Dr. Prasanth Manohar

Doctoral Research Scholar
School of Bioscience and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu, India


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Bioscience and Technology from Vellore Institute of Technology University, India

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Area of Interest:

Biomedical Sciences
Nanoscience
Biological Anthropology
Biochemical Analysis
Medical Biotechnology

Selected Publications

  1. Manohar, P., C.S. Lundborg, A.J. Tamhankar and R. Nachimuthu, 2019. Therapeutic characterization and efficacy of bacteriophage cocktails infecting Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter species. Front. Microbiol., Vol. 10. 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00574.
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  2. De, S., S.R. Chaudhuri, A. Panda, G.R. Jadhav and R.S. Kumar et al., 2019. Synthesis, characterisation, molecular docking, biomolecular interaction and cytotoxicity studies of novel ruthenium(II)-arene-2-heteroarylbenzoxazole complexes. New J. Chem., 43: 3291-3302.
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  3. Ravi, A., E. Avershina, I.L. Angell, J. Ludvigsen and P. Manohar et al., 2018. Comparison of reduced metagenome and 16S rRNA gene sequencing for determination of genetic diversity and mother-child overlap of the gut associated microbiota. J. Microbiol. Methods, 149: 44-52.
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  4. Manohar, P., T. Shanthini, R.A. Philip, S. Ramkumar, M. Kale and N. Ramesh, 2018. Role of biofilm-specific antibiotic resistance genes PA0756-0757, PA5033 and PA2070 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. BioRxiv. 10.1101/341826.
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  5. Manohar, P., T. Shanthini, P. Goswami, A.J. Tamhanka and N. Ramesh, 2018. Bacterial load and contamination of Indian currency note: Isolation and transferability studies of multi-drug resistant bacteria. Indian J. Public Health Res. Dev., 9: 97-102.
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  6. Manohar, P., T. Shanthini, P. Ekta, J.B. Mahesan, K.M. Gothandam, B. Bozdogan and N. Ramesh, 2018. Colistin-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: Prevalence of integrons and synergistic out turn for colistin-meropenem. Arch. Clin. Infect. Dis., Vol. 13. 10.5812/archcid.55099.
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  7. Manohar, P., S. Babu, B. Bozdogan and N. Ramesh, 2018. Identification of blaDIM-1 metallo-β-lactamase gene in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from Tamil Nadu, India. J. Global Antimicrob. Resist., 13: 7-8.
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  8. Manohar, P., R. Nachimuthu and B.S. Lopes, 2018. The therapeutic potential of bacteriophages targeting gram-negative bacteria using Galleria mellonella infection model. BMC Microbiol., Vol. 18. 10.1186/s12866-018-1234-4.
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  9. Manohar, P., N. Hassan, A. Kumari, V. Kale and N. Ramesh, 2018. Evaluation of phenotypic methods used for the detection of carbapenemase: Modified Hodge test, carbapenem inactivation method and carbaNP test. Rom. Arch. Microbiol. Immunol., 77: 141-147.
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  10. Manohar, P., A.J. Tamhankar, C.S. Lundborg and N. Ramesh, 2018. Isolation, characterization and in vivo efficacy of Escherichia phage myPSH1131. PLoS ONE, Vol. 13. 10.1371/journal.pone.0206278.
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  11. Ravi, A., E. Avershina, I.L. Angell, J. Ludvigsen and P. Manohar et al., 2017. Genetic diversity and mother-child overlap of the gut associated microbiota determined by reduced genome sequencing. BioRxiv. 10.1101/191445.
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  12. Prasanth, M., T. Shanthini, K.M. Gothandam, R.K. Velu and N. Ramesh, 2017. Enhanced amylolytic activity of intracellular α-amylase produced by Bacillus tequilensis. J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. Food Sci., 6: 1314-1318.
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  13. Nachimuthu, R., P. Manohar, T. Shanthini, K.M. Gothandam, S. Karthikeyan and B. Bozdogan, 2017. Nano-antibiotics: A therapeutic future. Nanosci. Nanotechnol.-Asia, 7: 3-25.
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  14. Manohar, P., T. Shanthini, R. Ayyanar, B. Bozdogan and A. Wilson et al., 2017. The distribution of carbapenem- and colistin-resistance in Gram-negative bacteria from the Tamil Nadu region in India. J. Med. Microbiol., 66: 874-883.
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  15. Manohar, P., T. Shanthini, N. Marathe, S. Jadhav and S. Slathia et al., 2017. Genetic characteristics of plasmid-mediated extended-spectrum β-lactamases (CTX-M) and its coexistence with carbapenemases (NDM-1) in clinical Gram negative bacteria. Indian J. Biotechnol., 16: 189-194.
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  16. Manohar, P., D. Mahalakshmi, R. Aishwariya and N. Ramesh, 2017. Antibiotic resistance characteristics of multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria isolated from sewage treatment plants and transferability studies. Biomedicine, 37: 545-550.

  17. Choudhary, R., P. Manohar, J. Vecstaudza, M.J. Yanez-Gascon and H.P. Sanchez et al., 2017. Preparation of nanocrystalline forsterite by combustion of different fuels and their comparative in-vitro bioactivity, dissolution behaviour and antibacterial studies. Mater. Sci. Eng.: C, 77: 811-822.
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  18. Ramesh, N., M. Prasanth, S. Ramkumar, M. Suresh and A.J. Tamhankar et al., 2016. Colistin susceptibility of gram-negative clinical isolates from Tamil Nadu, India. Asian Biomed., 10: 35-39.
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  19. Prasantha, M., M. Rajub, S. Divakarb, S. Abiramib and H. Hajarahb et al., 2016. Detection of GelE and factors affecting gelatinase activity of Enterococcus faecalis isolates. Asian J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. Environ. Sci., 18: 257-261.
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  20. Prasanth, M., N. Marathe, S. Jadhav, S. Slathia, A. Ramankannan, T. Shanthini and N. Ramesh, 2016. Potential of Bacillus subtilis to produce acidic protease under mutagenic condition. Int. J. Pure Applied Biosci., 4: 126-132.
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  21. Prasanth, M., G.G. Kumar, H. Hussain and C.B. Paul, 2016. Distribution of virulence factors among vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecalis from dental isolates. Asian J. Pharmaceut. Clin. Res., 9: 103-105.
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  22. Prasanth, M., B. Bozdogan, K.M. Gothandam, K. Sivashanmugam and R. Nachimuthu, 2016. A novel α-amylase producing Bacillus drentensis isolated from coastal mud samples. Asian J. Biol. Life Sci., 5: 173-178.
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  23. Nachimuthu, R., R. Subramani, S. Maray, K.M. Gothandam, K. Sivamangala, P. Manohar and B. Bozdogan, 2016. Characterization of carbapenem-resistant Gram-negative bacteria from Tamil Nadu. J. Chemother., 28: 371-374.
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  24. Vijayan, M.V., M.K.D. Jothinathan, S.K. Murugesan, N. Rangasamy and G. Sankaran et al., 2015. Microbial production of amylase from cassava waste. Res. Pharm., 5: 22-30.
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  25. Ramesh, N., M. Prasanth, A. Patel, M. Shah, P. Agrawal and K.M. Gothandam, 2015. Screening of CTX-M type extended spectrum beta-lactamases producing clinical isolates from Tamil Nadu. Res. J. Pharmaceut. Biol. Chem. Sci., 6: 658-662.
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  26. Ramesh, N., A.P. Pillai, N. Rajannambiar, M. Prasanth, T. Shanthini, K.M. Gothandam and S. Karthikeyan, 2015. Prevalence of multi drug resistant strains on touch screen of automated teller machine. Asian J. Pharmaceut. Clin. Res., 8: 409-411.
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  27. Prasant, M., N. Ramesh, K.M. Gothandam, K. Sivamangala and T. Shantini, 2015. Pseudomonas syringae: An overview and its future as a “rain making bacteria”. Int. Res. J. Biol. Sci., 4: 70-77.
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  28. Ramesh, N., V.D. Nair, H. Karthiayani, M. Prasanth and T. Shanthini et al., 2014. Prevalence of blaNDM-1 among gram negative bacteria from clinical samples of Tamil Nadu. Int. J. Medicobiol. Res., 1: 389-393.
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