PUBLICATIONS

Nathani, N. M., Mootapally, C., Sharma, P., Solomon, S., Kumar, R., Fulke, A. B., & Kumar, M. (2023). Microbial machinery dealing diverse aromatic compounds: Decoded from pelagic sediment ecogenomics in the gulfs of Kathiawar Peninsula and Arabian Sea. Environmental Research, 225, 115603. 

Silori, R., Shrivastava, V., Mazumder, P., Mootapally, C., Pandey, A., & Kumar, M. (2023). Understanding the underestimated: Occurrence, distribution, and interactions of microplastics in the sediment and soil of China, India, and Japan. Environmental Pollution, 320, 120978.

Chandrashekar Mootapally Ninian P.P. Pabbathi, A. V. P. J. S. N. M. N. (2022). Metabolomics of Different Seaweeds in Functional Food Prospects. In Algal Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals: Benefits, Opportunities, and Challenges (Vol. 1, pp. 287-340): Bentham Science.

Jadeja, D. A., Nathani, N. M., Mootapally, C., & Kothari, R. K. (2022). Bio-Physico Characterization of Poly-3-Hydroxybutyrate (PHB) Produced from an Organic Pollutant Utilizer Bacillus subtilis subsp. subtilis DJ9192. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 1-9.

Doultani, S., Suthar, V. S., Mootapally, C., Nathani, N., Joshi, M., Patil, D. B., & Joshi, C. G. (2022). In vitro Maturation of buffalo oocytes and expression of selected biomarker candidate genes. Indian Journal of Animal Research, 56(11), 1333-1337. 

Ninian P.P. Pabbathi, A. V. P. J. S. N. M. N. C. M. (2022). Metabolomics of Different Seaweeds in Functional Food Prospects. In Algal Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals: Benefits, Opportunities, and Challenges (Vol. 1, pp. 287-340): Bentham Science.

Patel, N., Patel, N., Pal, S., Nathani, N., Pandit, R., Patel, M., . . . Parekh, B. (2022). Distinct gut and vaginal microbiota profile in women with recurrent implantation failure and unexplained infertility. BMC Women’s Health, 22(1), 1-15. 

Pramanick, R., Nathani, N., Warke, H., Mayadeo, N., & Aranha, C. (2022). Vaginal dysbiotic microbiome in women with no symptoms of genital infections. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 1369.

Doultani, S., Mootapally, C., Nathani, N., Suthar, V., Highland, H., Patil, D., . . . Joshi, C. (2021). 130 Expression of selected biomarker candidate genes to confer in vitro maturation in Indian buffaloes. Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 33(2), 173-173. 

Mahajan, M., Manek, D., Vora, N., Kothari, R. K., Mootapally, C., & Nathani, N. M. (2021). Fungi with high ability to crunch multiple Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) from the pelagic sediments of Gulfs of Gujarat. Marine pollution bulletin, 167, 112293. 

Mitra, A., Nathani, N. M., & Mootapally, C. (2021). Bioremediation Markers in Marine Environment. In Marine Microbial Bioremediation (pp. 142-151): CRC Press.

Mootapally, C., Mahajan, M. S., & Nathani, N. M. (2021). Sediment Plasmidome of the Gulfs of Kathiawar Peninsula and Arabian Sea: Insights Gained from Metagenomics Data. Microbial Ecology, 81, 540-548. 

Nathani, N. M., Dave, K. J., Vatsa, P. P., Mahajan, M. S., Sharma, P., & Mootapally, C. (2021). 309 metagenome assembled microbial genomes from deep sediment samples in the Gulfs of Kathiawar Peninsula. Scientific Data, 8(1), 194. 

Nathani, N. M., Dave, K. J., Vatsa, P. P., Mahajan, M. S., Sharma, P., & Mootapally, C. (2021). Author Correction: 309 metagenome assembled microbial genomes from deep sediment samples in the Gulfs of Kathiawar Peninsula. Scientific Data, 8. 

Nathani, N. M., Vatsa, P. P., Mahajan, M. S., Solomon, S., & Mootapally, C. (2021). Viral footprints across Gulfs of Kathiawar Peninsula and Arabian Sea: Unraveled from pelagic sediment metagenomic data. Virus Research, 302, 198485. 

Nimavat, J., Mootapally, C., Nathani, N. M., Dave, D., Kher, M. N., Mahajan, M. S.,. Bhatt, V. D. (2021). Evolutionary and Antigenic Profiling of the Tendentious D614G Mutation of SARS-CoV-2 in Gujarat, India. Frontiers in genetics, 12, 764927. 

Rajyaguru, R., Maheshala, N., Mootapally, C., Nathani, N., Tomar, R., Bhalani, H., & Sharma, P. (2021). CRISPR-Cas9 Approaches to Enhance Contents of Plant Secondary Metabolites. In Biotechnological Approaches to Enhance Plant Secondary Metabolites (pp. 133-152): CRC Press.

Chaudhari, A., Chaudhari, M., Mahera, S., Saiyed, Z., Nathani, N. M., Shukla, S., . . . Joshi, C. G. (2021). In-Silico analysis reveals lower transcription efficiency of C241T variant of SARS-CoV-2 with host replication factors MADP1 and hnRNP-1. Informatics in medicine unlocked, 25, 100670.

Mootapally, C., Nathani, N. M., Solomon, S., Subramanian, B., & Gadhvi, I. R. (2020). Role of Metagenomics in Exploring Marine Microbiomes: Current Status and Implications. In Encyclopedia of Marine Biotechnology (Vol. 3, pp. 1891-1907): John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Nathani, N. M., Mitra, A., Mootapally, C., & Kothari, R. K. (2020). Advancements in Bioinformatics and Role in Marine Genomics and Metagenomics. In Encyclopedia of Marine Biotechnology (Vol. 3, pp. 1791-1807): John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Nathani, N. M., Mootapally, C., Gadhvi, I. R., Maitreya, B., & Joshi, C. G. (2020). Marine Niche: Applications in Pharmaceutical Sciences. In: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Nathani, N. M., Rajyaguru, R. H., Prashanth, P. N. P., Mootapally, C., & Dave, B. P. (2020). Microbial Omics: Role in Ecological Studies and Environmental Control Measures. In Environmental Biotechnology Vol. 2 (pp. 173-196): Springer, Cham.

Pabbathi, N. P. P., Mootapally, C., Velidandi, A., Dave, K., Nathani, N. M., & Baadhe, R. R. (2020). Living soil of fifty-year-old saw mill: Dawn bioresource with differential hydrolytic potentials. Ecological Genetics and Genomics, 100061. 

Pabbathi, N. P. P., Nathani, N. M., Gadhvi, I. R., & Chandrashekar, M. (2020). Environmental Metabolomics: With the Perspective of Marine Toxicology Assessment. In Environmental Biotechnology Vol. 1 (pp. 197-225): Springer.

Puvar, A., Mootapally, C., Joshi, C., & Joshi, M. (2020). Metagenomic dataset on lichen Dirinaria sp. from the Great Rann of Kutch and tropical moist deciduous Dang forest of Gujarat. Data in Brief, 30, 105504. 

Shukla, P. J., Bhatt, V. D., Suriya, J., & Mootapally, C. (2020). Marine Extremophiles: Adaptations and Biotechnological Applications. In Encyclopedia of Marine Biotechnology (Vol. 3, pp. 1753-1771): John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Mootapally, C., Nathani, N. M., Poriya, P., Beleem, I., Dabhi, J. C., Gadhvi, I. R., & Joshi, C. G. (2019). Antibiotic Resistome Biomarkers associated to the pelagic Sediments of the Gulfs of Kathiawar peninsula and Arabian Sea. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1-12. 

Nathani, N. M., Mootapally, C., & Dave, B. P. (2019). Antibiotic resistance genes allied to the pelagic sediment microbiome in the Gulf of Khambhat and Arabian Sea. Science of The Total Environment, 653, 446-454.

Jalpa K, R., Neelam M, N., Ankit T, H., Anjali U, J., Mootapally, C. S., & Ramesh K, K. (2018). Isolation, characterization and growth response study of chlorpyrifos utilizing soil bacterium Pseudomonas putida JR16. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research, 52(4), 355-361. 

Kothari, R. K., Nathani, N. M., Mootapally, C., Rank, J. K., Gosai, H. B., Dave, B. P., & Joshi, C. G. (2018). Comprehensive Exploration of the Rumen Microbial Ecosystem With Advancements in Metagenomics. In Metagenomics (pp. 215-229): Elsevier Inc.

Viswanathan, M. S., Shekar, M. C., Arularasan, S., Nathani, N. M., Arumugam, S., Amrutlal K. Patel, I. R. G., & Joshi, C. G. (2018). In vitro Primary culturing of Cells and Explant Tissue of Conus cumingii Venom Duct: Cytotoxicity Assessment of their Culture Supernatant on HEK 293T. Indian Journal of Geo Marine Science, 47(05), 1096-1102. 

Rank, J. K., Nathani, N. M., Hinsu, A. T., Joshi, A. U., Shekar, M. C., & Kothari, R. K. (2018). Isolation, characterization and growth response study of chlorpyrifos utilizing soil bacterium Pseudomonas putida JR16. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research, 52(4), 355-361.

Arularasan, S., Nathani, N. M., Maran Ba, V., Kothari, R. K., & Shekar Mootapally, C. (2017). Haplotype variation and phylogenetic analyses of three commercially important morphological variants of genus Turbinella from the southeast coast of India based on the 16S rRNA gene. Bulletin of Marine Science, 93(4), 931-941. 

Mootapally, C. S., Poriya, P., Nathani, N. M., Maran, B. A. V., & Gadhvi, I. R. (2017). Recent Advances in the Metagenomics of Marine Mammals Microbiome. In Understanding Host-Microbiome Interactions – An Omics Approach (pp. 327-336): Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017.

Nathani, N. M., Patel, A. K., Mootapally, C. S., Kothari, R. K., & Joshi, C. G. (2017). Advancements in Molecular Techniques and Bioinformatics for Understanding the Rumen Microbiome. In Understanding Host-Microbiome Interactions – An Omics Approach (pp. 337-349): Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017.

Suriya, J., Shekar, M. C., Nathani, N. M., Suganya, T., Bharathiraja, S., & Krishnan, M. (2017). Assessment of bacterial community composition in response to uranium levels in sediment samples of sacred Cauvery River. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, 101, 831-841. 

Hinsu, A. T., Parmar, N. R., Nathani, N. M., Pandit, R. J., Patel, A. B., Patel, A. K., & Joshi, C. G. (2017). Functional gene profiling through metaRNAseq approach reveals diet-dependent variation in rumen microbiota of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). Anaerobe, 44, 106-116. 

Nathani, N. M. (2017). DNA Extraction Methods for Microbial Diversity Assessment from Marine Environments: Current Scenario and Future Perspectives. EC Microbiology ECO, 1, 55-56. 

Prajapati, J. B., Zala, H. P., Nathani, N. M., Sajnani, M., & Joshi, C. G. (2017). Genome-wide analysis of a potent functional dairy starter bacterium Streptococcus thermophilus MTCC 5460: A comprehensive study of its dairy Niche adaptive features. Current Science, 2292-2297. 

Prashakha J. Shukla, Neelam M. Nathani and Bharti P. Dave (2017) “Marine bacterial exopolysaccharides [EPSs] from extreme environments and their biotechnological applications ”, International Journal of Research in BioSciences (IJRBS), 6(4), pp. 20-32.

Arularasan, S., Ms, V., Maran Ba, V., Zaman, G. U., & Shekar M, C. (2016). Variation in Shell Morphology and Adult Specimen Weight in Three Varieties of a Commercially Important Gastropod Turbinella Pyrum (Linnaeus, 1767) From Southeast Coast of India. Journal of Marine Science Research & Development, 6(2), 184-doi. 

Chandra Shekar, M., Arularasan, S., Nathani, N. M., Macwan, S., & St, S. (2016). Genetic Integrity in Wild Stock of Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus, 1758) and Babylonia zeylanica (Bruguiere, 1789) from Southeast Coast of India: An important Mariculture Gastropod Species. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 9(4), 10-17485. 

Chandra Shekar, M., Arularasan, S., Nathani, N. M., Zaman, G. U., & Joshi, C. G. (2016). Genetic architecture of three Turbinella pyrum varieties (Linnaeus, 1758) from the southeast coast of India. Marine Ecology, 37(3), 588-598.

Kunadia, K., Nathani, N. M., Kothari, V., Kotadia, R. J., Kothari, C. R., Joshi, A., . . . Viroja, M. J. (2016). Draft Genome Sequence of Commercial Textile Dye-Decolorizing and -Degrading Bacillus subtilis Strain C3 Isolated in India. Genome Announcements, 4(2), e00104-00116. 

Mootapally, C. S., Nathani, N. M., Patel, A. K., Jakhesara, S. J., & Joshi, C. G. (2016). Mining of Ruminant Microbial Phytase (RPHY1) from Metagenomic Data of Mehsani Buffalo Breed: Identification, Gene Cloning, and Characterization. Journal of molecular microbiology and biotechnology, 26(4), 252-260. 

Nathani, N. M., Mootapally, C. S., & Dave, B. P. (2016). Sedimentomics – Exploring the Microbial Treasures in Deep Marine Environments. Journal of Investigative Genomics (DOI: 10.15406/jig.2016.03.00047), 1-3. 

Shekar, M. C., Arularasan, S., Zaman, G. U., Krishnan, P., & Suresh, E. (2016). Genetic diversity in natural populations of neogastropod, Babylonia Zeylanica (Bruguiere, 1739) along Tamilnadu, southeast coast of India: A molecular approach through microsatellite markers. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 45(04), 603-612. 

Jakhesara, S. J., Koringa, P. G., Nathani, N. M., & Joshi, C. G. (2016). Identification and quantification of novel RNA isoforms in horn cancer of Bos indicus by comprehensive RNA-Seq. 3 Biotech, 6, 1-12.

Nathani, N. M., Duggirala, S. M., Bhatt, V. D., Patel, A. K., Kothari, R. K., & Joshi, C. G. (2016). Correlation between genomic analyses with metatranscriptomic study reveals various functional pathways of Clostridium sartagoforme AAU1, a buffalo rumen isolate. Journal of Applied Animal Research, 44(1), 498-507. 

Shah, R. K., Patel, A. K., Shah, T. M., Singh, K. M., Nathani, N. M., & Joshi, C. G. (2016). Analysis of community structure and species richness of protozoa-enriched rumen metagenome from Indian Surti by shotgun sequencing. Current Science, 184-191.

Nathani, N. M., Duggirala, S. M., Kothari, R. K., & Joshi, C. G. (2015). Isolation of chitinolytic Clostridium sp. NCR from Mehsani buffalo rumen, its genomic analysis and potential role in rumen. Genomics data, 5, 109-111. 

Nathani, N. M., Patel, A. K., Mootapally, C. S., Reddy, B., Shah, S. V., Lunagaria, P. M., . . . Joshi, C. G. (2015). Effect of roughage on rumen microbiota composition in the efficient feed converter and sturdy Indian Jaffrabadi buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). BMC genomics, 16, 1-15. 

Viswanathan, M. S., Arularasan, S., Patel, A. K., Shekar, M. C., Nathani, N. M., Shah, R. K., . . . T. (2015). Cytotoxic Effect of Venom Produced in Vitro from Primary Culture of Conusbiliosus Venom Duct Cells on HEK 293t Cells. Advances in biological research, 9(3), 133-139. 

Zaman, G., Chandra Shekar, M., Nath, M. K., Taloh, N., & Rank, D. N. (2015). Molecular Characterization of Indigenous Pigs of Arunachal Pradesh Using Microsatellite Markers. Indian Vet. J., 92(06), 41-45. 

Zaman, G., Chandra Shekar, M., Laskar, S., Ferdoci, A. M., & Rank, D. N. (2015). Molecular characterization of Assam Local pig. Indian Journal of Biotechnology, 14(3), 416-419. 

Zaman, G., & Shekar, M. C. (2015). Genetic diversity of indigenous goat populations of north east India including West Bengal based on microsatellite markers. Animal Molecular Breeding, 5(3), 1-7. 

Nathani, N. M., Kothari, R. K., Patel, A. K., & Joshi, C. G. (2015). Functional characterization reveals novel putative coding sequences in Prevotella ruminicola genome extracted from rumen metagenomic studies. Microbial Physiology, 25(4), 292-299. 

Patel, S. M., Koringa, P. G., Nathani, N. M., Patel, N. V., Shah, T. M., & Joshi, C. G. (2015). Exploring genetic polymorphism in innate immune genes in Indian cattle (Bos indicus) and buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) using next generation sequencing technology. Meta gene, 3, 50-58. 

Patel, S. M., Koringa, P. G., Reddy, B. B., Nathani, N. M., & Joshi, C. G. (2015). In silico analysis of consequences of non-synonymous SNPs of Slc11a2 gene in Indian bovines. Genomics data, 5, 72-79.

Arularasan, S., Shekar, M. C., Zaman, G., Karthikeyan, S. M. K., Rank, D. N., Jisha, T. K., . . . Balasubramanian, T. (2014). Evaluation of within species diversity in natural stock of Babylonia spirata (Linnaeus, 1758), along Tamilnadu coast of India using microsatellite markers. World Journal of Fish and Marine Sciences, 6(1), 66-71. 

52. Zaman, N. N. S. L. B. D. A. M. G. C. D., & Shekar, M. C. (2014). Molecular Characterization of Assam Local Goats Using Microsatellite Markers. Indian Veterinary Journal, 91(02), 49-52. 

G.Zaman, M. C. S. G. K. F. A. A. (2014). Molecular characterization of Mizoram local pigs (Zovawk) using microsatellite markers. Biotechnology: An Indian Journal, 10(1), 24-28. 

Zaman, G., Khaogria, G., Dutta, R., Shekar, M. C., & Rakesh, P. (2014). Linkage of goat fecundity with the loci BMPR-IB and BMP15. BTAIJ, 10(6), 1382-1383. 

Zaman, G., Shekar, M. C., Nath, M. K., & Savino, H. Z. K. N. (2014). Molecular characterization of Votho pigs from Nagaland using microsatellite markers. Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 84(10), 1137-1139. 

Zaman, G. L. S. F. A. M. C. S. M., & Chetri, A. J. (2014). Molecular characterization of Doom pigs using microsatellite markers. African Journal of Biotechnology, 13(30), 3017-3022.

Ambalam, P., Pithva, S., Kothari, C., Kothari, R., Parmar, N., Nathani, N. M., Vyas, B. R. M. (2014). Insight into the draft genome sequence of human isolate Lactobacillus rhamnosus LR231, a bacterium with probiotic potential. Genome Announcements, 2(1), e00111-00114. 

Bhensdadia DV, Bhimani HD, Nathani NM, Rawal CM, Koringa PG, et al. (2014) Isolation, Molecular Characterization and Insight into the Genome Sequence of E. Coli Bacteriophage ADB-2 from Poultry Fecal Sample. Next Generat Sequenc & Applic 

Faldu, P. R., Kothari, V. V., Kothari, C. R., Rawal, C. M., Domadia, K. K., Patel, P. A., . . . Nathani, N. M. (2014). Draft genome sequence of textile azo dye-decolorizing and-degrading Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PFK10, isolated from the common effluent treatment plant of the Ankleshwar industrial area of Gujarat, India. Genome Announcements, 2(1), e00019-00014. 

Nathani, N. M., Duggirala, S. M., Bhatt, V. D., KaPatel, J., & Joshi, C. G. (2014). Genomic analysis of a novel strain of Bacillus nealsonii, isolated from Surti buffalo rumen. Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology, 2014. 

Patel, P. A., Kothari, V. V., Kothari, C. R., Faldu, P. R., Domadia, K. K., Rawal, C. M., . . . Koringa, P. G. (2014). Draft genome sequence of petroleum hydrocarbon-degrading Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PK6, isolated from the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, India. Genome Announcements, 2(1), e00002-00014.

Zaman, G., Chandra Shekar, M., & Aziz, A. (2013). Molecular characterization of Meghalaya Local pigs (Niang Megha) using microsatellite markers. Indian J. Sci. Technol, 6(10), 5302-5306. 

Zaman, G., Chandra Shekar, M., Ferdoci, A. M., & Laskar, S. (2013). Molecular characterization of Ghungroo pig. International Journal of Animal Biotechnology, 3(1), 1-4. 

Zaman, G., Chandra Shekar, M., Nath, M. K., & Islam, N. (2013). Molecular characterization of Mali pigs of Tripura using microsatellite markers. Glob. Vet, 11(6), 742-746. 

Zaman, G., Nahardeka, N., Chetri, A. J., Shekar, M. C., & Rank, D. N. (2013). Molecular characterization of Bengal goats using microsatellite markers. The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences, 83(12), 1343-1346. 

Zaman G, N. N. A. A. C. S. M. S. K., & Parikh, R. (2013). Molecular Characterization of Nagaland Long Hair Goat. International Multidisciplinary Research Journal, 3(1), 08-12. 

Kothari, V. V., Kothari, R. K., Kothari, C. R., Bhatt, V. D., Nathani, N. M., Koringa, P. G., . . . Vyas, B. R. M. (2013). Genome sequence of salt-tolerant Bacillus safensis strain VK, isolated from saline desert area of Gujarat, India. Genome Announcements, 1(5), e00671-00613. 

Nathani, N. M., Patel, A. K., Dhamannapatil, P. S., Kothari, R. K., Singh, K. M., & Joshi, C. G. (2013). Comparative evaluation of rumen metagenome community using qPCR and MG-RAST. Amb Express, 3(1), 1-8. 

Prajapati, J. B., Nathani, N. M., Patel, A. K., Senan, S., & Joshi, C. G. (2013). Genomic analysis of dairy starter culture Streptococcus thermophilus MTCC 5461. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 23(4), 459-466.

Hepsiba, P., Ushakumari, J., Karthickeyan, S. M. K., Chandrashekar, M., & Muthezhilan, R. (2012). Genetic diversity in Nilgiri sheep (Ovis aries): A molecular approach through microsatellite markers. Scientific Transactions in Environment and Technovation Journal(STET), 5(3): 162-166

Chandra Shekar, M., Usha Kumari, J., Karthickeyan, S. M. K., & Muthezhilan, R. (2011). Assessment of with-in breed diversity in Hallikar cattle (Bos indicus) through microsatellite markers. Indian J. Sci. and Tech, 4(4).