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Journal Publications

 

1)      Nagar, D.N., Ghosh, N.N. & Judith M. Braganca Green synthesis of selenium nanospheres and nanoneedles by halophilic archaea. Appl Nanosci (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-022-02665-6

2)      Mani K, Taib N, Hugoni M, Bronner G, Judith M. Braganca and Debroas D (2020) Transient Dynamics of Archaea and Bacteria in Sediments and Brine Across a Salinity Gradient in a Solar Saltern of Goa, India. Front. Microbiol. 11:1891. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01891

3)      Deepthi Das, Isha Kalra, Kabilan Mani, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Braganca (2019) Characterization of extremely halophilic archaeal isolates from Indian salt pans and their screening for production of hydrolytic enzymes. Environmental Sustainability https://doi.org/10.1007/s42398-019-00077-x

4)      BB Salgaonkar, K Mani, Judith M. Bragança  (2018) Sustainable Bioconversion of Cassava Waste to Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) by Halogeometricum borinquense Strain E3. Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 1-10

5)      BB Salgaonkar, DT Sawant, S Harinarayanan, Judith M. Bragança (2018) Alphaamylase Production by Extremely Halophilic Archaeon Halococcus Strain GUVSC8. StarchStärke, 1800018

6)      Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2017) Utilization of Sugarcane Bagasse by Halogeometricum borinquense Strain E3 for Biosynthesis of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate). Bioengineering, 4, 50. (DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering4020050).

7)      Judith M. Bragança, & Irene Furtado, (2017). Removal of Cadmium by Halobacterium strain R1 MTCC 3265 from saline and non-saline econiches. Indian Journal of Geo Marine Sciences

8)      Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Deepthi Das and Judith M. Bragança (2016) Resistance of extremely halophilic archaea to zinc and zinc oxide nanoparticles. Applied Nanoscience 6: 251-258. (DOI: 10.1007/s13204-015-0424-8).

9)      Pallavee Srivastava, Edarapalli VR Nikhil, Judith M. Bragança, & Meenal Kowshik, (2015). Anti-bacterial TeNPs biosynthesized by haloarcheaon Halococcus salifodinae BK3. Extremophiles19(4), 875-884. (doi.org/10.1007/s00792-015-0767-9)

10)  Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2015) Biosynthesis of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) by Halogeometricum borinquense strain E3. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 78:339-346 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2015.04.016).

11)  Kabilan Mani, Sivaraman Chandrasekaran, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Srikanth Mutnuri, Judith M. Bragança (2015) Comparison of bacterial diversity from solar salterns and a simulated laboratory study. Annals of Microbiology 65(2):995-1005. (DOI: 10.1007/s13213-014-0944-6).

12)  Pallavee Srivastava, Judith M. Braganca, & Meenal Kowshik, (2014). In vivo synthesis of selenium nanoparticles by Halococcus salifodinae BK18 and their antiproliferative properties against HeLa cell line. Biotechnology progress30(6), 1480-1487. (DOI: 10.1002/btpr.1992).

13)  Deepthi Das, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani and Judith M. Bragança (2014) Cadmium resistance in extremely halophilic archaeon Haloferax strain BBK2. Chemosphere Journal 112: 385–392. (DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.04.058).

14)  Pallavee Srivastava, Judith M. Braganca, Sutapa Roy Ramanan, & Meenal Kowshik, (2014). Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles by haloarchaeon Halococcus salifodinae BK6. In Advanced Materials Research (Vol. 938, pp. 236-241). Trans Tech Publications. (DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.938.236)

15)  Vidhya Prabhudessai, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Judith M. Bragança and Srikanth Mutnuri (2014) Pretreatment of Cottage Cheese to Enhance Biogas Production. BioMed Research International Article ID 374562, 6 pages. (DOI: 10.1155/2014/374562).

16)  Adit Chaudhary, Imran Pasha M., Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Judith M. Braganca (2014) Cadmium Tolerance by Haloarchaeal Strains Isolated from Solar Salterns of Goa, India. International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics 4 (1), 1. (DOI: 10.7763/IJBBB.2014.V4.299).

17)  Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani and Judith M. Bragança (2013) Accumulation of polyhydroxyalkanoates by halophilic archaea isolated from traditional solar salterns of India. Extremophiles Journal 17:787-795. (DOI: 10.1007/s00792-013-0561-5).

18)  Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani and Judith M. Bragança (2013) Characterization of polyhydroxyalkanotes accumulated by a moderately Halophilic Salt pan isolate Bacillus megaterium strain H16. Journal of Applied Microbiology 114:1347-1356. (DOI: 10.1111/jam.12135).

19)  Pallavee Srivastava, Judith M. Bragança, Sutapa Roy Ramanan, & Meenal Kowshik (2013). Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using haloarchaeal isolate Halococcus salifodinae BK 3. Extremophiles, 17(5), 821-831. (doi.org/10.1007/s00792-013-0563-3)

20)  Judith M. Braganca and I. Furtado (2013). Resistance of Halobacterium strain R1 to cadmium during growth in mineral salts medium devoid of growth factors. Asian Jr of Microbiol. Biotech. Env. Sc. 15(2): 299-302

21)  Kabilan Mani, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Deepthi Das and Judith M. Bragança (2012) Community  solar  salt  production  in  Goa,  India.  BMC  Aquatic  Biosystems.  8:30. (DOI:10.1186/2046-9063-8-30).

22)  Kabilan Mani, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2012) Culturable halophilic archaea at the initial and crystallization stages of salt production in a natural solar saltern of Goa, India. BMC Aquatic Biosystems 8:15. (DOI: 10.1186/2046-9063-8-15).

23)  Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani, Anjana Nair, Sowmya Gangadharan and Judith M. Bragança (2012) Interspecific interactions among members of family Halobacteriaceae from natural solar salterns. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. 4(2):98-107. (DOI: 10.1007/s12602-012-9097-8).

24)  Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani and Judith M. Bragança (2011) Sensitivity of Haloarchaea to eubacterial pigments produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa SB1. World Journal Microbiology Biotechnology. 27:799–804. (DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0519-z).

25)  Judith M. Braganca and Irene Furtado  (2009). Haloarchaea associated with salt crystals obtained from solar salterns of Goa, India. Visual Image, Microbe Library.org.  American Society for Microbiology.

26)  Judith M. Braganca and Irene Furtado (2009) Isolation and characterization of Haloarchaea from low salinity Coastal sediments and waters of Goa – India. Current Science 96(9): 1182 – 1184

27)  S. Gayathri and Judith M. Braganca (2009). Biosensors for monitoring environmental pollutants: A review .Environmental Science: An Indian Journal.5(9).

 

Book Chapters

   

     (1) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Braganca (2019). Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates by extremophilic microorganisms through valorizationof waste materials. Advances in Biological Sciences Research: A practical Approach. (pg nos 419 -438). Elsevier Academic Press.

     (2)  Antunes, André, Marta F. Simões, Stefan W. Grötzinger, Jörg Eppinger, Judith M. Bragança, and Vladimir B. Bajic (2017). Bioprospecting Archaea: Focus on Extreme Halophiles. In Bioprospecting (pp. 81-112). Springer International Publishing.

    (3) Kabilan Mani, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2013) Molecular Microbial ecology of solar salterns of Goa and the isolation of culturable Haloarchaea. New India Publishers Chapter 6, Pg. No: 59-74: In Microbial Diversity and Its Applications. Barbudde, S.B., R. Ramesh and N.P. Singh.

    (4) Devika Nagar, Judith M. Braganca and Irene J. Furtado (2023) Chapter 4. Extremophilic Bacteria and Archaea in the valorisation of Metalloids: Arsenic, Selenium and Tellurium.Verma, P. (Ed.). (2023). Enzymes in the Valorization of Waste: Next-Gen Technological Advances for Sustainable Development of Enzyme based Biorefinery (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003187721

 

Conference Presentations

1)      Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2018) Polyhydroxyalkanoates Production by Extremely Halophilic Archaea from Sustainable Resources. International Conference on "Microbial Technology for Better Tomorrow (ICMTBT-2018)”, Organized by Dr. D. Y. Patil Arts, Commerce & Science College, Pimpri, Pune-Maharashtra, India in association with Microbiologist Society, India”, from 17-19th February, 2018. (Oral Presentation)

2)      Kabilan Mani, N Taib, M Hughoni, G Bronner, Didier Debroas,J M Bragança (2016) Fluctuation of Microbial Community Structure along a Salinity Gradient: A Metagenomic Study” in Extremophiles 2016, Kyoto, Japan from September 12th – 16th, 2016. [Poster]

3)      Judith M. Braganca (2016). Biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates by Halophilic Archaea'. The 11th International Congress on Halophilic Microorganisms, Halophiles 2016 in San Juan, Puerto Rico from May 22nd to May 27th 2016. [Oral Presentation]

4)      B. B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2015) Biosynthesis of a Potential Biodegradable Food Grade Polymer by Extremely Halophilic Archaea for Flexible Packaging. First International Conference on Advances in Food Science and Technology, Organized by Ayurveda-und Venen-Klinik, Austria; Institute for Holistic Medical Sciences (IHMS); and Institute of Macromolecular Science & Engineering (IMSE), Kerala, from 20th-22nd November 2015, at Kottayam, Kerala, India. (Oral Presentation)

5)      B. B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2015) Utilization of Commercial and Agro-Industrial Wastes as Substrates for the Biosynthesis of Polyhydroxyalkanoates by Extremely Halophilic Archaea. DST Sponsored National Level Seminar on “Archaea: Microbes of the Third Domain of Life”, 28th September 2015, P.E.S. College Ponda Goa, India. (Oral Presentation)

6)      B. B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança, Bacillus megaterium strain H16 Producing Polyhydroxybutyrate. Indo-UK International Workshop on Advanced Materials and Their Applications in Nanotechnology (AMAN2014), at BITS Pilani Goa Campus, India, 17-19th May 2014. [Poster]

7)      B.B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan M. and J.M. Braganca (2013) Resistance of extremely halophilicarchaea to metals. 10th International Conference “Halophiles 2013’ at University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA in June 2013. [Poster]

 

8)      Isha Kalra, Deepthi Das and J. M. Braganca (2013) Isolation and characterization of hydrolytic enzyme producing Halogeometricumsp. E3. 10th International Conference “Halophiles 2013’ at University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA in June 2013. [Poster]

 

9)      B. B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan M. and Judith M. Bragança (2012) Accumulation of Polyhydroxybutyrate by Halophiles from Solar Salterns of India. 9th International Congress on Extremophiles 2012, at Sevilla, Spain,10-13th September 2012. [Poster]

10) Kabilan M., B. B. Salgaonkar, and Judith M. Bragança (2012) Culturable Haloarchaeal Diversity in Solar Salterns of Goa, India. 9th International Congress on Extremophiles 2012, at Sevilla, Spain,10-13th September 2012. [Poster]

 

11) Judith Braganca and U.Roy (2012) Effect of Plastic Pollution in Marine Environments. UGC-Sponsored National Seminar To Save Marine Animals From Plastic    Pollution In The Marine Environment. 20th -21st January 2012. Department of Chemistry, S.N.College, Rajkanika, Orissa. [Oral Presentation]

12)  Judith M. Bragança (2011) Molecular Microbial ecology of solar salterns of Goa and the isolation of culturable Haloarchaea, at National symposium on “Microbial Diversity and its Application in Health, Agriculture and Industry”, organised by Indian council for agricultural and scientific research (ICAR) CSIR research complex Goa and sponsored by Dept. of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, from March, 4-5th 2011. [Oral Presentation]

13) B. B. Salgaonkar, M. Kabilan and J. M. Braganca (2010).Biodiversity of Haloarchaea in hypersaline environments of Saltpans of Goa – India. 9th International Conference on Halophilic Microorganisms. 29th June to 3rd July 2010. Beijing, China.[Poster]

 

14) B. B. Salgaonkar and J. M. Bragança, (2009) Characterisation of Extracellular Pigment produced by Pseudomonas sp.” at Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), organized by National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, from 16-19th December, 2009. [Poster]

15) Kabilan M. and Judith M. Braganca (2008) Screening of Haloarchaeal isolates for accumulation of polyhydroxyalkanoates. 49th Association of Microbiologists of India, IIT Chennai. November 18 – 20, 2008. [Poster]

 

16) Hasina Begum, Kabilan M. and Judith M. Braganca (2008) Isolation of Haloarchaea from Solarsalterns and low salinity Coastal waters of Goa – India.International Congress of Environmental Research. BITS – Pilani, Goa Campus, Zuari Nagar, Goa - 403726 (INDIA). December 18 – 20, 2008[Oral Presentation]

 

17) Hasina Begum and Judith M. Braganca. (2007)  Isolation and Characterization of Haloarchaea from solar salterns of Tamil Nadu, India. Association of Microbiologists of India, IIT Chennai, December 18th – 21st, 2007. [Poster]

 

18) Judith M. Braganca and Irene Furtado (2006) Microbial system for detection of Cadmium. International Workshop on Biosensors for Environmental Analysis, BITS Pilani - Goa Campus, India in collaboration with Lund University, Sweden.21st -23rd Feb, 2006[Poster]

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