Publications

2026

  1. Biodesalination: Can Nature Help Solve the Global Freshwater Crisis?

    2025

  2. The Role of Quorum Sensing in Enhancing Lovastatin and Pigment Production in Monascus purpureus C322

  3. Elicitation-Induced Enhancement of Lovastatin and Pigment Production in Monascus purpureus C322

  4. The Effect of Immobilisation of Electroactive Bacteria as 3D-printed Bioelectrodes on Water Desalination in Microbial Desalination Cells

    2024

  5. Modulating Aspergillus fumigatus biofilm formation: Antifungal-induced alterations in conidium-abiotic surface interactions‍ ‍

    2022‍ ‍

  6. Effect of quorum quenchers on virulence factors production and quorum sensing signalling pathway of non-mucoid, mucoid, and heavily mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa‍ ‍

  7. Development of chitosan, pullulan, and alginate based drug-loaded nano-emulsions as a potential malignant melanoma delivery platform‍ ‍

  8. Antifungal effect of triclosan on Aspergillus fumigatus: quorum quenching role as a single agent and synergy with liposomal amphotericin-B

    2021

  9. Laccase Immobilization Strategies for Application as a Cathode Catalyst in Microbial Fuel Cells for Azo Dye Decolourization

  10. Quorum quenchers affect the virulence regulation of non-mucoid, mucoid and heavily mucoid biofilms co-cultured on cell lines

  11. Fungal Enzymes as Catalytic Tools for Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Degradation

  12. Antifungal Effect of Triclosan On Aspergillus Fumigatus: Quorum Quenching Role As A Single Agent And Synergy With Liposomal Amphotericin-B

  13. Enhanced Electrochemical Treatment of Phenanthrene-polluted Soil using Microbial Fuel Cells

  14. Characterization of a biosurfactant producing electroactive Bacillus sp. for enhanced Microbial Fuel Cell dye decolourisation

    2020

  15. Laccase-Assisted Cues: State-of-the-Art Analytical Modalities for Detection, Quantification, and Redefining “Removal” of Environmentally Related Contaminants of High Concern

  16. Modification of bacterial cell membrane to accelerate decolorization of textile wastewater effluent using microbial fuel cells: role of gamma radiation

  17. Development of an electroactive aerobic biocathode for microbial fuel cell applications

    2019

  18. Quorum sensing involvement in response surface methodology for optimisation of sclerotiorin production by Penicillium sclerotiorum in shaken flasks and bioreactors

  19. In focus: microbial fuel cells, some considerations

  20. Probing the mechanism of simultaneous bioenergy production and biodegradation process of Congo red in microbial fuel cells

  21. Degradation of Azo Dye (Acid Orange 7) in a Microbial Fuel Cell: Comparison Between Anodic Microbial-Mediated Reduction and Cathodic Laccase-Mediated Oxidation

  22. Biocatalytic electrode improvement strategies in microbial fuel cell systems

    2018

  23. A novel antifungal property for the Bacillus licheniformis ComX pheromone and its possible role in inter-kingdom cross-talk

  24. The Role of Natural Laccase Redox Mediators in Simultaneous Dye Decolorization and Power Production in Microbial Fuel Cells

  25. The use of bioelectrochemical systems in environmental remediation of xenobiotics: a review

  26. Modification of bacterial cell membrane to accelerate decolorization of textile wastewater effluent using microbial fuel cells: role of gamma radiation, salinity and endogenous biosurfactant induction

  27. Degradation of azo dyes (Acid orange 7) in a microbial fuel cell: comparison between anodic microbial-mediated reduction and cathodic laccase-mediated oxidation

  28. Design of a single chamber air cathode microbial fuel cell using a stainless steel spiral anode and 3D printing techniques for continuous flow dye decolourisation

  29. Role of quorum sensing and chemical communication in fungal biotechnology and pathogenesis

  30. Complete degradation of the azo dye Acid Orange-7 and bioelectricity generation in an integrated microbial fuel cell, aerobic two-stage bioreactor system in continuous flow mode at ambient temperature - Supplement

    2017

  31. ACTIVITY OF GULURONATE LYASE IN THE ENHANCED PRODUCTION OF BACITRACIN A IN THE LIQUID CULTURES OF BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS NCIMB 8874

  32. Bioinspired polymeric carriers for drug delivery applications

  33. Drug Delivery and Cosmeceutical Applications of Poly- Lactic Acid Based Novel Constructs – A Review

  34. The challenge of biocompatibility evaluation of biocomposites

  35. Reply to the Comment on “Melanisation of Aspergillus terreus—Is Butyrolactone I Involved in the Regulation of Both DOPA and DHN Types of Pigments in Submerged Culture? Microorganisms 2017, 5, 22”

  36. Keratin‐Based Materials in Biotechnology

  37. Melanisation of Aspergillus terreus—Is Butyrolactone I Involved in the Regulation of Both DOPA and DHN Types of Pigments in Submerged Culture?

  38. Repeated batch for dye degradation in an airlift bioreactor by laccase entrapped in copper alginate

  39. Genomic and molecular characterization of a novel quorum sensing molecule in Bacillus licheniformis

  40. Transcriptomic Complexity of Aspergillus terreus Velvet Gene Family under the Influence of Butyrolactone I

  41. The role of riboflavin in decolourisation of Congo red and bioelectricity production using Shewanella oneidensis-MR1 under MFC and non-MFC conditions

  42. The role of riboflavin in decolourisation of Congo red and bioelectricity production using Shewanella oneidensis-MR1 under MFC and non-MFC conditions

  43. A Strategy for Dual Biopolymer Production of P(3HB) and γ-PGA: Dual Biopolymer Production

  44. Treatment of phenanthrene and benzene using microbial fuel cells operated continuously for possible in situ and ex situ applications

  45. Bio-Polyesters: Novel Candidates to Develop Multifunctional Biocomposites

    2016

  46. Decolourisation of Acid orange 7 in a microbial fuel cell with a laccase-based biocathode: Influence of mitigating pH changes in the cathode chamber

  47. Applying synthetic biology as a tool to understand simultaneous bioenergyproduction and biodegradation process

  48. Highly Elastomeric Poly(3-hydroxyoctanoate) Based Natural Polymer Composite for Enhanced Keratinocyte Regeneration

  49. Contribution of direct electron transfer mechanisms to overall electron transfer in microbial fuel cells utilising Shewanella oneidensis as biocatalyst

  50. BIOPOLYMERS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOARTIFICIAL PANCREAS

  51. Bacterial Cellulose: A Sustainable Source to Develop Value-Added Products – A Review

  52. Laccase from Aspergillus niger: A novel tool to graft multifunctional materials of interests and their characterization

  53. P(3HB) Based Magnetic Nanocomposites: Smart Materials for Bone Tissue Engineering

  54. Application of Magnetic Field for Improvement of Microbial Productivity

    2015

  55. Development of novel antibacterial active, HaCaT biocompatible and biodegradable CA-g-P(3HB)-EC biocomposites with caffeic acid as a functional entity

  56. Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)-ethyl cellulose based bio-composites with novel characteristics for infection free wound healing application

  57. Dual production of biopolymers from bacteria

  58. Treatment of colour industry wastewaters with concomitant bioelectricity production in a sequential stacked mono-chamber Microbial Fuel Cells – aerobic system

  59. Development of bio-composites with novel characteristics: Evaluation of phenol-induced antibacterial, biocompatible and biodegradable behaviours

  60. In situ development of self-defensive antibacterial biomaterials: Phenol-g-keratin-EC based bio-composites with characteristics for biomedical applications

  61. Laccase-Assisted Approach to Graft Multifunctional Materials of Interest: Keratin-EC Based Novel Composites and their Characterisation

    2014

  62. Aflatoxin occurrence

  63. Fermentation (Industrial): Control of Fermentation Conditions

  64. Laccase-assisted grafting of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) onto the bacterial cellulose as backbone polymer: Development and characterisation

  65. A preliminary study on the development and characterisation of enzymatically grafted P(3HB)-ethyl cellulose based novel composites

  66. Agro-Industrial Waste Materials as Substrates for the Production of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyric Acid)

  67. The effect of salinity, redox mediators and temperature on anaerobic biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons in microbial fuel cells

  68. “One-pot” synthesis and characterisation of novel P(3HB)-ethyl cellulose based graft composites through lipase catalysed esterification

  69. Effect of hydraulic retention time on the performance of a novel tubular MFC fed with petroleum hydrocarbons Effect of hydraulic retention time on the performance of a novel tubular MFC fed with petroleum hydrocarbons

  70. Proteomics analysis of Bacillus lichemformis in response to oligosaccharides elicitors

  71. Butyrolactone I Quantification from Lovastatin Producing Aspergillus terreus Using Tandem Mass Spectrometry—Evidence of Signalling Functions

  72. Complete degradation of the azo dye Acid Orange-7 and bioelectricity generation in an integrated microbial fuel cell, aerobic two-stage bioreactor system in continuous flow mode at ambient temperature.

  73. Enhanced biodegradation of phenanthrene using different inoculum types in a microbial fuel cell

  74. Microbial metabolism of quorum-sensing molecules acyl-homoserine lactones, γ-heptalactone and other lactones

  75. External resistance as a potential tool for influencing azo dye reductive decolourisation kinetics in microbial fuel cells

  76. Complete degradation of the azo dye Acid Orange-7 and bioelectricity generation in an integrated microbial fuel cell, aerobic two-stage bioreactor system in continuous flow mode at ambient temperature

    2013

  77. Evidence for the Involvement of Intracellular Ca2+ Ions in the Elicitation Mechanism of Bacillus Licheniformis

  78. Novel Poly (3-hydroxyoctanoate)/ Poly (3-hydroxybutyrate) blends for Medical Applications.

  79. Advances in the Valorization of Lignocellulosic Materials by Biotechnology: An Overview

  80. Advances in PHAs production

    2012

  81. Simultaneous co-metabolic decolourisation of azo dye mixtures and bio-electricity generation under thermophillic (50 °C) and saline conditions by an adapted anaerobic mixed culture in microbial fuel cells

  82. Novel methods for the quantification of changes in actin organization in chondrocytes using fluorescent imaging and linear profiling

  83. Polyhydroxyalkanoates, their novel blends and composites used for medical applications

  84. Novel Biodegradable and Biocompatible Poly(3-hydroxyoctanoate)/Bacterial Cellulose Composites

  85. Is quorum sensing involved in lovastatin production in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus terreus? Process Biochem

  86. γ-Heptalactone is an endogenously produced quorum-sensing molecule regulating growth and secondary metabolite production by Aspergillus nidulans

  87. Enhanced bio-decolourisation of acid orange 7 by Shewanella oneidensis through co-metabolism in a microbial fuel cell

  88. Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) production by Bacillus cereus SPV using sugarcane molasses as the main carbon source

    2011

  89. The Homopolymer Poly(3-hydroxyoctanoate) as a Matrix Material for Soft Tissue Engineering

  90. Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) –Bacterial Cellulose composites for biomedical applications

  91. Controlled Delivery of Gentamicin Using Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) Microspheres

  92. Poly-3-hydroxyoctanoate P(3HO), a Medium Chain Length Polyhydroxyalkanoate Homopolymer from Pseudomonas mendocina

  93. Enhanced intracellular Ca2+ concentrations in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis after addition of oligosaccharide elicitors

  94. Medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoates, promising new biomedical materials for the future

  95. Application of fluorescent indicators to analyse intracellular calcium and morphology in filamentous fungi

  96. Enhanced intracellular Ca concentrations in and after addition of oligosaccharide elicitors

  97. Novel Strategies for Overproduction of Microbial Products

    2010

  98. Quorum sensing in filamentous fungi

  99. Elicitors as Stress Factors in Cultures of Bacillus licheniformis

  100. Impact of linoleic acid supplementation on lovastatin production in Aspergillus terreus cultures

  101. Fabrication of a novel poly(3-hydroxyoctanoate)/nanoscale bioactive glass composite film with potential as a multifunctional wound dressing

  102. Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates: The future green materials of choice

  103. Quorum sensing as a method for improving sclerotiorin production in Penicillium sclerotiorum

  104. Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Bioplastics with a Green Agenda

    2009

  105. Microbial Quorum Sensing: A Tool Or a Target for Antimicrobial Therapy?

  106. Quantitative PCR study on the mode of action of oligosaccharide elicitors on penicillin G production by Penicillium chrysogenum

  107. Effect of Impeller Speed and pH on the Production of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) Using Bacillus cereus SPV

    2008

  108. Dye decolorisation by laccase entrapped in copper alginate

  109. Towards Higher Laccase Activities Produced by Aquatic Ascomycetous Fungi Through Combination of Elicitors and an Alternative Substrate

  110. Elicitation effects of oligosaccharides on the transcriptional level of bacitracin ABC transporter genes in Bacillus licheniformis

  111. Optimisation studies on multiple elicitor addition in microbial systems: P. chrysogenum and B. licheniformis

    2007

  112. Large-scale production and efficient recovery of PHB with desirable material properties, from the newly characterised Bacillus cereus SPV

  113. Effect of oligosaccharide elicitors on bacitracin A production and evidence of transcriptional level control

  114. Overlap of Laccases/Cellobiose dehydrogenase activities during the decolourisation of anthraquinonic dyes with close chemical structures by Pycnoporus strains

  115. Effect of mannan oligosaccharide elicitor and ferulic acid on enhancement of laccases production in liquid cultures of basidiomycetes

  116. Novel application of oligosaccharides as elicitors for the enhancement of bacitracin A in cultures of Bacillus licheniformis

  117. The Effects of Spore Loading on the Growth of Penicillium chrysogenum Immobilised in K-Carrageenan

  118. Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Biodegradable polymers with a range of applications

    2006

  119. Effects of oligosaccharides and polysaccharides on the generation of reactive oxygen species in different biological systems

  120. In focus: immobilization editorial

  121. Specificities of proteases for use in leather manufacture

  122. Comparative Studies on the Influence of Higher Basidiomycetes Polysaccharide Fractions on Reactive Oxidizing Species Production

    2005

  123. Production of Biopharmaceuticals Through Microbial Cell Immobilisation

  124. Elicitor effects on chrysogenin production in liquid cultures of Penicillium chrysogenum using mannan oligosaccharides

  125. Towards unravelling the elicitation mechanism in cultures of Penicillium chrysogenum: Chrysogenin Elicitation

  126. Elicitor effects on Penicillium chrysogenum morphology in submerged cultures

    2004

  127. The influence of small oligosaccharides on the immune system

  128. Elicitor effects on reactive oxygen species in liquid cultures of Penicillium chrysogenum

    2003

  129. Transformation of high concentrations of chlorophenols by the white-rot basidiomycete Trametes versicolor immobilized on nylon mesh

  130. Transformation of high concentrations of chlorophenols by the white-rot basidiomycete Trametes versicolor immobilized on nylon mesh

  131. Elicitation of plants and microbial cell systems

    2001

  132. Using 2', 7'-Dichlorodihydrofluorescein-diacetate to Assess Polysaccharides as Immunomodulating Agents

  133. Production of lipolytic enzymes in batch cultures of Ophiostoma piceae

  134. Factors Affecting the Production of a Single-Chain Antibody Fragment by

  135. Effect of pH and loading manner on the start-up period of peat biofilter degrading xylene and toluene mixture

    2000

  136. Effect of mannan and alginate oligosaccharides on production in bioreactors of penicillin G and its biosynthetic intermediates

  137. Lipolytic enzyme production in batch and fed‐batch cultures of Ophiostoma piceae and Fusarium oxysporum

  138. Enhancement of chrysogenin production in cultures of Pencillium chrysogenum by uronic acid oligosaccharides

  139. Lipolytic enzyme production in batch and fed-batch cultures ofOphiostoma piceae andFusarium oxysporum

    1999

  140. The relationship between Helicobacter pylori motility, morphology and phase of growth: Implications for gastric colonization and pathology

  141. Motility of Helicobacter pylori in a viscous environment

  142. Influence of physiological parameters on the growth and pahogenicity of H-pylori

  143. Optimization of agitation for production of swainsonine from Metarhizium anisopliae in stirred tank and airlift reactors

  144. Enhancement of glucose oxidase production by Penicillium variabile P16

  145. Influence of growth medium composition on the lipolytic enzyme activity of Ophiostoma piliferum (CartapipTM)

  146. Effect of dissolved oxygen tension and pH on the production of extracellular protease from a new isolate of Bacillus subtilis K2, for use in leather processing

    1998

  147. Effect of pH on physiology of Metarhizium anisopliae for production of swainsonine

  148. Enhanced penicillin production by oligosaccharides from batch culture of Penicillium chrysogenum in stirred-tank reactors

    1997

  149. Effect of dilution rate on the stability of TOL plasmid pTKO in Pseudomonas putida PPK1

  150. Production of swainsonine from Metarhizium anisopliaein stirred-tank and air-lift reactors

  151. Alginate oligosaccharide as enhancer of penicillin production in cultures of Penicillium chrysogenum

  152. Wood extractives in pulp and paper manufacture: technical and environmental implications and biological removal.

    1996

  153. Problems in Scale-up of Immobilized Cell Cultures

  154. Improved stability of a naturally occurring TOL plasmid in Pseudomonas putida by immobilization

  155. Comparison of open loop optimal control and closed loop optimal control of a fermentation process

    1995

  156. Swainsonine production from batch cultures of Metarhizium anisoplea in stirred tank reactors

  157. Swainsonine production in fed-batch fermentation of Metarhizium anisoplea

    1994

  158. Integrated Design of a Fermentation Plant

  159. Physiological studies of exopolysaccharide production from the Basidiomycete Pleurotus sp. Florida

  160. Use of INT to determine the respiratory activity of immobilised and freePenicillium chrysogenum

    1993

  161. Production of an indolizidine alkaloid, swainsonine by the filamentous fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae

  162. Physiological studies related to the immobilization of Penicillium chrysogenum and penicillin production

    1992

  163. Application of Electric Field for Production of Immobilized Biocatalysts

  164. Physiological Aspects of Immobilized Penicillium Chrysogenum

    1991

  165. An HPLC procedure for monitoring penicillin G fermentations

    1990

  166. The large-scale immobilization ofPenicillium chrysogenum: Batch and continuous operation in an air-lift reactor

    1989

  167. Immobilization of Penicillium chrysogenum: spore growth on Celite

    1985

  168. Stability of a Catabolic Plasmid in Continuous Culture