Browsing by Author "Jasmin, C."
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Aberrations in the microbiome of cyanobacteria from a tropical estuary polluted by heavy metals
Jasmin, C.; Anas, A.; Singh, D.; Purohit, H.J.; Gireeshkumar, T.R.; Nair, S. (Elsevier Ltd, 2020)The effect of heavy metal pollution on the microbiome of cyanobacteria in Cochin estuary (CE) on the southwest coast of India is reported in the study. Statistically significant difference in heavy metal concentration was ... -
Advances in photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy
Anas, A.; Sobhanan, J.; Sulfiya, K.M.; Jasmin, C.; Sreelakshmi, P.K.; Biju, V. (Elsevier, 2021)Photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) combine light and photosensitizers to treat cancers and microbial infections, respectively. In PACT, the excitation of a photosensitizer drug ... -
Bacterial diversity associated with Cinachyra cavernosa and Haliclona pigmentifera, cohabiting sponges in the coral reef ecosystem of Gulf of Mannar, southeast coast of India
Jasmin, C.; Anas, A.; Nair, S. (PLOS One, 2015)Sponges are abundant, diverse and functionally important organisms of coral reef ecosystems. Sponge-associated microorganisms have been receiving greater attention because of their significant contribution to sponge biomass, ... -
Bacterial domination over Archaea in ammonia oxidation in a monsoon-driven tropical estuary
Vipindas, P.V.; Anas, A.; Jasmin, C.; Lallu, K.R.; Fausia, K.H.; Balachandran, K.K.; Muraleedharan, K.R.; Nair, S. (Springer, 2015)Autotrophic ammonia oxidizing microorganisms,which are responsible for the rate-limiting step of nitrification in most aquatic systems, have not been studied in tropical estuaries. Cochin estuary (CE) is one of the largest, ... -
Characterization of archaeal symbionts of sponges from the coral reef ecosystems of the Gulf of Mannar, Southeast coast of India
Jasmin, C.; Anas, A.; Thomas, P.A.; Tharakan, B.; Nair, S. (Elsevier, 2021)Sponges accommodate a diverse group of microorganisms with varied metabolic capabilities. The bacterial associates of sponges are widely studied while our understanding of archaeal counterparts is scanty. In the present ... -
Characterization of pyomelanin secreted by Shewanella sp.and their application in metal recovery
Sreelakshmi, P.K.; Anas, A.; Jasmin, C.; Devika, Raj; Mahesh, Mohan; Sujith, Athiyanathil (Springer, 2023)Melanin is a biopolymer with versatile structural and functional properties and diverse applications in recovering toxic chemicals from water and wastewater, biomedical imaging, and as theragnostic agent.We report the ... -
Distribution and antibiotic resistance of vibrio population in an urbanized tropical lake-the Vembanad-in the southwest coast of India
Anas, A.; Hridya, K.V.; Devika, Raj; Menon, Nandini; George, G.; Reshma, Soman; Deepulal, P.M.; Ann, Mary; Kiran, K.; Gireeshkumar, T.R.; Sreelakshmi, P.K.; Tharakan, B.; Jasmin, C.; Platt, T.; Sathyendranath, S. (Springer, 2023)Among the diverse Vibrio spp. autochthonous to coastal ecosystems, V. cholerae, V. fluvialis, V. vulnificus and V. parahaemolyticus are pathogenic to humans. Increasing sea-surface temperature, sea-level rise and water-related ... -
Distribution of multiple antibiotic resistant Vibrio spp across Palk Bay
Sneha, K.G.; Anas, A.; Jayalakshmy, K.V.; Jasmin, C.; VipinDas, P.V.; Pai, S.S.; Pappu, S.; Nair, M.; Muraleedharan, K.R.; Sudheesh, K.; Nair, S. (Elsevier, 2016)Presence of multiple antibiotic resistant microorganisms in marine systems is increasingly a focus of concern as they pose potential health risk to humans and animals. The present study reports the distribution, diversity, ... -
Diversity and bioactive potentials of culturable heterotrophic bacteria from the surficial sediments of the Arabian Sea
Anas, A.; Nilayangod, C.; Jasmin, C.; Vinothkumar, S.; Parameswaran, P.S.; Nair, S. (Springer, 2016)Marine sediments accommodate plethora of diverse microorganisms with varying ecological functions. In the present study, we isolated bacteria from surficial sediments of south east Arabian Sea (AS) and evaluated their ... -
Diversity and seasonal distribution of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in the water column of a tropical estuary along the southeast Arabian Sea
Vipindas, P.V.; Jabir, T.; Jasmin, C.; Balu, T.; Rehitha, T.V.; Adarsh, B.M.; Nair, S.; Abdulla, M.H.; Anas, A. (Springer Netherlands, 2018)Diversity and distribution pattern of ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) were studied across a salinity gradient in the water column of Cochin Estuary (CE), a tropical monsoonal estuary along the southeast Arabian Sea. The ... -
Diversity of sediment-associated Planctomycetes in the Arabian Sea oxygen minimum zone
Jasmin, C.; Anas, A.; Tharakan, B.; Jaleel, A.K.U.; Puthiyaveettil, V.; Narayanane, S.; Lincy, J.; Nair, S. (Wiley, 2017)We examined the diversity of Planctomycetes in the sediment sample collected from an oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) in the southeast Arabian Sea. A 16SrRNA gene library was constructed using the forward primer specific for ... -
Dynamics of Vibrio cholerae in a Typical Tropical Lake and Estuarine System: Potential of Remote Sensing for Risk Mapping
Anas, A.; Kiran, K.; Syamkumar, V.; George, G.; Menon, Nandini; Kulk, G.; Jasmin, C.; Ciambelli, A.; Hridya, K.V.; Balu, T.; Jaleel, A.K.U.; Goult, E.; Jithin, V.; Platt, T.; Sathyendranath, S. (MDPI AG, 2021)Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium responsible for the disease cholera, is a naturally-occurring bacterium, commonly found in many natural tropical water bodies. In the context of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) ... -
Environmental Reservoirs of Vibrio cholerae: Challenges and Opportunities for Ocean-Color Remote Sensing
Racault, M.-F.; Anas, A.; George, G.; Menon, N.; Jasmin, C.; Minu, P.; McConville, K.; Loveday, B.; Platt, T.; Sathyendranath, S.; Vijitha, V. (MDPI AG, 2019)The World Health Organization has estimated the burden of the on-going pandemic of cholera at 1.3 to 4 million cases per year worldwide in 2016, and a doubling of case-fatality-rate to 1.8% in 2016 from 0.8% in 2015. The ... -
Evaluation of antioxidant and cytotoxic properties of Cynobacteria, Limnothrix sp. and Leptolyngbya sp. from Arabian sea
Anas, A.; Vinothkumar, S.; Gupta, S.; Jasmin, C.; Joseph, V.; Parameswaran, P.S.; Nair, S. (Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, 2016)The hexane fractions of the marine cyanobacteria: Leptolyngbya sp. and Limnothrix sp., collected from Arabian Sea were found to display promising antioxidant properties than their ethyl acetate fraction during radical ... -
Extinction of Antimicrobial Resistant Pathogens Using Silver Embedded Silica Nanoparticles and an Efflux Pump Blocker
Jose, J.; Anas, A.; Jose, B.; Puthirath, A.B.; Athiyanathil, S.; Jasmin, C.; Anantharaman, M.R.; Nair, S.; Subrahmanyam, C.; Biju, V. (2019)Control measures against antimicrobial resistant bacterial pathogens are important challenges in our daily life. In this study, we discuss the sensitivity and resistance of four bacterial pathogens, Vibrio alginolyticus, ... -
Extinction of Antimicrobial Resistant Pathogens Using Silver Embedded Silica Nanoparticles and an Efflux Pump Blocker
Jose, J.; Anas, A.; Jose, B.; Puthirath, A.B.; Athiyanathil, S.; Jasmin, C.; Anantharaman, M.R.; Nair, S.; Subrahmanyam, C.; Biju, V. (2019)Control measures against antimicrobial resistant bacterial pathogens are important challenges in our daily life. In this study, we discuss the sensitivity and resistance of four bacterial pathogens, Vibrio alginolyticus, ... -
Fluorescence detection of the pathogenic bacteria Vibrio harveyi in solution and animal cells using semiconductor quantum dots
Arshad, E.; Anas, A.; Aparna, A.; Jasmin, C.; Pai, S.S.; BrightSingh, I.S.; Mohandas, A.; Biju, V. (The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016)Validation of microbial infection pathways in eukaryotic cells is challenging in the control of various infectious diseases. Semiconductor nanocrystals, also called quantum dots (QD), due to their exceptional brightness ... -
Heavy metals pollution influence the community structure of Cyanobacteria in nutrient rich tropical estuary
Anas, A.; Jasmin, C.; Sheeba V.A.; Gireeshkumar, T.R.; Nair, S. (OMICS International, 2015)Anthropogenic inputs influence the community structure and activities of microorganisms, which may impinge the functioning of estuarine and coastal ecosystem. The aim of the present study was to understand the influence ... -
Microbial community shifts along an estuarine to open ocean continuum
Anas, A.; Tharakan, E.M.B.; Jasmin, C.; Chandran, C.; Vipindas, P.V.; Narayanan, S.; Jaleel, A.K.U. (Elsevier, 2021)The water bodies along a continuum from estuaries to open ocean display significant changes in their physical, chemical and biological characteristics. In the current study, we report the influence of such changes on the ... -
Microbial distribution and diversity along a vertical profile in the water column of a seasonal Oxygen minimum zone in the Southeast Arabian Sea
Anas, A.; Balu, T.; Devika, Raj; Jasmin, C.; Divya, B.; Shijin, A.; Saravanane, N. (Elsevier, 2023)The Oxygen Minimum Zones (OMZ) support a milieu of microbial communities capable of degrading complex molecules. The current study reports the vertical distribution of microorganisms and diversity of bacteria in Arabian ...