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Overview

Rup Lal is affiliated with the University of Delhi in India and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science. Their research spans several subfields including molecular biology, ecology, pollution, plant science, and pharmacology.

Their work primarily focuses on topics such as genomics and phylogenetic studies, microbial community ecology and physiology, microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, gut microbiota and health, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, protist diversity and phylogeny, and the impact of toxic organic pollutants.

Rup Lal has published in a range of academic venues, with frequent publications appearing in the following journals and sources:

  • Indian Journal of Microbiology
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria
  • Microbial Biotechnology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Among their recent papers are:

  • DNA barcoding, an effective tool for species identification: a review (2022, Molecular Biology Reports)
  • Defining the Environmental Adaptations of Genus Devosia: Insights into its Expansive Short Peptide Transport System and Positively Selected Genes (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Comparative Genomic Analysis of Rapidly Evolving SARS-CoV-2 Reveals Mosaic Pattern of Phylogeographical Distribution (2020, mSystems)
  • Visualizing the invisible: class excursions to ignite children's enthusiasm for microbes (2020, Microbial Biotechnology)
  • Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis and Enantiomer Fractionation to Characterize the Transformation of Hexachlorocyclohexane Isomers in a Soil-Wheat Pot System (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)

Collaborations frequently occur with a set of coauthors, including Utkarsh Sood, Vipin Gupta, Princy Hira, Charu Dogra Rawat, and Roshan Kumar, reflecting ongoing teamwork in relevant research areas.

Best Publications

  • Biochemistry of Microbial Degradation of Hexachlorocyclohexane and Prospects for Bioremediation

    Rup Lal;Gunjan Pandey;Pooja Sharma;Kirti Kumari

  • Accumulation, metabolism, and effects of organochlorine insecticides on microorganisms.

    R Lal;D M Saxena

  • Bioactive compounds from marine actinomycetes

    Renu Solanki;Monisha Khanna;Rup Lal

  • High Throughput Sequencing: An Overview of Sequencing Chemistry

    Sheetal Ambardar;Rikita Gupta;Deepika Trakroo;Rup Lal

  • Fish gut microbiome: current approaches and future perspectives.

    Chandni Talwar;Shekhar Nagar;Rup Lal;Ram Krishan Negi

  • Cloning and characterization of lin genes responsible for the degradation of Hexachlorocyclohexane isomers by Sphingomonas paucimobilis strain B90.

    Rekha Kumari;Sanjukta Subudhi;Mrutyunjay Suar;Gauri Dhingra

  • Accumulation, metabolism, and effects of organophosphorus insecticides on microorganisms.

    Rup Lal

  • Gut microbiome contributes to impairment of immunity in pulmonary tuberculosis patients by alteration of butyrate and propionate producers.

    Abhijit Maji;Abhijit Maji;Richa Misra;Richa Misra;Darshan B. Dhakan;Vipin Gupta

  • The urgent need for microbiology literacy in society.

    Kenneth Timmis;Ricardo Cavicchioli;José Luis Garcia;Balbina Nogales

  • The enzymatic basis for pesticide bioremediation

    Colin Scott;Gunjan Pandey;Carol J Hartley;Colin Jackson

  • Molecular aspects of pesticide degradation by microorganisms.

    S Kumar;K G Mukerji;R Lal

  • Organization of lin Genes and IS6100 among Different Strains of Hexachlorocyclohexane-Degrading Sphingomonas paucimobilis: Evidence for Horizontal Gene Transfer

    Charu Dogra;Vishakha Raina;Rinku Pal;Mrutyunjay Suar

  • Polyphasic approach of bacterial classification — An overview of recent advances

    O. Prakash;M. Verma;P. Sharma;M. Kumar

  • Diversity, distribution and divergence of lin genes in hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading sphingomonads.

    Rup Lal;Charu Dogra;Shweta Malhotra;Poonam Sharma

  • Biochemical and Molecular Basis of Pesticide Degradation by Microorganisms

    Brajesh Kumar Singh;Ramesh Chander Kuhad;Ajay Singh;Rup Lal

  • Hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading bacterial strains Sphingomonas paucimobilis B90A, UT26 and Sp+, having similar lin genes, represent three distinct species, Sphingobium indicum sp. nov., Sphingobium japonicum sp. nov. and Sphingobium francense sp. nov., and reclassification of [Sphingomonas] chungbukensis as Sphingobium chungbukense comb. nov.

    Rinku Pal;Shashi Bala;Mandeep Dadhwal;Mukesh Kumar

  • Comparative Metagenomic Analysis of Soil Microbial Communities across Three Hexachlorocyclohexane Contamination Levels

    Naseer Sangwan;Pushp Lata;Vatsala Dwivedi;Amit Singh

  • SELECTIVE ISOLATION OF RARE ACTINOMYCETES PRODUCING NOVEL ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUNDS

    Monisha Khanna;Renu Solanki;Rup Lal;Acharya Narendra

  • Evaluation of hexachlorocyclohexane contamination from the last lindane production plant operating in India.

    Simran Jit;Mandeep Dadhwal;Hansi Kumari;Swati Jindal

  • Defining the Environmental Adaptations of Genus Devosia: Insights into its Expansive Short Peptide Transport System and Positively Selected Genes.

    Chandni Talwar;Shekhar Nagar;Roshan Kumar;Joy Scaria

  • Haloalkane Dehalogenase LinB Is Responsible for β- and δ-Hexachlorocyclohexane Transformation in Sphingobium indicum B90A

    Poonam Sharma;Vishakha Raina;Vishakha Raina;Rekha Kumari;Shweta Malhotra

  • Recent Advancements in the Development of Modern Probiotics for Restoring Human Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis

    Roshan Kumar;Utkarsh Sood;Vipin Gupta;Mona Singh

  • Enzymes and Operons Mediating Xenobiotic Degradation in Bacteria

    Vachaspati Mishra;Rup Lal;Srinivasan

Frequent Co-Authors

Yogendra Singh
Yogendra Singh University of Delhi
Jitendra P. Khurana
Jitendra P. Khurana University of Delhi
Jack A. Gilbert
Jack A. Gilbert University of California, San Diego
Christof Holliger
Christof Holliger École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Hans-Peter E. Kohler
Hans-Peter E. Kohler Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Jan Roelof van der Meer
Jan Roelof van der Meer University of Lausanne
Ramesh Chander Kuhad
Ramesh Chander Kuhad Central University of Haryana
Paramjit Khurana
Paramjit Khurana University of Delhi
John G. Oakeshott
John G. Oakeshott Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Peter Schumann
Peter Schumann Leibniz Association

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