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  • Prof G. Naresh Kumar

  • Former Professor
  • The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Publications 2002 - 2016

Publications

  • 32
    Journal Articles
  • 1
    Review
  • 12
    Projects
  • 5
  • 1
  • 2
  • 25

Citations / H-Index

1653 Citations
18 h-index
1573 Citations

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Expertise

Biology

(A) DNA rearrangements in Anabaena PCC 7120, (B) Metabolic engineering of rhizobacteria for organic acid secretion, (C) Development of Novel phosphate biofertilizers, (D) Exploring the potential of Escherichia coli as a probiotic, (E) Developing novel probiotics

Personal Information

Prof G. Naresh Kumar

Male
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Pratapgunj
Vadodara, Gujarat, India - 390002


Experience

  • Former Professor

    Department of Biochemistry

    The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

  • Professor

    Department of Biochemistry

    The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda


Qualification

  • Ph.D

    Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai


Honours and Awards

2011

Fellow

Gujarat Science Academy

2011

Fellow

Gujarat Science Academy

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Doctoral Theses Guided

2018

Amelioration of heavy metal induced toxicity using probiotic Escherichia coli strain in rats.

Ruma Raghuvanshi , The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2017

Amelioration of fructose induced dietary disorder by probiotic Escherichia coli strains producing fructose metabolizing enzymes in rats.

Archana Chaudhari , The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2016

Functional characterization of XisA protein of Anabaena PCC 7120.

Ujwalkumar Trivedi , The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

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2018

Amelioration of heavy metal induced toxicity using probiotic Escherichia coli strain in rats.

Ruma Raghuvanshi , The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2017

Amelioration of fructose induced dietary disorder by probiotic Escherichia coli strains producing fructose metabolizing enzymes in rats.

Archana Chaudhari , The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2016

Functional characterization of XisA protein of Anabaena PCC 7120.

Ujwalkumar Trivedi , The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2015

Development of Escherichia coli probiotic strains for alleviation of metabolic syndrome in rats induced by dietary fructose and sucrose.

Sumeet Kumar Pandey , The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2015

Exploring the potential of Escherichia coli in ameliorating ethanol induced metabolic disorders and oxidative damage in rats.

Ashish Kumar Singh , The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2014

Genetic modification of Citrobacter DHRSS and Pseudomonas fluorescens 13525 for enhanced citric acid and oxalic acid secretion.

Kavita Yadav , The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2014

Genetic modification of Herbaspirillum seropedicae Z67 for the development of mineral phosphate solubilization (MPS) to enhance nitrogen fixation ability.

Jitendra Wagh , The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2014

Genetic manipulation of carbohydrate catabolism in Rhizobium Spp. for mineral phosphate solubilization.

Sonal J. Shah , The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2014

Development of mineral phosphate solubilization ability in Rhizobium sp. by metabolic engineering of tricarboxylic acid cycle.

Praveena G. Bhandari , The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2013

Genetic manipulation of Enterobactor asburiae PSI3 for enhanced phosphorus nutrition.

Chanchal Kumar , The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2013

Genetic Engineering of Pseudomonas fluorescens for enhanced citric acid secretion.

Hemanta Adhikari , The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2012

Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli probiotics.

Prashant Kumar , The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2010

Engineering the central carbon metabolism of Escherichia coli to enhance organic acid secretion.

Jisha Elias , The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2009

Engineering the glucose metabolism of Pseudomonas spp. by heterologous expression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PPC) and citrate synthase (CS) genes.

Aditi D. Buch , The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2009

Effect of nutrition and stress factors on phosphate solubilisation ability of Enterobacter asburiae PSI3.

Vikas Sharma , The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2008

Specificity of DNA-Protein interactions in the excision of nifD element of Anabaena PCC 7120.

Gopit Shah, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2008

Characterization of factors influencing the excision of NifD element of Anabaena PCC 7120 in Escherichia coli.

Prashant D. Kunjadia , The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2008

Biochemical and molecular approaches for developing phosphate solubilizing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR).

Divya D. Patel, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2003

Genetic modification of bacteria for enhanced organic acid secretion and its application to plant growth promotion.

Siddharth Srivastava, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

2000

Mechanism of excision of nifD element of heterocystous cyanobacteria Anabaena sp Strain PCC 7120 in Escherichia coli.

R. Karunakaran, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda

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Membership In Professional Bodies

2018

Indian Academy of Biomedical Sciences

Life Member

2016

Indian Science Congress Association

Life Member

2013

Association for Advancement of Pest Management of Horticultural Ecosystems

Life Member

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2018

Indian Academy of Biomedical Sciences

Life Member

2016

Indian Science Congress Association

Life Member

2013

Association for Advancement of Pest Management of Horticultural Ecosystems

Life Member

2010

The Biotech Research Society

Life Member

2009

Asian PGPR Society

Life Member

1999

Association of Microbiologists of India

Life Member

1996

Society of Biological Chemists, India

Life Member

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Research Projects

India-UK Nitrogen Fixation Centre (IUNFC)

Funding Agency : DBT-BBSRC

Incorporation of oxalic acid secretion ability in sucrose dependent Enterobacter asburiae PSI3 for efficient phosphate solubilization in acidic alfisols

Funding Agency : CSIR

Incorporation of pyrroloquinoline quinone (pqq) gene cluster in Herbaspirillum seropedicae Z67 for the enhanced growth promotion in rice

Funding Agency : UGC

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India-UK Nitrogen Fixation Centre (IUNFC)

Funding Agency : DBT-BBSRC

Incorporation of oxalic acid secretion ability in sucrose dependent Enterobacter asburiae PSI3 for efficient phosphate solubilization in acidic alfisols

Funding Agency : CSIR

Incorporation of pyrroloquinoline quinone (pqq) gene cluster in Herbaspirillum seropedicae Z67 for the enhanced growth promotion in rice

Funding Agency : UGC

Citrate synthase (cs) gene overexpression in the transgenic Pseudomonas fluorescens harboring phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (ppc) gene for improved organic acid secretion.

Funding Agency : DBT

Purification and functional characterization of XisA protein of Anabaena PCC 7120.

Funding Agency : DBT

Metabolic engineering of Enterobacter asburiae PSI3 for sucrose-dependent mineral phosphate solubilization (MPS) phenotype.

Funding Agency : CSIR

Genetic Manipulation of Rhizobium for improved P nutrition

Funding Agency : GSBTM

A network project on development of transgenic mineral phosphate solubilizing bacteria

Funding Agency : DBT

Determination of the role of NifA protein of Klebsiella pneumoniae in the excision of nifD element of Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 in Escherichia coli

Funding Agency : UGC

Cloning and characterization of mineral phosphate solubilizing (mps) genes of Arabidopsis thaliana cDNA library

Funding Agency : DST

Development of genetically engineered phosphate solubilizing Pseudomonas fluorescens

Funding Agency : DBT

Mechanism of NifD element excision of heterocystous cyanobacteria Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

Funding Agency : BRNS-DAE

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