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.

S.  Naushin, Sardana, V., Ujjainiya, R., Bhatheja, N., Kutum, R., Bhaskar, A. Kumar, Pradhan, S., Prakash, S., Khan, R., Rawat, B. Singh, Tallapaka, K. Bharadwaj, Anumalla, M., Chandak, G. Ratan, Lahiri, A., Kar, S., Mulay, S. Ramesh, Mugale, M. Nilakanth, Srivastava, M., Khan, S., Srivastava, A., Tomar, B., Veerapandian, M., Venkatachalam, G., Vijayakumar, S. Raja, Agarwal, A., Gupta, D., Halami, P. M., Peddha, M. Serva, Sundaram, G. M., Veeranna, R. P., Pal, A., Agarwal, V. Kumar, Maurya, A. Ku, Singh, R. Kumar, Raman, A. Kumar, Anandasadagopan, S. Kumar, Karuppanan, P., Venkatesan, S., Sardana, H. Kumar, Kothari, A., Jain, R., Thakur, A., Parihar, D. Singh, Saifi, A., Kaur, J., Kumar, V., Mishra, A., Gogeri, I., Rayasam, G., Singh, P., Chakraborty, R., Chaturvedi, G., Karunakar, P., Yadav, R., Singhmar, S., Singh, D., Sarkar, S., Bhattacharya, P., Acharya, S., Singh, V., Verma, S., Soni, D., Seth, S., Vashisht, S., Thakran, S., Fatima, F., Singh, A. Pratap, Sharma, A., Sharma, B., Subramanian, M., Padwad, Y. S., Hallan, V., Patial, V., Singh, D., Tripude, N. Vijay, Chakrabarti, P., Maity, S. Krishna, Ganguly, D., Sarkar, J., Ramakrishna, S., Kumar, B. Narender, Kumar, K. A., Gandhi, S. G., Jamwal, P. Singh, Chouhan, R., Jamwal, V. Lakshmi, Kapoor, N., Ghosh, D., Thakkar, G., Subudhi, U., Sen, P., Chaudhury, S. Ray, Kumar, R., Gupta, P., Tuli, A., Sharma, D., Ringe, R. P., Amarnarayan, D., Kulkarni, M., Shanmugam, D., Dharne, M. S., Dastager, S. G., Joshi, R., Patil, A. P., Mahajan, S. N., Khan, A. Habib, Wagh, V., Yadav, R. Kumar, Khilari, A., Bhadange, M., Chaurasiya, A. H., Kulsange, S. E., Khairnar, K., Paranjape, S., Kalita, J., Sastry, N. G., Phukan, T., Manna, P., Romi, W., Bharali, P., Ozah, D., Sahu, R. Kumar, Babu, E. Vssk, Sukumaran, R., Nair, A. R., Valappil, P. Kooloth, Puthiyamadam, A., Velayudhanpillai, A., Chodankar, K., Damare, S., Madhavi, Y., Aggarwal, V. Varun, Dahiya, S., Agrawal, A., Dash, D., and Sengupta, S., ?Insights from a pan India Sero-epidemiological survey (Phenome-India Cohort) for SARS-CoV2?, eLife, vol. 10, p. e66537, 2021.

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.  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.

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.

R.  Samson, Kumar, S., Dastager, S., Khairnar, K., and Dharne, M., ?Deciphering the comprehensive microbiome of glacier-fed Ganges and functional aspects: implications for one health?, Microbiology Spectrum, vol. 13, no. 8, 2025.