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Indrani Karunasagar

Indrani Karunasagar

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D-Index
63
Citations
13269
World Ranking
2754
National Ranking
12

Overview

Indrani Karunasagar is affiliated with Nitte University in India and has an extensive body of research primarily in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work covers various subfields, including endocrinology, infectious diseases, immunology, molecular biology, and ecology. The scientist has contributed significantly to topics such as aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Vibrio bacteria research studies, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, salmonella and campylobacter epidemiology, as well as SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 research.

Their recent publications include:

  • Detection technologies and recent developments in the diagnosis of COVID-19 infection, 2021, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Immune responses and immunoprotection in crustaceans with special reference to shrimp, 2020, Reviews in Aquaculture
  • Application of Outer Membrane Protein-Based Vaccines Against Major Bacterial Fish Pathogens in India, 2020, Frontiers in Immunology
  • Current methods for the diagnosis of leptospirosis: Issues and challenges, 2022, Journal of Microbiological Methods
  • Rapid visual detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in seafood samples by loop-mediated isothermal amplification with hydroxynaphthol blue dye, 2020, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Indrani Karunasagar include:

  • Praveen Rai
  • Ballamoole Krishna Kumar
  • Iddya Karunasagar
  • Vijaya Kumar Deekshit
  • Biswajit Maiti

The scientist has published repeatedly in these venues:

  • Microbial Pathogenesis (6 publications)
  • Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU (5 publications)
  • Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology (2 publications)
  • Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology (2 publications)
  • Archives of Microbiology (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • Mass mortality of Penaeus monodon larvae due to antibiotic-resistant Vibrio harveyi infection

    I. Karunasagar;R. Pai;G.R. Malathi;Indrani Karunasagar

  • Biofilm formation by salmonella spp. on food contact surfaces and their sensitivity to sanitizers.

    B. Joseph;S.K. Otta;Indrani Karunasagar;I. Karunasagar

  • Review of alternatives to antibiotic use in aquaculture

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  • Detection technologies and recent developments in the diagnosis of COVID-19 infection.

    Praveen Rai;Ballamoole Krishna Kumar;Vijaya Kumar Deekshit;Indrani Karunasagar

  • Quantification of Diatom and Dinoflagellate Biomasses in Coastal Marine Seawater Samples by Real-Time PCR

    Anna Godhe;Maria E. Asplund;Karolina Härnström;V. Saravanan

  • Inhibition of shrimp pathogenic vibrios by a marine Pseudomonas I-2 strain

    R. Chythanya;Indrani Karunasagar;Iddya Karunasagar

  • Seasonal variation in abundance of total and pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteria in oysters along the southwest coast of India.

    A. Deepanjali;H. Sanath Kumar;I. Karunasagar

  • The occurrence of Vibrio species in tropical shrimp culture environments; implications for food safety

    Shubha Gopal;Subhendu K. Otta;Sanath Kumar;Indrani Karunasagar

  • Isolation of Vibrio harveyi bacteriophage with a potential for biocontrol of luminous vibriosis in hatchery environments

    M.G. Vinod;M.M. Shivu;K.R. Umesha;B.C. Rajeeva

  • Biocontrol of pathogens in shrimp hatcheries using bacteriophages

    Indrani Karunasagar;M.M. Shivu;S.K. Girisha;G. Krohne

  • Immune responses and immunoprotection in crustaceans with special reference to shrimp

    Amod Kulkarni;Sreedharan Krishnan;Deepika Anand;Shyam Kokkattunivarthil Uthaman

  • Permanent genetic resources added to molecular ecology resources database 1 May 2009-31 July 2009

    Glenn R. Almany;Maurício P. De Arruda;Wolfgang Arthofer

  • Pathogenesis, virulence factors and virulence regulation of vibrios belonging to the Harveyi clade

    Hettipala Arachchige Darshanee Ruwandeepika;Hettipala Arachchige Darshanee Ruwandeepika;Hettipala Arachchige Darshanee Ruwandeepika;Thotawaththage Sanjeewa Prasad Jayaweera;Patit Paban Bhowmick;Indrani Karunasagar

  • Histopathological and bacteriological study of white spot syndrome of Penaeus monodon along the west coast of India

    Indrani Karunasagar;S.K. Otta;Iddya Karunasagar

  • Biology, Host Range, Pathogenesis and Diagnosis of White spot syndrome virus

    Balakrishnan Pradeep;Praveen Rai;Seethappa A. Mohan;Mudagandur S. Shekhar

  • Biofilm formation by Vibrio harveyi on surfaces

    I. Karunasagar;S.K. Otta;Indrani Karunasagar

  • Detection of new hosts for white spot syndrome virus of shrimp using nested polymerase chain reaction

    Md.Shahadat Hossain;Anirban Chakraborty;Biju Joseph;S.K. Otta

  • Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) detection of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in cultured and wild crustaceans in India

    S. K. Otta;G. Shubha;B. Joseph;Anirban Chakraborty

  • Development of monoclonal antibody based sandwich ELISA for the rapid detection of pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in seafood.

    Ballamoole Krishna Kumar;Pendru Raghunath;Devananda Devegowda;Vijay Kumar Deekshit

  • Regulation of virulence factors by quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi.

    F.M.I. Natrah;H.A. Darshanee Ruwandeepika;H.A. Darshanee Ruwandeepika;H.A. Darshanee Ruwandeepika;Sushant Pawar;Indrani Karunasagar

  • Application of polymerase chain reaction for detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus associated with tropical seafoods and coastal environment.

    V. Dileep;H.S. Kumar;Y. Kumar;M. Nishibuchi

  • Incidence of Listeria spp. in clinical and food samples in Mangalore, India

    B Dhanashree;S.K Otta;I Karunasagar;W Goebel

  • Molecular characterization of Vibrio harveyi bacteriophages isolated from aquaculture environments along the coast of India.

    Mockshanath M. Shivu;Bettada C. Rajeeva;Shivani K. Girisha;Indrani Karunasagar

Frequent Co-Authors

Iddya Karunasagar
Iddya Karunasagar Nitte University
Anna Godhe
Anna Godhe University of Gothenburg
Peter Bossier
Peter Bossier Ghent University
Tom Defoirdt
Tom Defoirdt Ghent University
Øystein Evensen
Øystein Evensen Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Georg Krohne
Georg Krohne University of Würzburg
Peter J. Walker
Peter J. Walker University of Queensland
V. Stalin Raj
V. Stalin Raj Erasmus University Rotterdam
Séamus Fanning
Séamus Fanning University College Dublin
Paiboon Sithithaworn
Paiboon Sithithaworn Khon Kaen University

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