Dr A Sankara narayanan

Ph.D. (Environmental Sciences),on, "Stream-landscape linkage on the resources and communities in a south Indian river" (Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tamil Nadu, India) (2000). 

MSc (Microbiology) (1994), Sri Paramakalyani College, Alwarkurichi (Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, India); 

BSc (Zoology) (1992) Sri Paramakalyani College, Alwarkurichi (Madurai Kamaraj University, Madura, Tamil Nadu, India). 

Fermented food products and health benefits

Environmental Microbiology

Antibacterial activity of Herbal plants / Bioprospecting of Herbal Plants

Authored Book:

1. Senthil Kumar, M., Amaresan, N. and A. Sankaranarayanan 2021. Plant-Microbe interactions: Laboratory techniques, Springer publications, Humana Press, USA.  296 p (ISBN: 9781071610794) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1080-0

Edited Books:

1. Dharumadurai Dhanasekaran and A. Sankaranarayanan 2025. Medicinal mushrooms – Conservation and Bioprospecting. Humana press, Springer Nature publications (In Press).
2.  A. Sankara narayanan, Gomathi Selvam, V. Ambikapathy and N. Panner Selvam 2025. Aflatoxigenic Fungi: Its impact on Human, Animal and Plants. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Publications (In Press).
3.  A. Sankara narayanan  2025. Detection of Gram Positive Bacterial Food Borne pathogens. Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications. ISBN: 978-1-0716-4381-5. 274 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4382-2
4.  Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai and A. Sankara narayanan 2025. Plant Microbiome Engineering. Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications. ISBN: 978-1-0716-4179- 567 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4
5. Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai, A. Sankara narayanan and Priyanka Sarkar 2024. Human and Animal Microbiome Engineering. Academic Press, Elsevier ISBN: 9780443223488. 367 pp.https://shop.elsevier.com/books/human-and-animal-microbiome-engineering/dhanasekar an/978-0-443-22348-8 
6. N. Thajuddin, A. Sankaranaryanan and D. Dhanasekaran 2023. Protocols for Cyanobacteria sampling and detection of Cyanotoxins. Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications. (ISBN: 978-981-99-4513-9), 504 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4514-6 
7. Mitesh Kumar Dwivedi, A. Sankaranarayanan and Sanjay Tiwari 2023.  Anticancer Immunity: Reviewing the potential of Probiotics. Vol. 4 Bentham Publishers, Singapore. (ISBN: 978-981-5165-13-5), 320 pp. https://benthambooks.com/book/9789815165135/ 
8. Mitesh Kumar Dwivedi, A. Sankaranarayanan and Sanjay Tiwari 2023. Frontiers in Cancer Immunology: Probiotics in Anticancer Immunity. Vol. 3. Bentham Publishers, Singapore. (ISBN: 978-981-5124-78-1), 283 pp.  https://benthambooks.com/book/9789815124781/ 
9. Sankaranarayanan, A., N. Amaresan and Mitesh Dwivedi 2022.  Endophytic Microbes: Isolation, Identification and Bioactive potentials. Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications. (ISBN: 978-1-0716-2827-0), 272 pp. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-1-0716-2827-0 
10. Mitesh Dwivedi, A. Sankaranarayanan, Helen Kemp & Yehuda Shoenfeld 2022. Role of Microorganisms in pathogenesis and Management of Auto immune diseases. Vol: II Kidney, Central Nervous System, Eye, Blood, Blood Vessels & Bowel. Springer Nature Publications, Singapore (ISBN: 9789811947995). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4800-8
11. Mitesh Dwivedi, N. Amaresan A. Sankaranarayanan & Rasheedunnisa Begum 2022 Biosafety assessment of Probiotic potentials. Springer Nature publications. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2509-5  (ISBN: 978-1-0716-2509-5)
12. Amaresan, N., A. Sankaranarayanan, Mitesh Kumar Dwivdei and Irina S. Druzhinina 2022. Advances in Trichoderma Biology and Applications. Springer Nature Publications, Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91650-3 ; (ISBN 978-3-030-91649-7)
13. Dhanasekaran, D., and A. Sankaranarayanan 2021. Advances in probiotics: Microorganisms in food and health.  Elsevier publications, USA. 566p. (ISBN: 978-0-12-822909-5) https://shop.elsevier.com/books/advances-in-probiotics/dhanasekaran/978-0-12-822909-5 
14. Mitesh Kumar Dwivedi, N. Amaresan and A. Sankaranarayanan and Elizabeth H. Kemp  2021.  Probiotics in the prevention and management of human diseases: A Scientific perspective. Elsevier publications, USA (ISBN: 9780128237335). https://shop.elsevier.com/books/probiotics-in-the-prevention-and-management-of-human-diseases/dwivedi/978-0-12-823733-5 
15. Dhanasekaran, D., Amaresan, N. A. Sankaranarayanan, Dhiraj Paul and Yogesh Souche 2021. Microbiome – host interactions.  CRC Press, Taylor and Francis publications 436 p. (ISBN: 9780367479909). https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003037521 
16. Sankaranarayanan, A. N. Amaresan, D. Dhanasekaran 2020. Fermented Food products. CRC press, Taylor & Francis, UK. 411 p (ISBN : 978-0-367224226) https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.1201/9780429274787/fermented-food-products -sankaranarayanan-amaresan-dhanasekaran 
17. Amaresan, N., M. Senthil Kumar, K. Annapurna, Krishna Kumar & A. Sankaranarayanan 2020. Beneficial microbes in Agro- Ecology Bacteria and Fungi, Elsevier Publications, USA.  912 p (ISBN: 9780128172308) https://shop.elsevier.com/books/beneficial-microbes-in-agro-ecology/amaresan/978-0-12-823414-3 
18. Amaresan, N., M. Senthil Kumar, Krishna Kumar & A. Sankaranarayanan 2020. Microbial mitigation of stress responses in food legume plants. CRC press, Taylor & Francis, UK. 283p (ISBN:9780367460242) https://www.taylorfrancis.com/ books/ edit/10.1201/9781003028413/microbial-mitigation-stress-response-food-legumes-amaresan-senthilkumar-murugesan-krishna-kumar-sankaranarayanan 

Chapter Publications:

1. Arunachalam, M., J.A. Johnson and A. Sankaranarayanan 2003.  Fishes of Rain forest streams / rivers of India – A Research overview. 153-171 pp. In: Envis Bulletin: Wildlife and Protected areas, Conservation of Rain forests in India, (Eds. A.K. Guptha, Ajithkumar and V. Ramakantha) Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun. Vol. 4 (1): 152-172 pp. (ISSN 0972-088X) 382 pp. 
2. Sankaranarayanan, A., N. Amaresan and Jinal H. Naik 2018.  Wolbachia – an effective biocontrol agent. 215-233 pp. In: Microbial Control of Vector-Borne Diseases. Eds. Tyagi BK and Dhansekaran D., CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Florida, USA.  (ISBN: 978-1-138-05581-0) 
3. Amaresan N, Jinal HN and Sankaranarayanan A. 2018. Anti leishmanial compounds from microbial sources for the prevention of leishmaniasis. 355-371 pp.  In: Microbial Control of Vector-Borne Diseases. Eds. Tyagi BK and Dhansekaran D., CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Florida, USA.  (ISBN: 978-1-138-05581-0) 
4. Sankaranarayanan, A. and N. Amaresan 2019. Diversity of Global fermented food products – An overview. 3-24 pp In: Fermented food products. Eds. CRC Press | Taylor & Francis Group, Florida, USA. (ISBN : 978-0-367224226) 
5. Sankaranarayanan, A. and N. Amaresan 2019. Pythium sp. 777-787 In: Beneficial microbes in Agro- Ecology Bacteria and Fungi. Elsevier Publications, USA. (ISBN: 9780128172308) 
6. Hardik Naik Jinal, Natarajan Amaresan and Sankaranarayanan, A. 2019. Methylobacterium 509-516 In: Beneficial microbes in Agro- Ecology Bacteria and Fungi. Elsevier Publications, USA.  (ISBN: 9780128172308).  
7. Sankaranarayanan, A., N. Amaresan and Abhishek Sharma 2020. Effects of pesticides and heavy metals on growth and yield of food legume plants.  In: Microbial mitigation stress response of food legume plants CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Florida, USA (ISBN: 9780367460242) 
8. Sankaranarayanan, A., N. Amaresan, Abhishek Sharma and Ashraf Y.Z. Khalifa 2020. Mycotoxins associated food safety concerns of agricultural crops, prevention and control. 357-374 pp  In: Fungi Bio-prospects in sustainable agriculture, Environment and Nano-technology. Vol: 1 Fungal diversity and sustainable agriculture. Eds. Maulin P. Shah, Vijay K. Sharma, Shobika Pharmar and Ajay Kumar, Elsevier Publications, USA. ( ISBN: 9780128213940). 
9. Savitha, T., Sankaranarayanan, A., and Ashraf Y.Z. Khalifa 2021.  An Insight of Microbiome Science. 1-9. In: Microbiome-Host interactions Eds D. Dhanasekaran, Dhiraj Paul, N. Amaresan, Sankaranarayanan, A., and Yogesh Souchi. ( ISBN: 9780367479909), CRC Press, Taylor and Francis publications,  Florida, USA.  
10. Sankaranarayanan, A., Ashraf Y.Z. Khalifa, N. Amaresan and Abhishek Sharma 2021. Soil Microbiome to maximize the benefits to crop plants – a special reference to rhizosphere microbiome. 125-140 In: Microbiome stimulants for crops: Mechanisms and applications.  Eds. James White, Ajay Kumar and Samir Droby, Woodhead Publishing (Elsevier publications) Company, Oxford, U.K. 485 pp.  
11. Savitha, T., Sankaranarayanan, A., 2021. Role of Probiotic Microbes exerting nutritional properties. 163-184pp. In: Dhanasekaran, D., and A. Sankaranarayanan 2021. Advances in probiotics: Microorganisms in food and health.  Elsevier publications, USA. 566p. (ISBN: 978-0-12-822909-5) 
12. Savitha, T., Ashraf Y Khalifa, and Sankaranarayanan 2022. Isolation of Actinobacteria from Compost samples 39-43 pp. In: Methods in Actinobacteria. (Ed. D. Dhanasekaran) Springer Series Protocol, Humana press, Springer publications, USA (ISBN: 978-1-0716-1727-4). 
13. Veerapaghu, M. K.R. Jeya and Sankaranarayanan 2022. Isolation of Actinobacteria from hills 89-95 pp. In: Methods in Actinobacteria. (Ed. Dr. D. Dhanasekaran) Springer Series Protocol,   Humana press, Springer publications, USA (ISBN: 978-1-0716-1727-4).  
14. Veerapaghu, M. K.R. Jeya and Sankaranarayanan 2022. Isolation of Actinobacteria from desert soils 109-111pp. In: Methods in Actinobacteria. (Ed. D. Dhanasekaran) Springer Series Protocol,   Humana press, Springer publications, USA (ISBN: 978-1-0716-1727-4).  
15. Ashraf Y Khalifa, Savitha, T., and Sankaranarayanan 2022. Isolation of Plant pathogenic Actinobacteria In: Methods in Actinobacteria. (Ed. D. Dhanasekaran) Springer Series Protocol,   Humana press, Springer publications, USA (ISBN: 978-1-0716-1727-4).  
16. Savitha, T., Sankaranarayanan, A. 2022. Screening, characterization, identification of antibacterial compounds from Actinobacteria. 371-377pp In: Methods in Actinobacteria. (Ed. D. Dhanasekaran) Springer Series Protocol,   Humana press, Springer publications, USA (ISBN: 978-1-0716-1727-4). 
17. Savitha, T., Sankaranarayanan, A. 2022. Isolation of Actinobacteria from Soil and  Marine sediment samples. 1-5pp In: Methods in Actinobacteria. (Ed. D. Dhanasekaran) Springer Series Protocol,   Humana press, Springer publications, USA (ISBN: 978-1-0716-1727-4).  
18. Savitha, T., Sankaranarayanan, A. 2022. Isolation of Actinobacteria from Estuaries 19-21 pp In: Methods in Actinobacteria. (Ed. D. Dhanasekaran) Springer Series Protocol,   Humana press, Springer publications, USA. (ISBN: 978-1-0716-1727-4). 
19. Ashraf Y.Z. Khalifa and Sankaranarayanan, A. 2022. Isolation of Actinobacteria from Desert soil. In: Methods in Actinobacteria. (Ed. D. Dhanasekaran) Springer Series Protocol ,   Humana press, Springer publications, USA (ISBN: 978-1-0716-1727-4). 
20. Mahendran, G., Savitha, T., Ashraf Y Khalifa, Abhishek Sharma and Sankaranarayanan 2022. Evaluation of environment by microbial sensors 407-424pp. In: Bioprospecting of Microbial diversity (Eds.Pradeep Verma and Maulin P. Shah), Elsevier Publications, USA. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90958-7.00010-8. 
21. Savitha, T., Ashraf Y Khalifa, and Sankaranarayanan 2022. Biofilm interceded microbial prospecting of Bioremediation. In: Bioprospecting of Microbial diversity (Eds.Pradeep Verma and Maulin P. Shah), Elsevier Publications, USA. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90958-7.00010-8. 
22. Ashraf Y Khalifa, T. Savitha,  and Sankaranarayanan, A., 2022 .Plant as a Bioreactor for Edible Vaccines – Emerging Excellence. 215-244pp. In: The Future Metabolic Engineering. (Eds. Abhishek Sharma, Dhruti S. Amin), Nova Publications, USA.  ISBN: 978-1-68507-464-7 (e book) 
23. Natarajan Amaresan, A. Sankaranarayanan and Dhruti Amin 2022. Abscisic acid. 257-261. In: Practical Handbook of Agricultural Microbiology.  Natarajan Amaresan, Prittesh Patel, Dhruti Amin). Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications,      https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1724-3  
24. Deepa, M., T. Poongodi Vijayakumar, A. Sankaranarayanan and Adnan A Bekhit 2022. Innovative practices in the development of yogurt with special concern over texture and flavor.  133-144pp. In: Advances in Dairy Microbial Products (Eds. Joginder Singh & Ashish Vyas), Wood Head Publishing, Elsevier, USA ISBN: 978-0-323-85793-2 (Print) ISBN: 978-0-323-90932-7 (online).  
25. Urjita Sheth, A. Sankaranarayanan and Ramalingam Srinivasan 2022. Recent advancements in the production of probiotic fermented beverages.  247-270pp. In: Advances in Dairy Microbial Products (Eds. Joginder Singh & Ashish Vyas), Wood Head Publishing, Elsevier, USA ISBN: 978-0-323-85793-2 (Print) ISBN: 978-0-323-90932-7 (online)  
26. Ananthakumar Bhanuprakash, R. Ramya and A. Sankaranarayanan (2022).  Transcriptome analysis of Symbiotic microbes 787-802 pp. In: Microbial symbionts: Functions and Molecular interactions on Host. Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai (Ed.) Academic Press, Elsevier Publications, USA 922 pp.  ISBN:978-0-323-99334-0. 
27. Shanthagoud Biradar, R. Ramya and A. Sankaranarayanan (2022).  Mycobionts interactions in Lichen (215-233 pp). In: Microbial symbionts: Functions and Molecular interactions on Host. Dhanasekaran Dharumadurai (Ed.)  Academic Press, Elsevier Publications, USA 922 pp.  ISBN:978-0-323-99334-0.  
28. Veerapagu, M., Ashraf Khalifa, K.R. Jeya and A. Sankaranarayanan (2022).  Frankia from Actinorhizal plants (57-74 pp). In: Microbial symbionts: Functions and Molecular interactions on Host. Academic Press, Elsevier Publications, USA 922 pp.  ISBN:978-0-323-99334-0.  
29. Jeya, K.R., M. Veerapagu, Ashraf Khalifa and A. Sankaranarayanan (2022).  Symbiotic microbes from Pig gut (457-477pp). In: Microbial symbionts: Functions and Molecular interactions on Host. Academic Press, Elsevier Publications, USA 922 pp.  ISBN:978-0-323-99334-0.  
30. Vyoma Mistry, Siddhi Darji, A. Sankaranarayanan and Abhishek Sharma (2022). Bio-prospection of Endophytes and Yield  Improvement strategies for the production of High-Value Metabolites. 165-186 pp. In: Endophytes: Types, potential uses and Mechanism (s) of Action. Nova Scientific Publishers Inc. USA (ISBN: 979-8-88697-045-6).  
31. Veerapagu, M., K.R. Jeya, Ashraf Khalifa and A. Sankaranarayanan 2022. Determination of Antibiotic Resistance. 71-84 pp. In: Biosafety Assessment of Probiotic potential. Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications, USA (ISSN 2662-950X); https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2509-5 
32. K.R. Jeya, Ashraf Khalifa, M. Veerapagu and A. Sankaranarayanan 2022. Determination of Antibiotic Resistance Gene transfer. 85-94pp. In: Biosafety Assessment of Probiotic potential. Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications, USA (ISSN 2662-950X); https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2509-5 
33. K.R. Jeya, Ashraf Khalifa, M. Veerapagu and A. Sankaranarayanan 2022. Assessment of Mutagenicity.185-199 pp. In: Biosafety Assessment of Probiotic potential. Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications, USA (ISSN 2662-950X); https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2509-5 
34. K.R. Jeya, Ashraf Khalifa, M. Veerapagu and A. Sankaranarayanan 2022. Assessment of Induction and Destruction of Thrombi.201-210 pp. In: Biosafety Assessment of Probiotic potential. Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications, USA (ISSN 2662-950X); https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2509-5.
35. Rajeshwari Somasundaran, Vimala Guttha and Sankaranarayanan, A., 2023. Production, cost analysis and marketing of Lactic acid. 79-91pp In: Vol. 2. Industrial Microbiology based enetrepreneurship: Making money from microbes, Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications, USA.( ISBN978-981-19-6664-4) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6664-4
36. Ranjith Thandapani, Mahesh Prabu Elangovan, Ramalakshmi Subbarayulu, Ashraf Y.Z. Khalifa, Ragul Paramasivam, Sankaranarayanan, A., Sathiamoorthi Thangavelu and Vijayalakshmi Selvakumar 2023. Small, large scale production, and cost benefit analysis and marketing of agar from Gelidium. 127-145pp. In: Vol. 2. Industrial Microbiology based enetrepreneurship: Making money from microbes, Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications, USA. ( ISBN 978-981-19-6664-4) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-6664-4
37. Reshmadevi Ramesh, Vijayalakshmi Selvakumar, Karnan Muthusamy, Thenmozhi Manivel, Sankaranarayanan, A.,   Preethi Gopalsamy, Leelavathi Lakshmanan 2023. Production, cost analysis and marketing of Fermented food – Cheese 189-213pp. In: Vol. 2. Industrial Microbiology based enetrepreneurship: Making money from microbes. Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5041-4
38. Vimala Guttha, Rajeswari Somasundaram and A. Sankaranarayanan 2023. Large Scale production and cost benefit analysis of Mushroom spawn.15-33pp. In: Vol. 3. Food Microbiology based enetrepreneurship: Making money from microbes. Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5041-4 
39. Savitha, T., and Sankaranarayanan, A., 2023.  Ameliorative characteristics of plant growth-enhancing microbes to revamp plant growth in an intricate environment. 117-135 pp.  In: Plant-Microbe Interaction - Recent Advances in Molecular and Biochemical Approaches: Agricultural aspects of microbiome leading to plant defence (Volume 2) (Ed. Mukesh Meena, Prashant Swapnil, S. Vijayalakshmi), Elsevier Publications, USA. DOI:10.1016/B978-0-323-91876-3.00006-3. 
40.  Savitha, T., Abhishek Sharma, Ashraf Y Khalifa, and Sankaranarayanan 2023.  Microbial strategies for improvement the food crop productivity under salinity and drought. 113-129 pp. In: Bio-Inoculants for food, fodder, fuel and fibre from degraded land. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Publications, USA (ISBN: 9780367702243) 291 pp. DOI: 10.1201/9781003147077-5.  
41. Veerapagu M., K.R. Jaya and A. Sankaranarayanan 2023. Role of Plant growth-promoting microorganisms in phytoremediation efficiency. 45-61. In: Plant-Microbe Interaction – Recent Advances in Molecular and Biochemical approaches. Volume 1: Overview of Biochemical and Physiological Alteration during Plant-Microbe Interaction Elsevier Publications, ISBN: 9780323918756. /DOI:10.1016/B978-0-323-91875-6.00020-7.   
42. Shanth Kumar Sushma, Shivaraju Amrutha and Alwarappan Sankaranarayanan 2023. Probiotics based Anticancer Immunity in Head and Neck cancer. 262-274. In: Frontiers in Cancer Immunology - Probiotics in Anticancer Immunity (Vol. 3), Bentham Publishers UK 283 pp. ISBN: 9789815124781.  
43. Kavitha Parangusadoss, Sumithra Pasumalaiarasu, Vajiha Banu Habeeb Mohamed, and A. Sankaranarayanan 2024. Significance and contribution of Microbial Biodiversity to various Biotechnological and Industrial sectors.  25-34 p. In: Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. An Insight into current trends. Pradeep Verma (Ed.) ISBN 978-981-97-1911-2. Springer Nature Publications. 703 pp.  
44. Vajiha Banu Habeeb Mohamed, A.Swedha, A. Sankaranarayanan, Sumithra Pasumalaiarasu and Kavitha Parangusadoss  2024. Significance of various aspects of Food Microbiology, Fermentation and Latest technology and its impact on Human health  347-355p. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1912-9_14. In: Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. An Insight into current trends. Pradeep Verma (Ed.) ISBN 978-981-97-1911-2. Springer Nature Publications. 703 pp.  
45. A. Sankara narayanan, K.R.Jeya and M. Veerapagu  2024. Impact of Novel remediation technology: Significant role in the removal of Toxic pollutants via Sustainable approaches. 629-662p. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1912-9_25. In: Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. An Insight into current trends. Pradeep Verma (Ed.) ISBN 978-981-97-1911-2. Springer Nature Publications. 703 pp.  
46. Sai Yashas, N.V., A. Bhanuprakash, D.N. Devendra, A. Sankara narayanan 2024. Gut microbiome Engineering and Diabetics. 51-75 pp. In: Human and Animal Microbiome Engineering. Academic Press, Elsevier ISBN: 9780443223488. 367 pp. 
47. Veerapagu, M., Jeya, K.R., and A. Sankara narayanan 2024. Gastrointestinal Microbiome engineering in Pig 253-264 pp. In: Human and Animal Microbiome Engineering. Academic Press, Elsevier ISBN: 9780443223488. 367 pp.
48. Jeya, K.R., A. Sankara narayanan and M. Veerapagu 2024. Microalgal in the Production of Various High-End value-added Products using Zero-Waste Biorefinery Approach 127-155 pp. In: Biotechnological Advances in Biorefinery. Humana Press, Springer Nature publications. ISBN: 978-981-97-5543-1.   https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-5544-8_7#DOI 
49. Priyanka Dahiya, Simran Rani, Chetna Rathi, A. Sankara narayanan, Pooja Suneja and Amita Suneja Dang 2025. Collection and Processing of Bacteria from Plant Vascular tissues. 11-18 pp. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4_2 In: Plant Microbiome Engineering, Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications. ISBN: 978-1-0716-4179-8.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4. 
50. Santosh Kumar Singh, T.C. Praveen Kumar, M. Sai Gridhar Naik, A. Sankara narayanan, Sheeba Rizwan and Imran Hussain 2025. Detection of Plant Growth Promoting cyanobacterial community from soil and root. 65-71pp. In: Plant Microbiome Engineering, Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4_8 ISBN: 978-1-0716-4179-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4. 567 pp. 
51. Jeya, K.R., M. Veerapagu, A. Sankara narayanan, K. Aravindhan, Pooja Suneja and Amita Suneja Dang 2025. Detection of Plant growth promoting Fungal community  from soil. 83-90pp. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4_10 In: Plant Microbiome Engineering, Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications. ISBN: 978-1-0716-4179-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4. 567 pp.
52. Simran Rani, Anshu, Priyanka Dahiya, Chetna Rathi, Amita Suneja Dang, Pooja Suneja and A. Sankara narayanan 2025. Detection of Plant associated-Fungi by Nucleic Acid-based technique. 161-165 pp. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4_19 In: Plant Microbiome Engineering, Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications. ISBN: 978-1-0716-4179-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4. 567 pp.  
53. Veerapagu, M., K. Aravinthan, K.R. Jeya and A. Sankara narayanan 2025. Isolation of Genomic DNA from Plant Growth-Promoting Cyanobacteria. 195-200 pp. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4_23 In: Plant Microbiome Engineering, Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications. ISBN: 978-1-0716-4179-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4. 567 pp.
54. Gargee Suresh, Ramya Raghavan and A. Sankara narayanan 2025. Microbiome analysis of Metagenome using RStudio. 323-340 pp. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4_39 In: Plant Microbiome Engineering, Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications. ISBN: 978-1-0716-4179-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4. 567 pp.
55. Simran Rani, Pradeep Kumar, Priyanka Dahiya, A. Sankara narayanan, Pooja Suneja, Amita Suneja Dang 2025. Omics Tools in Plant-Microbiome interactions.  341-350pp.  https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4_40 In: Plant Microbiome Engineering, Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications. ISBN: 978-1-0716-4179-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4. 567 pp. 
56. Chetna Rathi, Simran Rani, Priyanka Dahiya, A. Sankara narayanan Amita Suneja Dang and Pooja Suneja 2025. Plant Microbiome Engineering to Improve Plant Growth Promotion and Biocontrol. 493-497. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4_55  In: Plant Microbiome Engineering, Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications. ISBN: 978-1-0716-4179-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4. 567 pp. 
57. Samridhi Pushkarna, Anil Kumar, A. Sankara narayanan, Pooja Suneja and Amita Suneja Dang 2025. Plant-Microbiome Engineering to Improve Stress Tolerance.  509-519pp. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4_58 In: Plant Microbiome Engineering, Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications. ISBN: 978-1-0716-4179-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4. 567 pp. 
58. Simran Rani, Priyanka Dahiya, Chetna Rathi, A. Sankara narayanan, Amita Suneja Dang, and Pooja Suneja 2025. Collection and Processing of Endophytes from Large woody plants. 31-39 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4_5. In: Plant Microbiome Engineering, Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications. ISBN: 978-1-0716-4179-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4. 567 pp. 
59. Veerabagu, M., K.R. Jeya and A. Sankara Narayan 2025. Screening of Endophytes for Antibacterial properties. 213-224 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2827-0_23. In: Plant Microbiome Engineering, Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications. ISBN: 978-1-0716-4179-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4. 567 pp. 
60. Veerabagu, M., K.R. Jeya and A. Sankara Narayan 2025. Plant Microbiome engineering to improve Drought stress tolerance. 521-526pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2827-0_23. In: Plant Microbiome Engineering, Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications. ISBN: 978-1-0716-4179-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4. 567 pp.  
61. Jeya, K.R., M. Veerabagu, and A. Sankara Narayan 2025. Screening of Endophytes for fungicidal activities. 245-253pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2827-0_26. In: Plant Microbiome Engineering, Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications. ISBN: 978-1-0716-4179-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4180-4. 567 pp. 
62. Veerapagu, M., K.R. Jeya and A. Sankara narayanan 2023. Isolation of Toxin producing Cyanobacteria from Aquatic samples – Anabaenopsis sp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4514-6_10.  In: Protocols for Cyanobacteria sampling and Detection of Cyanotoxin. Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications. ISBN:978-981-99-4513-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4514-6.  
63. Vajiha Bhanu Habeeb Mohammed, A. Swedha and A. Sankara narayanan 2025. Isolation and Detection of Gram Positive Bacteria from liquid food samples.3-24p.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4382-2_1. In: Gram Positive Bacterial Food Borne Pathogens. Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications ISBN: 978-1-0716-4381-5. 274 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4382-2 
64. Veerapagu, M., K. Aravindhan, K.R. Jeya and A. Sankara narayanan 2025. Isolation and Detection of Gram Positive Bacteria from solid food samples.11-38p.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4382-2_1. In: Gram Positive Bacterial Food Borne Pathogens. Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications ISBN: 978-1-0716-4381-5. 274 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4382-2  
65. Prabusankarlal, K.M., and A. Sankara narayanan 2025. Rapid isolation of Gram-Positive Bacteria from food samples by Dielectrophoresis. 52-56p.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4382-2_5. In: Gram Positive Bacterial Food Borne Pathogens. Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications ISBN: 978-1-0716-4381-5. 274 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4382-2.  
66. Jeya, K.R., M. Veerapagu, K. Arun, A. Sankara narayanan and K. Aravinthan 2025. Detection of Toxigenic Foodborne Gram-Positive by Cultural methods: Chromogenic media.72-80p.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4382-2_7. In: Gram Positive Bacterial Food Borne Pathogens. Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications ISBN: 978-1-0716-4381-5. 274 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4382-2 
67. Veerapagu, M., K.R. Jeya, Amita Suneja Dang, Pooja Suneja, T. Rajarajan, A. Sankara narayanan and K. Aravinthan 2025. Detection of food borne Gram-Positive Bacteria by Microscopic Tool.85-100p. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4382-2_10. In: Gram Positive Bacterial Food Borne Pathogens. Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications ISBN: 978-1-0716-4381-5. 274 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4382-2 
68. Veerapagu, M., K. Aravinthan, K.R. Jeya and A. Sankara narayanan 2025. Detection of food borne Gram-Positive Bacterial toxins by Multiplex PCR method.149-155p.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4382-2_18. In: Gram Positive Bacterial Food Borne Pathogens. Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications ISBN: 978-1-0716-4381-5. 274 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4382-2
69. Priyanka Dahiya, Simran Rani, Chetna Rathi M. Veerapagu, K.R. Jeya, A. Sankara narayanan, Amita Suneja Dang and Pooja Suneja 2025. Detection of Foodborne Gram Positive Bacterial Toxins by LAMP.163-168p.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4382-2_20. In: Gram Positive Bacterial Food Borne Pathogens. Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications ISBN: 978-1-0716-4381-5. 274 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4382-2
70. Vajihabanu Habeeb Mohammed, A. Swedha, P. Sumithra,  R. Arulnangai and A. Sankara narayanan 2025. Detection of Foodborne Gram-Positive Bacterial Toxins by  AFLP.169-175p.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4382-2_21. In: Gram Positive Bacterial Food Borne Pathogens. Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications ISBN: 978-1-0716-4381-5. 274 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4382-2.  
71. Veerapagu, M., M.S. Mohammed Jaabir, K. Aravinthan, K.R. Jeya, Amita Suneja Dang, Pooja Suneja and A. Sankara narayanan 2025. Detection of Foodborne Gram-Positive Bacterial Toxins by ELISA. 196-201p.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4382-2_1. In: Gram Positive Bacterial Food Borne Pathogens. Humana Press, Springer Nature Publications ISBN: 978-1-0716-4381-5. 274 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-4382-2 

Journal Publications:

1. Hilary Kwesi Ketemepi; Mohd Azrie Bin Awang; Wolyna Pindi; A. Sankara Narayanan, Nor Qhairul Izzreen 2025.  Data-Driven High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Method for the Simultaneous Analysis of Disodium Guanylate and Disodium Inosinate in Mushrooms. Data in Brief  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.111847.
2. Saravanakumar Kandasamy, Sanali De Silva,  Sugavaneshwaran Sivasanthosh, Anbazhagan Sathiyaseelan Archana Ganeshalingam, Monica Jamla, Alwarappan Sankaranarayanan, Veeraghavan Vishnu Priya, Davoodbasha Mubarak Ali Jooeun Lee, Gopika Thiripuranathar and Myeong Hyeon Wang 2022. Impact of Industrial effluent on the environment and human health and their remediation using MOFs based hybrid membrane filtration techniques. Chemosphere 307(2022) 135593. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135593  
3. Saravanakumar Kandasamy, Sugavaneshwaran Sivasanthosh, Anbazhagan Sathiyaseelan Alwarappan Sankaranarayanan, Kumar Vishven Naveen, Xin Zhang, Monica Jamla, Sampathkumar Vijayasarathy, Veeraghavan Vishnu Priya, Davoodbasha Mubarak Ali and Myeong Hyeon Wang.  2022. Impact of  Benzo[a]pyrene with other pollutants induce the molecular alteration in the biological system: existence, detection and remediation methods. Environmental Pollution (Elsevier) 34(1): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119207 
4. Abhishek Sharma, Tiwari Pragya, Rajesh, A., and A. Sankaranarayanan 2022. Madagascar Periwinkle alkaloids: Biosynthesis, ethnobotanical attributes and Pharmacological functions. South African Journal of Botany (Elsevier) 151: 108-115. 
5. Sankaranarayanan, A., Muhammed Musthafa Poyil, Ponmurugan Karuppiah and Abubucker Peer Mohideen 2021.  Effect of Physico-chemical parameters on the population diversity of harmful Micro-algae during post monsoon season along the Malabar Coast.   Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 15(4): 2382-2393.  
6. Sharad R. Patil, Nilam C. Patel, A. Sankaranarayanan, Sandip P. Patil, Pushparaj L. Rajput, and N. Sekar 2021.  Halogen free [HNMP] CH3SO3- Ionic liquid mediated Bifunctionalized Napthoquinone-Dihydropyrimidin-(1H)-one hybrids and evaluation of its Antimicrobial potential. J. Adv. Sci. Res.12(4): 272-279.  
7. Sankaranarayanan, A., S. Karthikeyan, Anoop Markhande and Abhishek Sharma 2021. Remazol reactive dye degrading Bacteria from freshwater fish of River Cauvery, Pallipalayam of Namakkal District, south India. Environ Syst. Res. (Springer) doi.org/10.1186/s40068-021-00233-5.
8. Savitha, T., Shafna Ashmy, Jeyakumar Natarajan and Sankaranarayanan, A. 2021. Insilico interaction profile of Terminalia chebula phytocompounds with Alpha Haemolysin of multiple drug resistant Uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Journal of Scientific Research ISSN: 0447-9483 65(1): 166-172. 
9. Abhishek Sharma, Dhruti Amin, A. Sankaranarayanan, Rajesh Arora and Ajay Mathur 2020. Present status of Catharanthus roseus monoterpinoid indole alkaloids engineering in homo and heterologous systems. Biotechnology letters, (Springer) DOI: 10.1007/s10529-019-02757-4 ISSN: 0141-5492 E-ISSN: 1573-6776. 
10. Jayanthi Chenniappan, Sankaranarayanan, A., and S. Arjunan 2020. Evaluation of antimicrobial activity of Cissus quadrangularis L. stem extracts against avian pathogens and determination of its Bioactive constituents using GC-MS. Journal of Scientific Research.  DOI: 10.37398/JSR.2020.640113  ISSN:  0447-9483  64(1): 90-96. 
11. Jayanthi, C., Sankaranarayanan, A., and B. Puvarajan 2020. In vitro evaluation of quantitative phyto constituents in Moringa oleifera Lam. and assessments of its antimicrobial activity against avian pathogen. ISSN: 0019-6479. Indian Vet. J., 97(1): 44-48. 
12. Jayanthi, C., Sankaranarayanan, A., and B. Puvarajan 2020. In vitro evaluation of quantitative phyto constituents in Moringa oleifera Lam. and assessments of its antimicrobial activity against avian pathogen. ISSN: 0019-6479. Indian Vet. J., 97(1): 44-48.
13. Sankaranarayanan, A., Mangukiya Dishaben Parsottambhai, K.M. Prabusankarlal and Ankit Adesara 2020. Filtration and removal of artificially contaminated food borne pathogens using dielectrophoresis. Materials Today: Proceedings (Elsevier)  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr2019.07.604  ISSN: 2214-7853.  26 (4) : 3564-3568
14. Jeya, K.R., M. Veerapagu, A. Sankaranarayanan and R. Sathiyapriya 2018. Isolation and screening of Kerosene oil degrading bacteria from contaminated soil of motor workshop. International Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences 8(2) 683-688. ( ISSN: 2321-3272 (Print), ISSN: 2230-7605 (Online).  
15. Veerapagu, M., K.R. Jeya, A. Sankaranarayanan and A. Radhika 2018. In vitro antioxidant properties of methanolic extract of Solanum nigrum L. fruit.  Pharma innovation journal  7(5) 371-74. ISSN: 2349-8242.  
16. Arya, R., H. Komal, A. Sankaranarayanan and R. Krishnamurthy 2018.  Applications of Dielectrophoresis in the field of Medical Sciences.  Int. J. S. Res. Sci. Technol., 4(11): 328-341. DOI: 10.32628/IJSRST18401161.  ISSN: 2395-6011. 
17. Sankaranarayanan, A., G. Munivel, G. Karunakaran, Shine Kadaikunnan, Naiyf S. Alharbi, Jamal M Khaled and Denis Kuznetsov. 2016. Green synthesis of silver nanoparticle using Arachis hypogeae (Ground nut) root extract for antibacterial and clinical applications. J. Clust. Sci., 28 (3): 995 - 1008. (Springer) (ISSN 1040-7278 (print) ; 1572-8862 (e version) 10.1007/s10876-016-1084-x  
18. Veerapagu, M., Jeya, K.R., and Sankaranarayanan, A. 2016. Screening and production of lipase producing bacteria from vegetable oil industry. International Journal of Scientific Research Science, Engineering and Technology  2(6): 726-732. (ISSN 2394-4099). 
19. Veerapagu,M., Jeya, K.R., and Sankaranarayanan, A. 2016. Screening and Production of Fungal Amylase from Aspergillus sp. by SSF  Journal of Global Biosciences 5(8) 4443-4450. (ISSN 2320-1355).  
20. Sankaranarayanan, A., Lal, P.S., and Raja, M. 2016. Impact of different frequencies in the entrapment of bacterial pathogens from drinking water using Dielectrophoretic phenomena. Journal of water chemistry and technology (Springer) 38 (2) 117 - 122 (ISSN 1063-455X (print) ; 1934-936X (e version) 10.3103/S1063455X16020107  
21. Mohammed Musthafa, Alwarappan Sankaranarayanan, Karuppiah Ponmurugan and Suresh SS Raja 2015.  Bioactive peptides from Loligo duvauceli (Indian marine squid) orbigny against multi drug resistant clinical pathogens.  South Indian Journal of Biological Sciences 2015 (1) 24-29. (ISSN 2454-8510)   
22. Sankaranarayanan, A., and M. Gowthami 2015. Cyanide degradation by consortium of    bacterial species isolated from Sago industry effluent. J. Environ. Treat. Tech., 3 (1) 41-46. (ISSN 2309-1185).
23. Jayanthi, C., Sankaranarayanan, A., S. Balasubramanian and B. Puvarajan 2015. Polymerase Chain reaction based detection of Aspergillus fumigates in layer chicken. Indian Vet. J., 92 (11) 11-13. (Indian Veterinary assoc).  (ISSN 0019-6479 (print) ; 0974-9365 (e version)  
24. Veerapagu, M., A. Sankaranarayanan, K. Ponmurugan and K.R. Jeya 2013. Screening, selection, identification, production and optimization of Bacterial Lipase from oil spilled soil. Asian J Pharm Clin Res., 6(3): 62-67. (ISSN 0974-2441).  
25. K. Ponmurugan, A. Sankaranarayanan and Naif Abdullah Al-Dhabi 2012. Biological Activities of Plant Growth Promoting Azotobacter sp. isolated from Vegetable Crops of Rhizosphere Soils. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology 6(4) 1689-1698. (ISSN 0973-7510)  
26. Sankaranarayanan, A., Suresh SS Raja, K., Ponmurugan, Sarath Chandran Kandekar, Nataraja Seenivasan,, K. A. Maripandi and Qaher Mandeel 2011. Antibacterial activity of selected medicinal plants against multiple antibiotic resistant Uropathogens.  Beneficial microbes 2(3): 235-243. (ISSN 1876-2883 print ; 1876-2891 e version)  10.3920/BM2010.0033    
27. Sankaranarayanan, A, Narender T, Kumar S, and Dikshit M  2007. Allium sativum     Constituents: Effect on free radical generation from rat neutrophils. Cell Mol Biol. 30; 53(5) 63-67. (CMB Association) (ISSN 0145-5680 (print); 1165-158X (e version).
28. Arunachalam, M., J. A. Johnson, A. Manimekalan, A. Sankaranarayanan, R. Soranam, P. Sivakumar and P.V. Kalavathi 2007. Extension range of Salmostoma sardinella (Osteichthyes: Cyprinide) to streams of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka part of Westerm Ghats. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 100(2): 337-341. (ISSN 0006-6982 (print) 2454-1095 e version).  
29. Arunachalam, M., J.A. Johnson, A. Manimekalan, A. Sankaranarayanan, R. Soranam, P. Sivakumar and M. Muralidharan 2005. Extension range of Puntius arulius arulius (Jerdon) in various streams in Thungabadra river basin. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 102(3): 341-344. (ISSN 0006-6982 (print) 2454-1095 e version).    
30. Arunachalam, M., J.A. Johnson, C. Vijayakumar, P.. Sivakumar, A. Manimekalan, R. Soranam and A. Sankaranarayanan 2004. New record of rare and endemic species of Puntius ophicephalus from Tamil Nadu part of Western Ghats. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 101(1): 166 -168. (ISSN 0006-6982 (print) 2454-1095 e version)
31. Arunachalam, M., J. A. Johnson, A. Manimekalan, A. Sankaranarayanan, R. Soranam, P. Sivakumar and M. Muralidharan 2003. New record of Salmostoma bacaila (Osteichthyes: Cyprinide) from a Western Ghats river.  Indian J. Environ & Ecoplan 7(2) 439-440. (ISSN 0972-1215).
32. Arunachalam, M., A. Manimekalan, J. A. Johnson, R. Soranam, A. Sankaranarayanan and P. Sivakumar 2003. Range of extension of cat fish Batasio travancoria Hora & Law to river Thunga in Karnataka part of western Ghats. J. Curr. Sciences. 3 (1) 257-259. (ISBN 10: 8170353122).
33.  Arunachalam, M., A. Manimekalan, J. A. Johnson, A. Sankaranarayanan, R. Soranam, P. Sivakumar and M. Muralidharan 2003. New record of Glyptothorax madraspatanum (Day) from various streams of Thungabhadra river, Karnataka.  Indian Journal of Forestry 26(4): 423-424. (ISSN: 0971-9431).
34. Arunachalam, M. and A. Sankaranarayanan 2002. Fish fauna of Kolli hills, Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu. Indian J. Environ & Ecoplan. 6(3):619-620.  (ISSN 0972-1215)
35.  Arunachalam, M., A. Sankaranarayanan, A. Manimekalan, R. Soranam and J.A. Johnson 2002. Fish fauna of some streams and rivers in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc.  99(2) : 337-341. (ISSN 0006-6982 (print) 2454-1095 e version).
36. Arunachalam, M., A. Sankaranarayanan, C. Vijayakumar, A. Manimekalan, R. Soranam  J.A. Johnson, A. Albin and P.N. Shanthi 2001.  Fishes of Ramanadhi river in Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 98(1) : 128-130.  (ISSN 0006-6982 (print) 2454-1095 e version).
37. Arunachalam, M., A. Sankaranarayanan, A. Manimekalan J.A. Johnson & R. Soranam 2000. New records of fishes from streams/rivers in Western Ghats of Maharashtra. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc.  97 (2): 292-295. (ISSN 0006-6982 (print) 2454-1095 e version).
38.  Arunachalam, M., A. Sankaranarayanan, J.A. Johnson, A. Manimekalan, R. Soranam,P.N.     Shanthi & C. Vijayakumar 2000. Fishes of Nambiyar river, Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger     Reserve, Western Ghats of  Tamil Nadu. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc.  97 (1): 153-155. (ISSN 0006-6982 (print) 2454-1095 e version).
39. Arunachalam, M., & A. Sankaranarayanan 1999. Fishes of Gadana river in Kalakkad     Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc.  96 (2) 232-238. (ISSN 0006-6982 (print) 2454-1095 e version)
40.  Arunachalam, M., & A. Sankaranarayanan 1999. New records of fishes from Gadana river,     south Tamil Nadu, India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc.  96 (2) 336-337. (ISSN 0006-6982 (print) 2454-1095 e version).
41. Arunachalam, M., A. Sankaranarayanan, R. Soranam, A. Manimekalan and J.A. Johnson     1999. New record of  Stigmatogobius oligactis (pisces: Gobidae) from India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc.  96 (1):167- 168. (ISSN 0006-6982 (print) 2454-1095 e version).
42. Aunachalam, M., A. Sankaranarayanan, R.Soranam, J.A. Johnson and A. Manimekalan 1999.     New record of Salmostoma sardinella (Pisces: Cyprinidae) from Mondai stream, Maharashtra.     J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 96 (1) 162-163. (ISSN 0006-6982 (print) 2454-1095 e version)
43. M. Arunachalam, J.A. Johnson & A. Sankaranarayanan 1997. Fish diversity in rivers of              Northern Karnataka. Int.J. Ecol. Envir. Sci., 23: 327-33. (ISSN 0377-015X (print) ; 2320-        5199 e version).

Associate Professor, Department of Life Sciences, School of Science (SoS), GSFC University, Feritilizernagar, Vadodara, Gujarat 04th July, 2024 onwards

Associate Professor & Head, Department of Life Sciences, Sri Sathya Sai University for Human Excellence, Navanihal, Kalaburagi District.  Karnataka state. (3rd June’21-31st May’24).

Assistant Professor, C.G. Bhakta Institute of Biotechnology, Uka Tarsadia University, Gopal Vidhya Nagar, Surat District, Gujarat state (10th Aug. 2015- 31st May-2021).

Worked as an Assistant Professor & Head in Microbiology, K.S.R. College, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu. (3rd May – 2002 to 04th Aug, 2015).

1. Principal Investigator (PI) for a Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology (TNSCST) sponsored project on, “Antimicrobial activity of Honey-HPLC approach” (June’03 – May’04)
2. Principal Investigator (PI) for a Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology (TNSCST) sponsored project on, “A rapid method for the detection and quantification of predominant food borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes from food” (June’04-May’05)
3. Principal Investigator (PI) for a Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology (TNSCST) sponsored project on, “Sago effluent as a substrate for production of amylase by Aspergillus sp. using submerged fermentation” (June’05- May’06).
4. Principal Investigator (PI) for a Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology (TNSCST) sponsored project on, “Bioactive constituents of selected essential oils (EO) against dermatophyte infection causing fungi with special reference to tinea among rural populations of Tiruchengode”. (June’12-May’13).
5. Principal Investigator (PI) for a Research Promotion Scheme on, “Bacterial degradation of Profenofos in water, sediment and gut flora of freshwater fish of Mindola river at Bardoli of Surat District”. sponsored by Bardoli Pradesh Kelavani Mandal, Uka Tarsadia University, Bardoli, Gujarat state. (Jan ’17 – Jan’18).
6. Principal Investigator (PI) for a Research Promotion Scheme on, “Bacterial diversity, bio active attributes in the batter of Khaman and preservation of Khaman by irradiation method”. sponsored by Bardoli Pradesh Kelavani Mandal, Uka Tarsadia University, Bardoli, Gujarat state. (Oct’19 – Sep’20) (Completed).

Sponsored Seminar / Workshop Organization:

1. ►        Organizing secretary for ICMR sponsored national seminar, “Textile dye effluents and its health impacts – A Bioremedial approach” held during 15-16th Feb, 2012 at K.S.R. College of Arts & Science, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu.
2. ►        Convener for DST, GUJCOST sponsored 4th International Congress of the Society for Ethnopharmacology, India: Healthcare in 21st Century: Perspectives of Ethnopharmacology and Medicinal plant research” held during 23-25th Feb, 2017 at Uka Tarsadia University, Bardoli, Gujarat.
3. ► Organizing secretary for GUJCOST& GSBTM sponsored National workshop on, “Prospects and challenges to become Bioentrepreneurs through students Start ups” from February 1-2, 2019 at Uka Tarsadia University, Gopal Vidhya Nagar, Surat District, Gujarat state.
4. ► Convener for ISME, GSBTM, DBT and NBA sponsored National conference on Microbiome Research: Understanding the Diversity to Improve Plant, Animal, Human and Environmental Health held during 07-09th March, 2019.
5. ► Organizing secretary for Gujarat State Medicinal Plant Board (GSMPB) sponsored State level workshop on Training cum workshop on the cultivation of medicinal plants – An Industrial perspectives held on 13th December, 2019.

Honorary Advisory Editorial Board Member -  Journal of Environmental Treatment Techniques (ISSN 2309-1185)

Reviewers in journals:

1. Ecotoxicology and Environmental safety (Elsevier)  ; IF 3.1; ISSN: 0147-6513 ;
2. Journal of Nanoparticle Research (Springer) ISSN: 1388-0764 ;
3. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology  ISSN: 1533-4880 ;
4. Asian Journal of Science and Technology  (ISSN: 0976-3376) ;
5. Pharmaceutical Biology (Taylor and Francis) IF ISSN: 1388-0209
6. Research Journal of Biotechnology ISSN 09736263
7. African Journal of Agricultural Research ISSN: 1991-637X
8. International Journal of Livestock production ISSN: 2141-2448 DOI: 10:5897/IJLP
9. Journal of Nanoparticle Research (Springer) ISSN: 1388-0764
10. Journal of Infectious disorders – Drug targets (Bentham) ISSN: 2212-3989
11. Journal of Herbs, Spices and Medicinal Plants (Taylor & Francis) ISSN: 1049-6475
12. Science of the Total Environment (Elsevier) ISSN: 0048-9697
13. Environmental Research (Elsevier) ISSN:0013-9351
14. Trends in Food Science & Technology (Elsevier) ISSN: 0924-2244 (print) and 1879-3053 (online)

Reviewer in Book (Elsevier):

Reviewed the book proposal on, “Recent developments in Molecular aspects of Plant beneficial microbes” Submitted to Elsevier and submitted by Dr. Vivek Sharma,  Dr. Richa Salwan, Dr. Wei Yang and Dr. Lalith Tawfeeq.

External examiner to adjudicate the Ph.D., thesis –

1. Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu ;
2. Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu.
3. Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
4. SRM University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
5. University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
6. Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu.
7. Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

External examiner to adjudicate the M.Phil., thesis – Bharathiar University,

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

1. Received the “Summer Research Fellowship” sponsored by Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore and (April –May’05) done my project on “In vitro study on the effect of isolated fractions of Garlic on Neutrophil free radical generation” under Dr. Madhu Dikshit, Head, Cardiovascular Pharmacology Unit, Central Drug Research Institute(CDRI), Lucknow, India.
2.   Undergone “Summer Research Fellowship” sponsored by Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore and (April –May’06) done my project on, “Antibacterial activity of Coelomic fluid from earthworm” under Prof. K.N. Ganeshaiah, Principal Scientist, Dept. of Genetics & Plant Breeding, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore.
3.  I have availed “Summer Research Fellowship” sponsored by Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, at Molecular Microbiology lab, Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad (April – May’07) on “Studies on Organophosphorous pesticide degrading gene in Brevundimonas diminuta”
4. Received Outstanding Academic Title (OAT) award from Taylor & Francis publications on December, 2020 in connection with the my edited book on Fermented food products (ISBN : 978-0-367224226).  This OAT award represents the highest caliber of Scholarly titles, overall excellence in presentation and importance relative to other literature in the field. (https://www.routledge.com/go/taylor-francis-2020-outstanding-academic-titles#cd100722)