April 2017
Bhakti Salgaonkar Salgaonkar > Other Awards
I am presently working as CSIR-RA on a project entitled Application of polyhydroxyalkanoates obtained from halophilic archaea as potential biomaterial in tissue engineering. My present focus is on optimization and scale up of the polyhydroxyalkanoates production by Halogeometricum borinquense strain E3 using various commercial & renewable agro-industrial wastes. Synthesis and characterization of macroporous PHA films & scaffolds, & determining their biocompatibility for biomedical application.
April 2012
Bhakti Salgaonkar Salgaonkar > Other Awards
I was awarded CSIR-SRF on project entitled Biotechnological application of products from culturable halophilic bacteria and archaea isolated from solar salterns. My project involved screening of halophiles for various biotechnological and industrial potential such as extremozymes (enzymes with catalytic activity at extremes), PHAs, compatible solutes, pigments with photoprotective potential, etc. Characterization of the halophiles with potential and characterization of the product obtained.
September 2012
Bhakti Salgaonkar Salgaonkar > Other Awards
Received travel grant from Department of Biotechnology (DBT-CTEP Code: DBT/CTEP/02/201200602) for presenting poster entitled “Accumulation of Polyhydroxybutyrate by Halophiles from Solar Salterns of India” at 9th International Congress on Extremophiles 2012, 10-13th September 2012, Sevilla, Spain.
September 2015
Bhakti Salgaonkar Salgaonkar > Other Awards
4) Presented and received best oral presentation award for paper entitled “Utilization of Commercial and Agro-Industrial Wastes as Substrates for the Biosynthesis of Polyhydroxyalkanoates by Extremely Halophilic Archaea” at DST Sponsored National Level Seminar on “Archaea: Microbes of the Third Domain of Life”, 28th September 2015, Ponda Education Society (P.E.S.) College, Ponda Goa, India.
February 2017
Bhakti Salgaonkar Salgaonkar > Other Awards
Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) examination, in Microbiology and Botany, funded by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and conducted by Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.
August 2016
Bhakti Salgaonkar Salgaonkar > Other Awards
Qualified Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, National Eligibility Test (ASRB-NET) in 2016.
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2016
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Publications in International Journals
(1) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar & Rizma Rodrigues (2019) A Study on the Halophilic Archaeal Diversity from the Food Grade Iodised Crystal Salt from a Saltern of India. Microbiology, vol.88 (6), 709-719. (doi: 10.1134/S002626171906016X).
(2) Das, D., Kalra, I., Mani, K., Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, & Braganca, J. M. (2019). Characterization of extremely halophilic archaeal isolates from Indian salt pans and their screening for production of hydrolytic enzymes. Environmental Sustainability, 1-13. (doi.org/10.1007/s42398-019-00077-x)
(3) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Divya T. Sawant, Saranya Harinarayanan and Judith M. Bragança (2019) Alpha‐amylase Production by Extremely Halophilic Archaeon Halococcus Strain GUVSC8. Starch - Stärke. (doi: 10.1002/star.201800018, 1-10).
(4) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani and Judith M. Bragança (2018) Sustainable Bioconversion of Cassava Waste to Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) by Halogeometricum borinquense Strain E3. Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 1-10. (DOI: 10.1007/s10924-018-1346-9).
(5) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2017) Utilization of Sugarcane Bagasse by Halogeometricum borinquense Strain E3 for Biosynthesis of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate). Bioengineering, 4, 50. (DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering4020050).
(6) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Deepthi Das and Judith M. Bragança (2016) Resistance of extremely halophilic archaea to zinc and zinc oxide nanoparticles. Applied Nanoscience 6: 251-258. (DOI: 10.1007/s13204-015-0424-8).
(7) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2015) Biosynthesis of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) by Halogeometricum borinquense strain E3. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 78:339-346 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2015.04.016).
(8) Kabilan Mani, Sivaraman Chandrasekaran, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Srikanth Mutnuri, Judith M. Bragança (2015) Comparison of bacterial diversity from solar salterns and a simulated laboratory study. Annals of Microbiology 65(2):995-1005. (DOI: 10.1007/s13213-014-0944-6).
(9) Deepthi Das, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani and Judith M. Bragança (2014) Cadmium resistance in extremely halophilic archaeon Haloferax strain BBK2. Chemosphere Journal 112: 385–392. (DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.04.058).
(10) Vidhya Prabhudessai, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Judith M. Bragança and Srikanth Mutnuri (2014) Pretreatment of Cottage Cheese to Enhance Biogas Production. BioMed Research International Article ID 374562, 6 pages. (DOI: 10.1155/2014/374562).
(11) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani and Judith M. Bragança (2013) Accumulation of polyhydroxyalkanoates by halophilic archaea isolated from traditional solar salterns of India. Extremophiles Journal 17:787-795. (DOI: 10.1007/s00792-013-0561-5).
(12) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani and Judith M. Bragança (2013) Characterization of polyhydroxyalkanotes accumulated by a moderately Halophilic Salt pan isolate Bacillus megaterium strain H16. Journal of Applied Microbiology 114:1347-1356. (DOI: 10.1111/jam.12135).
(13) Adit Chaudhary, Imran Pasha M., Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Judith M. Braganca (2014) Cadmium Tolerance by Haloarchaeal Strains Isolated from Solar Salterns of Goa, India. International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics 4 (1), 1. (DOI: 10.7763/IJBBB.2014.V4.299).
(14) Kabilan Mani, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Deepthi Das and Judith M. Bragança (2012) Community solar salt production in Goa, India. BMC Aquatic Biosystems. 8:30. (DOI:10.1186/2046-9063-8-30).
(15) Kabilan Mani, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2012) Culturable halophilic archaea at the initial and crystallization stages of salt production in a natural solar saltern of Goa, India. BMC Aquatic Biosystems 8:15. (DOI: 10.1186/2046-9063-8-15).
(16) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani, Anjana Nair, Sowmya Gangadharan and Judith M. Bragança (2012) Interspecific interactions among members of family Halobacteriaceae from natural solar salterns. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. 4(2):98-107. (DOI: 10.1007/s12602-012-9097-8).
(17) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani and Judith M. Bragança (2011) Sensitivity of Haloarchaea to eubacterial pigments produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa SB1. World Journal Microbiology Biotechnology. 27:799–804. (DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0519-z).
Book Chapters
(1) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2019) Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates by extremophilic microorganisms through valorization of waste materials. Publisher: Elsevier. Advances in Biological Science Research, Chapter 26, 419-443.
(2) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2017) Polyhydroxyalkanoates Biosynthesis of Polyhydroxyalkanoates by Extremely Halophilic Archaea from Various Substrates.
(3) Kabilan Mani, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2013) Molecular Microbial ecology of solar salterns of Goa and the isolation of culturable Haloarchaea. New India Publishers Chapter 6, Pg. No: 59-74: In Microbial Diversity and Its Applications. Barbudde, S.B., R. Ramesh and N.P. Singh.
(1) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar & Rizma Rodrigues (2019) A Study on the Halophilic Archaeal Diversity from the Food Grade Iodised Crystal Salt from a Saltern of India. Microbiology, vol.88 (6), 709-719. (doi: 10.1134/S002626171906016X).
(2) Das, D., Kalra, I., Mani, K., Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, & Braganca, J. M. (2019). Characterization of extremely halophilic archaeal isolates from Indian salt pans and their screening for production of hydrolytic enzymes. Environmental Sustainability, 1-13. (doi.org/10.1007/s42398-019-00077-x)
(3) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Divya T. Sawant, Saranya Harinarayanan and Judith M. Bragança (2019) Alpha‐amylase Production by Extremely Halophilic Archaeon Halococcus Strain GUVSC8. Starch - Stärke. (doi: 10.1002/star.201800018, 1-10).
(4) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani and Judith M. Bragança (2018) Sustainable Bioconversion of Cassava Waste to Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) by Halogeometricum borinquense Strain E3. Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 1-10. (DOI: 10.1007/s10924-018-1346-9).
(5) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2017) Utilization of Sugarcane Bagasse by Halogeometricum borinquense Strain E3 for Biosynthesis of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate). Bioengineering, 4, 50. (DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering4020050).
(6) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Deepthi Das and Judith M. Bragança (2016) Resistance of extremely halophilic archaea to zinc and zinc oxide nanoparticles. Applied Nanoscience 6: 251-258. (DOI: 10.1007/s13204-015-0424-8).
(7) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2015) Biosynthesis of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) by Halogeometricum borinquense strain E3. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 78:339-346 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2015.04.016).
(8) Kabilan Mani, Sivaraman Chandrasekaran, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Srikanth Mutnuri, Judith M. Bragança (2015) Comparison of bacterial diversity from solar salterns and a simulated laboratory study. Annals of Microbiology 65(2):995-1005. (DOI: 10.1007/s13213-014-0944-6).
(9) Deepthi Das, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani and Judith M. Bragança (2014) Cadmium resistance in extremely halophilic archaeon Haloferax strain BBK2. Chemosphere Journal 112: 385–392. (DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.04.058).
(10) Vidhya Prabhudessai, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Judith M. Bragança and Srikanth Mutnuri (2014) Pretreatment of Cottage Cheese to Enhance Biogas Production. BioMed Research International Article ID 374562, 6 pages. (DOI: 10.1155/2014/374562).
(11) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani and Judith M. Bragança (2013) Accumulation of polyhydroxyalkanoates by halophilic archaea isolated from traditional solar salterns of India. Extremophiles Journal 17:787-795. (DOI: 10.1007/s00792-013-0561-5).
(12) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani and Judith M. Bragança (2013) Characterization of polyhydroxyalkanotes accumulated by a moderately Halophilic Salt pan isolate Bacillus megaterium strain H16. Journal of Applied Microbiology 114:1347-1356. (DOI: 10.1111/jam.12135).
(13) Adit Chaudhary, Imran Pasha M., Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Judith M. Braganca (2014) Cadmium Tolerance by Haloarchaeal Strains Isolated from Solar Salterns of Goa, India. International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics 4 (1), 1. (DOI: 10.7763/IJBBB.2014.V4.299).
(14) Kabilan Mani, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Deepthi Das and Judith M. Bragança (2012) Community solar salt production in Goa, India. BMC Aquatic Biosystems. 8:30. (DOI:10.1186/2046-9063-8-30).
(15) Kabilan Mani, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2012) Culturable halophilic archaea at the initial and crystallization stages of salt production in a natural solar saltern of Goa, India. BMC Aquatic Biosystems 8:15. (DOI: 10.1186/2046-9063-8-15).
(16) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani, Anjana Nair, Sowmya Gangadharan and Judith M. Bragança (2012) Interspecific interactions among members of family Halobacteriaceae from natural solar salterns. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. 4(2):98-107. (DOI: 10.1007/s12602-012-9097-8).
(17) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani and Judith M. Bragança (2011) Sensitivity of Haloarchaea to eubacterial pigments produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa SB1. World Journal Microbiology Biotechnology. 27:799–804. (DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0519-z).
Book Chapters
(1) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2019) Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates by extremophilic microorganisms through valorization of waste materials. Publisher: Elsevier. Advances in Biological Science Research, Chapter 26, 419-443.
(2) Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2017) Polyhydroxyalkanoates Biosynthesis of Polyhydroxyalkanoates by Extremely Halophilic Archaea from Various Substrates.
(3) Kabilan Mani, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2013) Molecular Microbial ecology of solar salterns of Goa and the isolation of culturable Haloarchaea. New India Publishers Chapter 6, Pg. No: 59-74: In Microbial Diversity and Its Applications. Barbudde, S.B., R. Ramesh and N.P. Singh.
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