G.  Kulkarni, ?Multilocus sequence typing of Ochrobactrum spp. isolated from gastric niche?, Journal of Infection and Public Health , vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 201-210, 2017.

K. Raja Puppala, V. Kumar, R., Khire, J., and Dharne, M., ?Dephytinizing and probiotic potentials of saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCIM 3662) strain for amelioration of nutritional quality of functional foods?, Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 604-617, 2018.

K. Raja Puppala, Naik, T., Shaik, A., Dastager, S., V. Kumar, R., Khire, J., and Dharne, M., ?Evaluation of Candida tropicalis (NCIM 3321) extracellular phytase having plant growth promoting potential and process development?, Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, vol. 13, 2018.

R.  Parate, Mane, R., Dharne, M., and Rode, C., ?Mixed bacterial culture mediated direct conversion of bio-glycerol to diols?, Bioresource Technology, vol. 250, pp. 86-93, 2018.

Zothanpuia, Passari, A. Kumar, Deka, V., Rajput, L. P. M., Priya, P., Dharne, M., Dastager, S., Mathew, O. K., Hashem, A., Allah, E. Fathi Abd_, and Singh, B. Pratap, ?Draft genome sequence of freshwater-derived streptomyces sp. strain BPSDS2, isolated from damte stream, northeast India?, American Society for Microbiology, 2019.

R.  Yadav, Rajput, V., Gohil, K., Khairnar, K., and Dharne, M., ?Comprehensive metagenomic insights into a unique mass gathering and bathing event reveals transient influence on a riverine ecosystem?, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, vol. 202, p. 110938, 2020.

J.  Chakraborty, Sapkale, V., Shah, M., Rajput, V., Mehetre, G., Agawane, S., Kamble, S., and Dharne, M., ?Metagenome sequencing to unveil microbial community composition and prevalence of antibiotic and metal resistance genes in hypersaline and hyperalkaline Lonar Lake, India?, Ecological Indicators, vol. 110, p. 105827, 2020.

K.  Gohil, Rajput, V., and Dharne, M., ?Pan-genomics of Ochrobactrum species from clinical and environmental origins reveals distinct populations and possible links?, Genomics, vol. 112, no. 5, pp. 3003-3012, 2020.

J.  Chakraborty, Sapkale, V., Rajput, V., Shah, M., Kamble, S., and Dharne, M., ?Shotgun metagenome guided exploration of anthropogenically driven resistomic hotspots within Lonar soda lake of India?, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, vol. 194, p. 110443, 2020.

R.  Parate, Borgave, M., Dharne, M., and Rode, C., ?Bioglycerol (C3) upgrading to 2,3-butanediol (C4) by cell-free extracts of Enterobacter aerogenes NCIM 2695?, Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, vol. 96, no. 5, pp. 1316-1325, 2021.

R.  Yadav, Rajput, V., and Dharne, M., ?Functional metagenomic landscape of polluted river reveals potential genes involved in degradation of xenobiotic pollutants?, Environmental Research, vol. 192, p. 110332, 2021.

R.  Yadav, Rajput, V., and Dharne, M., ?Metagenomic analysis of a mega-city river network reveals microbial compositional heterogeneity among urban and peri-urban river stretch?, Science of the Total Environment, vol. 783, p. 146960, 2021.

K.  Gohil, Samson, R., Dastager, S., and Dharne, M., ?Probiotics in the prophylaxis of COVID-19: something is better than nothing?, 3 Biotech, vol. 11, no. 1, 2021.

J.  Chakraborty, Rajput, V., Sapkale, V., Kamble, S., and Dharne, M., ?Spatio-temporal resolution of taxonomic and functional microbiome of Lonar soda lake of India reveals metabolic potential for bioremediation?, Chemosphere, vol. 264, no. 2, p. 128574, 2021.

T.  Dharmadhikari, Yadav, R., Dastager, S., and Dharne, M., ?Translating SARS-CoV-2 wastewater-based epidemiology for prioritizing mass vaccination: a strategic overview?, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol. 28, no. 31, pp. 42975-42980, 2021.

R.  Samson and Dharne, M., ?COVID-19 associated mucormycosis: evolving technologies for early and rapid diagnosis?, 3 Biotech, vol. 12, no. 1, p. 6, 2022.

P.  Singh, Ujjainiya, R., Prakash, S., Naushin, S., Sardana, V., Bhatheja, N., Singh, A. Pratap, Barman, J., Kumar, K., Gayali, S., Khan, R., Rawat, B. Singh, Tallapaka, K. Bharadwaj, Anumalla, M., Lahiri, A., Kar, S., Bhosale, V., Srivastava, M., Mugale, M. Nilakanth, Pandey, C. P., Khan, S., Katiyar, S., Raj, D., Ishteyaque, S., Khanka, S., Rani, A., Promila,, Sharma, J., Seth, A., Dutta, M., Saurabh, N., Veerapandian, M., Venkatachalam, G., Bansal, D., Gupta, D., Halami, P. M., Peddha, M. Serva, Veeranna, R. P., Pal, A., Singh, R. Kumar, Anandasadagopan, S. Kumar, Karuppanan, P., Rahman, S. Nasar, Selvakumar, G., Venkatesan, S., Karmakar, M. Kumar, Sardana, H. Kumar, Kothari, A., Parihar, D. Singh, Thakur, A., Saifi, A., Gupta, N., Singh, Y., Reddu, R., Gautam, R., Mishra, A., Mishra, A., Gogeri, I., Rayasam, G., Padwad, Y., Patial, V., Hallan, V., Singh, D., Tirpude, N., Chakrabarti, P., Maity, S. Krishna, Ganguly, D., Sistla, R., Balthu, N. Kumar, Kumar, K. A., Ranjith, S., B. Kumar, V., Jamwal, P. Singh, Wali, A., Ahmed, S., Chouhan, R., Gandhi, S. G., Sharma, N., Rai, G., Irshad, F., Jamwal, V. Lakshmi, Paddar, M. Ahmad, Khan, S. Ullah, Malik, F., Ghosh, D., Thakkar, G., Barik, S. K., Tripathi, P., Satija, Y. Kumar, Mohanty, S., Khan, M. Tauseef, Subudhi, U., Sen, P., Kumar, R., Bhardwaj, A., Gupta, P., Sharma, D., Tuli, A., Chaudhuri, S. Ray, Krishnamurthi, S., Prakash, L., V. Rao, C., Singh, B. N., Chaurasiya, A., Chaurasiya, M., Bhadange, M., Likhitkar, B., Mohite, S., Patil, Y., Kulkarni, M., Joshi, R., Pandya, V., Mahajan, S., Patil, A., Samson, R., Vare, T., Dharne, M., Giri, A., Mahajan, S., Paranjape, S., G. Sastry, N., Kalita, J., Phukan, T., Manna, P., Romi, W., Bharali, P., Ozah, D., Sahu, R. K., Dutta, P., Singh, M. Goutam, Gogoi, G., Tapadar, Y. Begam, Babu, E. V. S. S. K., Sukumaran, R. K., Nair, A. R., Puthiyamadam, A., Valappil, P. Kooloth, Prasannakumari, A. Velayudhan, Chodankar, K., Damare, S., Agrawal, V. Varun, Chaudhary, K., Agrawal, A., Sengupta, S., and Dash, D., ?Machine learning-based approach to determine infection status in recipients of BBV152 (Covaxin) whole-virion inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for serological surveys?, Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 146, p. 105419, 2022.

V.  Rajput, Samson, R., Yadav, R., Dastager, S., Khairnar, K., and Dharne, M., ?Metagenomic mining of Indian river confluence reveal functional microbial community with lignocelluloytic potential?, 3 Biotech, vol. 12, no. 6, p. 132, 2022.

R.  Pramanik, Bodawar, N., Brahme, A., Kamble, S., and Dharne, M., ?Comparative evaluation of advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for reducing SARS-CoV-2 viral load from campus sewage water?, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol. 11, no. 3, p. 109673, 2023.

V.  Rajput, Pramanik, R., Malik, V., Yadav, R., Samson, R., Kadam, P., Bhalerao, U., Tupekar, M., Deshpande, D., Shah, P., Shashidhara, L. S., Boargaonkar, R., Patil, D., Kale, S., Bhalerao, A., Jain, N., Kamble, S., Dastager, S., Karmodiya, K., and Dharne, M., ?Genomic surveillance reveals early detection and transition of delta to omicron lineages of SARS-CoV-2 variants in wastewater treatment plants of Pune, India?, Environmental Science and Pollution Research , vol. 30, no. 56, pp. 118976-118988, 2023.

R.  Samson, Rajput, V., Yadav, R., Shah, M., Dastager, S., Khairnar, K., and Dharne, M., ?Spatio-temporal variation of the microbiome and resistome repertoire along an anthropogenically dynamic segment of the Ganges River, India?, Science of the Total Environment, vol. 872, p. 162125, 2023.

R.  Samson, Dharne, M., and Khairnar, K., ?Bacteriophages: status quo and emerging trends toward one health approach?, Science of The Total Environment, vol. 908, 2024.

V. D.  Navale, Yadav, R., Khilari, A., Dharne, M., Shanmugam, D., and Vamkudoth, K. Rao, ?Dietary supplementation of lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis BIONCL17752 on growth performance, and gut microbiota of broiler chickens?, Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 2024.

V.  Rajput, Das, R., Pramanik, R., Nannaware, K., Sushma, Y., Taji, N., Rajput, V., Rajkhowa, R., Pacharne, P., Shah, P., Gogate, N., Sangwar, P., Bhalerao, A., Jain, N., Kamble, S., Dastager, S., Shashidhara, L. S., Karyakarte, R., and Dharne, M., ?Early detection of KP.2 SARS-CoV-2 variant using wastewater-based genomic surveillance in Pune, Maharashtra, India?, Journal of Travel Medicine, 2024.

M.  Mahale, Samson, R., Dharne, M., and Kodam, K., ?Harnessing the potential of Achromobacter sp. M1 to remediate heavy metals from wastewater: genomic insights and environmental applications?, Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 480, p. 136125, 2024.

R.  Yadav and Dharne, M., ?Utility of metagenomics for bioremediation: a comprehensive review on bioremediation mechanisms and microbial dynamics of river ecosystem?, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol. 31, no. 13, pp. 18422-18434, 2024.

R.  Samson, Pawar, A., Khairnar, K., and Dharne, M., ?Characterization of a novel Tequatrovirus phage from pristine stretch of the Ganges River, India, in reducing bacterial load from sewage water?, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol. 13, no. 3, p. 116315, 2025.

S. S.  Dandekar, Thanikkal, S., Londhe, A., Bhutada, P., Saha, U., Pawar, S., Samson, R., Dharne, M., Saroj, S. D., and Koratkar, S., ?Characterization of novel phages KPA?1, KP149?1, and KP149?2 for lytic efficiency against clinical MDR Klebsiella pneumoniae infections?, Microbial Pathogenesis, vol. 202, p. 107440, 2025.

V.  Mahajan, Samson, R., and Dharne, M., ?Genome mining, probiotic characteristics, and in-silico safety assessment of Limosilactobacillus fermentum AV7 isolated from Avocado fruit pulp?, LWT-Food Science and Technology, vol. 216, p. 117231, 2025.

R.  Pramanik, Nannaware, K., Malik, V., Shah, P., Sangewar, P., Gogate, N., Shashidhara, L. S., Boargaonkar, R., Patil, D., Kale, S., Bhalerao, A., Jain, N., Kamble, S., Dastager, S., and Dharne, M., ?Monitoring influenza A (H1N1, H3N2), RSV, and SARS-CoV-2 using wastewater-based epidemiology: A 2-year longitudinal study in an Indian megacity covering omicron and post-omicron phases?, Food and Environmental Virology, vol. 17, no. 1, p. 3, 2025.