Department of Microbiology Profile

BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY Tiruchirappalli – 620 024, Tamil Nadu, India

DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

PROFILE 2

National Recognitions

UGC Non-SAP

DST FIST (Leve-lI)

DST-PURSE

MHRD RUSA

National Repository for Microalgae & Cyanobacteria – Freshwater (Sponsored by DBT, Govt. of India)

FACULTY MEMBERS

Dr. N. Thajuddin Professor and Head

Dr. K. Natarajaseenivasan Professor

Dr. V. Rajesh Kannan Associate Professor

Dr. D. Dhanasekaran Assistant Professor

Dr. G. Muralitharan Assistant Professor

Dr. P. Thiyagarajan Assistant Professor

Dr. C. Nithya DST-INSPIRE Faculty

Department of Microbiology PREFACE

This brochure is intended to provide an insight into the Department of Microbiology, Bharathidasan University for the benefit of prospective students, alumni, industries and the public. We hope this would convey the versatile dynamism and the infective enthusiasm of the young and active Microbiology Department. As a result of emphasis on research that erases the traditional academic boundaries, we collaborate closely with other departments of Bharathidasan University as well as other universities, institutions and industries within and outside the country.

The department is reverberating with active research in both basic and applied aspects of microbiology encompassing wide areas such as biodiversity; ecobiology; & molecular taxonomy including DNA fingerprinting of bacteria, cyanobacteria, fungi, actinomycetes and microalgae; establishment of microbial repository; development of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and bioenergy from various microbes. We work also on microbial nanoparticles; leptospirosis; molecular diagnostics; metagenomics; probiotics; marine bacterial endosymbionts and rhizosphere biology.

The department is unique in having a host of faculty trained in advanced areas of research in different countries around the world. They are now engaged in developing the required manpower on modern microbiology, molecular biology and biotechnology in this country. The most important aim of the department is to motivate, encourage, enable and empower the student community. The educational process in the department is based on close student- faculty interaction which is bidirectional. All these lead to transition from student to peer, novice to authority and stranger to friend. No single formula guides this process. It is the dedication of the faculty, cooperation among stakeholders and the product of the intellectual climate of the department. I look forward to welcoming you in the Department of Microbiology very soon. Professor and Head 5

DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY The department emerged as a component of the School of Life Sciences in 1992 with Microbiology as one of the optional subjects in the Five-year Integrated M.Sc. Life Sciences Program. An exclusive two year post graduate course on Microbiology was started during 1994. Now, twenty students are admitted every year on merit cum reservation basis and the course structure is so framed as to enable the students to continue in research or seek employment or become an entrepreneur. So far, more than 60 of them have joined Ph.D. programs and others are in employment in India and outside. Since June 2007, the present Department of Microbiology was delinked from NFMC into a separate full-fledged department and Full Time M.Phil course was started in the same year. Within a short span of time the Department had procured both basic and advanced instrumentation facilities from the UGC and other funding agencies for successfully running the M.Sc., M.Phil and Ph.D. programs. It is a pride and an additional feather to the cap of the university that in 2016, the DBT has again funded a major infrastructural facility called National Repository for Microalgae and Cyanobacteria (NRMC) with a part replacing the NFMC for marine and the other part for the Department of Microbiology for freshwater Microalgae and Cyanobacteria. This is housed in a new and separate building fully equipped to maintain the germplasm and carry out basic as well as applied research on these organisms. The faculty of the Department are fully committed to provide high quality education at Post-graduate and Research levels and are well recognized for their research contributions at National and International Levels. They have successfully competed and obtained research projects with grants totalling ~Rs. 10 crores so far from various government funding agencies viz.: DOD (MoES), DBT, DST, ICMR, CSIR, UGC, IFS and INSA. Recently the department has received UGC-Non-SAP, DST-FIST and DST-PURSE funds for the establishment of state of art research equipment. The faculty in the department are all personally equipped with exposure to the best laboratories in the world and have risen to the level of editing professional journals; reviewing research publications; grant proposals; receive fellowships and awards from reputed institutions and sit in committees constituted by the Government of India as members as well as Chairman. 6

To confirm the saying “Like begets like”, the students of the department excel by themselves in team spirit and winning laurels and fellowships like: SERB N-PDF, DSKPDF, DST Fast Track Young Scientist Fellowship, CSIR, ICMR Fellowships, DST-INSPIRE Fellowship, Non-SAP Fellowship, Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, Rajiv Gandhi National Fellwoship, Maoulana Azad Minority Fellowship, University Research Fellowship and TNSCST student projects for M.Sc students. As the proof of the pudding is in eating, the quality of the level of research in the department will be evident from the publications in reputed, peer reviewed, high impact journals which abound from this department. The department not content with self- development, tries its best to develop others by conducting regularly training workshops; seminars; symposia; refresher courses; summer courses; DST-INSPIRE programs for school students etc. to benefit the entire country. Students for their part regularly conduct from 2007, annual intercollegiate meet to train and test talent amongst students of colleges and departments of the universities called Cenitterz.

VISION: To set a global standard in research and teaching of Microbiology and be the pioneer worthy of emulation. Mission:  To provide wholesome experience and knowledge to students to develop into exemplary leaders of the future in academic and outside arena.  To pursue and promote world-class research and training at the frontiers of microbiology  To move up through International & national alliances and collaborative initiatives to excel globally in Microbiology and Biotechnology research and education. Quality Policy To pursue standards of excellence in research, teaching, training & consultancy and remain accountable through continuous self-assessment and improvement. To be open to constructive criticism and learn from experience. 7

RESEARCH INTEREST

Dr. N. THAJUDDIN Faculty I Professor and Head

Area of Research/Specialization: Cyanobacteria Microalgal Taxonomy Biotechnology

Achievements made in Teaching/Research/Extension No. of Research Publications : 305 No. of papers presented in Conferences : International: 80 & National: 353 H-Index : 31 I-10 Index : 84 Total Citations : 4206 Patents Granted/Filed : Filed - 4 Products Developed : 3 Projects Completed/Ongoing : 13 / 03

Awards and Recognitions 1. Indian Botanical SocietyMerit Certificate (1989). 2. DBT Overseas Associateship Award [Long-term] (1994-1995) from the Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India. 3. Certificate of Appreciation from Bharathidasan University for the research work leading to the development of valuable new technologies in the area of marine cyanobacteria (2001). 4. Professor Probir Chatterjee Memorial Lecture Award 2008, University of Culcutta, Kolkotta, West Bengal, India. 5. Best Research Advisor Award 2013, Eco Club, H.H. The Rajah‟s Govt. College, Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India. 6. Dr. G. S. Venkataraman Memorial NABS-Best Scientist Award of National Academy of Biological Sciences for the year 2014. 7. BSR - One Time Grant from University Grants Commission, New Delhi (2015–2016). 8

8. Professor T.V. Desikachary Endowment Lecture Award 2017, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. 9. Tamil Nadu Scientist Award(TANSA-2014) in Biological Sciences from Tamil Nadu State Council for Science & Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. 10. Prof. V. Krishnamurthy Endowment Lecture Award 2018 of Seaweed Research and Utilization Association, Madras Christian College (MCC), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Research Group Members Ph.D 1. G. Narchonai (Full – Time) 2. R. Thangaraj (Full – Time) 3. Lavaniya Ramachandran (Full – Time) 4. C. Arutselvan (Full – Time) 5. K. Peer Muhamed Noorani (Full – Time) 6. S. Soundararajan (Part – Time) 7. Anju Majeed (Part – Time) 8. Monalisa Das (Part – Time)

PDF 1. Dr. A. Suresh 2. Dr. R. Thenmozhi 3. Dr. R. Vijayakumar

Past Members Ph.Ds 17. Dr. A. Ilavarasi 1. Dr. A. Nagasathya 18. Dr. D. Vijayan 2. Dr. R. Shyam Kumar 19. Dr. A. Parveez Ahamed 3. Dr. V. Thiyagarajan 20. Dr. N. Reehana 4. Dr. G. Muralitharan 21. Dr. E. Baldev 5. Dr. I. Anandavalli 22. Dr. F. Lewis Oscar 6. Dr. H. Syed Jahangir PDFs 7. Dr. R. Nazeerullah 23. Dr. C. Nithya 8. Dr. K. Moorthy 24. Dr. N. Kumaraguru 9. Dr. M. Sathesh Kumar 25. Dr. Segal Kiran 10. Dr. N. Amaresan 26. Dr. Beema Safreen 11. Dr. Mohd. Rasheeduddin 27. Dr. D. Bakkiyaraj 12. Dr. S. Rajalaksmi 28. Dr. A. Hemalatha 13. Dr. D. Mubarak Ali 29. Dr. K. Manivannan 14. Dr. V. Thennarasu 30. Dr. Dharitri Borah 15. Dr. R. Praveen Kumar 31. Dr. S. Sumathi 16. Dr. N. Anandhakumar 32. Dr. A. Parveez Ahamed 33. Dr. D. Mubarak Ali 9

Faculty II Dr. K. NATARAJASEENIVASAN Professor Area of Research/Specialization:

 Medical microbiology and Infectious disease biology  Ca2+ mediated signalling pathways and the role of mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter (MCU) during infection

 Identification of mitochondrial targeting proteins and its impact on bioenergetics  Perseverance of macrophage migrationinhibitory factor (MIF) during pulmonary leptospirosis  Identification of microRNA biomarkers for early diagnosis of leptospirosis  Role of HIV tat on astrocytes and its impact on neurodegeneration

Achievements made in Teaching/Research/Extension

No. of Research Publications : 116 No. of papers presented in Conferences : 33 H-Index : 23 I-10Index : 50 Total Citations : 1862 Patents Granted/Filed : 01 Products Developed : 01 Projects Completed/Ongoing : 11/04

Awards and Recognitions

 Travel award (2018) from FASEB to attend the FASEB Science Research Conference on Calcium and Cell Function, Tahoe City, California.  Travel award (2014) from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India to attend Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICCAC) ASM held at Washington DC, USA. 10

 Long Term Fellowship (2012) from Department of Health Research (DHR), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Govt. of India.  DBT Associateship for Specialized Training of Young Scientists (2008) in Niche areas of Biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.  Fast Track Proposals for Young Scientists Scheme (2007) Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.  IAS-Summer Research Fellowship (2002) from Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.  Research Fellowship (1992) from Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University for PhD program.

Research Group Members 1. T. Arulmozhi (Part-Time) 2. M. Ganesh (Full-Time) 3. K. Sivasankari (Full-Time) 4. C. Akino Mercy (Full-Time) 5. K. Sumaiya (Full-Time) 6. P. Saranya (Full-Time) 7. S. Suganya (Full-Time) 8. P. Bothammal (Full-Time)

Past Members

PhD Research scholars

1. Dr. K. Vedhagiri 2. Dr. S. G. Prabhakaran 3. Dr. R. Narayanan 4. Dr. T. Sathiyamoorthy 5. Dr. K. Vinodhini 6. Dr. B. T. Sureshkumar 7. Dr. M. Kanagavel 8. Dr. K. Abdhul 9. Dr. S. Vanithamani 10. Dr. V. Raja

Post Doctoral Fellows

1. Dr. R. Thenmozhi 2. Dr. M. Prasad

Faculty III Dr. V. RAJESH KANNAN Associate Professor Area of Research/Specialization:

 Rhizosphere Biology: Rhizosphere Engineering & Management, Plant- Microbe Interactions and GM Crop Adaptation.  Bioremediation: Degradation of Agrochemicals Residuals, Plastics and Polyethylene Materials  Biopolymer Production and Applications and Microplastic Degradation

Achievements made in Teaching/Research/Extension No. of Research Publications : 75 No. of papers presented in Conferences : 171 H-index : 13 i-10 index : 18 Total Citations : 659 Patents Granted/Filed : 1(Filed) Projects Completed/Ongoing : 7

Awards and Recognitions  Young Scientist Fellow: DST – SERC Fast Track Young Scientist Scheme, New Delhi, India  Blood Donor Award: Rotary Club of Coimbatore, India  Certificate of Appreciation: Anbalayam (Non-Governmental Organization), Tiruchirappalli  Certificate of Appreciation: Star Campaigner award (Indian Initiative for Management of Antibiotic Resistance)

Research Group Members 1. V. Krishna Kumar 2. R. Janani 3. R. Ramya 4. S. Nathiya 5. G. Kumar 6. R. Kayalvizhi 7. C. Seetha Lakshmi

Past Members 1. Dr. C. S. Sumathi 8. Dr. K. Natarajan 2. Dr. J. Hemapriya 9. Dr. D. Nivas 3. Dr. V. Balasubramanian 10. Dr. R. Sangeetha Devi 4. Dr. N. Ramesh 11. Dr. A. Robert Antony 5. Dr. B. Hemambika 12. Dr. K. Kannan 6. Dr. E. King Solomon 13. Dr. S. Chandru 7. Dr. P. Rajesh 12

Faculty IV Dr. D. DHANASEKARAN Assistant Professor

Area of Research/Specialization:

 Diversity, taxonomy and natural products derivedactinobacteria, fungi, mushroom and microalgae for Plant, animal and human health improvement  Genome wide approaches of actinobacteria, Biosynthetic gene cluster

analysis  Microbiome of actinorhizal plant root nodules, lichen and Buffalo vagina by metagenomic approach  Probiotics developments from actinobacteria

Achievements made in Teaching/Research/Extension No. of Research Publications : 70 No. of papers presented in Conferences : 25 H-index : 18 i-10 index : 41 Total Citations : 1195 Patents Granted/Filed : 01 (Filed) Projects Completed/Ongoing : 04

Awards and Recognitions 1. UGC-Raman Post Doctoral Fellowship to visit USA- University of New Hampshire, Durham (2016-2017) 2. Tamil Nadu State Eligibility Test (SET) for Lectureship held on 12th March 2006 in Life Science conducted by Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore 3. First class with distinction (with CWAM of 77.40) and secured Second Rank in M.Sc. Microbiology

Research Group Members 1. G.Vinothini 2. M. Narayana Samy 3. V. Vishnu Raja

Past Members 1. Dr. C. Anchana Devi 6. Dr. L. Gayathri 2. Dr. Subhasish Saha 7. Dr. P.M. Gopinath 3. Dr. A. Suresh 8. Dr. S. Latha 4. Dr. P.Priyadharsini 9. Dr. K.Nithiya 5. Dr. K.Rajesh 10. Dr. A. Ranjani

Faculty V Dr. G. MURALIDHARAN Assistant Professor Area of Research/Specialization:

 Cyanobacteria  Microbial Biodiversity  Phage display  Microalgae  Molecular Taxonomy & Phylogeny  Diagnostics & POC development  Secondary Metabolites  Molecular Evolution  Microbiome  Biofuels & Bio refineries  Ecology & Toxicology  Microbial Fuel Cells  High value products  Plant Microbe interactions  Photosynthesis

Achievements made in Teaching/Research/Extension

No. of Research Publications : 28 No. of papers presented in Conferences : 75 H-index : 7 i-10 index : 6 Total Citations : 196 Projects Completed/Ongoing : 04/02

Awards and Recognitions  Junior Research Fellowship by DBT, Govt. of India to carry out Ph.D. work at National Facility for Marine Cyanobacteria.  DST-BOYSCAST overseas award to carry out research on cyanotoxin detection assay kit development at Department of Biotechnology, University of Turku, Finland.

Research Group Members  V. P. Ramya  C. Uthra  T. Shakina Fatheema

Past Members 1. Dr. S. P. Manivannan 2. Dr. M. Mohamed Imran 3. Dr. N. Prasanna Balaji 4. Dr. A. Anahas Perianaika Matharasi 5. Dr. M. Gayathri 14

Faculty VI Dr. P. THIYAGARAJAN Assistant Professor Area of Research/Specialization:

Disease Control and Entomology

Achievements made in Teaching/Research/Extension

No. of Research Publications : 07 No. of papers presented in Conferences : 42 H-index : 03 i-10 index : 02 Total Citations : 46 Projects Completed/Ongoing : 00/01

Awards and Recognitions

 TDR-WHO Scholarship at CRME, Madurai.

 Best Poster Award: International Conference on Climate change and Bioresource at Department of Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India

Research Group Members

Naseemabee S

Past Members No

Guest Faculty I Dr. C. NITHYA DST-Inspire Faculty Area of Research/Specialization:  Biofilm; quorum Sensing  Metagenomics  Secondary Metabolites from Cyanobacteria and microalgae

Achievements made in Teaching/Research/Extension

No. of Research Publications : 17 No. of papers presented in Conferences : 20 H-index : 09 i-10 index : 09 Total Citations : 468 Projects Completed/Ongoing : 01

Awards and Recognitions

 INSPIRE Faculty Award from Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

 Young Scientist Award-Fast Track scheme from Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.

 Dr. D.S. Kothari Post Doctoral Fellow from University Grants Commission, Government of India

Research Group Members

 M. Arun Kumar (JRF-DST ISPIRE Faculty Scheme)

WE FUNDED BY

FUNDS GENERATED BY Collaboration DST-FIST UGC-Non SAP 126.614 45.5 20 DST-PURSE 37.94

Research 1085.284

(In Lakhs) 17

Details of Research & Consultancy Projects – Appendix I

Details of Fellowships being availed by the

Research Scholars/Project Staff

S. No. Name PhD Reg. No. Fellowship 1. Lavaniya Ramachandran M 46249 DST-INSPIRE-SRF 2. Peer Muhamed Noorani K 27171 DBT-JRF 3. Arutselvan C 36992 DBT- TA 4. Ganesh M 23294 DBT-JRF 5. Akino Mercy C 32642 ICMR-SRF 6. Sumaiya K 27668 DST- INSPIRE-JRF 7. Saranya P 27667 DBT-Project Assistant 8. Suganya S In Process ICMR-JRF 9. Janani R 14848 URF 10. Ramya R 451142 URF 11. Nathiya S 27701 DST-PURSE 12. Vinothini G 14926 DST-INSPIRE-SRF 13. Narayana Samy M 45143 URF 14. Ramya VP 5970 UGC-RGNF 15. Uthra C 27163 DST-PURSE 16. Shakina Fathima T 15359 DBT-JRF 17. Arun Kumar M 05875 JRF- ISPIRE Faculty Scheme

18. Naseemabee S 45141 RGNF For Students wth Disabilites

WE PUBLISHED IN

Citations in Each Year (Web of Science)

List of Research Publications since 2013-14 to 2017-18 – Appendix II

BOOKS 1. Thajuddin N (Editor; 2011). Fungicides: Beneficial and Harmful aspects. ISBN: 978-953- 308-508-INTECH Open Access Publisher. www.intechweb.org, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia. 2. Dhanasekaran D, Thajuddin N and Panneerselvam A (Editors; 2012). Fungicides for Plant and Animal Diseases. ISBN 978-953-307-804-5 INTECH Open Access Publisher. www.intechweb.org, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia. 3. Thajuddin N (2013). Microbiology & Immunology book in Tamil (Post Graduate level) Publisher: Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education (TANSCHE), Chennai – 600 005. 4. Rajesh Kannan V (Editor, 2013). Microbiological Research in Agroecosystem Management. Springer (Pvt.) limited India, New Delhi. 207-234. ISBN: 978-81-322-1086-3. 5. Rajesh Kannan V and BastasKubilay (Editors, 2015). Sustainable Approaches on Controlling of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. CRC Press, USA. ISBN: 978-1-4822-4053-5. 6. Dhanasekaran D, Thajuddin N and Panneerselvam A (Editors, 2015). Antimicrobials: Synthetic and Natural Compounds. ISBN No: 9781498715621-CAT# K25354 (Editors), CRC press, Tailor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 520 pages. 7. Dhanasekaran D and Jiang YI (Editors, 2016). Actinobacteria: Basics and Biotechnological applications. In-Tech Open Access publisher, ISBN 978-953-51-2248-7, 398 pages, US $180, Croatia, Eastern Europe (Feb. 2016) 8. Dhanasekaran D and Thajuddin N (Editors; 2016). Microbial Biofilms-Importance and Applications. ISBN: 978-953-51-2436-8, Print ISBN 978-953-51-2435-1. INTECH Open Access Publisher (www.intechweb.org).51000 Rijeka, Croatia. 9. Thajuddin N and Dhanasekaran D (Editors; 2016). Algae-Organisms for Imminent Biotechnology. ISBN No.: 978-953-51-2432-0, Print ISBN No. 978-953-51-2431-3 INTECH Open Access Publisher (www.intechweb.org), 51000 Rijeka, Croatia. 10. Thajuddin N, Senthil Kumar T and Dhanasekaran D (2016). Biological Techniques: A Laboratory Manual. ISBN No.: 978-93-80622-41-5. Yazhini Publications, Cuddalore. 11. Thajuddin N, Dhanasekaran D, Muralitharan G and Senthil Kumar T (2018). Laboratory Methods in Biology. ISBN No.: 978-93-87360-13-6. Jayam Publications, Tiruchirappalli – 620 023. 12. Tyagi BK and Dhanasekaran D (2018). Microbial control of Vector borne Diseases (Eds.) CRC press, Tailor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, New York, USA. ISBN No.: 978-1-138- 05581-0. Pages 463.

BOOK CHAPTERS 1. Sangeetha J, King Solomon E, Natarajan K and Rajesh Kannan V (2013) Efficacy of AMF and PGPR Inoculants on Maize (Zea mays L.) Plant Growth and their Rhizosphere Soil Properties Microbiological Research in Agroecosystem Management. Edited by: Rajesh Kannan V, Springer (Pvt) Limited India, New Delhi. 155-173. ISBN: 978-81-322-1086-3. 2. Raja V, Natarjaseenivasan K (2013) Gastrointestinal Manifestations of Leptospirosis (pp. 559-574) Book of Infections of the Gastrointestinal System Edited by ChetanaVaishnavi Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi-110 002, India. 3. Rajesh Kannan V, Dhanapal K, Muthukumar T and Udaiyan K (2013) Influence of Bioinoculants on Growth and Nutrient Uptake in Dalbergia latifoliaRoxb. Under Tropical Nursery Condition Microbiological Research in Agroecosystem Management. Edited by: Rajesh Kannan V, Springer (Pvt.) limited India, New Delhi. 207-234. ISBN: 978-81-322-1086- 3. 4. Anahas AMP, Gayathri M and Muralitharan G (2013) Isolation and characterization of microcystin producing Microcystis aeruginosa MBDU626 from a fresh water bloom sample in Tamil Nadu, South India. In: Microbial Research in Agroecosystem ManagementRajesh Kannan V (ed.) pp 235-248. ISBN: 978-81-322-1086-3 (Print) 978-81-322-1087-0 (Online). 5. Hemapriya J, Vijay Anand S and Rajesh Kannan V (2013) Biodegradation of Direct Red-28 by Bacillus sp. Strain DRS-1 under Aerobic Conditions and Analysis of phytotoxicity Levels. Microbiological Research in Agroecosystem Management. Edited by: Rajesh Kannan V, Springer (Pvt.) limited India, New Delhi. 53-83. ISBN: 978-81-322-1086-3. 6. Rajalakshmi S, Thajuddin N and Jayakumar V (2013) Salt tolerance and nitrogen fixing properties of Rhizobium spp. associated with wild legumes found in coastal and forest areas of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. In: Forest Health Management. (Eds.) Balu A, Jayaraj RSC, Ragupathy A, Mohan V, Warrier RR, Raghunath TP and Krishnakumar N Published by Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, ICFRE, Coimbatore. 116 - 127. 7. Vijayakumar R, Panneerselvam A, and Thajuddin N (2013) Marine Actinobacteria - A potential source for antifungal compounds.(Ed.) Se-Kwon Kim, Marine Pharmacognosy. CRC Press, USA. Chapter 20: 231 – 252. 8. Rajesh Kannan V (Editors; 2013) Microbial Bioinoculants Potential on the Growth Improvement of Curcuma longa L. under Tropical Nursery Conditions.In:Microbiological Research in Agroecosystem Management. Springer (Pvt) Limited India, New Delhi. 249-264. ISBN: 978-81-322-1086-3. 9. Thajuddin N, Muralitharan G, Dhanasekaran D and Muhammad Ilyas MH (2014) Microbial Symbionts of Plants. In: Plant Biology and Biotechnology (Eds.) Bir Bahadur M, Rajam V, Sahijram L and Krishnamurthy KV Springer. Chapter 11: 281 – 306 10. Rajesh Kannan V, KurtulusBastas K and Sangeetha Devi R (2015) Human and animal welfare on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria control. Sustainable Approaches on Controlling of Plant 21

Pathogenic Bacteria. Edited by: Rajesh Kannan V and BastasKubilay, CRC Press, USA. ISBN: 978-1-4822-4053-5. 11. Rajesh Kannan V, KurtulusBastas K, and Antony R (2015) Plant Pathogenic Bacteria – An Overview. Sustainable Approaches on Controlling of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. Edited by: Rajesh Kannan V and BastasKubilay CRC Press, USA. 1-15. ISBN: 978-1-4822-4053-5. 12. Vijayakumar R, Vaijayanthi G, Panneerselvam A and Thajuddin N (2015) Actinobacteria – A predominant Source of antimicrobial compound. In: Antimicrobials: Synthetic and Natural Compounds (Eds. Dhanasekaran D, Thajuddin N and Panneerselvam A) CRC Press Tailor & Francis Group, USA, pp 117-141. 13. Hemambika B and Rajesh Kannan V (2015) Eco-friendly Technologies for Heavy Metal Remediation: A Pragmatic Approaches. Environmental Sustainability - Role of Green Technologies. Edited by: P. Thangavel and Sridevi. Springer (Pvt.) limited India, New Delhi. 205-215. ISBN: 978-81-322-2055-8. 14. KurtulusBastas K and Rajesh Kannan V (2015) Controlling Strategies (Diagnosis/Quarantine/Eradication) of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. Sustainable Approaches on Controlling of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. Edited by: Rajesh Kannan V and BastasKubilay. CRC Press, USA.81-110. ISBN: 978-1-4822-4053-5. 15. KurtulusBastas K and Rajesh Kannan V (2015) Modern Trends of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Control. Sustainable Approaches on Controlling of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. Edited by: Kannan R and Kubilay B. CRC Press, USA. 351-368. ISBN: 978-1-4822-4053-5. 16. KurtulusBastas K and Rajesh Kannan V (2015) Pathogenesis of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. Sustainable Approaches on Controlling of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. Edited by: Kannan R and Kubilay B. CRC Press, USA. 17-47. ISBN: 978-1-4822-4053-5. 17. Sumathy S, Muralitharan G and Thajuddin N (2015) Cyanobacteria and Algae-A Potential Source of Biological Control Agents used against Phytopathogenic Bacteria. In: Sustainable Approaches on Controlling of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria (Eds. Rajesh Kannan V and Kubilay B) CRC Press. USA. Chapter 12: 241 – 253. 18. Amaresan N, Srivathsa N, Jayakumar V, Someshwar B, Thajuddin N (2015) Antimicrobial compounds from rhizosphere bacteria and their role in plant disease management, In: Antimicrobials: Synthetic and Natural Compound (Eds. Dhanasekaran D, Thajuddin N and Panneerselvam A) CRC Press, Tailor and Francis Group, USA. pp. 371 - 385. 19. Dhanapal K, Rajesh Kannan V, Vijayan AK, Ajay D, Mathews AA and Sutharsan MR (2015) Effect of microbial inoculants on seedling quality and foot rot disease of black pepper (Piper nigrum L.). Phytophthora Diseases of Plantation Crops. Edited by: Jacob Mathew C, Bindu Roy C, Kuruvilla Jacob and Ramachandran N. Rubber Research Institute of India, Kottayam & Westville Publishing House, New Delhi. pp. 57-65. ISBN: 978-93-83491-24-7. 20. Nivas D, Kannan K, Rajesh Kannan V, and KurtulusBastas K (2015) Bacteriophages: An Emerging Biocontrol Agent for Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. Sustainable Approaches on 22

Controlling of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. Edited by: Rajesh Kannan V & KurtulusBastas KCRC Press, USA. 297-310. ISBN: 978-1-4822-4053-5. 21. Kannan K, Nivas D, Rajesh Kannan V and KurtulusBastas K (2015) Agro-Traditional Practices of Plant Pathogens Control. Sustainable Approaches on Controlling of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. Edited by: Rajesh Kannan V and Kubilay B, CRC Press, USA. 111-121. ISBN: 978-1-4822-4053-5. 22. Sangeetha Devi R and Rajesh Kannan V (2015) Role of microbes in plastic degradation. Environmental Waste Management. Edited by: Ram Chandra, (CRC Press, USA). ISBN: 978- 1-4987-2474-6. 23. Thajuddin N, Vinitha G, Mubarakali D, and Lewis Oscar F (2016) Development and Application of Nanocatalyst for Algal Biofuel Production. In: Biocatalysts in Biomass and Bioproducts (Eds.) Ramasamy K, Karthikeyan S and Sivakumar U. Chapter 7, 121 – 134. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Publications. Coimbatore. 24. Robert Antony, Janani R and Rajesh Kannan V (2016) Biofilm Instigation of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria and its Control Measures Biofilms in Plant and Soil Health. WILEY (Chapter No. 24) ISBN: 978-1-119-24634-3. 25. Lewis Oscar F, Nithya C and Thajuddin N (2016) Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy- Basic Principle, Technique and Applications. Biological Techniques: A Laboratory Manual. Yazhini Publications, Cuddalore. 199 pages. ISBN No.: 978-93-80622-41-5 26. LewisOscar F, Vismaya S, Arunkumar M, Thajuddin N, Dhanasekaran D and Nithya C* (2016) Algal Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Biotechnological Potentials. Chapter 7. In: Algae- Organisms for Imminent Biotechnology (Eds.) Thajuddin N and Dhanasekaran D INTECH Open Access Publisher, Croatia. Pages 157-182. 27. Narayanasamy M, Dhanasekaran D and Thajuddin N (2017) Biological Recovery of Metals from Electronic Waste Polluted Environment using Microorganisms. In: Microbes for Restoration of Degraded Ecosystems (Eds): Bagyaraj DJ and Jamaluddin. New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi. Chapter 7, 149 – 172. 28. Dhanasekaran D, Sundaresan M, Suresh A, Thajuddin N, Thangaraj R and Vinothini G (2017) Oleaginous Microorganisms for Biofuel Development. Book Series on Environmental Science and Engineering, Climate Change and Sustainable Technology. Bhola R, Gurjar and Govil JN (Eds.) Studium Press, USA, Chapter 12, pp. 243-263. 29. Borah D, Subramanian G and Thajuddin N (2018) Algal Blooms: understanding the Key to Biomass Production In: Bioprospecting of Algae (Prof. J.P.Sinha Memorial Volume) (Eds): Noor MN, Bhatnagar SK and Shashi K Sinha. Publisher: Society for Plant Research, India. Pages 143-174. 30. Ezhilarasi A, Thajuddin N and Anand N (2018) Molecular Taxonomic studies on Cyanobacteria. In: Bio prospecting of Algae (Prof. JP Sinha Memorial Volume) (Eds): Noor MN, Bhatnagar SK and Shashi K. Sinha. Publisher: Society for Plant Research, India. Pages 293-308. 23

31. Narchonai G, Mubarak Ali D and Thajuddin N (2018) Microalgal based Biofuel Production: Prospects and Perspective. In: Bioprospecting of Algae (Prof. Sinha JP Memorial Volume) (Eds): Noor MN, Bhatnagar SK and Shashi K, Sinha. Publisher: Society for Plant Research, India Pages 108 – 142. 32. Akino Mercy CS, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2018) Prognosis and impact of recurrent uveitis the ophthalmic infection caused by Leptospira sp (Pages 203-225) Leptospiral recurrent uveitis. Edited by Balamurugan K, Packet Guides to Biomedical Sciences, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FA 33487 2742. 33. Reehana N, Mohamed Imran M, Thajuddin N and Dhanasekaran D (2018) Cyanobacterial Toxins as Biolarvicides for Blood Sucking VectorsIn: Microbial Control of Vector Born Diseases. (Eds.) Thyagi BK and Dhanasekaran D. CRC Press: Taylor & Francis Group. Chapter 16: pp. 315-334. 34. Anand N, Thajuddin N and Dadheech PK (2019) Cyanobacterial Taxonomy: Morphometry to Molecular Studies. In: Cyanobacteria-From Basic Science to Applications (Eds. Mishra AK, Tiwari DN and Rai AN. Academic Press (An imprint of Elsevier Inc. London) Chapter 3: pp. 43-63.

PATENTS FILED / GRANTED (2013-14 to 2017-18) Details of Patents Filed/Granted Patents Details (Number and Date by Category) Income Name of Faculty Jurisdiction Generated Year Commer- Owning the Patent Filed Granted (India/ (Rs. cialized Elsewhere) Lakhs) Dr. K. 4438/CHE/2015 2015 - - India - Natarajaseenivasan dated 24/08/2015 Dr. V. Rajesh 2015 1963/CHE/2015 - India - Kannan 2016 Dr. N. Thajuddin 201641042909 A - - India - & 30.12.2016 Dr. D. E2/1390/2016- 2016 - - India - Dhanasekaran CHE/201641015447 2018 Dr. N. Thajuddin 201741043178 A - - India - & 26/01/2018 2018 Dr. N. Thajuddin 201841006854 - - India - & 23.2.2018 2018 Dr. N. Thajuddin US 15990972 - - USA - & 29.05.2018

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS ORGANIZED

S. Conferences/Workshops/Seminars Period No. National Symposium on Marine Algal Research in India-Prospect & 1 August 16-18, 2001 Retrospect 2 National Symposium on Microalgal Biotechnology March 11-13, 2004 3 UGC Sponsered Refresher Course in Microbiology Nov. 1-21, 2004 4 National Symposium on Current Scenario in Microbial Technology January 3-5, 2008 National Symposium on Microbial Biodiversity, Bioremediation and 5 July 28-29, 2008 Biotechnology July 22 to Aug. 11, 6 UGC Sponsored Special Summer School in Biosciences 2008 7 Seminar on Immunology & Immunotechnology Sept.18-19, 2009 8 Advanced Molecular and Immunological Techniques in Biology October 8-9, 2009. 9 INSPIRE Internship Programme May 11-15, 2010 Entrepreneurship progremme of Oyster Mushroom Cultivation 10 May 19-22, 2010 Technology for SC/ST Population in and around Tiruchirappalli 11 Molecular tools, Techniques and Applications May 19-22, 2010 12 INSPIRE Internship Programme May 16-20, 2011 13 Shrimp aquaculture: Challenges and Innovative solutions Jan. 25-26, 2012 14 National Seminar on Cutting Edge Microbial Research & Challenges Feb 25-26, 2013 15 National Seminar on Microbes and Human Welfare July 20-21, 2013 National Seminar on Oppertunities and Challenges in Microbial 16 Sept. 5-6, 2013 Reserach" (MICREC-13) 17 INSPIRE Internship Programme Dec. 26-31, 2013 18 National Conference on Progress in Algology in the Indian Context Sept. 19-21, 2014 19 Workshop on Molecular Techniques January 10, 2015 20 Workshop on DNA Finger Printing October 3, 2015 21 Advanced Molecular Techniques - 2015 October 31, 2015. 22 UGC-Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC) March 3-23, 2016 23 UGC-Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC) November 8-28, 2016 Microbiological Techniques of detection, identification and 24 Dec. 28-29, 2016 enumeration of human pathogens Recent Advances in Modern Biology and Rural Development 25 October 6-7, 2017 (RAMBARD-2017) Workshop on Edible Mushroom Cultivation for Self Employment of 26 February 22-22, 2018 Rural Population 27 UGC-Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC) June 19-July 9, 2018 Hands on training for the diagnosis of Infectious diseases by advanced 28 Nov. 29-Dec. 13, Molecular Biological Methods using Leptospirosis as a model system 2010 25

State Level Orientation Workshop for PG Biology School Teachers 29 July 6-8, 2012 on „Let us Observe and Learn‟ 30 Molecular Cloning, Expression and Purification Techniques March 3-4, 2015 National Symposium on Current Scenario in Microbial Technology 31 Jan. 3-5, 2008 (NSCSMT-08) National Conference on Microbiological Research in 21stCentury 32 July 27-28, 2012 (NCOMRIT-12) Antimicrobial Resistance Delivered by Prof. Bulent Bozdogan, Adnan 33 Sept. 01, 2014 Menderes University, 09100 AYDIN, Turkey. Special Lecture on Development of Humanized Mouse Model for 34 Malaria Research delivered by Dr.AnburajAmaladoss, Research Aug. 22, 2014 Scientist, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore 529757. Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Programme among Doctors, 35 No. 15, 2017 Pharmacist and Common People Special Lecture on “Publication Phishing” Delivered by Dr. Murugain 36 Jan. 11, 2018 Senthilvelan, School of Physics, Bharathidasan University Special Lecture on “Memory Development” Delivered by Dr. Ayan 37 Feb. 20, 2018 Raj Science Academies‟ Lecture Workshop on Current Scenario in 38 July 17-18, 2018 Microbiology and Biotechnology 39 Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Programme Dec. 20, 2017

PROGRAMMES OFFERED

M.Sc., Microbiology A Post-graduate course in Microbiology is being conducted since 1994. To this course 25 students are selected every year based on the entrance examination and under-graduate marks. Any science graduate who has completed atleast one paper in biology is eligible for this course. This is unique in that it gives opportunity to science graduate, who have not majored in biology but are capable to compete and get into Microbiology if they are interested. The syllabus has been framed in such a manner that after completing the course, the students can either do research, get employed in Microbiology related jobs, or be their own employers.

Students complete 14 core papers including lab courses and a self study review paper in three semesters. The fourth semester is dedicated to the project work where the students choose a topic of their interest, carry out research in either Microbiology department or other institutions of repute and submit their findings in the form of a dissertation. The students will present their work in public seminar and a viva-voce will be conducted by outside experts. From 2002-2003, choice based credit system with electives is being offered.

Ph.D., Microbiology

The Department of Microbiology is offering Ph.D. Microbiology (Full-time/Part-time) course since 1994. The duration of the Ph.D. program shall be three to five years consisting of three course work papers. There are five eminent faculties offering excellent opportunities for research in thrust areas of Microbiology such as Medical Microbiology, Microbial Biodiversity and Bioenergy, Rhizosphere Biology, Molecular Evolution of Microorganisms and Bioprocessing Technology.

STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS (2013-14 to 2017-18)

S. No. Reg. No. Name Exam(s) Qualified 1. 18523 A. Robert Anony CSIR- NET 2 3362 D. Nivas ASRB-NET

AWARDS RECEIVED BY STUDENTS / SCHOLARS

Name of the Awarded National Awards Year Students Name of the Award Awarding Institution Maulana Azad National 2009 N. Reehana UGC Fellowship 2009 A. Ilavarasi DST -INSPIRE DST 2010 A. Suresh University Research Fellow Bharathidasan University Rajiv Gandhi National 2011 P. Priyadharsini UGC Fellowship 2011 S. Latha INSPIRE Fellowship DST Rajiv Gandhi National 2011 K. Nithya UGC Fellowship A. Anahas Perianaika 2011 UGC-MANF UGC Matharasi 2011 P.M.Gopinath DST -PURSE DST 2012 S. P. Manivannan UGC-BSR UGC 2013 Sivasankara Narayani Best Poster Presentation Bharathidasan University Best Poster Presentation 2013 F. LewisOscar University of Madras Award IAS- Summer Research 2013 YesuBalan IASc, Bangalore Fellowship 2013 V. Raja Senior Research Fellowship CSIR 2013 R. Sangeetha Devi DST -INSPIRE DST Maulana Azad National 2013 A. Robert Antony UGC Fellowship Gandhigram Rural Institue, 2013 S. Latha Best Paper Presentation Gandhigram St. Terasa College, 2013 A. Ranjani Best Paper Presentation Ernakulam, Kerala 2013 M. Gayathri BDU-URF Bharathidasan University 2013 M. Gayathri Best Paper Presentation Punjabi University 28

Pithapur Rajah 2014 R. Lavanya Best Paper Presentation Government College 2014 G. Suganya TNSCST - Project TNSCST IAS- Summer Research 2014 Anil Kiran IASc, Bangalore Fellowship

2014 S. Latha Best Paper Presentation A.V.V.M. Sri Pushpam 2014 A. Ranjani Best Paper Presentation College, Poondi, Tanjore 2014 M. Mohamed Imran DST-JRF DST Bharathidasan University, A. Anahas Perianaika Best Paper Presentation and 2014 and Krishnamurthy Matharasi Cash Prize Institute of Algology 2014 G. Vinithini DST -INSPIRE DST 2015 F. Lewis Oscar Best Research Paper Bishop Heber College Krishnamurthy Institute of 2015 R. Lavanya Best Paper Presentation Algology 2015 R. Lavanya Best Poster Presentation Bharathiyar University IAS- Summer Research 2015 Nancy Catherine IASc, Bangalore Fellowship IAS- Summer Research 2015 Selva Mani IASc, Bangalore Fellowship Jamal Mohamed College, 2015 A. Ranjani Best Paper Presentation Tiruchirappalli 2015 VP. Ramya UGC-RGNF UGC 2016 R. Lavanya DST -INSPIRE DST 2016 Venkatesh TNSCST - Project TNSCST National Postdoctoral 2016 Dr. M. Prasad DST-SERB Fellowship IAS- Summer Research 2016 VeenaChavan IASc, Bangalore Fellowship IAS- Summer Research 2016 K. Dhevi IASc, Bangalore Fellowship 2016 V. Raja Best Paper Presentation Alagappa University 2016 K. Sivasankari Best Poster Presentation Alagappa University National Postdoctoral 2017 S. Latha DST-SERB Fellowship National Postdoctoral 2017 L. Gayathri DST-SERB Fellowship National Postdoctoral 2017 PM. Gopinath DST-SERB Fellowship 29

2017 S. Sangeetha TNSCST - Project TNSCST 2017 S. Padma Priya TNSCST - Project TNSCST 2017 S. Seethalakshmi TNSCST-Project TNSCST 2017 Dr. S. Shanmughapriya DST INSPIRE Faculty DST 2017 C. Uthra DST -PURSE DST 2017 T. Shakina Fathima DBT-JRF DBT AVVM Pondipuspam 2017 F. Lewis Oscar Best Poster Award College Sri S Ramasamy Naidu 2018 S. Padma Priya Best Paper Presentation Memorial College, Sattur 2018 Sumaiya K DST –INSPIRE JRF DST 2018 O. Ramalakshmi TNSCST - Project TNSCST 2018 Dr. M. Gayathri SERB N-PDF DST-SERB

FOREIGN PDF RECEIVED BY SCHOLARS (2012 ONWARDS)

SCHOLAR NAME AWARDING INSTITUTION Dr. M. Satheesh Kumar Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea Dr. R. Praveen Kumar Marie Curie Fellow, KU Leuven, Belgium Dr. D. Vijayan Korea Institute of Energy Research, South Korea Centre for Surface Technology and Applications (CeSTA), Dr. D. Mubarak Ali Korea Aerospace University, Goyang, Republic of Korea Dr. A. Parveez Ahamed University of Texas Health Science, San Antonio, USA Dr. M. Kanagavel Stanford University, California, USA Dr. V. Raja River Side University, California, USA Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Dr. Subhasish Saha Kong Dr. Anandavalli Raju Kuwait University, Kuwait

M.Sc GOLD MEDALISTS

S. No. NAME OF THE STUDENT YEAR OF PASSING 1 S. Mona 2008 2 R.M. Umayal 2009 3 S. Latha 2010 4 R. Sangeetha Devi 2011 5 M. Sivaranjani 2012 6 K.V.L. Aishwarya 2013 7 M. Lavanya Ramachandran 2014 8 T. Shanthini 2015 9 T. Kasthuri 2016 10 K. Sumaiya 2017

PhD AWARDEES

S. No. NAME OF THE SCHOLAR YEAR OF PASSING 1 Dr. A. Nagasathya 2005 2 Dr. R. Shyam Kumar 2007 3 Dr. V. Thiyagarajan 2007 4 Dr. G. Muralitharan 2008 5 Dr. I. Anandavalli 2009 6 Dr. H. Syed Jahangir 2009 7 Dr. C. S. Sumathi 2010 8 Dr. R. Nazeerullah 2011 9 Dr. K. Moorthy 2011 10 Dr. K. Vedhagiri 2011 11 Dr. M. SatheshKumar 2012 12 Dr. N. Amaresan 2012 13 Dr. Mohd Rasheeduddin 2012 14 Dr. S. Rajalaksmi 2012 15 Dr. D. Mubarak Ali 2012 16 Dr. S. G. Prabhakaran 2012 17 Dr. R. Narayanan 2012 18 Dr. J. Hemapriya 2012 19 Dr. V. Balasubramanian 2012 31

20 Dr. N. Ramesh 2012 21 Dr. V. Thennarasu 2013 22 Dr. R. Praveen Kumar 2013 23 Dr. B. Hemambika 2013 24 Dr. E. King Solomon 2013 25 Dr. P. Rajesh 2013 26 Dr. N. Anandakumar 2014 27 Dr. T. Sathiyamoorthy 2014 28 Dr. K. Vinodhini 2014 29 Dr. K. Natarajan 2014 30 Dr. A. Suresh 2014 31 Dr. P.Priyadharsini 2014 32 Dr. A. Ilavarasi 2015 33 Dr. D. Vijayan 2015 34 Dr. A. Parveez Ahamed 2015 35 Dr. N. Reehana 2015 36 Dr. B. T. Sureshkumar 2015 37 Dr. M. Kanagavel 2016 38 Dr. K.Rajesh 2016 39 Dr. L. Gayathri 2016 40 Dr. K. Abdhul 2017 41 Dr. S. Vanithamani 2017 42 Dr. V. Raja 2017 43 Dr. D. Nivas 2017 44 Dr. R. Sangeetha Devi 2017 45 Dr. P.M. Gopinath 2017 46 Dr. S. Latha 2017 47 Dr. K.Nithiya 2017 48 Dr. A. Ranjani 2017 49 Dr. E. Baldev 2018 50 Dr. A. Robert Antony 2018 51 Dr. K. Kannan 2018 52 Dr. S. P. Manivannan 2018 53 Dr. M. Mohamed Imran 2018 54 Dr. N. Prasanna Balaji 2018 55 Dr. A. Anahas Perianaika Matharasi 2018 56 Dr. M. Gayathri 2018 57 Dr. F. Lewis Oscar 2018

DEPARTMENT FACILITIES

National Repository for Microalgae & Cyanobacteria -Fresh Water FT IR Spectrophotometer (DBT, Govt. of India)

Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer BF, DF, PC & Fluorescent Microscopes

UV-Vis Spectrophotometer High Resolution Scanning Electron Microscope

Chemidoc System 2D Electrophoresis

FPLC RT-PCR

Scintillation Counter Gas Chromatography

Fermentor Fermentor 20 L

Biobase Sonicator

Race way Pond Experimental Nursery

NRMC-F Germplasm Mushroom Cultivation Facility

CONFERENCES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOP ORGANISED

National Seminar on Microbes and Human National Conference on Opportunities and Welfare, July 20-21, 2013 Challenges in Microbial Research (MICREC-13), Sept. 5-6, 2013

Special Lecture on Development of Special Lecture on Antimicrobial Resistance. Humanized Mouse Model for Malaria Sep. 1, 2014 Research. Aug. 22, 2014

National Conference on Progress in Algology in the Indian Context. Sept. 19-21, 2014

Workshop on DNA Finger Printing. Oct. 3, 2015 Refresher Course in Life Sciences. Nov. 8-28, 2016

Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Programme. Nov. 15, 2017

Special Lecture on Publication Phishing. Special Lecture on Memory Development. Jan. 11, 2018 Feb. 20, 2018

Workshop on Edible Mushroom Cultivation Refresher Course in Life Sciences. for Self Employment of Rural Population. June 19-July 9, 2018 Feb. 22-23, 2018

Science Academies’ Lecture Workshop on Current Scenario in Microbiology and Antibiotic Resistance Awareness Programme. Biotechnology. July 17-18, 2018 Dec. 20, 2018

DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES

Campus Interview by Manian Lab. DNA Fingerprinting Workshop at AVVM Coimbatore held at Dept. of Microbiology, Pondipushpam College, December 11, Bharathidasan University, April 27, 2012 2013

Self employment of rural population held at Dept. of Microbiology, Bharathidasan University, February 20-22, 2018

Demonstration of Microbial Research Experiments Biodiesel Preparation from on 21.11.2017 Algal Mass Production and Mushroom Cultivation on 23.11.2017

Cyanobacteria Cultivation and Mass Post Harvesting Technology of Algae Production Cultivation and Production

DEPARTMENT VISITS

Dr Ravindranathan Chairman, Dr Saroj Bhosle, Coordinator OSTC, MoES Visit October 27, 2010

Dr. Nathan Khan, Malaysia visit on Dr. Carole & Daniel white PML, Plymoth UK September 09, 2011 visit, November 27, 2013

Dr. N. Thajuddin Professor and Head Department of Microbiology Centre for Excellence in Life Sciences Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli – 620 024 Tamil Nadu, India Phone No.: +91 431 2407082 E-mail: [email protected] Website:http://www.bdu.ac.in/schools/life-sciences/microbiology/

Appendix I RESEARCH & CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

COMPLETED PROJECTS Period Amount S. Principal Funding Project Title (in No. Investigator From To Agency Lakhs) Microalgal Biodiversity of 1 Dr. N. Thajuddin 1999 2000 UGC 20.00 Bharathidasan University campus Analysis of OmpL1 and LipL41 genes among Leptospira interrogans Serovars Dr. K. & development of systems for the 2 2003 2006 DBT 29.93 Natarajaseenivasan expression of recombinant OmpL1 and LipL41 of L. Autumnalis for their immuno protective potential Combinatorial analysis of Recombinant LipL32: Effective detection of Dr. K. 3 Leptospire specific antibodies by 2006 2009 DST 10.32 Natarajaseenivasan Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) Molecular Biology of Marine Cyanobacteria with reference to MoES 4 Dr. N. Thajuddin 2006 2009 8.56 Taxonomy and Establishment of (DOD) molecular Data Bank Improving the production of Ophior Dr. V. Rajesh 5 rhizamungos L., a potential medicinal 2006 2009 DST 8.16 Kannan plant, through biofertilizers Prevalence and Molecular Dr. K. Characterization of Multidrug-resistant 6 2007 2010 UGC 9.92 Natarajaseenivasan (MDR) Salmonellae in Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu Influence of seasonal patterns on the Dr. V. Rajesh production of Camptothecin 7 2007 2010 UGC 9.176 Kannan (an alkaloid) in Ophiorrhizamungos L., a high-value anticancer medicinal plant Investigation of risk factors and the Dr. K. prevalence of leptospirosis in a rural and 8 2009 2012 ICMR 14.0 Natarajaseenivasan urban community of Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu Prevalence of high-risk human Dr. K. papillomavirus (HR-HPV) types in 9 2009 2012 ICMR 29.0 Natarajaseenivasan healthy adolescents and women with cervical carcinoma in Tamil Nadu 10 Dr. K. Development of a monoclonal antibody 2009 2012 DBT 26.94 42

Natarajaseenivasan based dot-blot ELISA for the detection of leptospiral antigens in human clinical samples Molecular characterization on Group I 11 Dr. N. Thajuddin self splicing introns within the 2009 2012 UGC 9.64 phylogenetically diverse cyanobacteria Entrepreneurship programme of Oyster Mushroom cultivation technology for 12 Dr. N. Thajuddin 2009 2012 DBT 9.24 SC/ST population in and around Tiruchirappalli District Pilot scale demonstration of Algal oil 13 Dr. N. Thajuddin production with a target of atleast 100 2009 2012 DBT 50.69 litres of oil production / month Construction of Genomic Library of Leptospira interrogans serovar Dr. K. 14 Autumnalis for the identification of 2010 2013 DBT 45.65 Natarajaseenivasan immunogenic proteins and development of DNA vaccine 15 Dr. N. Thajuddin INSPIRE Internship Program 2010 DST 13.00 Evolution of RuBis Cohypermorphs for Dr. K. 16 enhanced CO sequestration and its 2011 2014 DST 69.0 Natarajaseenivasan 2 utilization for polymer production Identification of molecular markers to Dr. K. establish the transmission dynamics of 17 2011 2014 DST 46.37 Natarajaseenivasan leptospirosis in rural and urban environments 18 Dr. N. Thajuddin INSPIRE Internship Program 2011 DST 13.00 Isolation and identification of Dr. V. Rajesh bacteriophages from hospital effluents to 19 2011 2011 TNSCST 0.06 Kannan treat multi drug resistant bacterial infections Biosynthesis and antimicrobial Dr. applications of silver nanoparticles from 20 2012 2015 UGC 12.10 D.Dhanasekaran marine actinobacteria against the multidrug resistant microbial pathogens Evaluation of Larvicidal Effect of Dr. D. 21 Actinobacterial Metabolites for 2012 2014 ICMR 14.50 Dhanasekaran Biological Control of Culex Mosquito Antipathogenic potential of marine cyanobacteria in preventing quorum 22 Dr. N. Thajuddin 2012 2013 DBT 19.25 sensing dependent bacterial infections among aquaculture organisms Development of restorative model to Dr. V. Rajesh 23 degrade the polyethylene waste 2012 2015 UGC 11.558 Kannan materials through efficient microbes in 43

domestic level 24 Dr. N. Thajuddin INSPIRE Internship Program 2013 DST 13.00 Studies on Algal Blooms, their 25 Dr. N. Thajuddin charcterisation and the factors influence 2013 2015 DBT 44.27 bloom formation

CO2 sequestration using hypersaline microalgae : Selection, optimization and 26 Dr. N. Thajuddin 2013 2016 DST 31.52 large scale dmonstration through raceway pond Using flow cytometry and genomics to DBT characterize and optimize microalgal: 27 Dr. N. Thajuddin 2013 2016 Indo- UK 143.82 bacterial consortia cultivated on waste Project water to produce biomass for biofuel. Elimination of seed sprouts Salmonella Dr. V. Rajesh 28 pathogens through bacteriophages - A 2013 2013 TNSCST 0.10 Kannan sustainable biocontrol approaches Analysis of Glomalin(A soil Fertility Dr. V. Rajesh Protein) Profile and Bt-Cotton Impact in 29 2014 2014 DST 6.0 Kannan Rhizosphere soil under Nursery Practices Differential expression and Dr. K. 30 characterization of leptospiral proteins 2015 2018 UGC 15.40 Natarajaseenivasan associated with pathogenesis 31 Dr. N. Thajuddin UGC-BSR One Time Grant 2015 2016 UGC 7.00 Exploration of Endophytic fungi from Dr. D. medicinal plants in Tiruchirappalli TNSCST 32 2018 2018 0.10 Dhanasekaran district and their control potential against microbial pathogens

ONGOING PROJECTS

S. Principal Period Funding Amount(Rs. Project Title No. Investigator From To Agency in lakhs) DST- Exploring the anti-pathogenic INSPIRE 1. Dr. C. Nithya and antibiofilm potential of 2013 2018 35.0 Faculty cyanobacteria and microalgae Scheme Establishment of National Repository for Microalgae 2. Dr. N. Thajuddin 2015 - DBT 85.35 & Cyanobacteria _ Freshwater (NRMC-F) Construction of genomic library of Edwardsiellatarda and identification of in vivo Dr. K. 3. expressed proteins for its 2016 2019 DBT 52.74 Natarajaseenivasan immunoprotective potential in Indian common carp (L. rohita) Characterization of Leptospiral epitopes through Dr. G. phage display technology 4. 2017 2020 ICMR 33.67 Muralitharan for highly sensitive scFv/Fab diagnostic antibodies production Culturable Actinomycetes associated with coastal 5. Dr. N. Thajuddin 2017 2020 DBT 42.64 Lichens: A potential source of bioactive compounds Identification of microRNA Dr. K. 6. biomarkers for early 2017 2020 ICMR 39.27 Natarajaseenivasan diagnosis of leptospirosis Perseverance of Dr. K. Macrophage Migration 7. 2017 2020 ICMR 35.97 Natarajaseenivasan Inhibitory Factor (MIF) in pulmonary leptospirosis Sero-surveillance of Dr. K. Leptospirainfections in 8. 2017 2020 DBT 19.63 Natarajaseenivasan animals of Northeastern region of India 45

COLLABORATIVE PROJECT

Period Budget S. Agency Project Title (Rs. In No From To lakhs)

Development of novel antimicrobial agents 1 CSIR 2006 2009 14.0 from endosymbionts marine actinomycetes

Exploitation of novel fungal and entomopathogen nematode for the control 2 UGC 2007 2010 8.556 soil invading insect pests and subterranean termites

Biological control of shrimp diseases using 3 UGC 2009 2011 antagonistic probiotics from marine 7.478 bacterial symbionts

Potential antileptospiral drug from marine 4 ICMR 2013 2016 29.00 actinomycetes

Biomethanation and bioconversion of 5 DBT 2013 2016 marine weeds (Ulva sp. and Laminaria sp.) 24.42 under natural and halophilic condition

Monitoring & Assessment of Rivers for 6 DBT 2017 2020 36.50 Emerging Pollutants and Phycoremediation Lincoln Memorial Development of a biosensor based rapid 7 2018 2019 6.66 University, diagnostics for leptospirosis USA 46

Appendix II

LIST OF RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS since 2013-14

1. Anchana Devi, Ranjani C, Dhanasekaran A, Thajuddin N and Ramanidevi T (2013) Surveillance of multidrug resistant bacteria pathogens from female infertility cases. African Journal of Biotechnology 12(26): 4129-4134. 2. Anitha U, Nagasatya A, Thajuddin N and Panneerselvam A (2013) Exploring polyene antifungal Streptomyces nodosus for yield improvement of Amphotericin B. International Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences 2(1): 33 – 35. 3. Anitha U, Nagasatya A, Thajuddin N and Panneerselvam A (2013) Isolation and screening of Streptomyces from western Ghats for the presence of Amphotericin B. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 2(12): 460 - 465. 4. Balaperiasamy B, Panneerselvam A, Thajuddin N and Jayapal J (2013) Preliminary phytochemical analysis of Hypericum wightianum Wall. Ex Wight & ARN. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 3(1): 726 – 738. 5. Baldev E, MubarakAli D, Ilavarasi A, Pandiaraj D, Sheik Syed Ishack KA and Thajuddin N (2013) Degradation of synthetic dye, Rhodamine B to environmentally non-toxic products using microalgae. Journal of Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 105: 207– 214 (IF: 4.287). 6. Dhanasekaran D, Latha C, Jayabharathi C, Saha S, Thajuddin N, Panneerselvam A and Saravanamuthu R (2013) Effect of mutagens on Pleurotus eous APK1 for biomass improvement. J Sci Trans Environ Technol 7(2): 89 – 95. 7. Dhanasekaran D, Latha S, Saha S, Thajuddin N and Panneerselvam A (2013) Extracellular biosynthesis, characterisation and in-vitro antibacterial potential of silver nanoparticles using Agaricus bisporus. Journal of Experimental Nanoscience 8(4): 579 – 588 (IF: 0.875). 8. Ebenezer KS, Natchimuthu R, Prabha T, Rajesh Kannan V (2013) In silico identification of Cross affinity towards Cry1Ac Pesticidal Protein with Receptor Enzyme in Bostaurus and Sequence Structure Analysis of Crystal Proteins for stability.Bioinformation 9(15): 792-795. 9. Gurusaravanan P, Vinoth S, Satheesh Kumar M, Thajuddin N and Jayabalan N (2013) Effect of cyanobacteria extracellular products on high-frequency in vitro induction and elongation of Gossypium hirsutum L organs through shoot apex explants. Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology 11(1): 9 – 16. 10. Hemambika B, Balasubramanian V, Rajesh Kannan V, Arthur James R (2013) Screening of Chromium-Resistant Bacteria for Plant Growth-Promoting Activities. Soil and Sediment Contamination. An International Journal 22:7, 717-736. 11. Hoffman NE, Chandramoorthy HC, Shanmughapriya S, Zhang X, Rajan S, Mallilankaraman K, Gandhirajan RK, Vagnozzi RJ, Ferrer LM, Sreekrishnanilayam K, Natarajaseenivasan K, Vallem S, Force T, Choi ET, Cheung JY, Madesh M (2013) MICU1 motifs define mitochondrial calcium uniporter binding and activity. Cell Reports 5: 1-13 (IF: 8.032). 47

12. Jeyaraj M, Arun R , Sathishkumar G, MubarakAli D, Rajesh M, Sivanandhan G, Kapildeh G, Manickavasagam M, Thajuddin N and Ganapathi A (2013) An evidence on G2/M arrest DNA damage and caspase mediated apoptotic effect of biosynthesized gold nanoparticles on human cervical carcinoma cells (HeLa). Materials Research Bulletin52: 15 - 24 (IF-1.968). 13. Jeyaraj M, Sathishkumar G, Sivanandhan G, MubarakAli D, Rajesh M, Arun R, Kapildev G, Manickavasagam M, Thajuddin N, Premkumar K and Ganapathi A (2013) Biogenic production of silver nanoparticles using Sesbania grandi flora for cancer treatment: An experimental report. Journal of Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 106: 86 - 92, (IF: 4.287). 14. Kumar MS, Praveenkumar R, Ilavarasi A, Rajeshwari K and Thajuddin N (2013) Biochemical changes of fresh water cyanobacteria Dolichospermum flos-aquae NTMS07 to chromium- induced stress with special reference to antioxidant enzymes and cellular fatty acids. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 90: 730 – 735 (IF: 1.216). 15. Latha S and Dhanasekaran D (2013) Antibacterial and extracellular enzyme activities of gut Actinobacteria isolated from Gallus gallus domesticus and Capra hircus.Journal ofChemical and Pharmaceutical Research 5 (11): 379-385. 16. Lohitesh K, Karthick V, Dhanasekaran D, Rao Sethumadhavan V, Shanthi and Ramanathan K (2013) Prediction of Functional loss of human TWIK-related spinal cord K+ gene associated with migraine disease using nanoseconds simulation study.Journal of Bionanoscience 7 (6): 654-659. 17. Moorthy K, Punitha T, Vinodhini R, Sureshkumar BT, Vijayalakshmi P and Thajuddin N (2013) Antimicrobial activity and qualitative phytochemical analysis of Punica granatumLinn. (PERICARP).Journal of Medicinal Plants Research 7(9): 474 – 479. 18. Mubarak Ali D, Arun Kumar J, Rahuman Sheriff M, Pandiaraj D, Sheik Syed Ishack KA and Thajuddin N (2013) Fabrication of Silver Nanoparticles with Cotton for Antibacterial Wound Dressing. Journal of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology 1 (1): 78-82. 19. Muralitharan G and Thajuddin N (2013) Genetic heterogeneity of marine Oscillatoriales revealed by 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Phykos 43(1): 8 – 21. 20. Parveez Ahamed A, Mubarak Ali D, Ilavarasi A and Thajuddin N (2013) Evaluation of Guanidium Thiocyanate as a Chemical Mutagen on the Expression of Nitrate Reductase Gene (NR) in Chlorella sp. NTMP04. American-Eurasian Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences 13 (1): 134-138. 21. Reehana N, Parveez Ahamed A and Thajuddin N (2013) Phylogenetic characterization and homology modelling of C-Phycocyanin gene from Oscillatoria nigroviridis NTRI01. Phykos43 (1): 39 – 45. 22. Reehana N, Parveez Ahamed A, Mubarak Ali D, Suresh A, Arvind Kumar R and Thajuddin N (2013) Structure based computational analysis and molecular phylogeny of C- Phycocyanin gene from the selected cyanobacteria. World Academy of Science, Engineer&Technology 7(1): 12-16. 48

23. Shanmughapriya S, Sudhakar S, Seshachalam A, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2013)Polymorphism and overexpression of HER2/neu among ovarian carcinoma women from Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu, India. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics (IF: 2.236). 24. Shyam Kumar R, Al-Hemaid FMA, Al-Dhabi NA, Muthukumar C, Ajmal Ali M and Thajuddin N (2013) Distribution of Epiphytic Cyanobacteria on Lichens from Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu. India. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology7(1): 505-514 (IF: 0.054). 25. Saha S, Dhanasekaran D, Shanmugapriya S and Latha S (2013) Nocardiopsis sp. SD5: A potent feather degrading rare actinobacterium isolated from feather waste in Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Basic Microbiology 53, 608–616 (IF 1.585) 26. Thankappan B, Jeyarajan S, Hiroaki S, Anbarasu K, Natarajaseenivasan K, Fujii N (2013) Antimicrobial and antibiofilm activity of designed and synthesized antimicrobial peptide, KABT-AMP. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 170 (5): 1184-1193 (IF: 1.429). 27. Vedhagiri K, Velineni S, Timoney JF, Shanmughapriya S, Vijayachari P, Narayanan R, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2013) Detection of LipL32 specific IgM by ELISA in sera of patients with a clinical diagnosis of leptospirosis. Pathogens and Global Health 107: 130-135. 28. Shanmughapriya S, Vasanthi N, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2013) BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations in the Ovarian Cancer Population across Race and Ethnicity: Special Reference to Asia. Oncology 84: 224-236. 29. Kovendan K, Murugan K, Mahesh Kumar P, Thiyagarajan P and William SJ (2013) Ovicidal, repellent, adulticidal and field evaluations of plant extact against dengue malaria and filarial vectors. Parasitology Research 112: 1205-1219. 30. Suresh A, Praveenkumar R, Thangaraj R, Lewis-Oscar F, Dhanasekaran D and Thajuddin N (2014) Microalgal fatty acid methyl ester a new source of bioactive compounds with anitimicrobial activity. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease 4 (2): S979-S984. 31. Suresh A, Praveenkumar R, Thangaraj R, Lewis Oscar F, Baldev E, Dhanasekaran D, Thajuddina N (2014) Microalgal fatty acid methyl ester a new source of bioactive compounds with antimicrobial activity. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease 4(2): S979–S984. 32. Sureshkumar BT, Shanmughapriya S, DayBC, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2014) A population based study on the prevalence of human papilloma virus from three districts of Tamil Nadu, South India. International J Gynecology and Obstetrics 129 (1): 58-61 (IF: 2.17). 33. Thankappan B, Ramesh D, Ramkumar S, Natarajaseenivasan K, Anbarasu K (2014) Characterization of Bacillus sp. from the gastrointestinal tract of Labeorohita – Towards to identify novel probiotics against fish pathogens.Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 175(1): 340-353. DOI: 10.1007/s1 2010-014-1270-y (IF: 1.797). 34. Upadhyaya A, Nagasatya A, Thajuddin N, Paneerselvam A, Giridhara U (2014) Mutation studies on Streptomyces for amphotericin B yield improvement. Indian J Microbiol Res 1 (1): 56-59. 49

35. Balasubramanian V, Natarajan K, Rajesh Kannan V and Perumal P (2014) Enhancement of in vitro high density polyethylene (HDPE) degradation by physical chemical and biological treatments. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 21 (21): 12549-62 36. Velmurugan K, Prabhu J, Rajesh Kannan V, Nandhakumar R (2014) Antimicrobial activity of different solvent extracts of the leaves and stem of Mappiafoetida. Biotechnology: An Indian Journal 9(4): 143-146. 37. Vijayakumar R, Panneerselvam A and Thajuddin N (2014) Diversity of bioactive compound producing actinobacteria isolated from natural disaster affected marine environments.Journal of Scientific Transactions in Environment and Technovation 8(1): 27 – 32. 38. Vijayalakshmi S, Panneerselvam A, Vijayakumar N, Savery MA and Thajuddin N (2014) Diversity of endophytic and rhizosphere soil fungi of Suaeda monica in Maravakadu mangrove forest. International Journal of Current Research 6(3): 5343-5345. 39. Vijayalakshmi S, Panneerselvam A, Vijayakumar N, Mohan A, Savery MA and Thajuddin N (2014) Diversity of endophytic and rhizosphere soil fungi of Avicennia marinain Maravakadu mangrove forest.IOSR J Pharmacy & Biological Sciences 9 (2): 24 - 28. 40. Vijayan D, Manivannan K, Santhoshkumar S, Pandiaraj D, MohamedImran M, Thajuddin N, Kala K and Ilyas MHM (2014) Depiction of microalgal diversity in Gundur Lake Tiruchirappalli District, Tamil Nadu South India. Asian Journal of Biological Sciences 7(3): 111 - 121. 41. Vinothkanna A, Manivannan SP, Muralitharan G and Sekar S (2014) In silico probing of anti- arthritic potential of traditionally fermented ayurvedic polyherbal product Balarishta reveals lupeol and desulphosinigrin as efficient interacting components with UREC. Int J Pharm Pharm Sci 6 (10): 469-475. 42. Abdhul K, Ganesh M, Shanmughapriya S, Kanagavel M, Anbarasu K, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2014) Antioxidant activity of exopolysaccharide from probiotic strain Enterococcus faecium (BDU7) from Ngari. International J Biological Macromolecules. 70: 450-454 (IF: 3.909). 43. Amaresan N, Jayakumar V and Thajuddin N (2014) Isolation and characterization of endophytic bacteria associated with chilli (Capsicum annuum) grown in coastal agricultural ecosystem. Indian Journal of Biotechnology 13: 247-255 (IF: 0.51). 44. Balaperiasamy B, Parveez Ahamed A, Thajuddin N, Panneerselvam A (2014) Evaluation of Hypericum wightianum Wall.ex Wight and Arn extracts for antibacterial activity against human pathogens. International Journal of Current Research 6(9): 8669-8672 45. Baldev E, MubarakAli D and Thajuddin N (2014) Role of microalgae in dye degradation. Journal of Scientific Transactions in Environment and Technovation 8(1): 1 – 8. 46. Baldev E, MubarakAli D, Dhivya M, SulaimanAli Alharbiand Thajuddin N (2014) Facile and novel strategy for methods of extraction of biofuel grade lipids from microalgae- an experimental report.Int J Biotechnology for Wellness Industries 3: 121-127. 50

47. Biswas DD, Pal S, Mitra P, Dhanasekaran D, Ranjani A, Gayathri L, Akbarsha MA and Kole N (2014) A novel trinuclear zinc-Schiff base complex: Bio-catalytic activity and cytotoxicity. European J Inorganic Chemistry 21: 3350-3358 (IF:3.12) 48. Chandraleka S, Ramy K, Chandramohan G, Dhanasekaran D and Panneerselvam A (2014) Antimicrobial mechanism of copper (II) phenanthroline and bipyridyl complex on bacterial and fungal pathogens. Journal of Saudi Chemical Society 18(6): 953-962 (IF 1.978) 49. Dhanasekaran D, Sharon R, Alharbi NS, Arunachalam C, Alharbi SA and Thajuddin N (2014) Characterization and Identification of Biofilm Forming Bacterial Isolate Shewanellasp DDR4. Journal of Advanced Microbiology 1 (2): 96 – 106. 50. Dhanasekaran D, Thajuddin N, Panneerselvam A, Chandraleka S (2014) Isolation characterization of antibacterial methyl substituted β-Lactum compound from Streptomyces noursei DPTD21 in Saltpan Soil India. J Biologically Active Products from Nature 4(2): 71-88. 51. Dhanasekaran D, Vinothini K, Latha S, Thajuddin N and Panneerselvam A (2014) Human dental biofilm Screening characterization in vitro biofilm formation and antifungal resistance of Candida spp. The Saudi Journal of Dental Sciences 5: 55 – 70. 52. Dhanasekaran D and Thangaraj R (2014) Microbial secondary metabolites are an alternative approaches against insect vector to prevent zoonotic diseases. Asian Pac. J. Trop. Dis 4 (4): 253-261. 53. Borah D, Rout J and Thajuddin N (2014) Polyphasic characterization of Nostoc commune (Cyanobacteria, Nostocaceae) isolated from rice growing agro-ecosystems of Dima Hasao district of Assam, North-East India.Phytotaxa 161 (2): 111–120 (IF: 1.797). 54. Dineshkumar S, Santhanam P, Lewis-Oscar F and Thajuddin N (2014)A dual role of marine microalga Chlorella sp (PSDK01) in aquaculture effluent with emphasis on initial population density. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering 40(1):29-35 (IF 0.39). 55. Faritha A, Nasser AJA, Parveez Ahamed A and Thajuddin N (2014) Synthesis, characterization and antimicrobial evaluation of certain Pyrazolines. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Bio-Science 3(5): 516-527. 56. Faritha A, Nasser AJA, Parveez Ahamed A and Thajuddin N (2014) Synthesis characterization and biological activity of certain Pyrazole derivatives.Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research 6(9):189-193. 57. Priyadarshani I, Thajuddin N and Rath B (2014) Influence of aeration and light on biomass production and protein content of four species of marine cyanobacteria of Odisha coast. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences3(12): 173-182 58. Kanagavel M, Shanmughapriya S, Anbarasu K, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2014) B cell specific peptides of Leptospira interrogans LigA for the diagnosis of cases with acute leptospirosis. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 21 (3): 354-359 (IF: 2.598). 51

59. Kannan K, Vijayan D, Mubarak Ali D, Praveenkumar R, Parveez Ahamed A and Thajuddin N (2014) Evidence-based analysis of novel symbiotic and epiphytic cyanobacteria associated with Azolla by cyto and molecular taxonomy. Biotechnology 13(20): 46 – 53. 60. Karthikeyan K, Manivannan P, Rajesh D, Muthukumar S, Muralitharan G, Akbarsha MA and Archunan G (2014) Identification of p-cresol as an estrus-specific volatile in Buffalo saliva comparative docking analysis of buffalo OBP and β-lactoglobulin with p-cresol. Zoological Sciences 31 (1):31-36. 61. Kiran GS, Sabarathnam B, Thajuddin N and Selvin J (2014) Production of Glycolipid Biosurfactant from Sponge-Associated Marine Actinobacterium Brachybacteriumparaconglomeratum MSA21. J Surfact Deterg 17: 531 – 542 (IF 1.514). 62. Kumar MS, Praveenkumar R, Jeon BH and Thajuddin N (2014)Chlorpyrifos induced changes in the antioxidants and fatty acid compositions of Chroococcus turgidus NTMS12.Letters in Applied Microbiology 59(5): 535-541 (IF: 1.659). 63. LewisOscar F, Bakkiyaraj D, Nithya C, Thajuddin N (2014) Deciphering the Diversity of Microalgal Bloom in Wastewater-An Attempt to Construct Potential Consortia for Bioremediation. Journal of Current Perspectives in Applied Microbiology 3(2): 92-96. 64. Manivannan P. and Muralitharan G (2014) Molecular modeling of ABC transporter system – permease proteins from Microcoleus chthonoplastes PCC 7420 for effective binding against secreted aspartyl proteinases in Candida albicans-a therapeutic intervention. Interdiscip Sci Comput Life Sci 6: 63-70. 65. Imran M, Reehana N, Muralitharan G and Thajuddin N (2014) Molecular phylogeny and in silico analysis of 18S rRNA genes from selected microalgal cultures. Seaweed Research and Utilization 36 (1&2): 126 – 135. 66. Moorthy K, Vinodhini R, Senthilkumar B, Punitha T, Senbagam D and Thajuddin N (2014) Phytochemical analysis in-vitro anti-microbial activity of Indian medicinal ferns Adiantum lunulatum and Hemionitis arifolia.Journal of Pharmacy Research 8(11):1671-1676. 67. Nithya C, LewisOscar F, Kanaga S, Kavitha R, Bakkiyaraj D, Arunkumar M, Naiyf S, Alharbi, Chinnathambi A, Ali Alharbi S, and Thajuddin N (2014) Biofilm inhibitory potential of Chlamydomonas sp. extract against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.J Algal Biomass Utln 5 (4): 74- 81. 68. Nithya M, Ambikapathy V, Panneerselvam A and Thajuddin N (2014) Anti tumour activity of different extracts of Ganoderma lucidum (Curt. FR.) P. Karst.World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research3(4): 2204-2214. 69. Prabhakaran SG, Shanmughapriya S, Dhanapaul S, James A, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2014) Risk factors associated with rural and urban epidemics of Leptospirosis in Tiruchirappalli District of Tamil Nadu, India. J Public Health 22(4): 323-333 (IF: 2.296). 70. Prabhu N, Meera J, Alwin RA, Natarajaseenivasan K (2014) In vitro antileptospiral activity of chloroform extract of Piper betleL. World J Pharmaceutical Sciences 2: 711-715. 52

71. Prabhu N, Meera J, Bharanidharan G, Natarajaseenivasan K, Ismail M, Uma A (2014) Knowledge Attitude and Practice towards Leptospirosis among municipal workers in Tiruchirappalli, India.Int J Pharma Research and Health Sciences 2: 246-254. 72. Prabhu N, Natarajaseenivasan K, Joseph PID (2014) Importance of serological analysis – an interpreter of identifying infecting serovar in patients with leptospirosis. Medical Science 8: 27-31. 73. Prabhu N, Natarajaseenivasan K, Uma A, Thirumalaikolundusubramanian P, Joseph PID (2014) Leptospirosis now epidemiology progress challenges and research gaps. Elixir Human Physiology 67: 21173-21179. 74. Priya E, Thenmozhi R, Nagasathya A, Thajuddin N and Muralitharan G (2014) Diversity of Actinobacteria in Mangrove Ecosystem of Muthupet India. Int Res J Envi Sci3(4): 13-17. 75. Priya E, Thenmozhi R, Nagasathya A, Praveen Kumar D, Thajuddin N and Muralitharan G (2014) Antagonistic potential of Streptomyces flavomacrosporus GACMPT-57 against plant pathogens. J Microbiol Biotech Res 4(1): 68-73. 76. Priyadharsini P, Gopinath PM, Megala S, and Dhanasekaran D (2014) Medium optimization for herbicidal compound production from Streptomyces anulatus using the Response surface methodology.J. Sci. Environ. Technov 8 (1): 20-26. 77. Ramanathan K, Shanthi V, Upadhyay Pratik V, Karthick and Dhanasekaran D (2014) Computational analysis of amprenavir resistance triple mutant (V32I, I47V and V82I) in HIV-1 protease. Netw Model Anal Health Inform Bioinforma3: 48 78. Ramkumar S, Fujii N, Thankappan B, Sakaue H, Ingu K, Natarajaseenivasan K, Anbarasu K (2014)Comparison of effect of gamma ray irradiatin on wild-type and N-terminal mutants of A-crystallin. Molecular Vision 20: 1002-1016 (IF: 2.245). 79. Rasheed MU, Jamil, Kaisar, Thajuddin N, Pasupuleti M, Parveez Ahamed A, and Muthukumerasan KP (2014) Distribution of the stx1, stx2 and hlyA genes: Antibiotic profiling in Shiga-toxigenic E. coli strains isolated from food sources. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 3(5): 348 – 361 (IF: 1.594). 80. Rasheed MU, Thajuddin N, Parveez Ahamed A, Teklemarium Z and Jamil K (2014) Antimicrobial drug resistance in strains of Escherichia coli isolated from food sources.Rev Inst Med Trop SaoPaulo 56(4):341-346 (IF: 0.907). 81. Rekha D, Panneerselvam A and Thajuddin N (2014) Studies on medicinal plants of A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College Campus, Thanjavur District of Tamil Nadu, Southern India.World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 3(5): 785-820. 82. Sameer S, Vijayachari P, Sugunan AP, Subarna Roy, Natarajaseenivasan K (2014) Seroprevalence and carrier status for leptospirosis in cattle and goats in Andaman Island, India. J Veterinary Science & Technology 5: 5 53

83. Shanmughapriya S, SornaKumari H, Lency A, Kavitha S, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2014) Synergistic effect of amphotericin B and tyrosol on the biofilm formed by Candida kruseiand Candida tropicalis from intra uterine device users. Medical Mycology 52(8): 853-861 (IF: 2.8). 84. Thiyagarajan P, Mahesh kumar P, Kovendan K and Murugan K (2014) Effect of medicinal plant and microbial insecticides for the sustainable mosquito vector control. Acta Biologica Indica 3(1): 527-535

85. Thiyagarajan P, Mahesh kumar P, Murugan K and Kovendan K (2014) Mosquito larvicidal, pupicidal and field evaluation of microbial insecticide, Verticillium lecanii against the malarial vector Anopheles stephensi.Acta Biologica Indica 3(1): 541-548. 86. Siva G, Sivakumar S, Premkumar G, Vigneshwaran M, Vinoth S, Muthamilselvan A, Parveez A, Manivannan A, Rajeshkumar KR, Thajuddin N, Senthikumar T and Jayabalan N (2015) Optimization of elicitation condition with Jasmonic acid, characterization and antimicrobial activity of Psoralen from direct regenerated plants of Psoralea corylifolia. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 4: 624–631 (IF: 0.901). 87. Tamilvani T, Solomon KE and Rajesh Kannan V (2015) Biodegradation of Fluoride ontaminated soil and water in Dharmapuri District of Tamil Nadu, India. CIB Tech Journal of Microbiology4(1):78-84. 88. Thajuddin N, Ilavarasi A, Baldev E, MubarakAli D, Naiyf S, Alharbi, Arunachalam C and Sulaiman Ali Alharbi (2015) Stress Induced Lipids Accumulation in Naviculoid Marine Diatoms for Bioenergy Application.IntJ Biotechnology for Wellness Industries. 4: 18-24. 89. Thangaraj R, Santhoshkumar S, Dhanasekaran, D, Kala K, Naiyf S, Alharbi, Arunachalam C, Sulaiman Ali Alharbi and Thajuddin N (2015) Evaluation of antibacterial activity of zinc oxide nanoparticles synthesized using phycobilins of Anabaena sp. NTSS17. Journal of Coastal Life Medicine 3(12): 944 - 949. 90. Thennarasu V, Thajuddin N and Panneerselvam A (2015) Antibacterial activity of Penicillium spinulosum TTMF2 isolated from marine soils of Chidiya Tapu in Andaman and Nicobar Islands India.World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 4(5): 2577-2587. 91. Thirumalairaj J, Shanmugasundaram T, Sivasankari K, Natarajaseenivasan K, Balagurunathan R (2015) Isolation Screening and Characterization of potent marine Streptomyces sp. PM105 against antibiotic resistant pathogens. Asian J Pharmaceutical & Clinical Research. 8: 439-443. 92. Rajesh Kannan V, Sithara S and Chandru S (2015) Proportional analysis of Leghaemoglobin concentration in various nodulating plants and intuitive Rhizobium species. European Journal of Experimental Biology 5(4):15-23. 93. Vanithamani S, Shanmughapriya S, Narayanan R, Raja V, Kanagavel M, Sivasankari K, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2015) Lipopolysaccharide specific immunochromatography based lateral flow assay for serogroup specific diagnosis of leptospirosis.PloS One10(9): e0137130. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137130 (IF: 2.76). 54

94. Verma B, Kumar P, Karthik,L, Dhanasekaran D, Babalola OO and SP Banakar (2015) Gas Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry analysis and antibacterial activity of bluish-green pigment from Pseudomonas sp. JJTBVK (KF836502).Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology 58(4): 628-635. 95. Abdhul K, Ganesh M, Shanmughapriya S, Vanithamani S, Kanagavel M, Anbarasu K, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2015) Bacteriocinogenic potential of a probiotic strain Bacillus coagulans [BDU3] from Ngari. Int J Biological Macromolecules 79: 800 - 809 (IF: 3.909). 96. Anahas AMP, Muralitharan G (2015) Isolation and screening of heterocystous cyanobacterial strains for biodiesel production by evaluating the fuel properties from fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) profiles. Bioresour Technol 184: 9-17. 97. Arunkumar G, Robert Antony A and Rajesh Kannan V (2015) Exploration of endophytic microorganisms from selected medicinal plants and their control potential to multi drug resistance pathogens. Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies 3(1): 27-29. 98. Baldev E, MubarakAli D, Dinesh Kumar R and Thajuddin N (2015) Molecular Phylogeny of Morphologically Diverse Cyanobacteria Based on Ribosomal Conserved Sequence. Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 8 (5): 188-197. 99. Baldev E, Pandiaraj D, Shriraman R. V, MubarakAli D, Alharbi NS and Thajuddin N (2015) Extraction and partial characterization of exopolysaccharides from marine cyanobacteria and their flocculation property. Research Journal of Environmental Sciences, 9(1): 28 - 38. 100. Bhuvaneswari M, Shanmughapriya S, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2015) Prevalence of Multidrug- Resistance (MDR) Salmonella enteritidis in Poultry and Backyard Chickens from Tiruchirappalli, India.Microbiology Journal 5: 28-35. 101. Nivas D, Ramesh N, KrishnaKumar V, Rajesh P, King Solomon P and Rajesh Kannan V (2015) Distribution Isolation and Characterization of Potential Therapeutic Bacteriophages for MDR and ESBL Producing Pathogens from Hospital Effluents. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research 8(2): 384-389. 102. Dey D, Basuroy A, Ranjani A, Gayathri L, Chandraleka S, Dhanasekaran D, Akbarsha MA, shen Cy, Tsai HL, Maji M, Kole N and Bhaskar B (2015) Synthesis and bio-catalytic activity of isostructural cobalt(III)-phenanthroline complexes. J. Chem. Sci 127 (4): 649–661 (IF-1.19). 103. King Solomon E and Rajesh Kannan V (2015) Persistence and Enzymatic Activities Assessments of Larvicidal Crystal Proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis Bollgard II Cotton in Bioinoculant Rhizosphere Soils. International Journal of Advanced Research 3(2): 555-562. 104. Enthumathi R, Shanmughapriya S, Sumathi S, Das BC, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2015) Prevalence of Human papillomavirus, Cytomegalovirus and Chlamydia trachomatis among women with normal cervical cytology and their impact on TLRs expression. Research J Obstetrics and Gynecology 8(1): 1-8. DOI: 10.3923/rjog. 105. Ganesh M, Senthamarai A, Shanmughapriya S, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2015) Effective production of low crystallinity Poly (3-Hydroxybutyrate) by recombinant E. coli strain JM109 using crude glycerol as sole carbon source. Bioresour Technol 192: 677-681 (IF: 5.8). 55

106. Gayathri M, Kumar PS, Prabha AML and Muralitharan G (2015) In vitro regeneration of Arachis hypogaea L. and Moringa oleifera Lam. using extracellular phytohormones from Aphanothece sp. MBDU 515. Algal Research 7:100-105. 107. Gayathri L, Dhanasekaran D, Akbarsha MA (2015) Scientific concepts and applications of integrated discrete multiple organ co-culture technology. J Pharmacology Pharmacotherapeutics 6 (2): 63-70. 108. Gayathri L, Dhivy R, Dhanasekaran D, Periasamy VS, Alshatwi AA and Akbarsha MA (2015) Hepatotoxic effect of ochratoxin A and citrinin, alone and in combination, and protective effect of vitamin E: in vitro study in HepG2 cell. Food and Chemical Toxicology 83: 151-163 (IF 2.8). 109. Gopinath PM, Dhanasekaran D, Ranjani A, Thajuddin N, Akbarsha MA, Velmurugan M Panneerselvam A (2015) Optimization of sporicidal activity and environmental Bacillus endospores decontamination by biogenic silver nanoparticles.Future Microbiology 10(5): 725- 741 (IF: 3.89). 110. Gopinath PM, Narchonai G, Dhanasekaran D, Ranjani A, Thajuddin N (2015) Mycosynthesis characterization and antibacterial properties of AgNPs against multidrug resistant (MDR) bacterial pathogens of female infertility cases. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 10: 138-145 (IF: 0.218). 111. Jeyaraj N, Ravikumar S, Pandiaraj D, Santhanam P and Thajuddin N (2015) Occurrence of Trichodesmium erythraeum bloom in the Gulf of Mannar Southeast coast of India.International Journal of Current Research and Development3 (2): 1-10. 112. Kumari RP, Ramkumar S, Thankappan B, Natarajaseenivasan K, Balaji S, Anbarasu K (2015) Transcriptional regulation of crystalline, redox, and apoptotic genes by C-Phycocyanin in the selenite-induced cataractogenic rat model. Molecular Vision 14; 21-26 (IF: 2.45). 113. Latha S, Vinothini G and Dhanasekaran D (2015) Chromium [Cr(VI)] biosorption property of the newly isolated actinobacterial probiont Streptomyces werraensis LD22. 3 Biotech 5(4): 423-432 (IF: 1.36) 114. LewisOscar F, Nithya C, Bakkiyaraj D, Arunkumar M, Naiyf S, Alharbi and Thajuddin N (2015) Biofilm inhibitory effect of Spirulina platensis extracts on bacteria of clinical significance. PNAS Biological Sciences 87 (2): 537-544 (IF: 0.36). 115. Lewis-Oscar F, Bakkiyaraj D, Nithya C and Thajuddin N (2015) Deciphering the diversity of Microalgal bloom in wastewater – An attempt to construct potential consortia for bioremediation. J Current Perspectives in Applied Microbiology 3(2): 92-96. 116. LewisOscar F, Bakkiyaraj D, MubarakAli D, Nithya C, Priyanka R, Gopinath V, Naif S. Alharbi, Thajuddin N (2015) One pot synthesis and antibiofilm potential of copper nanoparticles (CuNPs) against clinical strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Biofouling 31 (4): 379-391 (IF:2.786) 56

117. LewisOscar F, Praveenkuma R and Thajuddin N (2015) Bioethanol production using starch extracted from microalga Stigeoclonium sp BUM11007 cultivated in domestic wastewater. Research Journal of Environmental Sciences 9 (5): 216-224. 118. Tharanya M, Vadakkan K, Hempriya J, Rajesh Kannan V and Vijayanand S (2015) Biogenic Approach for the Synthesis of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Using a Halophilic Bacterial Isolate-Chromohalobacter salexigens Strain PMT-1. International Journal of Current Research and Academic Review 3(10): 334-342. 119. Manivannan N, Udhayakumar G, Gnanadesigan M, Thajuddin N, Daniel T, Sivakumar VK, Thanighaiarassu RR, Raghunathan D and Sivamani P (2015) Effects of biofertilizer enriched vermicompost on the growth parameters of Vigna unguiculata (L.). Int J Scientific Research 4(10): 129 – 132. 120. Manivannan N, Udhayakumar G, Ravishankar R, Thajuddin N, Thilagavathy D, Thanighaiarassu RR, Sivamani P and Raghunathan D (2015) Study on vermicast microflora of Eudrilus eugeniae using different leaf litters.Eur J Pharmaceutical & Medical Research 2(5): 826-835. 121. Moorthy K, Punitha T, Vinodhini R, Suresh M, Shonga A, Tomass Z and Thajuddin N (2015) Efficacy of different solvent extracts of Aristolochia krisagathra and Thottea ponmudiana for potential antimicrobial activity. Journal of pharmacy 9(1): 35-40 122. MubarakAli D, Thajuddin N (2015) Factors inhibiting the Education specialists Agents in transferring technology from lab to land in India. Asian J Scientific Research 8(2): 134-141. 123. MubarakAli D, Arunkumar J, Pooja P, Subramanian G, Thajuddin N and Alharbi NS (2015) Synthesis and characterization of biocompatible tenorite nanoparticles for implant coating with potential property against biofilm formation. Saudi Pharmaceutical J23: 421–428 (IF 1.0). 124. Muthukumar C, Panneerselvam A, Vijayakumar R, Nithya K, Dhanasekaran D, Thajuddin N and Saravanamuthu R (2015) Diversity of wood inhabiting fungi from Muthupet mangrove environs of Tamil Nadu. Scientific Transactions in Environment and Technovations 9(1): 42-49. 125. Narayanan R, Sumathi G, Prabhakaran SG, Shanmughapriya S, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2015) Pediatric leptospirosis a population based case-control study from Chennai, India. Indian J Medical Microbiology 34: 228-232 (IF: 1.1). 126. Nithya K, Muthukumar C, DuraipandiyanV, Dhanasekaran D and Thajuddin N (2015) Diversity and antimicrobial potential of culturable actinobacteria from desert soils of Saudi Arabia. J Pharm Sci & Res 7(3): 117-122. 127. Padmavathi AR, Bakkiyaraj D, Thajuddin N, Pandian SK (2015) Effect of 2, 4-di-tert- butylphenol on the growth and biofilm formation of an opportunistic fungus Candida albicans. Biofouling 31(7): 565–574 (IF: 3.701). 128. Palash M, Sanjay R, Gayathri L, Bitapi M, Dhanasekaran DS, Chattopadhyay MA. Akbarsha, Partha Sarathi G, Partha Sarathi S (2015) 1-Amino-4-hydroxy-9, 10-anthraquinone-an analogue of anthracycline anticancer drugs, interacts with DNA and induces apoptosis in human MDA-MB-231 breast adinocarcinoma cells: Evaluation of structure-activity 57

relationship using computational, spectroscopic and biochemical studies. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports 4: 312–323. 129. Prabha T, King Solomon E, Rajesh Kannan V and Senthil Kumar R (2015) Competence of Trichoderma viride as Biocontrol Agent against Soil Borne Fusarium oxysporum Wilt Disease on Onion Crop.Eur J Environmental Ecology 2(2):72-77. 130. Prabhu N, Natarajaseenivasan K, Joseph PID (2015) Survey of leptospiral pathogens carried by rodents at different areas of Tiruchirappalli, India. Int J Extensive Research 6: 26-31. 131. Prabhusaran N, Natarajaseenivasan K, Joseph PID (2015) Appearance of black pigments in the EMJH semisolid medium – cultural confusion.European J Pharmaceutical and Medical Research. 2: 864-872 (IF: 4.89). 132. Prabhusaran N, Natarajaseenivasan K, Joseph PID (2015) Poor garbage management: a major source of emergence of leptospirosis and other infectious diseases. Ewemen J Epidemiology and Clinical Medicine. 1: 1-6. 133. Priyadharsini P and Dhanasekaran D (2015) Diversity of soil Allelopathic Actinobacteria in Tiruchirappalli district Tamil Nadu, India. J Saudi Society Agricultural Sci 14(1):54–60. 134. Raja V and Natarajaseenivasan K* (2015) Pathogenic, Diagnostic and Vaccine potential of Leptospiral outer membrane proteins (OMPs). Critical Rev Microbiology 41: 1-17 (IF: 6.02). 135. Raja V, Shanmughapriya S, Kanagavel M, Artiushin SC, Velineni S, Timoney JF, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2015) In vivo expressed proteins of virulent Leptospira interrogans serovar Autumnalis N2 elicit strong IgM responses of value in early diagnosis. Clinical & Vaccine Immunology 23: 65-72 (IF: 2.8). 136. Sangeetha Devi R, Rajesh Kannan V, Nivas D, Kannan K, Chandru S and Antony RA (2015) Biodegradation of HDPE by Aspergillus spp. from Marine Ecosystem of Gulf of Mannar, India. Marine Pollution Bulletin 96: 32–40. 137. Rajesh D, Muthukumar S, Siva D, Saibaba S, Dhanasekaran D and Archunan G (2015) Examining and elucidation of human weight cycle model adopting e-cell simulation system. Bioinformation 11(7): 336-342. 138. Rajesh K, Dhanasekaran D and Tyagi BK (2015) Mosquito survey and larvicidal activity of actinobacterial isolates against Culex larvae (Diptera: Culicidae).Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences 14, 116–122 139. Ramkumar S, Fujii N, Sakaue H, Fujii N, Thankappan B, Kumari RP, Natarajaseenivasan K, Anbarasu K (2015) Real-time heterogeneous protein-protein interaction between A- crystallin N-terminal mutants and B-crystallin using quartz crystal microbalance (QCM). Amino Acids 47 (5): 1035-1043 (IF: 2.906). 140. Ramkumar S, Thankappan B, Fujii N, Natarajaseenivasan K, Anbarasu K (2015) Interaction of A-crystallin F71L mutant with wild type A and B-crystallins by mammalian two hybrid assay. International J Biological Macromolecules 76: 102-108 (IF: 3.909). 58

141. Ramya VP and Muralitharan G (2015) Cyanobacterial biodiversity in freshwater habitats of Tiruchirappalli district, Tamil Nadu, India.J Current Perspectives in Applied Microbiology 4(2): 26-33. 142. Saravanakumar K, MubarakAli D, Kathiresan K, Thajuddin N, Alharbi NS and Jie Chen (2015) Biogenic metallic nanoparticles as catalyst for bioelectricity production: a novel approach in microbial fuel cells. Materials Science and EngineeringB 203: 27-34 (IF: 2.136). 143. Sethupathy S, Nithya C and Pandian SK (2015) 2-furaldehyde diethyl acetal from tender coconut water (Cocos nucifera L: Arecaceae) attenuates biofilm formation and quorum sensing-mediated virulence of Chromobacterium violaceum and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Biofouling 31 (9-10), 721-733 (IF: 2.786). 144. Shalini ASS, Amaladasan M, Prasannabalaji N, Revathi, J and Muralitharan G (2015) Synthesis, characterization, and antimicrobial studies on 13-membered-N6-macrocyclic transition metal complexes containing trimethoprim. Arabian Journal of Chemistry 145. Kanagavel M, PrincyMargreat AA, Arunkumar M, Prabhakaran SG, Shanmughapriya S, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2016) Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) of leptospiral strains isolated from two geographic locations of Tamil Nadu, India. Infection Genetics and Evolution 37: 123-128 (IF: 2.5). 146. Nithya K, Muthukumar C, Duraipandiyan V, Dhanasekaran D and Thajuddin N (2015) Diversity and antimicrobial potential of culturable actinobacteria from desert soils of Saudi Arabia. J Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research 7(3): 117 – 122. 147. Nithya K, Muthukumar C, Dhanasekaran D, Shine K, Naiyf SA, Jamal MK and Thajuddin N (2016) Production, Optimization and Partial Characterization of Thermostable and Alkaline Amylase from Bacillus licheniformis KSU-6. Int J Agriculture & Biology 18 (6): 1188-1194 148. Prabhusaran N, Natarajaseenivasan K, Jospeh PID (2016) Clinical significance of serum hepcidin levels on early infectious complications in human leptospirosis. J Pharmaceutical and Biological Sciences 4: 104-110 (IF: 0.8). 149. Ranjani A, Gopinath PM, Rajesh K, Dhanasekaran D and Priyadharsini P (2016) Diversity of silver nanoparticle synthesizing actinobacteria isolated from marine soil, Tamil Nadu, India. Arab J Sci Eng 41(1): 25-32 (IF: 1.09). 150. Santhakumari S, Kannappan A, Pandian SK, Thajuddin N, Babu Rajendran R and Veera Ravi A (2016) Inhibitory effect of marine cyanobacterial extract on biofilm formation and virulence factors production of bacterial pathogens causing vibriosis in aquaculture. Journal of Applied Phycology 28: 313-324 (IF: 2.401). 151. Santhoshkumar S, Baldev E, Thangaraj R, Arulselvan C, Deepa K, Kala K, Panneerselvam A and Thajuddin N (2016) Microalgal diversity from different freshwater ponds around Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. Seaweed Res Utiln 38(1): 115 – 126. 152. Santhoshkumar S, Karthi C, Velayutham P, Jeyaprakash R, Thajuddin N and Kala K (2016) Effect of cyanobacterial extracellular products on mass propagation of Gloriosa superba L. through shoot apex explants. World J Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sci 5 (11): 1324-1334. 59

153. Shanmughapriya S, Lency A, Kavitha S, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2016) Prolonged Aminoglycoside Treatment for Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Associated Ovarian Carcinoma. Trends in Medical Research 1-5 (IF: 0.8). 154. Shanmughapriya S, Senthilkumar G, Arun S, Das BC, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2016) Risk factors for epithelial ovarian carcinoma in India: a case-control study in Low-incidence population. International J Cancer Research 1-8 (IF: 7.3). 155. Shine K, Kanimozhi K, Panneerselvam A, Muthukumar C and Thajuddin N (2016) Optimization of production and partial characterization of alkaline protease by newly isolated Bacillus subtilis strain RS2 from desert soil. J Environmental & Applied Bioresearch4 (1): 9 – 15. 156. Shine K, Kanimozhi K, Panneerselvam A, Muthukumar C, Thajuddin N (2016) Production and optimization of alkaline protease by Bacillus cereus RS3 isolated from desert soil.Int. J. Adv. Res. Biol. Sci 3(7): 193-202. 157. Sivasankari K, Shanmughapriya S, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2016) Leptospiral renal colonization status in asymptomatic rural population of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. Pathogens and Global Health 110: 209-215 (IF: 1.7). 158. Soundararajan S, Suresh A, Dhanasekaran D and Thajuddin N (2016) Diversity of microalgae from different water bodies around Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. Seaweed Res Utiln 38(1): 95 – 102. 159. Suresh M, Al-Aboody MS, Rath PK, Panneerselvam A and Thajuddin N (2016) Screening and antibacterial efficacy of selected Indian medicinal plants. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 6(3): 185 – 191 (IF: 1.062). 160. Thajamanbi M, Jayashree R and Thajuddin N (2016) Blue green algae from rice fields of karimganj district, Assam, North East India. Int J Life Sciences & Pharma Res 6(4): 25 – 34. 161. Thajamanbi M, Rout J and Thajuddin N (2016) Isolation and characterization of two cyanobacterial strains Calothrix sp. and Microchaete sp. from rice fields of Karimganj District, Assam, North East India. Current World Environment 11 (2): 399 – 405. 162. Thajuddin N and Muralitharan G (2016) PCR based DNA/rRNA fingerprinting and phylogeny of cyanobacteria. Seaweed Res Utiln 38(1): 137 – 147. 163. Amit D, Sanjay R, Palash M, Arup D, Kalachand M, Gayathri L, Dhanasekaran D, Sengupta PS, Akbarsha MA and Partha SG (2016) Studies on the interaction of 2-amino-3-hydroxy- anthraquinone with surfactant micelles reveal its nucleation in human MDA-MB-231 breast adinocarcinoma cells. RSC Advances 6: 28200-28212 (IF: 3.84). 164. Anita Kumari, Premlatha MM, Kanagavel M, Akino Mercy CS, Raja V, Shanmughapriya S, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2016) Evaluation of combined B cell specific N-terminal immunogenic domains of LipL21 for diagnosis of leptospirosis. International J Biological Macromolecules, 91: 465-471 (IF: 3.9). 165. Asha Parveen SM, Suganyaa B, Sathya MS, Margreat AA, Sivasankari K, Shanmughapriya S, Hoffman NE, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2016) Leptospirosis seroprevalence among blue metal 60

mine workers of Tamil Nadu, India. American J Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 95 (1): 38-42 (IF: 2.5). 166. Balaperiasamy B, Thajuddin N and Panneerselvam A (2016) Cytotoxic Activity and Apoptosis Induction of Hypericum wightianum Wall, Ex Wight & Arn. Int J Pharm Sci Rev Res 38(2): 232-237. 167. Baldev E, MubarakAli D and Thajuddin N (2016) Microalgal Biomass Production: Lab-to- Land practices in Bharathidasan University, India. ENVIS Newsletter 14(3): 2-4. 168. Borah D, Vimala N and Thajuddin N (2016) Biochemical composition and chemotaxonomy of cyanobacteria isolated from Assam, North-East India. Phykos 46 (2): 33-45. 169. Das S, Das B, Ranjani A, Gayathri G, Saha S, Pasan J, Dhanasekaran D, Akbarsha MA, Mali M and Biswas B (2016) Recognition of self-assembled water-nitrate cluster in a Co(III)-2,2- bipyridine host: Synthesis, X-ray structure, DNA cleavage, molecular docking and anticancer activity.J Chem Sci 125(11): 1755-1764 (IF: 1). 170. Dey D, Das S, Ram Yadav H, Ranjani A, Gayathri L, Roy S, Sarathi Guin P, Dhanasekaran D, Choudhury AR, Akbarsha MA and Bhaskar B (2016) Design of a mononuclear copper(II)- phenanthroline complex: Catecholoxidation, DNA cleavage and antitumor properties. Polyhedron 106: 106-114 (IF: 2.10). 171. Gopinath PM, Ranjani A, Dhanasekaran D, Thajuddin N, Archunan G, Akbarsha MA, Gulyas B and Padmanabhan P (2016) Multi-functional nano silver: A novel disruptive and theranostic agent for pathogenic organisms in real-time. Scientific Reports 6: 34058 (IF: 5.578). 172. Gopinath V, Priyadarshini S, MubarakAli D, Loke MF, Thajuddin N, Alharbi NS, Yadavalli T, Alagiri M and Vadivelu J (2016) Anti-Helicobacter pylori, cytotoxicity and catalytic activity of biosynthesizedgold nanoparticles: Multifaceted application. Arabian J Chemistry (In Press) 173. Haja Hameed AS, Karthikeyan C, ParveezAhamed A, Thajuddin N, Naiyf S, Alharbi ASA and Ravi G (2016) In vitro antibacterial activity of ZnO and Nd doped ZnO nanoparticles against ESBL producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumonia. Scientific Reports 6: 24312 174. Hemalatha A, Suresh A, Girija K, Thajuddin N and Anantharaman P (2016) Growth and biochemical composition of three cultured marine diatoms.Seaweed Res Utiln 38 (1): 155 – 160. 175. Hemalatha A, Suresh M, Girija K, Thajuddin N and Anantharaman P (2016) Growth and biochemical composition of three cultured marine diatoms. Seaweed Ressearch and Utilization 38(1): 155 – 160. 176. Ilangovan A, Sakthivel P, Sivasankari K, Akino Mercy CS, Natarajaseenivasan K (2017) Discovery of 6,7-dihydro-3H-pyrano[4,3-c]isoxazol-3-ones as a new class of pathogen specific anti-leptospiral agents. European J Medicinal Chemistry 125: 29-40 (IF: 1.9). 177. Imran MY, Reehana N, Jayaraj KA, Ahmad AA, Dhanasekaran D, Thajuddin N, Alharbi NS and Muralitharan G (2016) Statistical optimization of exo-ploysaccharide production by Lactobacillus plantarum NTM105 and NTM120. Int J Biol Macromol 93: 731-745. 61

178. Latha S, Vinothini G, Devadasan John DC and Dhanasekaran D (2016) In vitro probiotic profile based selection of indigenous actinobacterial probiont Streptomyces sp. JD9 for enhanced broiler production. J Bioscience & Bioengineering 121(1): 124-131 (IF: 1.869). 179. Lavania T, Baldev E and Thajuddin N (2016) Extraction and optimization of exopolysaccharide (EPS) from cyanobacterium Phormidium animale NTEL4 with special reference to its biotechnological potentials. Seaweed Res Utiln 38(1): 149 – 154. 180. Mubarak Ali D, LewisOscar F, Santhoshkumar S and Thajuddin N (2016) Bright field, dark field, phase-contrast and confocal laser scanning microscopic studies of morphologically diverse selected fresh water microalgae a comparative report. Phykos 46 (1): 40-51. 181. Satheesh Kumar M, Kabra N, Booki Min, El-Dalatony M, Xiong J, Thajuddin N, Lee DS and Jeon B (2016) Insecticides induced biochemical changes in freshwater microalga Chlamydomonas mexicana.Environ Sci Pollut Res 23(2): 1091-1099. 182. Muthukumar C, Panneerselvam A, Vijayakumar R, Nithya K, Dhanasekaran D, Thajuddin N and Saravanamuthu R (2016) Diversity of wood-inhabiting marine fungi from Muthupet Mangrove environs of Tamil Nadu, India. J Sci Trans Environ Technol 9(1): 42 – 49. 183. Muthuselvam R, Vinothini G, Palliyarai Thaiyammal S, Latha S, Aunachalam C, Dhanasekaran D, Padmanabhan P, Sulaiman AA, Archunan G (2016) The cell aggregating propensity of probiotic actinobacterial isolates: isolation and characterization of the aggregation inducing peptide pheromone.Biofouling 32(1), 1, 71–79 (IF 3.4). 184. Nazeerullah R, Thajuddin N and Syed Moideen R (2016) Studies on bacteriorhodopsin synthesis in UV induced mutant Halobacterium salinarium with different time of UV exposure. International J Scientific Research 5(1): 571 – 573. 185. Nisha J, Ramanathan K, Nawaz Khan F, Dhanasekaran D and Shanthi V (2016) Discovery of a potential lead compound for treating leprosy with dapsone resistance mutation in M. leprae folP1. Molecular Biosystems 12: 2178-2188 (IF: 3.210). 186. Nithya K, Muthukumar C, Dhanasekaran D, Arunachalam C and Thajuddin N (2016) Isolation, characterization and screening of antimicrobial metabolites from desert actinobacteria Streptomyces sp. Strain DA7-2. Int J Biological & Pharmaceutical Research 7(2): 116-121. 187. Nithya K, Muthukumar C, Dhanasekaran D, Kadaikunnan S, Alharbi NS, Khaled JM and Thajuddin N (2016) Production optimization and partial characterization of thermostable and alkaline amylase from Bacillus licheniformis KSU-6. Int J Agric Biol 18: 1188‒1194. 188. LewisOscar F*, Nithya C*, Bakkiyaraj D, Arunkumar M, Naif S. Alharbi, Thajuddin N (2017) Biofilm inhibitory effect of Spirulina platensis extracts on bacteria of Clinical significance. PNAS IndiaSection B:Biological Sciences 87: 537-544 (I F: 0.396) 189. MubarakAli D, LewisOscar F, Gopinath V, Alharbi NS, Alharbi SA and Thajuddin N (2017) An inhibitory action of chitosan nanoparticles against pathogenic bacteria and fungi and their potential applications as biocompatible antioxidants. Microbial Pathogenesis 114: 323-327. 62

190. MurpinKumar PS, MubarakAli D, Saratale RG, Saratale GD, Pugazhendhi A, Gopalakrishnan K and Thajuddin N (2017) Synthesis of nano-cubical gold particles for effective antimicrobial property against clinical human pathogens. Microbial Pathogenesis 113: 68-73 (IF: 2.0). 191. Narayanasamy M, Dhanasekaran D, Vinothini G and Thajuddin N (2017) Extraction and recovery of precious metals from electronic waste printed circuit boards by bioleaching acidophilic fungi. International J Environmental Science & Technology 15 (1): 119-132 (IF: 2.344). 192. Krishnan N, Velramar B, Pandiyana R, and Rajesh Kannan V (2017) Anti-pseudomonal and anti-endotoxic effects of surfactin-stabilized biogenic silver nanocubes ameliorated wound repair in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice.Nanomedicine & Biotechnology 46(3): 488-499. 193. Nithya C, LewisOscar F, MubarakAli D, Alharbi NS and Thajuddin N (2017) In vitro and In vivo antibiofilm effect of one pot synthesized copper nanoparticles against aquaculture pathogens.Biocat Agri Biotechnol 10: 336 – 341. 194. Nithya K, Muthukumar C, Shine K, Naiyf SA, Jamal MK, Dhanasekaran D (2017) Purification, characterization, and statistical optimization of a thermostable - amylase from desert actinobacterium Streptomyces fragilis DA7-7. 3Biotech 7 (5): 350 (IF: 1.36). 195. Pandiaraj D, Baldev E, Muhammad Ilyas MH and Thajuddin N (2017) Production, Extraction and purification of C-Phycoerythrin from marine cyanobacterium, Phormidium persicinum NTDP01. Phykos 47 (1): 16-22. 196. Parveez Ahamed A, Rasheed MU, Peer Muhamed Noorani K, Reehana N, Santhoshkumar S, Mohamed Imran M, Alharbi NS, Alharbi SA, Arunachalam C, Akbarsha MA and Thajuddin N (2017) In vitro antibacterial activity of MGDG-Palmitoyl from Oscillatoria acuminata NTAPC05 against extended spectrum beta lactamase producers. J Antibiotics 70 (6): 754-762 (IF: 2.173). 197. Prasannabalaji N, Ramya VP and Muralitharan G (2017) In vitro assessment of Lyngbya sp. and Phormidium sp. extracts for antibacterial and antioxidant properties. J Algal Biomass Utilization 8(2): 16-29. 198. Manohar P, Shanthini T, Gothandam KM, Rajesh Kannan V, Ramesh N (2017) Enhanced amylolytic activity of intracellular α-amylase produced by Bacillus tequilensis.J Microbiology, Biotechnology & Food Sciences 6(6): 1314-1318. 199. Priya E, Thenmozhi R, Nagasathya A, Praveen Kumar D, Thajuddin N and Muralitharan G (2017) Antagonistic potential of Streptomyces flavomacrosporus GACMPT-57 against plant pathogens. J Microbiology & Biotechnology Research 4 (1): 68-73. 200. Priyadharsini P, Dhanasekaran D, Gopinath PM, Ramanathan K, Shanthi V, Chandraleka S and Biswas B (2017) Spectroscopic identification and molecular modeling of Diethyl 7- hydroxytrideca - 2, 5, 8, 11- tetraenedioate-a herbicidal compound from Streptomyces sp. Arab J Sci Eng 42: 2217–2227 (IF: 1.09). 201. Rajasree S, MubarakAli D, Desika P, Harshiny M, Thajuddin N, Smit SK and Pugazhendhi A (2017) An enhancement of antimicrobial efficacy of biogenic and ceftriaxone conjugated 63

silver nanoparticles: green approach. Environmental Science & Pollution Research 25 (11): 10362-10370 (IF: 2.76). 202. Rajkumari J, Meena H, Muralitharan G and Siddhardha B (2017) Green synthesis of anisotropic gold nanoparticles using hordenine and their antibiofilm efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. IET Nanobiotech 11(8): 987-994. 203. Ramya R, Sangeetha Devi R, Manikandan A, Rajesh Kannan V (2017) Standardization of Biopolymer Production from Seaweed Associative Bacteria. Int J Biological Macromol 102: 550–564. 204. Sabeeha S, Gowri S and Thajuddin N (2017) Automatic Detection and Pattern recognition of Morphological growth phases of Scenedesmus sp. Int J Advanced Trends in Computer Applications 4(6): 1-6. 205. Sanjay R, Gayathri L, Dhanasekaran D, Akbarsha MA, Partha Sarathi G (2017) Model studies on the interactions of a Cu(II) - quinone complex with surfactant micelles and DNA explore its induction of apoptosis in human MDA-MB-231 breast adenocarcinoma cells. J Coordination Chemistry 70: 2128-2147 (IF 1.75) 206. Shafreen RB, Seema S, Ahamed AP, Thajuddin N and Alharbi SA (2017) Inhibitory effect of biosynthesized silver nanoparticles from extract of Nitzschia palea against curli-mediated biofilm of Escherichia coli. Appl Biochem Biotechnol 183(4): 1351-1361 (IF: 1.606). 207. Shunmugam S, Gayathri M, Prasannabalaji N, Thajuddin N and Muralitharan G (2017) Unraveling the presence of multi-class toxins from Trichodesmium bloom in the Gulf of Mannar region of the Bay of Bengal. Toxicon 135: 43-50. 208. Sumathy S, Gayathri M, Prasannabalaji N, Thajuddin N and Muralitharan G (2017) Unraveling the presence of multi-class toxins from Trichodesmium bloom in the Gulf of Mannar region of the Bay of Bengal. Toxicon 135: 43-50 (IF: 2.309). 209. Thirumalairaj J, Sivasankari K, Natarajaseenivasan K, Balagurunathan R (2017) Potential antileptospiral compound, leptomycin B from marine Streptomyces indiaensis MSU5: taxonomy, fermentation, compound isolation, in vitro and in vivo efficacy.World J Microbiol Biotechnol 33: 187 (IF: 2.1). 210. Velmurugan K, Thamilselvan, Antony R, Rajesh Kannan V, Tang L, Nandhakumar R (2017) Imidazoloquinoline bearing thiol probe as fluorescent electrochemical sensing of Ag and relay recognition of Proline. J Photochemistry &Photobiology A: Chemistry 333: 130–141. 211. Vijayakumar S, Malaikozhundan B, Shanthi S, Vaseeharan B and Thajuddin N (2017) Control of biofilm forming clinically important bacteria by green synthesized ZnO nanoparticles and its ecotoxicity on Ceriodaphnia cornuta.Microbial Pathogenesis 107: 88-97 (IF: 1.888). 212. Vimal Raj R, Vinod Kumar K, Sugunan AP, Natarajaseenivasan K, Vijayachari P (2017) Homologous microscopic agglutinating antibodies after natural infection with leptospires – results from a long term follow up of a cohort living in an endemic area. Pathogens and Global Health 23: 1-5 (IF: 1.7). 64

213. Anju M, Kalyanam N, Majeed M, Samuel Manoharan T and Thajuddin N (2017) An expeditious, green and protecting-group - Free synthesis of a potent secondary metabolite Calebin-A and its analogues.SynOpen: 1: 125 – 128. 214. Antony AR, Nivas D, Chandru S, Sangeetha Devi R, Kannan K, Rajesh Kannan V (2017) Validation of Alcaligenes faecalis RBL1 Efficacy on Zinc Solubilization in Sorghum bicolor Rhizosphere Soils. Asian J Microbiology, Biotechnology & Envil Sciences 19(3): 1-12. 215. Karthikeyan B, Harini L, Krishnakumar V, Rajesh Kannan V, Sundar K and Kathiresan T (2017) Insights on the involvement of (–)-epigallocatechin gallate in ER stress-mediated apoptosis in age-related macular degeneration. Apoptosis 22(1): 72-85. 216. Buvaneswari G, Thenmozhi R, Nagasathya A and Thajuddin N (2017) Screening of efficient monocrotophos degrading bacterial isolates from paddy field soil of Sivagangai District, Tamil Nadu, and India.J Environmental Science & Technology 10(1): 13-24. 217. Nithya C, LewisOscar F, MubarakAli D, Alharbi SA and Thajuddin N (2017) In vitro and in vivo antibiofilm effect of copper nanoparticles against aquaculture pathogens.Biocatalysis & Agricultural Biotechnology 10: 336-341 (IF: 0.887) 218. Gayathri M, Sumathy S, Thajuddin N and Muralitharan G (2017) Phytohormones and free volatile fatty acids from cyanobacterial biomass wet extract (BWE) elicit plant growth promotion. Algal Research 26: 56–64 (IF: 3.99). 219. Gayathri M, Shunmugam S, Thajuddin N and Muralitharan G (2017) Phytohormones and free volatile fatty acids from biomass wet extract (BWE) elicit plant growth promotion. Algal Res 26:56-64. 220. Hemalatha A, MohammedEsa SAR, Suresh M, Thajuddin N and Anantharaman P (2017) Identification of Odontella aurita by rbcL gene sequence-a high antibacterial potential centric marine diatom. Mitochondrial DNA Part A 28 (5): 655 -661 (IF: 1.209). 221. Kanagavel M, Shanmughapriya S, Aishwarya KVL, Ponmurugan K, Murugan K, Al-Dhabi NA, Natarajaseenivasan K*(2017) Peptide specific monoclonal antibodies of Leptospiral LigA for acute diagnosis of leptospirosis. Scientific Reports 7: 3250 (IF: 4.1). 222. Krishnan R, Paneerselvam A, Ilavarasi A and Thajuddin N (2017) Isolation of pigment producing halophilic bacteria from Marakkanam salt pans and evaluation of their antioxidant ability. World J Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences 6 (10): 205 – 216. 223. Krishnan R, Panneerselvam A, Thajuddin N and Ilavarasi A (2017) Isolation and characterization of halophilic bacteria producing amylase and protease enzyme from Marakkanam salt pan. International J Biological Research & Development 7(1): 1-8. 224. Kumar KV, Lall C, Vimal Raj R, Vedhagiri K, Kartick C, Surya P, Natarajaseenivasan K, Vijayachari P (2017) Overexpression of heat shock GroEL stress protein in leptospiral biofilm. Microbial Pathogenesis 102: 8-11 (IF: 2.3). 65

225. Latha S, Sivaranjani G and Dhanasekaran D (2017) Response surface methodology: A non- conventional statistical tool to maximize the throughput of Streptomyces species biomass and their bioactive metabolites. Critical Reviews in Microbiology 43(5): 567–582 (IF 8.13). 226. Rajha Vignesh KM, Thiyagarajan P, Rubalakshmi G (2017) Nirubama Evaluation of Phytochemical Analysis and Antithrombolytic Activities of Dual Organisms Lichens– Parmotrema perlatum. Indian J Nat Sci 7 (42): 12285-12293. 227. Gayathri M, Shunmugam S, Mugasundari AV, Rahman PK and Muralitharan G (2018) Growth kinetic and fuel quality parameters as selective criterion for screening biodiesel producing cyanobacterial strains. Bioresource technology 247: 453-462. 228. Janani R, Nathiya S, Rajesh Kannan V (2018) Bacillus thuringiensis Thuricin S (Bacteriocin) Efficacy against Bacterial Blight Disease Causative Agent of Xanthomonas sp. in Cowpea. J Emerging Technologies &Innovative 5(9): 376-381. 229. Janani R, Nathiya S, Rajesh Kannan V (2018) Larvicidal activity of Bacillus thuringiensis from Bt cotton rhizosphere against Anopheles mosquito larvae (Culicidae).Asian J Pharmaceutical & clinical research 11(9): 456-462. 230. Ebenezer KS, Seshiah A and Rajeshkannan V (2018) Cloning and DNA fingerprinding of breast cancer gene by arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (AP-PCR)-A case report. J Pharma Research 7(4) 231. LewisOscar F, Nithya C, Alharbi NS, Alharbi SA, Thajuddin N (2018) In vitro and in silico attenuation of quorum sensing mediated pathogenicity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa using Spirulina platensis.Microbial Pathogenesis 116: 246-256 (IF: 2.33) 232. LewisOscar F, Nithya C, Alharbi NS, Alharbi SA, Thajuddin N (2018) Microfouling inhibition of human nosocomial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa using marine cyanobacteria. Microbial Pathogenesis 114: 107-115 (IF: 2.33) 233. MubarakAli D, Baldev E, Thajuddin N, Lee SY and Kim JW (2018) An evidence of C16 fatty acid methyl esters extracted from microalga for effective antimicrobial and antioxidant property. Microbial Pathogenesis 115: 233 – 238 (IF: 2.009). 234. Narayanasamy M, Dhanasekaran D, Vinothini G and Thajuddin N (2018) Extraction and recovery of precious metals from electronic waste printed circuit boards by bioleaching acidophilic fungi. Int J Environmental Science & Technology 15: 119–132 (IF: 2.344). 235. Krishnan N, Velramar B, Ramatchandirin B, Abraham GC, Duraisamy N, Pandiyan R, Rajesh Kannan V (2018) Effect of biogenic silver nanocubes on matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9 expressions in hyperglycemic skin injury and its impact in early wound healing in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice. Materials Science & EngineeringC 91: 146-152. 236. Natarajaseenivasan K*, Cotto B, Shanmughapriya S, Lombardi AA, Datta PK, Madesh M, Elrod JW, Khalili K, Langford D (2018) Astrocytic metabolic switch is a novel etiology for Cocaine and HIV-1 Tat-mediated neurotoxicity. Cell Death and Disease 9: 415 (IF: 5.6). 66

237. Nithya K, Muthukumar C, Biswas Br, Alharbi NS, Shine K, Khaled Jamal M, Dhanasekaran D (2018) Desert Actinobacteria as a source of bioactive compounds production with a special emphases on Pyridine-2,5-diacetamide a new pyridine alkaloid produced by Streptomyces sp.DA3-7. Microbiological Research 207: 116-133 (IF: 3.2) 238. Pattnaik S, Barik S, Muralitharan G and Busi S (2018) Ferulic acid encapsulated chitosan- tripolyphosphate nanoparticles attenuate quorum sensing regulated virulence and biofilm formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. IET Nanobiotechnology 12(8): 1056-1061. 239. Raja V, Prasad M, Bothammal P, Saranya P, Sumaiya K, Akino Mercy CS, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2018) Silver enhanced nano-gold dot blot immunoassay for leptospirosis. J Microbiological Methods 156: 20-22 (IF: 1.9). 240. Raja V, Sobana S, Akino Mercy CS, Cotto B, Bora DP, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2018) Heterologous DNA prime-protein boost immunization with RecA and FliD offers cross-clade protection against leptospiral infection. Scientific Reports 8: 6447 (IF: 4.1). 241. Ramya R, Akila K, Sangeetha Devi R and Rajesh Kannan V (2018) Analysis of plastic degrading marine bacterial (Bacillus aryabhattai VRKPV15 and Bacillus cereus VRKPK25) probiotic properties under in vitro condition. IntJ Medicobiological Research 1(9): 464-474. 242. Ramya R, Veeramuthu M and Rajesh Kannan V (2018) Analysis of biopolymer efficacy against Xanthomonas causing bacterial blight disease in cowpea under nursery experiment.J Emerging Technologies and Innovative 5(11): 619-633. 243. Ranjani A, Gopinath PM, Ananth S, Narchonai G, Thajuddin N and Dhanasekaran D (2018) Multidimensional dose-response toxicity exploration of silver nanoparticles from Nocardiopsis flavascens RD30. Applied Nanoscience 8: 699-713 (IF 3.2). 244. Sangeetha Devi R, Ramya K, Kannan A, Antony R, Rajesh Kannan V (2018) Investigation of biodegradation potentials of high density polyethylene degrading marine bacteria isolated from the coastal regions of Tamil Nadu, India. Marine Pollution Bulletin (Accepted). 245. Shanmughapriya S, Tomar D, Dong Z, Slovik K, Nemani N, Natarajaseenivasan K, Carvalho E, Lu C, Corrigan K, Garikipati VNS, Ibetti J, Rajan S, Barrero C, Chuprun K, Kishore R, Merali S, Tian Y, Yan W, Madesh M (2018) FOXD1-dependent MICU1 regulation determines mitochondrial activity and cell lineage. Nature Communication 9: 3449 (IF: 12.353). 246. Suresh S, Bhuvanesh N, Prabhu J, Thamilselvan A, Rex JeyaRajkumar S, Kannan K, RajeshKannan V, Nandhakumar R (2018) Pyrene based chalcone as a reversible fluorescent chemosensor for Al3+ ion and its biological applications. J Photochemistry & Photobiology A: Chemistry 359: 172-182. 247. Tamil Kumar T, Saliq SM, Ilyas MHM, Thajuddin N, Panneerselvam A, Pausha MKS and Jahangir HS (2018) Phytochemical screening and antimicrobial studies in Leaf extracts of Indigofera aspalathoides (Vahl.). Pharmacognosy J 10 (6): 1208 - 1215 (IF: 0.7). 248. Thajuddin N, MubarakAli D and Subramanian G (2018) Emerging biotechnological potential of marine cyanobacteria. Envis Newsletter 16(1): 2 – 5. 67

249. Vasantharaja R, Stanley AL, MubarakAli D, Narendrakumar G, Thirugnanasambandam R, Kirubagaran R and Thajuddin N (2018) Unraveling rapid extraction of fucoxanthin from Padina tetrastromatica: Purification characterization and biomedical application. Process Biochemistry 73: 211 - 219 (IF: 2.9). 250. Vijayakumar R, Gopalakrishnan A, Singaravel V and Thajuddin N (2018) Pathology of gastric tumour in gold spot mullet (Liza parsia) from Parangipettai coastal waters southeast coast of India.Wayamba Journal of Animal Science 10: 733 – 736. 251. Vinothini G, Kavitha R, Latha S, Arulmozhi M and Dhanasekaran D (2018) Cell aggregating temperament and biopotency of cultivable indigenous actinobacterial community profile in chicken (Gallusgallus domesticus) gut system. Arabian J Science & Engineering (IF: 1.09). 252. Anahas AMP and Muralitharan G (2018) Characterization of heterocystous cyanobacterial strains for biodiesel production based on fatty acid content analysis and hydrocarbon production.Energy Conversion and Management 157: 423-437. 253. Anita Kumari, Premlatha MM, Raja V, Akino Mercy CS, Sumathi K, Shariff M, Natarajaseenivasan K* (2018) Protective immunity of recombinant LipL21 and I-LipL21 against Leptospira interrogans serovar Autumnalis N2 infection. J Infect Dev Ctries12: 22-30. DOI: 10.3855/jidc.9545 (IF: 1.2). 254. Baldev E, Mubarakali D, Saravanakumar K, Arutselvan C, Alharbi SA, Alharbi NS, Sivasubramanian V, Thajuddin N (2018) Unveiling algal cultivation using raceway ponds for biodiesel production and its quality assessment.Renewable Energy 123: 486 - 498 (IF: 4.357). 255. Bhuvanesh N, Suresh S, Prabhu J, Kannan K, Rajesh Kannan V, Nandhakumar R (2018) Ratiometric fluorescent chemosensor for silver ion and its bacterial cell imaging. Optical Materials 82: 123-129. 256. Bhuvanesh N, Suresh S, RamKumar P, Mothi EM, Kannan K, Rajesh Kannan V, Nandhakumar R (2018) Small molecule “turn on” fluorescent probe for silver ion and application to bio- imaging. J Photochemistry &Photobiology A: Chemistry 360: 6-12. 257. Borah D, Subramanian G, Jayashree Rout, Alharbi SA, Alharbi NS and Thajuddin N (2018) Biolubricant potential of Exo-polysaccharides from the cyanobacterium Cyanothece epiphytica. Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology 102 (8): 3635 – 3647 (IF: 3.420). 258. Buvaneswari G, Thenmozhi R, Nagasathya A, Thajuddin N and Praveenkumar D (2018) GC-MS and molecular analyses of monocrotophos biodegradation by selected bacterial isolates. African J Microbiology Research 12(3): 52 – 61. 259. Cotto B, Natarajaseenivasan K, Ferrero K, Wesley L, Sayre M, Langford D (2018) Cocaine and HIV-1 Tat disrupt cholesterol homeostasis in astrocytes: Implications for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders in cocaine user patients. Glia 00: 1–14 (IF: 5.8). 260. Gayathri L, Karthikeyan BS, Rajalakshmic M, Dhanasekaran D, Li AP and Akbarsha MA (2018) Metabolism-dependent cytotoxicity of citrinin and ochratoxin A alone and in combination as assessed adopting integrated discrete multiple organ co-culture (IdMOC). Toxicology in Vitro 46: 166–177 (IF 2.8). 68

261. Anahas AMP and Muralitharan G (2019) Central composite design (CCD) optimization of phytohormones supplementation for enhanced cyanobacterial biodiesel production. Renewable Energy 130: 749-761. 262. Shrikanth SK, Saraswathi K, Sindhu K, Sankararamasubramanian M, Thajuddin N and Ajay P (2019) Overexpression of Suaeda maritima Choline Monooxygenase and Betaine Aldehyde Dehydrogenase cDNAs enhances salinity tolerance in different strains of E. coli. Jordan J Biological Sciences 12(1): 113-118. 263. Silambarasan S, Logeswari P, Cornejo P, Rajesh Kannan V (2019) Evaluation of the production of exopolysaccharides by plant growth promoting yeast Rhodotorula sp. strain CAH2 under abiotic stress conditions.Int J Biological Macromolecules 121: 55-62.

Appendix III

M.Sc. MicrobiologyProgramme Structure

Name of the Course

Hrs.

code

Total Total

Exam

Marks

Course Course

Credits

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External

Semester Hrs/Week Fundamentals of Biological Sciences(or) 18MICCC1 6 5 3 25 75 100 Mycology and Phycology (T) 18MICCC2 Biological Macromolecules 6 5 3 25 75 100 I 18MICCC3 Microbial Cell Biology and Physiology 6 5 3 25 75 100 18MICCC4 Microbial Genetics & Molecular Biology 6 5 3 25 75 100 18MICCC5 Practical (18MICCC2, 18MICCC3, 18MICCC4) 6 4 6 25 75 100 18MICCC6 Immunotechnolgy 6 5 3 25 75 100 Medical Microbiology(or) Public Health 18MICCC7 6 5 3 25 75 100 Microbiology 18MICCC8 Virology 6 5 3 25 75 100 II 18MICCC9 Practical (18MICCC6, 18MICCC7, 18MICCC8) 6 4 6 25 75 100 18MICNME1 Biological Techniques (T) 3 2 3 25 75 100 Molecular Taxonomy & Phylogeny (or) Medical 18MICEDC1 Entomology(or) Extremophiles(or) Microalgal 3 2 3 25 75 100 Technology(or) Pharmaceutical Microbiology 18MICCC10 Food & Industrial Microbiology 6 5 3 25 75 100 18MICCC11 Recombinant DNA Technology 6 5 3 25 75 100 Environmental & Agriculture Microbiology 18MICCC12 6 5 3 25 75 100 (or) Rhizosphere Biology Practical (18MICCC10, 18MICCC11, 18MICCC13 6 4 6 25 75 100 III 18MICCC12) 18MICNME2 Commercial Biotechnology and IPR (T) 3 2 3 25 75 100 Bio-Informatics & Bio-Statistics (or) Microbial Nanotechnology 18MICEDC2 (or) Biology of Probiotics 3 2 3 25 75 100 (or) Microbial Remediation (or) Microbiome Science (T) IV 18MICCC14 Self Study Review 6 4 3 100 18MICCC15 Project and Dissertation 24 16 3 100 Cumulative 120 90 1900