Prof. PGS has produced over 40 doctoral thesis in the field of microbiology, biotechnology and genomics during his career of more than 30 years. Learn more about the complete list of his doctoral research projects under his guidance.
Human microbiome and antibiotic resistance (A. Preeti - 2015)
Bacterial diversity analysis and functional metagenomics of human oral microbiome (D. Hemalatha - 2015)
Biocontrol agents from fluorescent pseudomonads (D. Illakkiam - 2015)
Application of Microorganisms for Nickel Bioremediation (S. Sathyavathi - 2014)
Cloning and expression of β-xylosidase genes from Penicillium funiculosum (G. Ramani - 2014)
Applications of Biomedical Imaging in Cancer detection (M. Anish - 2014)
Superantigen profiles of emm and emm-like typeable and nontypeable pharyngeal streptococcal isolates of South India (T. Durai Anand - 2013)
Studies on root colonization by plant growth promoting pseudomonads (P. Ponraj - 2013)
Quorum sensing and cross-kingdom signalling in root colonization by Enterobacter cloacae GS1: A Genomics Perspective (M. Shankar - 2013)
Functional characterization of putative genes of Zymomonas mobilis (S. Sheik Asraf - 2012)
Cloning and expression of endoglucanase genes from fungal species (B. Meera - 2012)
Cloning and expression of cellobiohydrolase genes from Penicillium funiculosum (M.C. Vanitha - 2012)
Identification and characterization of alkaline serine protease from goat skin surface metagenome (P. Lavanya Pushpam - 2012)
Production and characterization of bacterial alkaline xylanase (K. Geetha - 2011)
Metal nanoparticles: Microbial production, characterization and their application (M.M. Ganesh Babu - 2011)
Screening and characterization of antibacterial peptides from metagenome of animal skin (T. Rajesh - 2010)
Studies on functional genomics of Zymomonas mobilis (K.N. Rajnish - 2010)
Cloning, expression and characterization of bacteriocin from Bacillus licheniformis (N. Kayalvizhi - 2010)
Protein engineering approaches for the improvement of α-amylases of Bacillus spp. (R. Priyadharshini - 2009)
Molecular cloning and characterization of α-amylase from of Bacillus subtilis (R. Jayakumararaja - 2009)
Molecular cloning and characterization of xylanase genes from Aspergillus fumigatus (S. Thiagarajan - 2008)
Assessment of amelioration of selected Rhizobacteria for the rice plant growth (V. Thirumalai Arasu - 2008)
Molecular cloning, expression and characterization of keratinase from Bacillus licheniformis (S. Radha - 2008)
Molecular cloning, expression and characterization of xylanase genes of alkalitolerant fungus (M. Jeya - 2008)
Expression analysis of levansucrase (sacB) and invertase (sacC) genes of Zymomonas mobilis (V. Senthilkumar - 2007)
Production, characterization and improvement of alkaline xylanase from filamentous fungi (S. R. Senthilkumar - 2007
Diversity of PGPR fluorescent Pseudomonas from the rhizosphere of rice (Oryza sativa L) and sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum L) (N. Rameshkumar - 2007)
Molecular cloning and characterization of penicillin G ccylase of Bacillus badius (J. Rajendhran - 2007)
Production and characterization of xylanase from Bacillus firmus (A. Ruckmani - 2006)
Preparation of bioactive compounds from medicinal plants (N. Ilango - 2005)
Toxicity assessment and microbial degradation of azodyes of textile industry (N. Puveneswari - 2004)
Toxicity and bioremediation of electroplating industry effluent (P. Rajendran - 2003)
Production, Purification and characterization of β-fructofuranosidase from Aspergillus niger in submerged and solid state fermentation (B. Ashokkumar - 2003)
Studies on mycorrhizal association in selected vegetable crops (N. Lakshmanan - 2002)
Studies on the levan production by Zymomonas mobilis (V.K. Ananthalakshmy - 2001)
Cloning Expression and Characterization of Levansucrase (sacB) of Zymomonas mobilis (G. Sangiliyandi - 1999)
Bioconversion of starch to ethanol using Zymomonas mobilis (R. Amutha - 1998)
Cloning and Characterization of extracellular sucrase gene (sacC) of Zymomonas mobilis (T.R. Kannan - 1997)
Studies on ethanol production from cassava starch using Zymomonas mobilis and Saccharomyces cerevisiae (H. Nellaiah - 1993)
Studies on levansucrase of Zymomonas mobilis (A.G. Mukundan - 1992)
Bioconversion of lactose to ethanol using Zymomonas mobilis (N.R. Kamini - 1991)
Studies on Vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of cowpea with special reference to its physiology and biochemistry (N. Ubalthoose Raja - 1990)
Genetics of Zymomonas mobilis: Gene cloning and expression in Escherichia coli (T. Karunakaran - 1988)
Factors influencing the symbiosis between host plant (Cowpea-Vigna unguigulata) and the mycorrhizal fungi (Glomus fasciculatum) (P. Sundaresan - 1987)