R.  Samson, Shah, M., Yadav, R., Sarode, P., Rajput, V., Dastager, S. G., Dharne, M. S., and Khairnar, K., ?Metagenomic insights to understand transient influence of Yamuna River on taxonomic and functional aspects of bacterial and archaeal communities of River Ganges?, Science of the Total Environment, vol. 674, pp. 288-299, 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.

R.  Samson, Rajput, V., Shah, M., Yadav, R., Sarode, P., Dastager, S. G., Dharne, M. S., and Khairnar, K., ?Deciphering taxonomic and functional diversity of fungi as potential bioindicators within confluence stretch of Ganges and Yamuna Rivers, impacted by anthropogenic activities?, Chemosphere, vol. 252, 2020.

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.

M.  Mohapatra, Yadav, R., Rajput, V., Dharne, M. S., and Rastogi, G., ?Metagenomic analysis reveals genetic insights on biogeochemical cycling, xenobiotic degradation, and stress resistance in mudflat microbiome?, Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 292, p. 112738, 2021.

V.  Rajput, Yadav, R., and Dharne, M. S., ?Metagenomic exploration reveals a differential patterning of antibiotic resistance genes in urban and peri-urban stretches of a riverine system?, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol. 28, no. 46, pp. 66477-66484, 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.

V. A.  Prabhu, Rajput, V., Yadav, R., Gohil, K., Dharne, M. S., Unnikrishnan, M. Kesavan, and Gorthi, S. Prasad, ?Gut microbiota dysbiosis in patients with intracranial sino-venous thrombosis and acute ischemic stroke in the young?, Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, vol. 25, no. 5, p. 980+, 2022.

T.  Dharmadhikari, Rajput, V., Yadav, R., Boargaonkar, R., Patil, D., Kale, S., Kamble, S. P., Dastager, S. G., and Dharne, M. S., ?High throughput sequencing based direct detection of SARS-CoV-2 fragments in wastewater of Pune, West India?, Science of the Total Environment, vol. 807, p. 151038, 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.

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.

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.

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.  Yadav, Awathare, P., Shitut, P., Mahajan, V., Nair, P., and Dharne, M., ?Genome mining of carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZyme) and poly-?-glutamic acid (?-PGA) synthesis by Bacillus velezensis (WA11) directly from lignocellulosic biomass-based substrate?, Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, vol. 69, p. 103747, 2025.