• Bio-adsorption of Fe (II) by dry biomass of metal-tolerant haloarchaeon Haloferax alexandrinus GUSF-1 

  Naik-Samant, S.; Gaonkar, S.; Furtado, I. (Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. NYP; 2024; NYP.)

  Mining-associated activities result in iron pollution exceeding the acceptable limit of 0.3 mg L sup(-1) and are rampant in estuarine soil and water bodies that harbor halophilic microorganisms. Biotechnologies are underway ...
• Deciphering the salt induced morphogenesis and functional potentials of Hortaea werneckii; a black pigmented halotolerant yeast isolated from solar saltern 

  Nadodkar, S.D.; Karande, M.; Pawar, G.M.; Dhume, A.V.; Sharma, A.; Salgaonkar, B.B. (Fungal Biology. 128(7); 2024; 2113-2126.)

  An intense black pigmented halotolerant yeast GUBPC1, was obtained from the solar salterns of Nerul, Goa-India. The isolate could tolerate 0 to 20 percent NaCl. FE-SEM analysis revealed its polymorphic nature, exhibiting ...
• Insights into the seasonal distribution of microplastics and their associated biofilms in the water column of two tropical estuaries 

  Unnikrishnan, V.; Anusree, S.; Shaikh, I.; D'Costa, P.M.; Chandran, T.; Valsan, G.; Vandana, T.U.; Tamrakar, A.; Paul, M.M.; Rangel-Buitrago, N.; Warrier, A. (Marine Pollution Bulletin. 206; 2024; ArticleID_116750.)

  The present study describes the seasonal distribution of microplastics (MPs) and their associated biofilms in the water column of the Netravathi-Gurupura estuary, southwest India. An average abundance of 8.15 (plus-minus ...
• Virome analysis of paddy floodwater in two cropping seasons 

  Halankar, S.R.; Noronha, J.M. (Indian Journal of Microbiology. NYP; 2024; NYP.)

  Paddy fields include two interconnected ecosystems-soil and floodwater. Microbes and viruses are an integral component of these ecosystems, yet the viral communities have not been extensively studied. We present an analysis ...
• Toxicological aspects of nanomaterials in biomedical research (Chapter 13) 

  D'Costa, A.H.; Shaikh, S.; Kundaikar, G.; Furtado, S. (Advances in Nano and Biochemistry: Environmental and Biomedical Applications, Ed. by Pranay Morajkar, Milind Naik. 2023; 369-391.)

  Nanomaterials are used extensively in medicine owing to their size and unique properties. A number of engineered nanomaterials appear to be promising with regard to their applications in medicine such as targeted drug ...
• Application of nanoparticles as quorum quenching agent against bacterial human pathogens: a prospective therapeutic nanoweapon (Chapter 11) 

  Salkar, K.; Charya, L.S. (Advances in Nano and Biochemistry: Environmental and Biomedical Applications, Ed. by Pranay Morajkar, Milind Naik. 2023; 261-284.)

  Bacteria communicate by producing signaling molecules called autoinducers by a mechanism called Quorum sensing (QS). QS in both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria control their gene expression, thereby coordinating ...
• Rootstocks for the Management of Bacterial Wilt in Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) and Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) in the coastal regions of India 

  Ramesh, R.; Asolkar, T. (Advances in Agriculture. 2022; 2022; ArticleID_8594080.)

  Cultivation of solanaceous vegetables such as eggplant and tomato is severely affected by bacterial wilt in the coastal regions of India. The causal agent Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum is soilborne bacterium, highly diverse, ...
• Rapid arsenite oxidation by Paenarthrobacter nicotinovorans strain SSBW5: unravelling the role of GlpF, aioAB and aioE genes 

  Mujawar, S.Y.; Shamim, K.; Vaigankar, D.C.; Naik, M.M.; Dubey, S.K. (Archives of Microbiology. 205(10); 2023; ArticleID_333.)

  A novel arsenite resistant bacterial strain SSBW5 was isolated from the battery waste site of Corlim, Goa, India. This strain interestingly exhibited rapid arsenite oxidation with an accumulation of 5 mM arsenate within ...
• Simultaneous purification and characterization of detergent-stable, solvent-tolerant haloextremozymes protease and lipase from Haloferax sp. strain GUBF 2 

  Gaonkar, S.K.; Furtado, I. (Archives of Microbiology. 204; 2022; ArticleID_705.)

  Industrial important proteases and lipases are in increasing demand for various biotechnological applications. In the present study, the concomitantly produced protease and lipase by Haloferax sp. strain GUBF 2 were ...
• Recent advances in the production, properties and applications of haloextremozymes protease and lipase from haloarchaea 

  Gaonkar, S.K.; Alvares, J.J.; Furtado, I. (World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 39; 2023; ArticleID_322.)

  Proteases and lipases are significant groups of enzymes for commercialization at the global level. Earlier, the industries depended on mesophilic proteases and lipases, which remain nonfunctional under extreme conditions. ...

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