Solid waste management in Indian Himalayan region: current scenario, resource recovery, and way forward for sustainable development

A Thakur, S Kumari, S Sinai Borker… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
With the growing population, solid waste management (SWM) is becoming a significant
environmental challenge and an emerging issue, especially in the eco-sensitive Indian …

[PDF][PDF] Biodiversity of psychrotrophic microbes and their biotechnological applications

AN Yadav, N Yadav, SG Sachan, AK Saxena - J Appl Biol Biotechnol, 2019 - academia.edu
The extreme cold environments harbor novel psychrotrophic microbes. The psychrotrophic
microbes have been reported as plant growth promoters and biocontrol agents for …

Metabolic Pathway of Phenol Degradation of a Cold-Adapted Antarctic Bacteria, Arthrobacter sp.

GLY Lee, NN Zakaria, H Futamata, K Suzuki… - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
Phenol is an important pollutant widely discharged as a component of hydrocarbon fuels,
but its degradation in cold regions is challenging due to the harsh environmental conditions …

Psychrotrophic microbes: biodiversity, mechanisms of adaptation, and biotechnological implications in alleviation of cold stress in plants

AN Yadav, D Kour, S Sharma, SG Sachan… - Plant growth promoting …, 2019 - Springer
Psychrotrophic microbes from the cold habitats have been reported worldwide. The
psychrotrophic microbes from diverse cold habitats have biotechnological potential …

A broad temperature active lipase purified from a psychrotrophic bacterium of sikkim himalaya with potential application in detergent formulation

A Kumar, S Mukhia, N Kumar, V Acharya… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial lipases with activity spanning over a broad temperature and substrate range have
several industrial applications. An efficient enzyme-producing bacterium Chryseobacterium …

Applying microbial biogeography in soil forensics

H Habtom, Z Pasternak, O Matan, C Azulay… - Forensic Science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The ubiquity, heterogeneity and transferability of soil makes it useful as evidence in criminal
investigations, especially using new methods that survey the microbial DNA it contains …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative genomics and molecular adaptational analysis of Arthrobacter from Sikkim Himalaya provided insights into its survivability under multiple high …

S Mukhia, A Khatri, V Acharya, R Kumar - Genomics, 2021 - Elsevier
Arthrobacter is a dominant aerobic bacterium under the class Actinobacteria, known for its
nutritionally versatile nature and wide prevalence in stressful environments. In the current …

Comparative genomics and physiological investigation supported safety, cold adaptation, efficient hydrolytic and plant growth-promoting potential of psychrotrophic …

SS Borker, A Thakur, S Kumar, S Kumari, R Kumar… - BMC genomics, 2021 - Springer
Background Night-soil compost (NSC) has traditionally been conserving water and a source
of organic manure in northwestern Himalaya. Lately, this traditional method is declining due …

[HTML][HTML] Psychrotrophic plant beneficial bacteria from the glacial ecosystem of Sikkim Himalaya: genomic evidence for the cold adaptation and plant growth promotion

S Mukhia, A Kumar, P Kumari, R Kumar - Microbiological Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Commercial biofertilizers tend to be ineffective in cold mountainous regions due to reduced
metabolic activity of the microbial inoculants under low temperatures. Cold-adapted glacier …

A cold-active cellulase produced from Exiguobacterium sibiricum K1 for the valorization of agro-residual resources

S Kumari, A Kumar, R Kumar - Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2023 - Springer
In the cold regions, the problem of efficient degradation of agro-residual waste can be
overwhelmed by bioprospecting the extremozymes from cold-adapted microorganisms. The …