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Recent Publications

1. Beema Shafreen R, Srinivasan S, Manisankar P and Pandian SK (2011). Biofilm formation by       Streptococcus pyogenes: modulation of exopolysaccharide by fluoroquinolone derivatives. Journal of       Bioscience and Bioengineering [Society for Biotechnology, Japan; Distributed outside Japan by Elsevier]       (Impact Factor 1.707) (in press).

2. Bakkiyaraj D, Sivasankar C and Pandian SK (2011). Coral associated bacteria as a novel source for      antibiofilm and quorum quenching agents. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 21(S4): S542 [Wiley] (Impact      Factor 4.784).

3. Katiyar SP, Bakkiyaraj D and Pandian SK (2011). Role of aromatic stack pairing at the catalytic site of      gelonin protein. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 410: 75-80 [Elsevier] (Impact      Factor 2.595).

4. Nithya C, Devi MG and Pandian SK (2011) A novel compound from marine bacterium Bacillus pumilus      S6-15 inhibits biofilm formation in Gram positive and Gram negative species. Biofouling 27: 519-528      [Taylor & Francis, UK] (Impact Factor: 4.415).

5. Ibrahim KS, Muniyandi J and Pandian SK (2011) Cloning, sequence and structural analysis of dehairing      Mn2+ dependent alkaline serine protease (MASPT) of Bacillus pumilus TMS55. Protein and Peptide      Letters [Bentham Science Publishers] (Impact Factor 1.849) (in press).

6. Nithyanand P, Manju S and Pandian SK (2011) Phylogenetic characterization of culturable Actinomycetes     associated with the mucus of the coral Acropora digitifera from Gulf of Mannar. FEMS Microbiology Letters     314: 112-118 [Wiley-Blackwell, UK] (Impact Factor: 2.199).

7. Nithyanand P, Indhumathi T, Ravi AV and Pandian SK (2011) Culture independent characterization of      bacteria associated with the mucus of the coral Acropora digitifera from the Gulf of Mannar. World Journal      of Microbiology and Biotechnology 27:1399-1406 [Springer Netherlands] (Impact Factor: 1.082).

8. Thenmozhi R, Balaji K, Kumar R, Rao TS and Pandian SK (2011) Characterization of biofilms in different      clinical M serotypes of Streptococcus pyogenes. Journal of Basic Microbiology 51: 1-9 [Wiley-VCH,      Germany] (Impact Factor: 1.395).

9. Nithya C, Gnanalakshmi B and Pandian SK (2011) Assessment and characterization of heavy metal      resistance in Palk Bay sediment bacteria. Marine Environmental Research 71:283-294 [Elsevier, USA]      (Impact Factor: 1.953).

10. Ibrahim KS, Muniyandi J and Pandian SK (2011) Purification and characterization of a manganese        dependent alkaline serine protease from Bacillus pumilus TMS55. Journal of Microbiology and        Biotechnology 21: 20-27 [The Korean Society for Microbiology and Biotechnology, Seoul, Korea] (Impact        Factor: 1.224).

11. Rajarajan S, Ibrahim KS and Pandian SK (2011) AP-APSE dpol intein: A novel family A DNA polymerase        intein domain. Bioinformation 6: 149-152 [Biomedical Informatics, India] [ISSN 0973-2063 (online)        0973- 8894 (print)].

12. Musthafa KS, Saroja V, Pandian SK and Ravi AV (2011) Antipathogenic potential of marine Bacillus sp.        SS4 on AHL mediated virulence factors production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PAO1). Journal of        Biosciences 36:55-67 (Impact Factor: 1.956).

13. Musthafa KS, Pandian SK, Ravi AV (2011) Inhibition of quorum-sensing-dependent phenotypic         expression in Serratia marcescens by marine sediment Bacillus spp. SS4. Annals of Microbiology         [Springer Verlag, Germany] (Impact factor: 0.350). DOI 10.1007/s13213-011-0262-1.

14. Durai S, Pandian SK and Balamurugan K (2011). Establishment of a Caenorhabditis elegans infection        model for Vibrio alginolyticus. Journal of Basic Microbiology 51:241-252 [Wiley-VCH, Germany] (Impact        Factor: 1.395).

15. Kesika P, Pandian SK and Balamurugan K (2011). Analysis of Shigella flexneri mediated infections in        model organism, Caenorhabditis elegans. Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases 43:286-295        [Taylor & Francis, UK] (Impact Factor: 1.7).

16. Sivamaruthi B, Ganguli A, Kumar M, Bhaviya S, Pandian SK and Balamurugan K (2011). Caenorhabditis        elegans as a model for studying Cronobacter sakasaki ATCC BAA-894 pathogenesis. Journal of Basic        Microbiology 51:1-10 [Wiley-VCH, Germany] (Impact Factor: 1.395).

17. Vigneshkumar B, Pandian SK and Balamurugan K (2011) Catalase Activity and Innate Immune Response        to the Heavy Metal Toxin Lead by the Caenorhabditis elegans. Environmental Toxicology DOI       10.1002/tox.20722 [Informa Healthcare, USA] (Impact Factor: 1.831).

18. Srinivasan S, Beema Shafreen R, Nithyanand P, Manisankar P and Pandian SK (2010). Synthesis and in        vitro antimicrobial evaluation of novel fluoroquinolone derivatives. European Journal of Medicinal        Chemistry 45: 6101-6105 [Elsevier, Netherlands] (Impact Factor 3.269).

19. Bakkiyaraj D and Pandian SK (2010) In vitro and in vivo antibiofilm activity of coral associated         actinomycete against drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus biofilms. Biofouling 26:711-717 [Taylor &         Francis, UK] (Impact Factor: 4.415).

20. Nithya C and Pandian SK (2010) The in vitro antibiofilm activity of selected marine bacterial culture        supernatants against Vibrio spp. Archives of Microbiology 192:843-854 [Springer, Germany] (Impact        Factor: 1.927).

21. Nithya C, Begum MF and Pandian SK (2010) Marine bacterial isolates inhibit biofilm formation and        disrupt mature biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology        88:341-358 [Springer, Germany] (Impact Factor: 2.896).

22. Thenmozhi R, Balaji K, Kanagavel M, Pandian SK (2010) Development of species-specific primers for        detection of Streptococcus pyogenes from throat swabs. FEMS Microbiology Letters 306:110-116        [Wiley-Blackwell, UK] (Impact Factor: 2.199).

23. Nithya C, Aravindraja C and Pandian SK (2010) Bacillus pumilus of Palk Bay origin inhibits quorum        sensing mediated virulence factors in Gram negative bacteria. Research in Microbiology 161:293-304        [Elsevier, USA] (Impact Factor: 2.154).

24. Nithyanand P, Thenmozhi R, Rathna J and Pandian SK (2010) Inhibition of biofilm formation in        Streptococcus pyogenes by coral associated actinomycetes. Current Microbiology 60: 454-460.        [Springer, USA] (Impact Factor: 1.33).

25. Nithya C and Pandian SK (2010) Isolation of heterotrophic bacteria from Palk Bay sediments showing        heavy metal tolerance and antibiotic production. Microbiological Research 165:578-593 [Elsevier, USA]        (Impact Factor: 2.054).

26. Musthafa KS, Ravi AV, Annapoorani A, Packiavathy ISV and Pandian SK (2010) Evaluation of         antiquorum sensing activity of edible plants and fruits through inhibition of AHL system in         Chromobacterium violaceum and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Chemotherapy 56:333-339 [Karger,         Switzerland] (Impact Factor: 2.028).

27. Musthafa KS, Ravi AV, Annapoorani A, Jayakumararaj R and Pandian SK (2010) Cross species signal        transfer mediated induction of antibiotic production in actinomycetes against Staphylococcus aureus.       Journal of Pharmacy Research 3:397-400.

28. Thenmozhi R, Nithyanand P, Rathna J and Pandian SK (2009) Antibiofilm activity of coral associated        bacteria against different clinical M serotypes of Streptococcus pyogenes. FEMS Immunology & Medical        Microbiology 57:284-294 [Wiley-Blackwell, UK] (Impact Factor: 2.335).

29. Ibrahim KS, Bakkiyaraj D, James R, Ganesh TG and Pandian SK (2009) Isolation and sequence analysis       of a small cryptic plasmid pRK10 from a corrosion inhibitor degrading strain Serratia marcescens ACE2.       Plasmid 62:183-190. [Elsevier, USA] (Impact Factor: 1.816).

30. Nithyanand P and Pandian SK (2009) Phylogenetic characterization of culturable bacterial diversity         associated with the mucus and tissue of the coral Acropora digitifera from Gulf of Mannar. FEMS         Microbiology Ecology 69:384-394 [Wiley-Blackwell, UK] (Impact Factor: 3.598).

31. Babu TG, Nithyanand P, Chandrababu NK and Pandian SK (2009) Evaluation of Cetyltrimethylammonium        Bromide as a potential short term preservative agent for stripped goat skin. World Journal of        Microbiology and Biotechnology 25:901-907 [Springer Netherlands] (Impact Factor: 1.082).

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