch reactors. Int. Biodeter. Biodegr. 119, 56-65.

▪ 2024. Sarvajith, M., Chapter 9: Next Generation Sequencing, a new opportunity for discovering fungal phytopathogens, Molecular Approaches for the Detection of Fungal Phytopathogens. ISBN 9781032503950. Routledge and CRC Press. 

• 2019. Nancharaiah, Y. V., Sarvajith, M., & Venugopalan, V. P. Chapter 3: The EPS Matrix of Aerobic Granular Sludge. Microbial Biofilms in Bioremediation and Wastewater Treatment, 33. ISBN 9781315228839. Tylor and Francis.

2024. Sarvajith. M., Pascal Saikaly. Aerobic granular sludge- membrane systems: Pioneering wastewater treatment and reuse in Saudi Arabia. Recent developments in Biofilms and Biofouling Control (BBC), India (*Invited lecture)

2024. Shaima I., Sarvajith. M*., Pascal Saikaly. Occurrence of micro-nano-plastics in different stages of wastewater treatment ACS Global Virtual Symposium on "Accessing Clean Water" USA. (*Early Career Researcher and presenting author)

2023. Sarvajith. M., Aerobic granular sludge is the future of wastewater treatment and reuse, Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), India. (*Young Scientist Award Lecture)

2023. Sarvajith. M., Biological nutrient removal and properties of exopolymer recovered from aerobic granular sludge treating municipal wastewater, 108 Indian Science Congress, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. (*Young Scientist Award lecture)

2023. Sudharshan G., Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Y. V. Selenite bioreduction and biogenesis of selenium nanoparticles by aerobic granular sludge, International Congress on Metal-Microbe Applications for Circular Economy (IMAB23), Porto, Portugal. (Oral) 

2022. Velraj. P., Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Y. V. Sulfidogenic activity of aerobic granular sludge, online ASM Microbe, USA (Poster) 

2022. Niveditha S*., Shiny Jasmin., Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Y. V.  "Effects of OTC on aerobic granulation and microbial community structure", Smart and sustainable bioprocessing through gene and process scale collaboration, BESCON 2022. IIT Kharagpur, India (*Oral, presenting author, Best oral award-II)

2022. Velraj. P*., Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Y. V. Biotransformation of Sulfur compounds in granular biofilter for sustained sulfidogenesis and sulfide oxidation, Biosangam, MNNIT, UP, India. (*Oral, presenting author, Best oral award)

2021. Niveditha S*., Shiny Jasmin., Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Y. V.  Bioreactor performance in presence of oxytetracycline and its effect on aerobic granulation",  Innovations in bio and chemical engineering for sustainable life, Kalasalingam academy of research and education, Tamil Nadu, India (*Oral, presenting author)

2019. Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Y. V.* Granulation of halophilic microbes for saline wastewater treatment, NHBT, CSIR-NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram, India. (*Invited talk)

2019. Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Y. V. Beyond water reclamation: Prospectus exploration of aerobic granular sludge microbes for novel metabolic functions, Emerging applications of microbes, KU Leuven, Belgium. (Poster)

2018. Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Y. V. N removal pathways of Aerobic Granular Biomass, Goldschmidt Abstracts, 1629. Massachusetts, USA. (Poster) 

2018. Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Y. V. Aerobic granular biomass: An affluent stock of energy, BioSD, CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad, India. (Poster)

2018. Research Scholars meet on material science and engineering of nuclear materials, IGCAR/HBNI, Kalpakkam, India. (organizer/ Host)

2017. Sarvajith. M., & Nancharaiah, Selenium biomineralization in aerobic granular biomass, SSCB, BARC, Mumbai, India. (Poster) (Best Poster Award)

2015. Chemical biology approaches on metabolomics, Epigenomics and chemical epigenetics, Chemical biology society & University of Mysore, India. (organizer/ Host)

2015. Sarvajith. M., Manoj, B.M., Amog, P. Urs., & Vishwanath. B. S., Evaluation of membrane potential of antioxidants, University of Mysore, Mysuru, India. (Poster)

2014. Sarvajith. M, Lipids and Cardiovascular diseases, University of Mysore, Mysuru, India. (Poster/Organiser)

2013. Sarvajith. M, Cancer biology, University of Mysore, Mysuru, India. (Poster/Organiser)