NETWORKING RESOURCE CENTRE IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

INVESTIGATOR'S PROFILE

Dr. V. Shanmugaiah

Assistant Professor
Department of Microbial Technology
School of Biological Sciences
Madurai Kamaraj University
Madurai- 625 021

AWARD AND DISTINCTIONS

Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Biology, Disease and Biotechnology Agroforestery Università degli studi della Basilicata Potenza, Italy, from January 2008 to December 2009.

Technical Assistant at the Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, Univerisity of Madras from 2004-2005 under the “Earn While Learn Scheme” of the UGC program

Proficiency prize for Bachelor of Science studies awarded by Vivekananda College, Thiruvedagam (West) Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

RESEARCH INTEREST

Isolation and chracterization of Bacteria and Fungi from rhizosphere soil
Purification and Characterization of Secondary Metabolites from diverse rhizosphere of Bacteria, Fungi and Medicinal plants.
Identification secondary metabolites genes from bacteria and fungi by PCR
To study the defence related enzymes such as Phenylalanine ammonialyase, Tyrosine ammonialyase, Peroxidase and Poly phenol oxidase and Phenol
Primary screening and characterization of of lytic enzymes from bacteria and fungi
Application of talc formulation using antagonistic bacteria and Fungi, to control of plant disease in both green house and field conditions.
Estimation of Plant growth hormones from bacteria and fungi

COUNTRY VISITED
Italy and Germany

PUBLICATIONS

INTERNATIONAL
1. Arumugam, N., Ragunathan, R., Shanmugaiah, V and Mathivanan, N. 2010. Synthesis of novel b-lactam fused spiroisoxazolidine chromanones and tetralones as potent antimicrobial agent for human and plant pathogens. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. (In Press). (Impact factor: 2.650)

2. Murugan, E., Gopinath, P., Shanmugaiah, V and Mathivanan, N. 2010. Antibacterial Activity of Novel Insoluble Bead-Shaped Polymer-Supported Multiquaternary Ammonium Salts. Journal of Applied Polymer science. 117: 3673-3678. (Impact factor: 1.180)

3. Shanmugaiah, V., Mathivanan, N and Varghese, B. 2010. Purification, crystal structure and antimicrobial activity of phenazine-1-carboxamide produced by a growth-promoting biocontrol bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa MML2212. Journal of Applied Microbiology .108 : 703–711 703. (Impact factor: 2.098)
4. Manoharan, P.T., Shanmugaiah, V., Balasubramanian, N., Gomathinayagam, S., Maveer Sharma,P and Muthuchelian, K. 2010. Influence of AM fungi on the growth and physiological status of Erythrina variegata Linn. grown under different water stress conditions. Europian journal of soil biology.46(2): 151-1565. (Impact factor: 1.247)

5.Iacobellis, N.S., Shanmugaiah.V and Lo Cantore,P. 2009.. Antibacterial Activity of Essential Oil Components and Their Potential Use in Seed Disinfection. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.57:9454-9461. (Impact factor: 2.469)

6. Shanmugaiah,V.,Balasubramanian,N.,Gomathinayagam,S.,Manoharan,P.T andRajendran, A.2009. Effect of single application of Trichoderma viride and Pseudomonas fluorescens on growth promotion in cotton. African Journal of Agricultural Research: 4(11): 1220-1225.

7. Iacobellis, N.S., Shanmugaiah.V and Lo Cantore,P. 2009. Selection of antagonistic bean rhizosphere bacteria for the biological control of bean diseases caused by bacteria nad fungi. PETRIA 19 SUPPL: 28-30.

8. Jagessar, R.C., Gomathinayagam, S., Balasubramanian, N., Shanmugaiah, V and Manoharan, P.T.2009. Synthesis of α, β -unsaturated carbonyl compound and effect on antifungal and antibacterial activity. Journal of pure and Applied microbiology.3(2):415-420.

9. Rajakumar, P., Sekar, K., Shanmugaiah, V and Mathivanan, N. 2009. Synthesis of novel carbazole based macrocyclic amides as potential antimicrobial Agents”. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry.44: 3040–3045(Impact factor: 3.269)

10. Shanmugaiah, V., Mathivanan, N., Balasubramanian, N and Manoharan, P.T. 2008. Optimization of cultural conditions for production of chitinase by Bacillus laterosporus MML2270 isolated from rice rhizosphere soil. African Journal of Biotechnology. 7(15): 2562-2568. (Impact factor: 0.500)

11. Rajakumar, P., Sekar, K., Shanmugaiah, V and Mathivanan, N. 2008. Synthesis of some novel imidazole based dicationic carbazolophanes as potential antibacterials” Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 18(15): 4416-4419. (Impact factor: 2.650)(Impact factor: 0.500) Synthesis of some novel imidazole based dicationic carbazolophanes as potential antibacterials” Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 18(15): 4416-4419. (Impact factor: 2.650)

12. Anthonysamy, A., Balasubramanian, S., Shanmugaiah, V and Mathivanan, N. 2008. Synthesis, characterization and electrochemistry of 4-functionalized 2,2:6,2-terpyridine ruthenium(II) complexes and their biological activity. Dalton Transactions. 2136-2143. (Impact factor: 4.081)

13. Manoharan, P.T., Pandi, M., Shanmugaiah, V., Gomathinayagam, S and Balasubramanian, N. 2008. Effect of vesicular arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus onthe physiological and biochemical changes of five different tree seedlings grown under nursery conditions. African Journal of Biotechnology. 7(19): 3431-3436. (Impact factor: 0.500)

14. RajaKumar, P., Selvam, S., Shanmugaiah, V and Mathivanan, N. 2007. Synthesis and antibacterial activity of some novel chiral fluorophoric bicyclic macrocycles. Biorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 17: 5270-5273. (Impact factor: 2.650)

15. Shanmugaiah, V., Ramesh, S., Jayaprakashvel, M. and Mathivanan, N. 2006. Biocontrol and plant growth promoting potential of a Pseudomonas sp. MML2212 from the rice rhizosphere. In: Proceedings for the 1st International Symposium on Biological Control of Bacterial Plant Diseases. (Ed. Zeller, W., and Ullrich, C.). Federal Institute of Biological Control, Dormstadt, Germany. pp. 320-324

16. Balasubramanian, N., Gomathinayagam, S., Lalithakumari L., Shanmugaiah V and N.S. Iacobellis. 2009. Biological control of Sheath blight of rice and wilt of tomato with protoplast mediated strain improvement of Trichoderma sp. Journal of Plant Pathology. (Communicated)

NATIONAL
17. Shanmugaiah, V., Manoharan, P.T., Rajendran, A. and Mathivanan, N. 2008. Growth promotion and suppression of phytopathogens in Green gram (Vigna radiata. L). by Trichoderma viride and Pseudomonas fluorescens.Ind. J. Bot. Res. 4(1): 99-110.
18. Manoharan, P.T., Shanmugaiah, V. and Pandi, M. 2008. Effect of VAM fungus on the growth of some selected tree seeslings grown under nursery conditions. 4(1): 81-88.Ind. J. Bot. Res.
19. Shanmugaiah,V., Balasubramanian,N., Gomathinayagam,S., Manoharan,P.T and Rajendran, A. 2008. Effect of Pseudomonas fluorescens and Trichoderma viride on growth promotion in Sorghum. Ind. J. Bot. Res. 4 (3 & 4) : 453 – 460

Paper presented in Conferences
International

N.Iacobellis., Shanmugaiah,V and Cantore . P.Lo. 2009. Rhizobacteria for the biological control of common bacterial blight of Bean. Actions of the national XV congress of the Italian society of vegetable pathology (SIpaV). Locorotondo, 28September-1rd October 2009.
Cantore . P.Lo. 2009. Biological control of common bacterial blight of bean with rhizosphere antagonists. XIV Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, held at Centre des congres, Quebec, Canada. 19-23 July 2009.
V.Shanmugaiah and N. Mathivanan. 2009. Growth promotion in rice by an IAA producing rhizobacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa MML2212. Pp.65. In: Abstracts of the first “Asian PGPR Congress for Sustainable Agriculture” held at Acharya NG Ranga Agriculture University, Hyderabad during June 21-24, 2009.

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Shanmugaiah, V., Cantore . P.Lo., . and,Iacobellis,N.S. 2008. Preliminary results on the antagonistic activity of bean rhizosphere bacteria toward common bean pathogenic bacteria and fungi. 2nd International Symposium on Biological Control of Bacterial Plant Diseases, held at University of Florida, Orlando,Florida,USA.4-7November 2008.

Shanmugaiah, V., and Mathivanan, N.2008. Effect of phenazine-1-carboxamide produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa MML2212 on Rhizoctonia solani.4th International Symposium On Rhizoctonia solani, held at Humbold University, Berlin, Germany. 20-22nd Agust 2008.
Shanmugaiah, V., and Mathivanan, N. 2007. Biological control of root rot disease caused by Macrophomina phaseolina in Green gram and Sorhum by Trichoderma viride and Pseudomonas fluorescens”. International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology (NHBT-2007) held at National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR), Trivandrum. 26-29th November 2007.

Shanmugaiah, V., Surendiran, G., Mathivanan, N. 2006. Wound healing activity of crude metabolites from Pseudomonas sp. MML2212. ASPUM International Symposium on Science in New Meillennium, University of Madras, 12-13th June 2006.

Shanmugaiah, V. Mathivanan, N. 2006. ISR mediated Biocontrol potential of Pseudomonas sp MML2212 and its talc based formulation against root rot disease caused by Macrophomina phaseolina in green gram (Vigna radiata L.,). Asian Conference on Emerging Trends in Plant Microbe Interactions, University of Madras, December 9-11, 2005.

Shanmugaiah, V., Ramesh, S., Jayaprakashvel, M. and Mathivanan, N. 2006. Biocontrol and plant growth promoting potential of a Pseudomonas sp. MML2212 from the rice rhizosphere. In: Proceedings for the 1st International Symposium on Biological Control of Bacterial Plant Diseases. (Ed. Zeller, W., and Ullrich, C.). Federal Institute of Biological Control, Dormstadt, Germany. Pp. 320-324.

Shanmugaiah, V., Prashanth, S., Ramesh, S. and Mathivanan. N. 2005. Biocontrol potential of a Pseudomonas sp. Against some fungal pathogens. International symposium on Integrated Management of Fungal Disease (IMF): Technology Development and application. Banaras Hindu University , Varanasi, India. February 23-26, 2005.

Prashanth, S., Shanmugaiah, V. and Mathivanan. N. 2005. Antagonistic activity of a growth promoting soil bacterium against phytopathogenic fungi. International symposium on Integrated Management of Fungal Disease (IMF): Technology Development and application. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. February 23-26, 2005.

National

Shanmugaiah, V. and Mathivanan, N. 2007. Control of sheath blight pathogen, Rhizoctonia solani using Phenazine-1- carboxamide, produced by Pseudomonas aeruginoisa MML2212. National Academy of Agricultural Sciences. 8th Agricultural Science Congress. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, February 15- 17, 2007.

Shanmugaiah, V. and Mathivanan, N. 2006. Growth promoting and Biological control of sheath blight of rice by a root colonizing bacterium Pseudomonas sp. MML2212. National seminar on Recent Adavnces in Plant Biology. VHNSN College, Virudhunagar, August 10-11, 2006.

Shanmugaiah, V. and Mathivanan, N. 2006. Biological control of sheath blight of rice by a rhizobacterium Pseudomonas sp. MML2212. National symposium on Biotechnological Methods for Crop Disease Management (BMCDM), Annamalai University, March 3-4, 2006.

Shanmugaiah, V. and Mathivanan, N. 2006. Biodiversity of fluorescent Pseduomonads in the rice rhizosphere and their antifungal and growth promoting activities. National Conference on Agrobiodiversity. National biodiversity Authority, Chennai, February 11-13, 2006.

Shanmugaiah, V. Mathivanan, N. and Rajendran. A. 2004. Biological control of root rot Disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani in Green gram and Sorghum by Trichoderma viride and Pseudomonas fluorescens. National conference on Emerging Trends in Mycology, Plant pathology, and Microbial Biotechnology. Osmania University, Hyderabad, December 30-31, 2004.