Publications


Peer Reviewed Articles

  1. Kumar, A., R Nivetha. 2024. Diversity and Distribution of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in the Halophilic Bacteria, 23 August 2024, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4878965/v1].

  2. S. Prakash, Kumar, A. 2024. Influencing intertidal food web: Implications of ocean acidification on the physiological energetics of key species the 'wedge' clam Donax faba, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 202,116366, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116366.

  3. Kumar, A. 2024. UV-B halotolerant bacteria from Marakkanam saltpan and biology of UV-B tolerant Pontibacillus salipaludis based on whole genome sequencing. Geomicrobiology Journal 41 (02), 183-192.

  4. Rahman, S., Kumar, A., Dutta, A, Kalita, MC., 2023. DNA barcoding and molecular phylogenetics of Anguilliform fishes of Assam, India. Journal of Bioresources 10 (1): 07–13.

  5. Kumar, A., Prakash, S. 2023. Molecular phylogeny reconstruction and biogeographic pattern of Rays (Elasmobranchii: Myliobatiformes) from Indian coastal waters. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 52 (02), 65-78.

  6. Raut, S., Prakash, S., & Kumar, A. 2023. Assessing artisanal fishers' attitude and perception towards electric rays conservation along Indian coast. Marine Policy, 157, 105826.

  7. Kunjulakshmi, K., Prakash, S., & Kumar, A. 2023. A New Species of the Genus Dendronephthya Kükenthal 1905 (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Nephtheidae) and Associated Crustaceans from Covelong, Chennai, India. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, 39(2), 839-846.

  8. Kumar A., Prakash, S. 2023. Mitochondrial genome of 'numbfish' Narcine timlei (Bloch & Schneider, 1801), and phylogenetic relationships among order Torpediniformes. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, Vol. 2023, 6829359. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/6829359.

  9. Kumar A., Raut, S., Prakash, S. 2022. Field Identification Guide for Common Marine and Coastal Life of Covelong, Chennai. Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai. ISBN: 978-93-83409-76-1.

  10. S. Raut, S. Prakash, Kumar, A. 2022. New distributional record of Pen shell Atrina hystrix (Hanley, 1858) from Chennai coast, India. The Nautilus, 136, 49-55.

  11. Raut, S., Prakash, S., Vinuganesh, A., Kumar, A. 2022. A new species of the genus Protohyale Bousfield & Hendrycks, (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Hyalidae) from Covelong, Chennai, India. Zootaxa 5205 (6): 563–574, DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5205.6.4. (As corresponding author).

  12. Vinuganesh, A.; Kumar, A., Korany, S.M.; Alsherif, E.A.; Selim, S.; Prakash, S.; Beemster, G.T.S.; AbdElgawad, H. 2022. Seasonal Changes in the Biochemical Constituents of Green Seaweed Chaetomorpha antennina from Covelong, India. MDPI-Biomolecules, 12, 1475. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom12101475. (as corresponding author).

  13. Vinuganesh, A., Kumar, A., S. Prakash, SM Korany, EA Alsherif, S. Selim, H. AbdElgawad. 2022. Evaluation of growth, primary productivity, nutritional composition, redox state, and antimicrobial activity of red seaweeds Gracilaria debilis and Gracilaria foliifera under pCO2-induced seawater acidification. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 185, Part A, 114296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114296.

  14. Kumar, A#, Nonnis, S#, Castellano, I., AbdElgawad, H., Beemster, G., Buia, M.C., Maffioli, E., Tedeschi, G., Palumbo, A. 2022. Molecular response of Sargassum vulgare to acidification at volcanic CO2 vents: insights from proteomic and metabolite analyses. Molecular Ecology, 31, 3844– 3858. (#equal authorship).

  15. Arya, A., Kumar, A. 2022. Serum and plasma proteomics for high altitude related biomarker discovery. In High altitude sickness –solutions from genomics, proteomics, and antioxidant interventions (eds. N.K. Sharma and Arya, A). Springer nature Singapore.

  16. Prakash, S., Kumar, A., Okla, M., Ahmad, A., Abbas, Z.K., Al-ghamdi, A.A., Beemster, G.T., Abdelgawad, H. 2022. Physiological responses of the symbiotic shrimp Ancylocaris brevicarpalis and its host sea anemone Stichodactyla haddoni to ocean acidification, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 175, 113287.

  17. Vinuganesh, A., Kumar, A., Prakash, S., Alotaibi, M.O., Saleh, A.M., Mohammed, A.E., Beemster, G.T., Abdelgawad, H. 2022. Influence of seawater acidification on biochemical composition and oxidative status of green algae Ulva compressa. Science of the Total Environment, 806, 150445.

  18. Singh, S., Kumar, A., Arya, A., 2022. Re-thinking cheat-proof and supervision-free exams: A perspective in view of Covid-19 situation in developing economies. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 50 (02), 246-248.

  19. Kumar, A., Vinuganesh, A., Prakash S. 2021. An Assessment of marine and coastal diversity of Covelong, Chennai, India. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 48, 102034, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.102034.

  20. Kumar, A., Prakash S. 2021. Rare observation of sea anemone Calliactis polypus on carapace of spider crab, Doclea muricata at the Covelong fish landing centre, Chennai, India. Current Science, 121 (7), 873.

  21. Patel, K., Patel, P., Trivedi, JK., Kumar, A., Prakash, S. 2021. By-Catch diversity of Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Biological Studies, 4 (2): 1-31, 2021.

  22. Adhavan, D., Prakash, S., Kumar, A. 2021. Tube dwelling gastropod an indicator of coral reef status at the tropical reef of Palk Bay region, southeast coast of India. Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 50: 585-587.

  23. Vinuganesh, A., Prakash, S., Kumar, A. 2021. Seasonal variation in the Chaetomorpha antennina associated fauna from rocky intertidal zone of Covelong, Chennai. Proceedings of the "Marine Biology Research Symposium – MBRS 2021. Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai and National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, India.

  24. Prakash, S., Kumar, A. 2021. An introduction to seashells of Rameswaram. Published by Sathyabama Institution of Science and Technology ISBN. 978-93-83409-63-1.

  25. S. Prakash, T. Marudhupandi, J. Balamurugan, T. T. Ajith Kumar. 2021. Influence of lipid-enriched diets on the reproductive performance of ornamental 'hinge-beak' shrimp Rhynchocinetes durbanensis' (Caridea: Rhynchocinetidae). Aquaculture Research, 52(4): 1369-1381.

  26. Prakash, S., Muthu, A., Kumar, A. Population structure and reproductive performance in the sea anemone associated shrimp Ancylocaris brevicarpalis (Caridea: Palaemonidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1-8. doi:10.1017/S002531542000137X.

  27. John, J., Dineshram, R., Hemalatha, R., Magesh, P., Dharani, G., Kumar, A. 2020. Bio-decolorization of synthetic dyes by a halophilic bacterium Salinivibrio sp. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:594011.doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.594011.

  28. Amit Kumar, D. Adhavan, Vinuganesh, S. Prakash, DNA barcoding revealed first record of 'fine-spotted' whipray Himantura tutul (Myliobatoidei: Dasyatidae) in the Indian coastal waters, Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 36(4) (2020) 515 -518.

  29. Prakash S, Amit Kumar, Varying color pattern, yet genetically similar: Pebble crab Seulocia vittata (Stimpson, 1858) (Brachyura: Leucosiidae) from the southeastern coast of India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(5) (2020) 15612-15618.

  30. Prakash S, N. Marimuthu, Notes on some crinoid associated decapod crustaceans (Crustacea: Decapoda) from Lakshadweep Archipelago, Central Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 4776(1) (2020) 86-100.

  31. Chernyshev, A. V., Polyakova, N. E., Vignesh, M. S., Jain, R. P., Prakash S., Norenburg, J. L., Rajesh, R. P. 2020. A histology-free description of a new species of the genus Tetrastemma (Nemertea: Hoplonemertea: Monostilifera) from Hawaii and India. Zootaxa, 4808(2): 379-383.

  32. Jojy John, Vinu Siva, Richa Kumari, Aditya Arya, Kumar A, Unveiling Cultivable and Uncultivable Halophilic Bacteria Inhabiting Marakkanam Saltpan, India and Their Potential for Biotechnological Applications, Geomicrobiology Journal, In Press, (2020).

  33. Kumar A, Buia M.C, Palumbo A, Mohany M, Wadaan M.A.M, Hozzein W.N, Beemster G.T.S, Abd Elgawad H, Ocean acidification affects biological activities of seaweeds: A case study of Sargassum vulgare from Ischia volcanic CO2 vents. Environmental Pollution, 259 (2020) 113765.

  34. John J, Siva V, Kumar A, Physiological tolerance of the early life history stages of freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii De Man, 1879) to environmental stress, Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences, 19 (3) (2020) 1-8.

  35. Arya A, Kumar A, Teaching structural diversity of hexoses to graduate and post graduate students: Methods to correlate stereochemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 48 (1) (2020) 8 -20.

  36. D. Adhavan, Loss of Critically Endangered Hawksbill Turtle nesting beach at EGA facility, Abu Dhabi, UAE – Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(5) (2020).

  37. Baeza, J. A. and Prakash, S. 2019. An integrative taxonomy and phylogenetic approach reveals a complex of cryptic species in the 'peppermint' shrimp Lysmata wurdemanni sensu stricto. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 185(4): 1018-1038.

  38. Seham M. Hamed, Sherif H. Hassan, Samy Selim, Amit Kumar, Sameh M.H. Khalaf, Mohammed A.M. Wadaan, Wael N. Hozzein, Hamada AbdElgawad. 2019. Physiological and biochemical responses to aluminum-induced oxidative stress in two cyanobacterial species. Environmental Pollution, 251, 961-969. ISSN 0269-7491.

  39. Arya, A. and Kumar, A. 2019. Inconsistencies in some common terms and notations in enzymology: Textbook examples and suggestions. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 47: 140-144. doi:10.1002/bmb.21204.

  40. Kumar, A., Abdelgawad, H., Castellano, I., Beemster, T.S.G., Asard, H., Palumbo, A., Buia, M.C. 2018. Effect of lowered pH/elevated CO2 on levels of primary and secondary metabolites in Sargassum vulgare over short and long time scales at Volcanic CO2 vents off Ischia Island, Italy. Science of the Total Environment 643, 946-956.

  41. Baeza, J. A., Steedman, S., Prakash, S., Liu, X., Dickson, M., Behringer, D. 2018. Mating system and reproductive performance in the isopod Parabopyrella lata, a parasitic castrator of the 'peppermint' shrimp Lysmata boggessi. Marine Biology, 165(41): 1-11.

  42. Prakash, S. and J. A. Baeza. 2018. A new species of shrimp of the genus Urocaridella Borradaile, 1915 (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 38(2): 206-214.

  43. Prakash, S. and J. A. Baeza. 2017. A new species of Lysmata Risso, 1816 (Caridea, Decapoda, Lysmatidae) from the Gulf of Mexico. Zootaxa, 4363, 576-582.

  44. Prakash, S., T. T. Ajith Kumar, T. Subramoniam and J. A. Baeza. 2017. Sexual system and sexual dimorphism in the shrimp Periclimenes brevicarpalis (Schenkel, 1902) (Caridea: Palaemonidae), symbiotic with the sea anemone Stichodactyla haddoni (Saville-Kent, 1893) in the Gulf of Mannar, India. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 37, 332-339.

  45. Prakash, S., T. T. Ajith Kumar, R. Raghavan, A. Rhyne, M. F. Tlusty and T. Subramoniam. 2017. Marine aquarium trade in India: Challenges and opportunity for conservation and policy. Marine Policy, 77: 120-129.

  46. John, J., Siva, V., Kumar A., Ebenezer, V., Raika, P., Khalifa, U., Subramoniam, T., Prakash, S. 2017. Physiological tolerance of the early life history stages of fresh water prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii De Man, 1879) to environmental stress. BioRxiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/159244

  47. Kumar, A., Castellano, I., Patti, F.P., Delledonne, M., Abdelgawad, H., Beemster, T.S.G., Asard, H., Palumbo, A., Buia, M.C. 2017. Molecular response of Sargassum vulgare population to elevated CO2 at underwater volcanic vents - insights from transcriptomic analysis. Molecular Ecology 28, 2276-2290.

  48. Kumar, A., Abdelgawad, H., Castellano, I., Patti, F.P., Delledonne, M., Beemster, T.S.G., Asard, H., Palumbo, A., Buia, M.C. 2017. Physiological and biochemical analysis shed light on the response of Sargassum vulgare to ocean acidification at different time scales. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 8, 570.

  49. Subramoniam, T., 2016. Steroidal control of vitellogenesis in crustacean: a new understanding for improving shrimp hatchery production. Proceeding of the Indian National Science Academy, 83, 595-610.

  50. Prakash, S., Ajith Kumar, T.T., 2016. New report on the marine ornamental shrimps of India. Checklist Journal: Journal of lists and distribution, 12(6): 2010,doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/12.6.2010.

  51. Guo, R., Ebenezer, V., Wang, H., Ki, J.S, 2016. Chlorine affects photosystem II and modulates the transcriptional 4 levels of photosynthesis-related genes in the dinoflagellate Prorocentrum minimum. Journal of Applied Phycology, 10.1007/s10811-016-0955-8.

  52. Vinu, S.S., Wang, L., Qiu, L., Zhou, Z., Liu, C., Yang, J., Yang, C ., Song, L., 2016. Polymorphism in a serine protease inhibitor gene and its association with the resistance of Bay Scallop (Argopecten irradians) to Listonella anguillarum challenge. Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 10.1016/j.fsi.2016.09.056

  53. Tomy, S., Saikrithi, P., James, N., Balasubramanian, C.P., Panigrahi, A., Otta, S.K., Subramoniam, T., Ponniah, A.G. 2016. Serotonin induced changes in the expression of ovarian gene network in the Indian white shrimp, Penaeus indicus. Aquaculture, 452, 239-246.

  54. Merlin, J. R., Mohanlal, D.L., Balasubramanian, C. P, Vijayan, K. K, Subramoniam. T , Sherly Tomy, Syama Dayal, and Gopal, C, 2016. Vertebrate-type steroid profile in different tissues of wild and endocrinologically manipulated female brood stocks of Penaeus. Current Science, 111(6).

  55. Prakash, S., T. T. Ajith Kumar, R. Bauer, M. Thiel., T. Subramoniam, 2016. Reproductive morphology and mating behavior in the coral reef shrimp Rhynchocinetes durbanensis Gordon, 1936 (Decapoda: Caridea: Rhynchocinetidae) in India. Journal of Marine Biological Association, UK, 96(6): 1331-1340.

  56. J. Balamurugan, T. T. Ajith Kumar, S. Prakash, B. Meenakumari, C. Balasundaram & R. Harikrishnan, 2016. Clove extract: A potential source for stress free transport of fish. Aquaculture, 454: 171-175

  57. Prakash. S., T. T. Ajith Kumar &M. Thangaraj, 2016. DNA barcoding of sharp tail sunfish Masturus lanceolatus Lienard, 1840 (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae). Proceedings of Zoological Society, 69(1): 153-156.

  58. S. Prakash, T. T. Ajith Kumar, 2016. A first record of the Lined Wrasse Anampses lineatus Randall, 1972 (Perciformes: Labridae) in the Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 8(6): 8923-8926

  59. Sathasivam, R., Ebenezer. V., Ki, J-S, 2016. Physiological and biochemical responses of the freshwater green algae Closterium ehrenbergii to the biocide common disinfectant chlorine. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 133: 501-508

  60. Merlin, J., D. L. Mohanlal, C. P. Balasubramanian, Tomy Sherly, T. Subramoniam, J. Syamadayal, P. Ravichandran, A. G. Ponniah, C. Gopal, and K. K. Vijayan. 2015. Induction of vitellogenesis and reproductive maturation in tiger shrimp, Penaeus monodon by 17ß-estradiol and 17α-hydroxyprogesterone: in vivo and in vitro studies. Invertebrate Reproduction & Development, 59 (3): 166-175.

  61. Prakash. S., T. T. Ajith Kumar, T. Subramoniam, 2015. Notes on some Indo-Pacific caridean shrimps (Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae, Gnathophyllidae) particularly from India. Zootaxa, 3914(4): 456-466

  62. Lee, M.A., Guo, R., Ebenezer. V., Ki, J.S, 2015. Evaluation and selection of reference genes for ecotoxicogenomic study of the green alga Closterium ehrenbergii using quantitative real time PCR. Ecotoxicology, 24(4), 2015:863-872.

  63. T. Subramoniam, 2015. Mole crab as the Indicator Species and a Model Organism to Study the Effect of Heated Effluent Discharge from Atomic Power Plant to the Intertidal Zone. Indian Nuclear Society Letter, 11(122): 17-21.


Books/Book Chapters/News Letters/Monographs/Highlight

  1. Arya A, Kumar A., Jha J. 2018. Understanding Enzymes: An Introductory Text, 1st Edition. Drawing Pin Publishing, New Delhi. ISBN 978-81-936740-0-0.

  2. T. Subramoniam, 2016. Sexual Biology and Reproduction in Crustaeceans. Academic Press/ Elsevier, ISBN: 9780128093375. Pp. 537

  3. Ajith Kumar, T. T., V. Gunasundari and S. Prakash, 2015. In: Breeding and Rearing of Marine Ornamentals. In: Advances in Marine and Brackishwater Aquaculture (Santhanam, P., Thirunavukkarasu, A. R. and Perumal, P (Eds)). 978-81-322-2270-5 Springer India, pp. 101-107.