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Judith Maria Braganca

Professor

Biodiversity of Halophilic Bacteria and Archaea, Biopolymers, Extremozymes
Professor

Publications

Journal Publications

  • Nagar, D.N., Mani, K. & Braganca, J.M. Genomic insights on carotenoid synthesis by extremely halophilic archaea Haloarcula rubripromontorii BS2, Haloferax lucentense BBK2 and Halogeometricum borinquense E3 isolated from the solar salterns of India. Sci Rep 14, 20214 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-70149-4
  • Prajakta Praveen Bhende, Joephil D. Dias, Honey Srivastava, Rashmi Chauhanb, Sachin Waigaonkar, Anasuya Ganguly and Judith M. Braganςa (2024) Haloarchaeal poly[(3-hydroxybutyrate)-co-(3-hydroxyvalerate)] composite films reinforced with graphene nanoplatelets as a biomaterial for skin tissue engineering. DOI: 10.1039/D4RA00713A  RSC Adv., 2024, 14, 24398-24412
  • Joephil D. Dias; Devika N. Nagar; Prajakta P. Bhende; Asbern J. F. Dsilva; Anasuya Ganguly; Judith M. Braganca. (2024) Synthesis and Characterization of Bacterial Cellulose‐Curcumin‐Ag‐Se Nanocomposites having Antioxidant and Antibacterial properties for Skin Healing Applications. Chemistry Select. DOI: 10.1002/slct.202304942
  • Prajakta Praveen Bhende, Rashmi Chauhan, Sachin Waigaonkar, Judith M. Bragança, Anasuya Ganguly (2023) Composites of Bacillus megaterium H16 derived poly-3-hydroxybutyrate as a biomaterial for skin tissue engineering, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Volume 244, 125355, ISSN 0141-8130, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.125355.
  • Nagar, D.N., Ghosh, N.N. & Braganca, Judith M. Green synthesis of selenium nanospheres and nanoneedles by halophilic archaea. Appl Nanosci (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-022-02665-6
  • Mani K, Taib N, Hugoni M, Bronner G, Bragança JM and Debroas D (2020) Transient Dynamics of Archaea and Bacteria in Sediments and Brine Across a Salinity Gradient in a Solar Saltern of Goa, India. Microbiol. 11:1891. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01891
  • Deepthi Das, Isha Kalra, Kabilan Mani, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Braganca (2019) Characterization of extremely halophilic archaeal isolates from Indian salt pans and their screening for production of hydrolytic enzymes. Environmental Sustainability https://doi.org/10.1007/s42398-019-00077-x
  • BB Salgaonkar, K Mani, Judith M. Bragança (2018) Sustainable Bioconversion of Cassava Waste to Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) by Halogeometricum borinquense Strain E3. Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 1-10
  • BB Salgaonkar, DT Sawant, S Harinarayanan, Judith M. Bragança (2018) Alpha‐amylase Production by Extremely Halophilic Archaeon Halococcus Strain GUVSC8. Starch‐Stärke, 1800018
  • Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2017) Utilization of Sugarcane Bagasse by Halogeometricum borinquense Strain E3 for Biosynthesis of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate). Bioengineering, 4, 50. (DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering4020050).
  • Judith M. Bragança, & Irene Furtado, (2017). Removal of Cadmium by Halobacterium strain R1 MTCC 3265 from saline and non-saline econiches. Indian Journal of Geo Marine Sciences
  • Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Deepthi Das and Judith M. Bragança (2016) Resistance of extremely halophilic archaea to zinc and zinc oxide nanoparticles. Applied Nanoscience 6: 251-258. (DOI: 10.1007/s13204-015-0424-8).
  • Pallavee Srivastava, Edarapalli VR Nikhil, Judith M. Bragança, & Meenal Kowshik, (2015). Anti-bacterial TeNPs biosynthesized by haloarcheaon Halococcus salifodinae BK3. Extremophiles19(4), 875-884. (doi.org/10.1007/s00792-015-0767-9)
  • Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2015) Biosynthesis of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) by Halogeometricum borinquense strain E3. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 78:339-346 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2015.04.016).
  • Kabilan Mani, Sivaraman Chandrasekaran, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Srikanth Mutnuri, Judith M. Bragança (2015) Comparison of bacterial diversity from solar salterns and a simulated laboratory study. Annals of Microbiology 65(2):995-1005. (DOI: 10.1007/s13213-014-0944-6).
  • Pallavee Srivastava, Judith M. Braganca, & Meenal Kowshik, (2014). In vivo synthesis of selenium nanoparticles by Halococcus salifodinae BK18 and their anti‐proliferative properties against HeLa cell line. Biotechnology progress30(6), 1480-1487. (DOI: 10.1002/btpr.1992).
  • Deepthi Das, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani and Judith M. Bragança (2014) Cadmium resistance in extremely halophilic archaeon Haloferax strain BBK2. Chemosphere Journal 112: 385–392. (DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.04.058).
  • Pallavee Srivastava, Judith M. Braganca, Sutapa Roy Ramanan, & Meenal Kowshik, (2014). Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles by haloarchaeon Halococcus salifodinae BK6. In Advanced Materials Research (Vol. 938, pp. 236-241). Trans Tech Publications. (DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.938.236)
  • Vidhya Prabhudessai, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Judith M. Bragança and Srikanth Mutnuri (2014) Pretreatment of Cottage Cheese to Enhance Biogas Production. BioMed Research International Article ID 374562, 6 pages. (DOI: 10.1155/2014/374562).
  • Adit Chaudhary, Imran Pasha M., Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Judith M. Braganca (2014) Cadmium Tolerance by Haloarchaeal Strains Isolated from Solar Salterns of Goa, India. International Journal of Bioscience, Biochemistry and Bioinformatics 4 (1), 1. (DOI: 10.7763/IJBBB.2014.V4.299).
  • Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani and Judith M. Bragança (2013) Accumulation of polyhydroxyalkanoates by halophilic archaea isolated from traditional solar salterns of India. Extremophiles Journal 17:787-795. (DOI: 10.1007/s00792-013-0561-5).
  • Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani and Judith M. Bragança (2013) Characterization of polyhydroxyalkanotes accumulated by a moderately Halophilic Salt pan isolate Bacillus megaterium strain H16. Journal of Applied Microbiology 114:1347-1356. (DOI: 10.1111/jam.12135).
  • Pallavee Srivastava, Judith M. Bragança, Sutapa Roy Ramanan, & Meenal Kowshik (2013). Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using haloarchaeal isolate Halococcus salifodinae BK 3. Extremophiles, 17(5), 821-831. (doi.org/10.1007/s00792-013-0563-3)
  • Judith M. Braganca and I. Furtado (2013). Resistance of Halobacterium strain R1 to cadmium during growth in mineral salts medium devoid of growth factors. Asian Jr of Microbiol. Biotech. Env. Sc. 15(2): 299-302
  • Kabilan Mani, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Deepthi Das and Judith M. Bragança (2012) Community solar  salt  production  in  Goa,  India.  BMC  Aquatic  Biosystems.  8:30. (DOI:10.1186/2046-9063-8-30).
  • Kabilan Mani, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2012) Culturable halophilic archaea at the initial and crystallization stages of salt production in a natural solar saltern of Goa, India. BMC Aquatic Biosystems 8:15. (DOI: 1186/2046-9063-8-15).
  • Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani, Anjana Nair, Sowmya Gangadharan and Judith M. Bragança (2012) Interspecific interactions among members of family Halobacteriaceae from natural solar salterns. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. 4(2):98-107. (DOI: 1007/s12602-012-9097-8).
  • Bhakti B. Salgaonkar, Kabilan Mani and Judith M. Bragança (2011) Sensitivity of Haloarchaea to eubacterial pigments produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa SB1. World Journal Microbiology Biotechnology. 27:799–804. (DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0519-z).
  • Judith M. Braganca and Irene Furtado (2009). Haloarchaea associated with salt crystals obtained from solar salterns of Goa, India. Visual Image, Microbe Library.org.  American Society for Microbiology.
  • Judith M. Braganca and Irene Furtado (2009) Isolation and characterization of Haloarchaea from low salinity Coastal sediments and waters of Goa – India. Current Science 96(9): 1182 – 1184
  • Gayathri and Judith M. Braganca (2009). Biosensors for monitoring environmental pollutants: A review .Environmental Science: An Indian Journal.5(9).

Book Chapters

 

Devika Nagar, Kabilan Mani, Judith M. Braganca  (2024) Metagenome Mining Approaches for the Discovery of Marine Microbial Natural Products    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-6770-4_4  In book: Marine Bioactive Molecules for Biomedical and Pharmacotherapeutic Applications . Veera Bramhachari, C. V. Berde (eds.) Springer Nature.

Prajakta P. Bhende, Aesha Sharma, Anasuya Ganguly, Judith M. Braganca (2024) Marine Environment: A Treasure Trove of Natural Polymers for Tissue Engineering (2024)    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-99-6770-4_9 In book: Marine Bioactive Molecules for Biomedical and Pharmacotherapeutic Applications . Veera Bramhachari, C. V. Berde (eds.) Springer Nature.

Devika Nagar, Judith M. Braganca and Irene J. Furtado (2023) Chapter 4. Extremophilic Bacteria and Archaea in the valorisation of Metalloids: Arsenic, Selenium and Tellurium.Verma, P. (Ed.). (2023). Enzymes in the Valorization of Waste: Next-Gen Technological Advances for Sustainable Development of Enzyme based Biorefinery (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003187721

Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Braganca (2019). Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates by extremophilic microorganisms through valorization of waste materials. Advances in Biological Sciences Research: A practical Approach. (pg nos 419 -438). Elsevier Academic Pres

Antunes, André, Marta F. Simões, Stefan W. Grötzinger, Jörg Eppinger, Judith M. Bragança, and Vladimir B. Bajic (2017). Bioprospecting Archaea: Focus on Extreme Halophiles. In Bioprospecting (pp. 81-112). Springer International Publishing.

Kabilan Mani, Bhakti B. Salgaonkar and Judith M. Bragança (2013) Molecular Microbial ecology of solar salterns of Goa and the isolation of culturable Haloarchaea. New India Publishers Chapter 6, Pg. No: 59-74: In Microbial Diversity and Its Applications. Barbudde, S.B., R. Ramesh and N.P. Singh.