1. Sood, U., Dhingra, G.G., Anand, S. et al. 2022. Microbial Journey: Mount Everest to Mars. Indian J Microbiol 62: 323–337. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12088-022-01029-6 (IF= 2.461)
2. Antil, S., Abraham, J.S., Sripoorna, S., Maurya, S., Dagar, J., Makhija, S., Bhagat, P., Gupta, R., Sood, U., Lal, R. and Toteja, R., 2022. DNA barcoding, an effective tool for species identification: a review. Mol Biol Rep. doi: 10.1007/s11033-022-08015-7. (IF= 2.742)
3. Lata, P., Bala, K., Goel, P., Sood, U., Hira, P., Dwivedi, V., Kumar, A., Rawat, C.D. and Lal, R., 2022. Microbiome and Plant Health. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources 35:335-339. doi : 10.5958/0976-1926.2022.00099.7
4. Holochová P., Koudelková S., Grzesiak J., Šedo O., Staňková E., Krsek D., Váczi P., Urvashi N.N., Gupta V., Sood U., Lal R., Korpole S., Švec P., Sedláček I., Sedlář K., Králová S. 2022.
Pedobacter fastidiosus sp. nov., isolated from glacial habitats of maritime Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 72(4). doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005309. (IF= 2.747)
5. Kumar, R., Nagar, S., Haider, S., Sood, U., Ponnusamy, K., Dhingra, G.G., Anand, S., Dua, A., Singh, M., Senger, M. and Singh, I.K., 2022. Monkey Pox Virus (MPXV): Phylogenomics, Host-Pathogen Interactome, and Mutational Cascade. bioRxiv.
6. Sood U.*, Kumar R. and Hira P. 2021. Expanding Culturomics from Gut to Extreme Environmental Settings. mSystems, 6: pp.e00848-21. (*Corresponding author) (IF=6.469)
7. Kumar, R., Sood, U., Kaur, J., Anand, S., Gupta, V., Patil, K.S. and Lal, R. 2021 The rising dominance of microbiology: what to expect in the next 15 years? Microb Biotechnol doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.13953. (IF=5.813)
8. Liu, X., Li, W., Kümmel, S., Merbach, I., Sood, U., Gupta, V., Lal, R. and Richnow, H.H. 2021. Soil from a Hexachlorocyclohexane Contaminated Field Site Inoculates Wheat in a Pot
Experiment to Facilitate the Microbial Transformation of β-Hexachlorocyclohexane Examined by Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis. Environ Sci Technol 55:13812-13821. (IF=11.36)
9. Anand, S., Lal, S., Sood, U., Gupta, V., Dhingra, G. G., Solanki, R., ... & Kalia, V. C. 2021. The Alphabet of the Elementary Microbiology: Revisited. Indian J Microbiol 61:1-4. (IF= 2.461)
10. Sharma M, Singh DN, Budhraja R, Sood U, Rawat CD, Adrian L, Richnow HH, Singh Y, Negi RK, Lal R. 2021. Comparative proteomics unravelled the hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) isomers specific responses in an archetypical HCH degrading bacterium Sphingobium indicum B90A. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30: 41380-41395. (IF= 4.223)
11. Dhingra GG, Saxena A, Nigam A, Hira P, Singhvi N, Anand S, Kaur J, Kaur J, Dua A, Negi V, Gupta V, Sood U et al. 2021. Microbial World: Recent Developments in Health, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. Indian J Microbiol 1-5. (IF= 2.461)
12. Singh P, Hira P, Rawat CD, Lal R, Sood U*. 2021. Genome-based reclassification of Amycolatopsis eurytherma as a later heterotypic synonym of Amycolatopsis thermoflava. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 71:004642. (*Corresponding author) . (IF= 2.747)
13. Gupta V, Haider S, Verma M, Singhvi N, Ponnusamy K, Malik MZ, Verma H, Kumar R, Sood U, Hira P, Satija S et al. 2021. Comparative Genomics and Integrated Network Approach Unveiled Undirected Phylogeny Patterns, Co-mutational Hot Spots, Functional Cross Talk, and Regulatory Interactions in SARS-CoV-2. mSystems 6:e00030-21.(IF=6.469)
14. Kumar R, Verma H, Singhvi N, Sood U, Gupta V, Singh M, Kumari R, Hira P, Nagar S, et al. 2020. Comparative genomic analysis of rapidly evolving SARS-CoV-2 reveals mosaic pattern of phylogeographical distribution. mSystems 5: e00505-20. (IF=6.469)
15. Švec P, Kosina M, Zeman M, Holochová P, Králová S, Němcová E, Micenková L, Gupta V, Sood U, Lal R, Korpole S. 2020. Pseudomonas karstica sp. nov. and Pseudomonas spelaei sp. nov., isolated from calcite moonmilk deposits from caves. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 70: ijsem004393. (IF= 2.747)
16. Nagar S, Talwar C, Haider S, Puri A, Ponnusamy K, Gupta M, Sood U, Bajaj A, Lal R, Kumar
R. 2020. Phylogenetic Relationships and Potential Functional Attributes of the Genus Parapedobacter: A Member of Family Sphingobacteriaceae. Front Microbiol 11: 1725. (IF=6.064)
17. Gupta V, Sood U, Kumar R, Lal R, Kalia VC. 2020. Microbiome: a new lease to microbiology.
Indian J Microbiol 60: 1. (IF= 2.461)
18. Gupta V*, Kumar R*, Sood U*, Singhvi N. 2020. Reconciling hygiene and cleanliness: a new perspective from human microbiome. Indian J Microbiol 60: 37-44. (Equal contribution) (IF= 2.461)
19. Kumar R*, Sood U*, Gupta V*, Singh M, Scaria J, Lal R. 2020. Recent advancements in the development of modern probiotics for restoring human gut microbiome dysbiosis. Indian J Microbiol 60: 12-25. (Equal contribution) (IF= 2.461)
20. Sood U*, Gupta V, Kumar R, Lal S, Fawcett D, Rattan S, Poinern GE, Lal R. 2020. Chicken gut microbiome and human health: past scenarios, current perspectives, and futuristic applications. Indian J Microbiol 60: 2-11. (Equal contribution) (IF= 2.461)
21. Sood U, Singh DN, Hira P, Lee JK, Kalia VC, Lal R, Shakarad M. 2020. Rapid and solitary production of mono-rhamnolipid biosurfactant and biofilm inhibiting pyocyanin by a taxonomic outlier Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain CR1. J Biotechnol 307: 98-106. (IF=3.595)
22. Singh DN*, Sood U*, Singh AK, Gupta V, Shakarad M, Rawat CD and Lal R. 2019. Genome Sequencing Revealed the Biotechnological Potential of an Obligate Thermophile Geobacillus thermoleovorans Strain RL Isolated from Hot Water Spring. Indian J Microbiol 59: 351-355.
(Equal contribution) (IF= 2.461)
23. Sood U, Hira P, Kumar R, Bajaj A, Rao DLN, Lal R and Shakarad M. 2019. Comparative genomic analyses reveal core-genome-wide genes under positive selection and major regulatory hubs in outlier strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Front Microbiol 10: 53. (IF= 6.064)
24. Sood U, Bajaj A, Kumar R, Khurana S and Kalia VC. 2018. Infection and Microbiome: Impact of tuberculosis on Human Gut Microbiome of Indian Cohort. Indian J Microbiol 58: 123-125. (IF= 2.461)
25. Kumar R, Verma H, Haider S, Bajaj A, Sood U, Ponnusamy K, Nagar S, Shakarad M. et al. 2017. Comparative Genomic Analysis Reveals Habitat-Specific Genes and Regulatory Hubs within the Genus Novosphingobium. mSystems 2: e00020-17. (IF=6.469)
26. Mahato N, Gupta V, Singh P, Kumari R, Verma H, Tripathi C, Rani P, Sharma A, Singhvi N, Sood U,…. Lal, R. 2017. Microbial Taxonomy in the era of OMICS: application of DNA sequences, computational tools and techniques. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 110: 1357-1371. (IF=2.158)
27. Sood U, Singh Y, Shakarad M and Lal R. 2017. Highlight on Engineering Mycobacterium smegmatis for testosterone production. Microbial biotechnol 10: 73-75. (IF=5.813)
28. Gupta V, Haider S, Sood U, Gilbert JA, Ramjee M, Forbes K, Singh Y, Lopes BS and Lal R. 2016. Comparative genomic analysis of novel Acinetobacter symbionts: A combined systems biology and genomics approach. Sci Rep 6: 29043. (IF=4.996)
29. Singh P, Kumari R, Mukherjee U, Saxena A, Sood U and Lal R. 2014. Draft genome sequence of rifamycin derivatives producing Amycolatopsis mediterranei DSM 46096/ S955. Genome Announc. 2: e00837-14. (IF=0.89)
1. Sood U, Hira P, Singh P, Singh DN, Lal R. 2021. Genus Sphingomonas, In Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (pp 1-84). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00924.pub2
2. Hira P, Sood U, Choksket S, Gundawar K, Korpole S, Lal S, Lal R. 2021. Genus Mycoplana, In Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (pp 1-16). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00808.pub2
3. Kumar R, Singh M, Talwar C, Nagar S, Hira P, Sood U, Mayanglambam R. 2019. Genetics and Evolution. A course material for M.Sc. Zoology, under Distance Education Programme for
Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga. Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. 1-152. (ISBN: 978-93-5338-906-2).
4. Hira P*, Sood U*, Gupta V, Nayyar N, Mahato NK, Singh Y, Lal R and Shakarad M. 2017. Human Microbiome: Implications on Health and Disease. In Genome Analysis and Human Health (pp. 153-168). Springer Singapore.
5. Anand S, Verma M, Mukherjee U, Hira P, and Sood U. 2016. Introduction to biotechnology, In An Introduction to Biotechnology: A genetic manipulation perspective (pp. 1-51). I.K. International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. ISBN: 9789384588861
6. Sharma A, Sood U, and Shakarad M. 2016. DNA Sequencing, In An Introduction to Biotechnology: A genetic manipulation perspective (pp. 196-207). I.K. International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.