Sood U, Müller M, Lan T, Garg G, Singhvi N, Hira P, Singh P, Nigam A, Verma M, Lata P, Kaur H. Amycolatopsis mediterranei: A Sixty-Year Journey from Strain Isolation to Unlocking Its Potential of Rifamycin Analogue Production by Combinatorial Biosynthesis. J Nat Prod 2024;87:424–438
Kumar, A., Sood, U., Garg, G., Lal, R., & Rawat, C. D. (2024). Genome-based reclassification of Williamsia marianensis as a later heterotypic synonym of Williamsia muralis. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 74(8), 006485.
Müller M, Bialas E, Sturm I, Sood U, Lal R, Bechthold B. Genomic modifications for enhanced antibiotic production in rifamycin derivative-producing Amycolatopsis mediterranei S699 strains: focusing on rifQ and rifO genes. Frontiers in Antibiotics 2024;3, DOI: 10.3389/frabi.2024.1399139.
2023
Kaur, J., Sood, U., Talwar, C., Whitman, W. B., & Lal, R. (2023). Phylogenomics-based reclassifications in the genus Psychrobacter including emended descriptions of Psychrobacter pacificensis, Psychrobacter proteolyticus, and Psychrobacter submarinus. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 116(11), 1113-1121.
Anand, S., Hallsworth, J. E., Timmis, J., Verstraete, W., Casadevall, A., Ramos, J. L., … & Timmis, K. (2023). Weaponising microbes for peace. Microbial Biotechnology, 16(6), 1091-1111.
Kumar, R., Nagar, S., Haider, S., Sood, U., Ponnusamy, K., Dhingra, G. G., … & Lal, R. (2023). Monkeypox virus: phylogenomics, host–pathogen interactome and mutational cascade. Microbial Genomics, 9(4), 000987.
2022
Lal, D., Pandey, H., & Lal, R. (2022). Phylogenetic analyses of microbial hydrolytic dehalogenases reveal polyphyletic origin. Indian Journal of Microbiology, 62(4), 651-657.
Lata, P., Bala, K., Goel, P., Sood U., Hira P., Dwivedi, V., … & Lal, R. (2022). Microbiome and plant health.
2021
Lakra, P., Verma, H., Talwar, C., Singh, D. N., Singhvi, N., Lal, R., & Gupta, V. (2021). Genome based reclassification of Deinococcus swuensis as a heterotypic synonym of Deinococcus radiopugnans. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 71(7), 004879.
Singhvi N, Singh P, Prakash O, Gupta V, Lal S, Bechthold A, Singh Y, Singh RK, Lal R. Differential mass spectrometry-based proteome analyses unveil major regulatory hubs in rifamycin B production in Amycolatopsis mediterranei. J Proteomics. 2021;239:104168.
Singh P, Hira P, Rawat CD, Lal R, Sood U. Genome-based reclassification of Amycolatopsis eurytherma as a later heterotypic synonym of Amycolatopsis thermoflava. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2021;71:004642.
2020
Singhvi N, Gupta V, Singh P, Prakash O, Bechthold A, Singh Y, Lal R. Prediction of transcription factors and their involvement in regulating rifamycin production in Amycolatopsis mediterranei S699. Indian J Microbiology. 2020; 60:310-7.
Kumar R, Verma H, Singhvi N, Sood U, Gupta V, Singh M, Kumari R, Hira P, Nagar S, Talwar C, et al: Comparative Genomic Analysis of Rapidly Evolving SARS-CoV-2 Reveals Mosaic Pattern of Phylogeographical Distribution. mSystems 2020, 5.
Svec P, Kosina M, Zeman M, Holochova P, Kralova S, Nemcova E, Micenkova L, Urvashi, Gupta V, Sood U, et al: Pseudomonas karstica sp. nov. and Pseudomonas spelaei sp. nov., isolated from calcite moonmilk deposits from caves. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2020, 70:5131-5140.
Sood U, Singh DN, Hira P, Lee JK, Kalia VC, Lal R, Shakarad M: Rapid and solitary production of mono-rhamnolipid biosurfactant and biofilm inhibiting pyocyanin by a taxonomic outlier Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain CR1. J Biotechnol 2020, 307:98-106.
Verma H, Dhingra GG, Sharma M, Gupta V, Negi RK, Singh Y, Lal R: Comparative genomics of Sphingopyxis spp. unravelled functional attributes. Genomics 2020, 112:1956-1969.
Sood U, Gupta V, Kumar R, Lal S, Fawcett D, Rattan S, Poinern GEJ, Lal R: Chicken Gut Microbiome and Human Health: Past Scenarios, Current Perspectives, and Futuristic Applications. Indian J Microbiol 2020, 60:2-11.
Gupta V, Kumar R, Sood U, Singhvi N: Reconciling Hygiene and Cleanliness: A New Perspective from Human Microbiome. Indian J Microbiol 2020, 60:37-44.
Kumar R, Sood U, Gupta V, Singh M, Scaria J, Lal R: Recent Advancements in the Development of Modern Probiotics for Restoring Human Gut Microbiome Dysbiosis. Indian J Microbiol 2020, 60:12-25.
2019
Sood U, Hira P, Kumar R, Bajaj A, Rao DLN, Lal R, Shakarad M: Comparative Genomic Analyses Reveal Core-Genome-Wide Genes Under Positive Selection and Major Regulatory Hubs in Outlier Strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Front Microbiol 2019, 10:53.
Singh DN, Sood U, Singh AK, Gupta V, Shakarad M, Rawat CD, Lal R: Genome Sequencing Revealed the Biotechnological Potential of an Obligate Thermophile Geobacillus thermoleovorans Strain RL Isolated from Hot Water Spring. Indian J Microbiol 2019, 59:351-355.
Mahato NK, Sharma A, Singh Y, Lal R: Comparative metagenomic analyses of a high-altitude Himalayan geothermal spring revealed temperature-constrained habitat-specific microbial community and metabolic dynamics. Arch Microbiol 2019, 201:377-388.
Talwar C, Singh AK, Singh DN, Nagar S, Singh Y, Shakarad M, Negi RK, Lal R: Draft Genome Sequence of Deinococcus sp. Strain S9, Isolated from Microbial Mat Deposits of Hot Springs Located atop the Himalayan Ranges at Manikaran, India. Microbiol Resour Announc 2019, 8.
2016
Kumari R, Singh P, Lal R. Genetics and genomics of the genus Amycolatopsis. Indian J Microbiol. 2016 56:233-46.
2014
Mukherjee U, Saxena A, Kumari R, Singh P, Lal R. Draft genome sequence of Amycolatopsis mediterranei DSM 40773, a tangible antibiotic producer. Genome Announc. 2014; 2
Saxena A, Kumari R, Mukherjee U, Singh P, Lal R. Draft genome sequence of the rifamycin producer Amycolatopsis rifamycinica DSM 46095. Genome Announc 2014;2:00662-14. Singh P, Kumari R, Mukherjee U, Saxena A, Sood U, Lal R. Draft genome sequence of rifamycin derivatives producing Amycolatopsis mediterranei strain DSM 46096/S955. Genome Announc. 2014;2
Nigam A, Almabruk KH, Saxena A, Yang J, Mukherjee U, Kaur H, Kohli P, Kumari R, Singh P, Zakharov LN, Singh Y. Modification of rifamycin polyketide
