The microbial world is the largest reservoir of biodiversity, which can be continuously explored and exploited for novel bioactive molecules used in therapeutic and Industrial applications. Our research team is currently working on several aspects of exploration and bioprospecting of microbial resources for antimicrobials for therapeutic applications, and industrially important enzymes for bioremediation of PET polymers and Lignocellulosic Biomass. We mainly focussed on the discovery and development of novel antimicrobial photosensitizes from photo-responsive microbial pigments such as bacteriochlorophylls, carotenoids, chlorins, indole/pyrrole derivatives and etc., which can be used in the non-invasive treatment of microbial infections (especially tropical applications like, wound, scalp, skin and etc.) through photodynamic therapy (PDT). Parallelly, we are also exploring and describing potential novel microbial taxa and studying the culturable microbial diversity of various ecological niches through a polyphasic taxonomic approach.

• Venkata Ramana Vemuluri, Shreya Shaw, Caroline Autenrieth, Robin Ghosh. (2017). A rapid procedure for the in situ assay of periplasmic, PQQ-dependent methanol dehydrogenase in intact single bacterial colonies. J. Microbiological. Methods. 137, 46-49.
• Vikas. S. Patil1, Rahul. C. Salunkhe, Ravindra. H. Patil, Husseneder. C, Yogesh. S. Shouche and V. Venkata Ramana* (2015). Enterobacillus tribolii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Enterobacteriaceae, isolated from gut of a red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 107, 1207-1206.
• V. Venkata Ramana, S. KalyanChakravarthy, Ramaprasad, E.V.V., Ch. Sasikala and Ch. V. Ramana (2013). Emended description of the genus Rhodothalassium imhoff et al, 1998 and proposal of Rhodothalassiaceae fam. nov.and Rhodothalassiales ord. nov. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 36, 28-32.
• Venkata Ramana, V., Kalyan Chakravarthy, S., Shalem Raj, P., Vinay Kumar, B., Shobha, E., Ramaprasad, E.V.V., Sasikala, Ch. and Ramana, Ch, V. (2012). Descriptions of Rhodopseudomonas parapalustris sp. nov. and Rhodopseudomonas harwoodiae sp. nov. and Rhodopseudomonas pseudopalustris sp. nov. and emended description of Rhodopseudomonas palustris. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 62, 1790-1798.
• Venkata Ramana, V., Shivali Kapoor, Shobha, E., Ramprasad, E.V.V., Sasikala, Ch. and Ramana, Ch.V (2011). Blastochloris gulmargensis sp. nov., isolated from an epilithic phototrophic biofilm. Int.J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 61, 1811-1816.

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