Browsing by Author "PrabhaDevi"
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A study of the marine microfouling material developed on various surfaces
PrabhaDevi (Journal of Environmental Biology, Muzaffarnagar, 1995) -
Abundance of bacterial and diatom fouling on various surfaces
PrabhaDevi (Indian National Science Academy, 1995)Abundance of bacterial and diatom fouling on aluminium, fibreglass and stainless steel were studied from Dona Paula waters of the Zuari Estuary. Both these forms were reversibly attached in large numbers to surfaces during ... -
Antibacterial phenolics from the mangrove Lumnitzera racemosa
DeSouza, L.; Wahidullah, S.; PrabhaDevi (NISCAIR, CSIR, 2010)Antimicrobial activity of the methanolic extract and fractions of Lumnitzera racemosa was evaluated against fungi, virus and pathogenic bacteria. Crude methanolic extract and n-butanol fraction were ineffective against ... -
Antifouling activity of Indian marine invertebrate against the green mussel Perna viridis L.
PrabhaDevi; Jayasree, V.; Naik, C.G.; Parameswaran, P.S.; Raveendran, T.V.; Kamat, S.Y. (Springer, 1998)Thirty-one species of marine invertebrates collected from the Indian Coast, belonging to six phyla (Porifera, Coelenterata, Annelida, Mollusca, Echinodermata, and Eurochordata) were tested for antifouling activity against ... -
Antifungal potential of marine sponge extract against plant and fish pathogenic fungi
PrabhaDevi; Ravichandran, S.; Ribeiro, M.; Ciavatta, M.L. (OMICS Group, 2013)he need for discovery of new antibiotics is imperative because previous evidence suggest that development of resistance to any new antimicrobial agents is inevitable. In addition, compounds not tested for antimicrobial ... -
Arene ruthenium(II) complexes with 2-acetamidothiazole derived ligands: Synthesis, structural studies, antifouling and antibacterial properties
Singh, K.S.; PrabhaDevi; Sawant, S.G.; Kaminsky, W. (Elsevier, 2015)Four related arene ruthenium(II) complexes with antifouling properties of the general formula [(n<sup>6</sup> -arene)Ru(L)Cl<sub>2</sub>] have been prepared by the reaction of [(n<sup>6</sup> -arene)RuCl<sub>2</sub>]<sub>2</sub> ... -
Baltic cyanobacteria- A source of biologically active compounds
Mazur-Marzec, H.; Błaszczyk, A.; Felczykowska, A.; Hohlfeld, N.; Kobos, J.; Toruńska-Sitarz, A.; PrabhaDevi; Montalva`o, S.; DeSouza, L.; Tammela, P.; Mikosik, A.; Bloch, S.; Nejman-Faleńczyk, B.; Węgrzyn, G. (British Phycological Society, 2015)Cyanobacteria are effective producers of bioactive metabolites, including both acute toxins and potential pharmaceuticals. In the current work, the biological activity of 27 strains of Baltic cyanobacteria representing ... -
Batch culture fermentation of Penicillium chrysogenum and a report on the isolation, purification, identification and antibiotic activity of citrinin
PrabhaDevi; DeSouza, L.; Kamat, T.; Rodrigues, C.; Naik, C.G. (NISCAIR, India, 2009)Batch fermentation of Penicillium chrysogenum, MTCC 5108 was carried out using potato dextrose broth medium prepared in seawater: distilled water (1:1). Biomass as dry weight was determined by gravimetric analysis. Citrinin, ... -
Bioprospecting of Marine Fungi
PrabhaDevi; Thakur, N.L. (Springer, Singapore, 2022)Marine fungi are eukaryotic organisms occurring in water and sediments as parasitic and/or symbiotic on marine flora and fauna. The Indian subcontinent has a rich marine habitat, and fungi have high diversity and distribution ... -
Biotransformation and detoxification of xylidine orange dye using immobilized cells of marine-derived Lysinibacillus sphaericus D3
PrabhaDevi; Wahidullah, S.; Sheikh, F.; Pereira, R.; Narkhede, N.; Amonkar, D.; Tilvi, S.; Meena, R.M. (MPDI, 2017)Lysinibacillus sphaericus D3 cell-immobilized beads in natural gel sodium alginate decolorized the xylidine orange dye 1-(dimethylphenylazo)-2-naphthol-6-sulfonic acid sodium salt in the laboratory. Optimal conditions were ... -
Biotransformation of citrinin to decarboxycitrinin using an organic solvent-tolerant marine bacterium, Moraxella sp. (MB1)
PrabhaDevi; Naik, C.G.; Rodrigues, C. (Springer, 2006)Organic solvent tolerant microorganisms (OSTM) are novel group of extremophilic microorganisms that have developed resistance to withstand solvent toxicity. These organisms play an important role in biotransformation of ... -
Cellular fatty acid composition of marine-derived fungi
PrabhaDevi; Shridhar, M.P.D.; DeSouza, L.; Naik, C.G. (NISCAIR, CSIR, 2006)The present study quantifies cellular fatty acid composition of four filamentous, marine fungi viz. Trichoderma pseudokoningii, Curvularia lunata, Penicillium chrysogenum and Aspergillus niveus. These fungi were isolated ... -
Chemical composition, nutritive value and health benefits of edible clam Meretrix casta (Chemnitz) from West Coast of India
Wahidullah, S.; PrabhaDevi; DeSouza, L. (Springer, 2021)The present study was undertaken with a view to determine the nutraceutical value of the commonly consumed edible clam, Meretrix casta (Chemnitz), based on the identification of its organic chemical constituents particularly ... -
Chemical Investigation of Marine-Derived Fungus Aspergillus flavipes for Potential Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Tilvi, S.; Parvatkar, R.; Singh, K.S.; PrabhaDevi (John Wiley and Sons, Ltd, 2021)The marine fungus, Aspergillus flavipes (MTCC 5220), was isolated from the pneumatophore of a mangrove plant Acanthus ilicifolius found in Goa, India. The crude extract of A. flavipes was found to show anti-inflammatory ... -
Corrosion of mild steel and stainless steel by marine Vibrio sp.
PrabhaDevi; Wagh, A.B. (Indian Association for Limnology and Oceanography, 1989)Microbially induced corrosion (MIC) of stainless steel and mild steel coupons exposed to media with and without a bacterial culture Vibrio sp. was studied using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). Pitting type of corrosion ... -
Corrosion of mild steel, copper and brass in crude oil / seawater mixture
PrabhaDevi; Sawant, S.S.; Wagh, A.B. (NISCAIR, New Delhi, 1992)Mild steel, copper and brass coupons were introduced in natural seawater containing varying amount of crude oil. Mild steel showed higher rate of corrosion in seawater containing oil and lower corrosion rate in natural as ... -
Diffuse reflectance infrared fourier transform spectroscopic (DRIFTS) investigation of E.coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans
DeSouza, L.; PrabhaDevi; Kamat, T.; Naik, C.G. (NISCAIR, India, 2009)The present study consists of a refined method for obtaining Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopic (DRIFTS) data for biological samples in the mid infrared region (4000 - 600 cm sup(-1)). The biological ... -
Discovery of a new subclass of alpha-conotoxins in the venom of Conus australis
Lebbe, E.K.M.; Peigneur, S.; Maiti, M.; Mille, B.G.; PrabhaDevi; Ravichandran, S.; Lescrinier, E.; Waelkens, E.; DeSouza, L.; Herdewijn, P.; Tytgat, J. (Elsevier, 2014)Cone snails (Conus sp.) are poisonous animals that can be found in all oceans where they developed a venomous strategy to prey or to defend. The venom of these species contains an undeniable source of unique and potent ... -
Effect of soft coral extracts on isolated tissues
PrabhaDevi; Jayasree, V.; Naik, C.G. (National Institute of Ocean Technology, 2004)Methanolic extracts of eleven species of soft corals collected from Lakshwadeep islands in the Arabian Sea and Mandapam in the east coast of India were tested for their antispasmodic, antiarrhythmic and oxytocic activity ... -
Exploring rhizosphere bacteria of Eichhornia crassipes for metal tolerance and biological activity
PrabhaDevi; Gomez, S.; Ribeiro, M.; Deshpande, S.A.; Singh, K.S.; DeSouza, L. (GSTF, 2015)With urbanization and rapid industrial progress, water bodies around the world are getting highly polluted with metals. Bacteria have evolved several mechanisms to adapt to heally metal contaminants thus representing a ...