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Prof. Dr. SARITA G BHAT

Professor

Department of Biotechnology

Cochin University of Science and Technology
Kochi - 682022, Kerala, India

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sgbhat@cusat.ac.in



BRIEF BIO
With >25 years of Teaching and research experience at the Department of Biotechnology, CUSAT. Job activities include teaching and mentoring post graduate students of the Masters’ program in Biotechnology, and Microbiology (since 2018). In addition, several Masters’ dissertation projects of student were also supervised during this period. Besides, doctoral supervision of research scholars at the Department of Biotechnology, CUSAT. Several students working under my supervision as well as those with joint supervision have been awarded doctoral degrees. My team successfully worked with C. elegans and Zebrafish as model organisms for research purposes in the Department of Biotechnology, besides working on the bacterial system. We have published these works in peer reviewed journals with high IF. During these two and half decades, several projects with total worth of a few crores of rupees have been awarded. Granted the UGC-Midcareer award in 2020.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Bacteriophage therapy. , gut dysbiosis and health , gut microbiome , Probiotics, Probiotics applications, Recombinant Phage proteins as antimicrobials

RESEARCH PROFILES
Scopus : https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7202757341
Google Scholar : https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=n1uSuOYAAAAJ&hl=en

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (RECENT) [TOTAL PUBLICATIONS : 93]
  • Indian Oil Sardine (Sardinella longiceps) gut derived Bacillus safensis SDG14 with enhanced probiotic competence for food and feed applications, Food Research International, , Elsevier Vol. 150, 2021

  • Multi-functional bioactive secondary metabolites derived from endophytic fungi of marine algal origin , Current Research in Microbial Sciences,(companion to current opinion in microbiology, Elsevier Vol. 2, 2021

  • Metagenomic landscape of taxonomy, metabolic potential and resistome of Sardinella longiceps gut microbiome, Archives of Microbiology, Springer Inc Vol. 204, 2021

  • Kisspeptins stimulate the hypothalamus - pituitary - ovarian axis and induce final oocyte maturation and ovulation in female stinging catfish (Heteropneustes fossilis): Evidence from in vivo and in vitro studies, Aquaculture, Elsevier Vol. 548, 2021

  • Insights into the response of mangrove sediment microbiomes to heavy metal pollution: Ecological risk assessment and metagenomics perspectives, Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier Vol. 298, 2021

  • A Magainin-2 like bacteriocin BpSl14 with anticancer action from fish gut Bacillus safensis SDG14, , Analytical Biochemistry, Elsevier Vol. 627, 2021

  • In vitro efficiency evaluation of phage cocktail for biocontrol of Salmonella spp. in food products. , Archives of Microbiology, Springer Inc Vol. 203, 2021

  • A primer on metagenomics and next-generation sequencing in fish gut microbiome research. , Aquaculture Research., Wiley and Sons Vol. 52, 2021

  • Enhanced CAUTI Risk due to Strong Biofilm Forming MDR Bacteria in Indwelling Urinary Catheters. , Austin J Microbiol., Austin Publishing group Vol. 6, 2021

  • Characterization of an extracellular thermostable antibacterial peptide from marine fungus with biofilm eradication potential,, ournal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis,, Elsevier Vol. 194, 2021

  • CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS (RECENT) [TOTAL PUBLICATIONS : 12]
  • Melanins with antibiofilm and anticancer activities from marine Pseudomonas stutzeri BTCZ10. , India International Science Festival 2015 at IIT Delhi. , 2015

  • Lytic Phage ?SP-2 induced variability in CRISPR regions of Bacteriophage Insensitive Mutants (BIMs) of Salmonella Enteritidis S37. , International Conference on Earth, Environment and Life sciences (EELS-2014) Dec. 23-24, 2014 Dubai (UAE) , 2014

  • Variation in CRISPRs in Salmonella Enteritidis and its Bacteriophage Insensitive Mutant (BIM): Indication of its role in phage – host interaction., National Symposium on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, 2012, 2012

  • Metagenomic approach for analysis of bacterial diversity of Mangalavanam mangrove soil. . , National Symposium on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, 2012, 2012

  • High Performance Liquid Chromatography analysis of LPS isolated from Salmonella Typhi. , National Symposium on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, 2012, 2012

  • Melanin production by marine Vibrio alginolyticus BTKK1. . , National Symposium on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, 2012, 2012

  • Genotypic approach in characterisation of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) accumulation in Vibrio sp. isolated from marine sediments.2011.pp. ISBN-978-93-80095-30-1, .National Symposium on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, , Vol. 1 , 0, 2012

  • Screening of various biological sources for antibacterial peptides. In: Proceedings of the P. , National Symposium on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, 2011., Vol. 1 , 0, 2012

  • Partial characterisation of antibacterial protein from Bacillus licheniformis, National Symposium on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, 2011., 2012

  • Phenotyping, genotyping and virulence gene profiling of two Salmonella strains isolated from chicken gut. ., National Symposium on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, 2011., 2012

  • BOOKS PUBLISHED
  • Prof. Dr. SARITA G BHAT, SArita G Bhat, Biotechnology,, DPR & P, CUSAT, 2012 , ISBN : ISBN-978-93-80095-30-1

  • Prof. Dr. SARITA G BHAT, Sarita G Bhat and Padma Nambisan, Proceedings of the National Symposium on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, 2012, DPR & P, CUSAT, 2012 , ISBN : ISBN-978-93-80095-39-4

  • Prof. Dr. SARITA G BHAT, Sarita G Bhat and Padma Nambisan, Proceedings of the National Symposium on Emerging Trends in Biotechnology, 2014, DPR & P, CUSAT, 2014 , ISBN : ISBN-978-93-80095-47-9.

  • Prof. Dr. SARITA G BHAT, Sarita G Bhat and Padma Nambisan, Microbial bioproducts, DPR & P, CUSAT, 2014 , ISBN : ISBN-978-93-80095-51-6.