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Dr. T. Shankar

Professor
Excel College for Commerce and Science, Komarapalayam


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Microbiology from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

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Biography

Dr. T. Shankar is currently working as Professor, Excel College for Commerce and Science, Komarapalayam, Namakkal Dt, Tamilnadu, India. Ph.D. in Microbiology from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Expertise in Microbial Enzymes.

Area of Interest:

Microbiology
100%
Applied Microbiology
62%
Bioprocess Technology
90%
Enzymes
75%
Fermentation
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
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Selected Publications

  1. Shankar, T., S. Sankaralingam, C. Balachandran, A. Chinnathambi and O. Nasif et al., 2021. Purification and characterization of carboxymethylcellulase from Bacillus pumilus EWBCM1 isolated from earthworm gut (Eudrilus eugeniae). J. King Saud Univ. Sci. , Vol. 33. 10.1016/j.jksus.2020.101261.
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  2. Sivakumar, T., T. Shankar, V. Thangapandian and S. Mahendran, 2016. Media optimization for exopolysaccharide producing Klebsiella pneumoniae ku215681 under varying cultural conditions. Int. J. Biochem. Biophys., 4: 16-23.
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  3. Shankar, T., T. Sivakumar, C. Satya and P. Ponmanickam, 2016. Purification, characterization and immobilization of alginase produced by Bacillus sp associated with Sargassum wightii. Universal J. Microbiol. Res., 4: 11-22.
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  4. Shankar, T. and T. Sivakumar, 2016. Screening of citric acid producing fungi from the leaf litter soil of sathuragiri hills. Bioeng. Biosci., 4: 56-63.
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  5. Shankar, T. and T. Sivakumar, 2016. Optimization of citric acid production using Aspergillus niger isolated from the leaf litter soil of sathuragiri hills. Universal J. Microbiol. Res., 4: 79-87.
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  6. Sankaralingam, S., B. Harinathan, S. Palpperumal, D. Kathiresan and S. Rajendran et al., 2016. Screening, growth characterization and alkaline phosphatase potential of Pseudomonas plecoglossicida from mangrove soil. Br. Microbiol. Res. J., 17: 1-11.
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  7. Palpperumal, S., S. Sankaralingam, D. Kathiresan, B. Harinathan, T. Shankar and D. Prabhu, 2016. Partial purification and characterization of a haloalkaline protease from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Br. Microbiol. Res. J., 15: 1-7.
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  8. Kallswari, G., S. Mahendran, P. Subalakshmi, T. Shankar and P. Ponmanickam, 2016. Purification, characterization and antioxidant activity of green seaweed codium sp. Adv. Pharmacol. Pharm., 4: 16-21.
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  9. Harinathan, B., S. Sankaralingam, S. Palpperumal, D. Kathiresan, T. Shankar and D. Prabhu, 2016. Effect of phosphate solubilizing bacteria on growth and development of pearl millet and ragi. J. Adv. Biol. Biotechnol., 7: 1-7.
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  10. Shankar, T., R.S. Kumar and K.T.K. Anandapandian, 2015. Statistical optimization for ethanol production by Saccharomyces cerevisiae (MTCC 170) using response surface methodology. J. Adv. Med. Life Sci., 2: 1-5.
  11. Vijayabaskar, P., M. Revathi, T. Shankar and T. Sivakumar, 2014. Effect of UV irradiation and ethyl methyl sulphate on carboxy methyl cellulase production by Bacillus pumilus. Int. J. Med. Chem. Anal., 4: 35-40.
  12. Somasundaram, S., B. Harinathan, T. Shankar,D. Prabhu and M. Peer, 2014. Effect of phosphate solublizing bacteria on growth and development of sesbania grandiflora and Moringa oleifera. Sci. Agric., 10.15192/pscp.sa.2014.3.2.88-96.
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  13. Sivakumar, T., P. Thangamathi, A. Mariashobana, T. Rathimeena and T. Shankar, 2014. Optimization of invertase production using Saccharomyces cerevisiae MTCC 170 under varying cultural conditions. J. Adv. Med. Life Sci., 1: 1-8.
  14. Sivakumar, T. , T. Angaladevi, K. Nirmaladevi, B. Muthulakshmi and T. Shankar, 2014. Statistical optimization of citric acid production using Cladosporium sp isolated from Sathuragiri Hills. J. Adv. Bot. Zool., 1: 1-11.
  15. Shankar, T., P. Vijayabaskar, S. Sivasankaranarayani and T. Sivakumar, 2014. Screening of exopolysaccharide producing bacterium Frateuria aurentia from elephant dung. Applied Sci. Rep., 5: 105-109.
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  16. Shankar, T., P. Thangamathi, R. Rama and T. Sivakumar, 2014. Characterization of invertase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae MTCC 170. Afr. J. Microbiol. Res., 8: 1385-1393.
  17. Shankar, T., P. Thangamathi, R. Rama and T. Sivakumar, 2014. Characterization of invertase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae MK obtained from toddy sample. J. Bioprocess. Chem. Eng., 1: 1-6.
  18. Shankar, T., P. Thangamathi, C. Sathiya and T. Sivakumar, 2014. Statistical optimization of keratinase production by Bacillus thuringiensis. J. Global Biosci., 3: 477-483.
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  19. Shankar, T., P. Thangamathi and T. Sivakumar, 2014. Invertase production by S. cerevisiae MTCC 170 using statistical tool central composite design. Global J. Multidiscipl. Applied Sci., 2: 9-13.
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  20. Sankaralingam, S., V. Meenakshisundaram, M. Chandrasekar, T. Shankar, D. Prabhu and N. YasodKumar, 2014. Solid state fermentation of protease production by newly isolated Bacillus flexus. Int. J. Adv. Scient. Tech. Res., 4: 66-78.
  21. Sankaralingam, S., B. Harinathan, T. Shankar, D. Prabhu and P. Mohamed, 2014. Effect of phosphate solublizing bacteria on growth and development of Sesbania grandiflora and Moringa oleifera. Scient. Agric., 3: 88-96.
  22. Harinathan, B., S. Sankaralingam, D. Prabhu and T. Shankar, 2014. Screening and characterization of phosphate solubilizing bacterium Enterobacter cancerogenus isolated from rhizosphere soil of local weed plant. Int. J. Adv. Scient. Tech. Res., 4: 721-735.
  23. Sivakumar, T., T. Shankar, V. Thangapandian and V. Ramasubramanian, 2013. Optimization of cultural condition for keratinase production using Bacillus cereus TS1. Insight Microbiol., 3: 1-8.
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  24. Sivakumar, T., S. Sivasankaranarayani, P. Vijayabaskar and T. Shankar, 2013. Characterization of exopolysaccharide producing bacterium Frateuria aurentia. World Applied Sci. J., 27: 1151-1157.
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  25. Shankar, T., T. Sivakumar, G. Asha, S. Sankaralingam and V. Meenakshisundaram, 2013. Effect of PSB on growth and development of chilli and maize plants. World Applied Sci. J., 26: 610-617.
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  26. Shankar, T., R. Rama, P. Thangamathi and T. Sivakumar, 2013. Keratinase production by Bacillus megaterium RS1 using the statistical tool central composite design. Afr. J. Biotechnol., 12: 6776-6784.
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  27. Shankar, T., P. Thangamathi, R. Rama and T. Sivakumar, 2013. Response Surface Methodology (RSM)-statistical analysis for invertase production by S. cerevisiae MK. Middle-East J. Scient. Res., 18: 615-622.
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  28. Shankar, T., P. Thangamathi, R. Rama and T. Sivakumar, 2013. Optimization of invertase production using Saccharomyces cerevisiae MK under varying cultural conditions. Int. J. Biochem. Biophys., 1: 47-56.
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  29. Shankar, T., D. Prabhu, S. Sankaralingam, V. Kaleeswari, B. Harinathan and V. Meenaksisundaram, 2013. Production of haloalkaline protease by Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from the elephant dung sample of Shenbagathoppu hills. Int. J. Biol. Pharm. Res., 4: 1229-1233.
  30. Satheeskumar, R., D. Prabhu, T. Shankar, S. Sankaralingam, K.T.K. Anandapandian and S. Mahendran, 2013. Partial purification and characterization of alkalophilic protease from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. Food Sci., 3: 163-167.
  31. Prabhu, D., T. Shankar, V. Sathyavathe and S. Sankaralingam, 2013. Influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on the growth of green gram (Vigna radiate L.) grown under water stress conditions. World Applied Sci. J., 25: 561-567.
  32. Prabhu, D., S. Sankaralingam, V. Sathyavathe and T. Shankar, 2013. Effect of Glomus sp and Gigaspora sp. on Vigna radiate (L.) under water stress condition. Am. Eurasian J. Agric. Environ. Sci., 13: 935-942.
  33. Mahendran, S., S. Saravanan, P. Vijayabaskar, K.T.K. Anandapandian and T. Shankar, 2013. Antibacterial potential of microbial exopolysaccharide from Ganoderma lucidum and Lysinibacillus fusiformis. Int. J. Recent Scient. Res., 4: 501-505.
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  34. Mahendran, S., P. Vijayabaskar, S. Saravanan, K.T.K. Anandapandian and T. Shankar, 2013. Structural characterization and biological activity of exopolysaccharide from Lysinibacillus fusiformis. Afr. J. Microbiol. Res., 7: 4629-4639.
  35. Vijayabaskar, P., D. Jayalakshmi and T. Shankar, 2012. Amylase production by moderately halophilic Bacillus cereus in solid state fermentation. Afr. J. Microbiol. Res., 6: 4918-4926.
  36. Sivakumar, T., V. Ramasubramanian, V.T. Arasu, T. Shankar and D. Prabhu, 2012. Screening of keratinolytic bacteria from the feather dumping site of sivakasi. Insight Bacteriol., 1: 1-6.
  37. Sivakumar, T., T. Shankar, P. Vijayabaskar, J. Muthukumar and E. Nagendrakannan, 2012. Amylase production using Bacillus cereus isolated from a Vermicompost site. J. Microb. Res., 3: 117-123.
  38. Sivakumar, T., T. Shankar, P. Vijayabaskar and V. Ramasubramanian, 2012. Plant growth promoting activity of nickel tolerant Bacillus cereus TS1. J. Agric. Technol., 8: 2099-2111.
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  39. Sivakumar, T., T. Shankar, P. Vijayabaskar and V. Ramasubramanian, 2012. Optimization for keratinase enzyme production using Bacillus thuringiensis TS2. Acad. J. Plant Sci., 5: 102-109.
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  40. Sivakumar, T., T. Shankar, P. Vijayabaskar and G. Geetha, 2012. Efficacy of Couroupita guianensis against selected human pathogens. Adv. Biol. Res., 6: 59-63.
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  41. Sivakumar, T., T. Shankar and V. Ramasubramanian, 2012. Purification properties of Bacillus thuringiensis TS2 keratinase enzyme. Am.-Eurasian J. Agric. Environ. Sci., 12: 1553-1557.
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  42. Sivakumar, T., S. Sivasankaranarayani, T. Shankar and P. Vijayabaskar, 2012. Statistical optimization of exopolysaccharide production by Frateuria aurentia. Int. J. Biol. Pharm. Res., 3: 457-462.
  43. Sivakumar, T., S. Sivasankaranarayani, T. Shankar and P. Vijayabaskar, 2012. Optimization of cultural conditions for exopolysaccharides production by Frateuria aurentia. Int. J. Applied Biol. Pharm. Technol., 3: 133-143.
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  44. Sivakumar, T., S. Sivasankaranarayani, T. Shankar and D. Dhinakaran, 2012. Applications of exopolysaccharide producing bacterium Frateuria aurentia. Asian Pac. J. Trop. Biomed., 1: 1-7.
  45. Sivakumar, T., N. Avinashsaravanavel, D. Prabhu, T. Shankar and P. Vijayabaskar, 2012. Characterization of multidrug resistant patterns of Salmonella sp. World J. Med. Sci., 7: 64-67.
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  46. Shanthi, J., T. Shankar and R. Balagurunathan, 2012. The scenario of post operative wound infection from a Government hospital in South India. J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. Res., 2: 396-401.
  47. Shankar, T. and L. Isaiarasu, 2012. Statistical optimization for cellulase production by Bacillus pumilus EWBCM1 using response surface methodology. Global J. Biotechnol. Biochem., 7: 1-6.
  48. Sankaralingam, S., T. Shankar, R. Ramasubburayan, S. Prakash and C. Kumar, 2012. Optimization of culture conditions for the production of amylase from Bacillus licheniformis on submerged fermentation. Am.-Eurasian J. Agric. Environ. Sci., 12: 1507-1513.
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  49. Sankaralingam, S., T. Shankar, K. Sendeshkannan, R. Ramasubburayan and S. Prakash, 2012. Production of protease from Pseudomonas sp., by immobilization approach on different matrices. Eur. J. Applied Sci., 4: 146-156.
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  50. Radha, K., P. Prema, G. Ramanathan and T. Shankar, 2012. Biocontrol efficacy of Pseudomonas fluoroescens against plant pathogen Fusarium oxysporum. South As. J. Biol. Sci., 2: 63-70.
  51. Mahendran, S., K.T.K. Anandapandian, T. Shankar, C. Chellaram and P. Vijayabaskar, 2012. Antioxidant properties of Ganoderma lucidum crude exopolysaccharide. Ind. J. Innov. Dev., 1: 1-6.
  52. Kumar, R.S., T. Shankar, K.T.K. Anandapandian and L. Isaiarasu, 2012. Effect of Bacillus pumilus EWBCM1 whole cell immobilization in various matrices on cellulase enzyme production and saccharification of sugarcane bagasse. Am.-Eurasian J. Agric. Environ. Sci., 12: 128-132.
  53. Jothi, V.V., K.T.K. Anandapandian and T. Shankar, 2012. Bacteriocin production by probiotic bacteria from curd and its field application to poultry. Arch. Applied Sci. Res., 4: 336-347.
  54. Vijayabaskar, P., S. Babinastarlin, T. Shankar, T. Sivakumar and K.T.K. Anandapandian, 2011. Quantification and characterization of exopolysaccharides from Bacillus subtilis (MTCC 121). Adv. Biol. Res., 5: 71-76.
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  55. Sivakumar, T., V. Ramasubramanian, T. Shankar, P. Vijayabaskar and K.T.K. Anandapandian, 2011. Screening of kera screening of keratinolytic bacteria Bacillus cereus us cereus us cereus from the feather dumping soil of siv ther dumping soil of siv ther dumping soil of sivakasi. J. Basic Applied Biol., 5: 305-314.
  56. Sivakumar, T., T. Shankar, P. Vijayabaskar and V. Ramasubramanian, 2011. Statistical optimization of keratinase production by Bacillus cereus. Global J. Biotechnol. Biochem., 6: 197-202.
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  57. Shankar, T., V. Mariappan and L. Isaiarasu, 2011. Screening cellulolytic bacteria from the mid-gut of the popular composting earthworm, Eudrilus eugeniae (Kinberg). World. J. Zool., 6: 142-148.
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  58. Shankar, T., M. Pavaraj, K. Umamaheswari, D. Prabhu and S. Baskaran, 2011. Effect of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on the root-knot nematode Meladogyne incognita infecting tomato, Lycoperiscum esculentum. Acad. J. Entomol., 4: 114-117.
  59. Shankar, T. and L. Isaiarasu, 2011. Cellulase production by Bacillus pumilus EWBCM1 under varying cultural conditions. Middle-East J. Scient. Res., 8: 40-45.
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  60. Shankar T., T. Sivakumar, K.T.K. Anandapandian, P. Vijayabaskar and K. Sreenath, 2011. Molecular analysis of hydrocarbon degrading bacteria. Indian J. Applied Microbiol., 13: 10-15.
  61. Kumar, R.S., T. Shankar and K.T.K. Anandapandian, 2011. Characterization of alcohol resistant yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolated from Toddy. Int. Res. J. Microbiol., 2: 399-405.
  62. Kumar, R.S., D. Prabhu, T. Shankar, S. Sankaralingam and K.T.K. Anandapandian, 2011. Optimization of alkalophilic protease production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from the gut of Penaus monodon. World J. Fish Mar. Sci., 3: 371-375.
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  63. Rekha, V., S.A. John and T. Shankar, 2010. Antibacterial activity of Pseudomonas fluorescens isolated from rhizosphere soil. Int. J. Biol. Technol., 1: 10-14.
  64. Mahendran, S., S. Sankaralingam, T. Shankar and P. Vijayabaskar, 2010. Alkalophilic protease enzyme production from estuarine Bacillus aquimaris. World J. Fish Mar. Sci., 2: 436-443.
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  65. Jayaprakash, A., A.M.V. Christy, T. Shankar and M. Jawahar, 2007. Biocontrol evaluation of Fusarium from phosphate solubilizing bacteria. Asian J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. Environ. Sci., 9: 711-712.