A. M.  Sawant, Vankudoth, R., Navale, V., Kumavat, R., Kumari, P., Santhakumari, B., and Vamkudoth, K. Rao, ?Morphological and molecular characterization of Penicillium rubens sp.nov isolated from poultry feed?, Indian Phytopathology, vol. 72, pp. 461?478, 2019.

A. M.  Sawant, Sunder, A. Vellore, Vamkudoth, K. Rao, Ramasamy, S., and Pundle, A., ?Process development for 6-aminopenicillanic acid production using lentikats-encapsulated escherichia coli cells expressing penicillin V acylase?, ACS Omega, vol. 5, no. 45, pp. 28972-28976, 2020.

V.  Navale, Vamkudoth, K. Rao, Ajmera, S., and Dhuri, V., ?Aspergillus derived mycotoxins in food and the environment: prevalence, detection, and toxicity?, Toxicology Reports , vol. 8, pp. 1008-1030, 2021.

V. D.  Navale, Sawant, A. M., Gowda, V. U., and Vamkudoth, K. Rao, ?Assembly, annotation, and comparative whole genome sequence of fusarium verticillioides isolated from stored maize grains?, vol. 11, no. 7, p. 810, 2022.

A. M.  Sawant and Vamkudoth, K. Rao, ?Biosynthetic process and strain improvement approaches for industrial penicillin production?, Biotechnology Letters, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 179-192, 2022.

V. K.  Shinde and Vamkudoth, K. Rao, ?Maltooligosaccharide forming amylases and their applications in food and pharma industry?, Journal of Food Science and Technology-Mysore, vol. 59, no. 10, pp. 3733-3744, 2022.

A.  Moudgil, Varma, S., Shinde, M. D., Vamkudoth, K. Rao, Sarkar, D. M., Shende, R. A., Amalnerkar, D., and Chaudhari, B. P., ?One-pot concurrent biosynthesis of biphasic CuxO (cuprous and cupric oxide) nanoparticles using leaf extract of Eichhornia crassipes and investigation of their potent healthcare applications?, Emergent Materials, 2022.

V.  Wagh, Patel, H., Patel, N., Vamkudoth, K. Rao, and Ajmera, S., ?Pectinase production by aspergillus niger and its applications in fruit juice clarification?, Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 2724-2737, 2022.

V. D.  Navale and Vamkudoth, K. Rao, ?Toxicity and preventive approaches of Fusarium derived mycotoxins using lactic acid bacteria: state of the art?, Biotechnology Letters, vol. 44, no. 10, pp. 1111-1126, 2022.

Y.  Bhandari, Varma, S., Sawant, A., Beemagani, S., Jaiswal, N., Chaudhari, B. P., and Vamkudoth, K. Rao, ?Biosynthesis of gold nanoparticles by Penicillium rubens and catalytic detoxification of ochratoxin A and organic dye pollutants?, International Microbiology, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 765-780, 2023.

V. D.  Navale, Sawant, A. M., and Vamkudoth, K. Rao, ?Genetic diversity of toxigenic Fusarium verticillioides associated with maize grains, India?, Genetics and Molecular Biology, vol. 46, no. 1, p. e20220073, 2023.

A. M.  Sawant, Navale, V. D., and Vamkudoth, K. Rao, ?Isolation and molecular characterization of indigenous penicillium chrysogenum/rubens strain portfolio for penicillin V production?, Microorganisms, vol. 11, no. 5, p. 1132, 2023.

V. D.  Navale, Borade, B. R., Krishna, G. Rama, Vamkudoth, K. Rao, and Kontham, R., ?Metabolites from lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis: isolation, structure elucidation, and antimicrobial activity?, ACS Omega, vol. 8, no. 40, pp. 36628-36635, 2023.

A.  Dangi, Pande, B., Agrawal, S., Sarkar, D., Vamkudoth, K. Rao, and Marelli, U. Kiran, ?Total synthesis, structure elucidation and expanded bioactivity of icosalide A: effect of lipophilicity and ester to amide substitution on its bioactivity?, Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, vol. 21, no. 28, pp. 5725-5731, 2023.

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.

A. M.  Sawant, Navale, V. D., and Vamkudoth, K. Rao, ?Genome sequencing and analysis of penicillin V producing Penicillium rubens strain BIONCL P45 isolated from India?, International Microbiology, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 1473-1484, 2024.

A.  Auti, Yadav, P., Bodkhe, R., Bhandari, Y., Varma, S., Chaudhari, B., Rahi, S., Ghormade, V., and Vamkudoth, K. Rao, ?Development of novel ssDNA aptamers for detection of receptor-binding domain of SARS-COV-2?, ACS Omega, vol. 10, no. 23, pp. 23981-23992, 2025.

A. Lalit Bamb, Varma, S., Gade, T. Subhash, Palaskar, S., Vamkudoth, K. Rao, Vyawahare, N., Chaudhari, P. M., and Chaudhari, B. P., ?An integrated paradigm to understand the antibacterial and antifungal potential of bimetallic core-shell platinum silver (Pt@Ag) nanoparticles: A one health approach?, Microbial Pathogenesis, vol. 209, p. 108120, 2025.

S.  Varma, Bamb, A. Lalit, Tambe, S. A., Burade, D. K., Jagdale, S., Pande, B., Vamkudoth, K. Rao, and Chaudhari, B. P., ?Understanding the antimicrobial and antioxidant potential of bioinspired platinum nanoparticles synthesized using ocimum tenuiflorum?,  BioNanoScience, vol. 15, p. 1789, 2025.

V. D.  Navale and Vamkudoth, K. Rao, ?Unlocking the potential of lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis BIONCL17752 strain on fumonisin B1 production by fusarium verticillioides?, Food Control, vol. 168, p. 110910, 2025.