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Srikanth Mutnuri

Professor

Bioremediation, Water Sanitation and Hygiene
Water Sanitation and Hygiene Laboratory
Department of Biological Sciences
BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa campus
NH17B, Zuari nagar
Goa 403726

Publications

Journals

  1. Degradation of anthracene and pyrene supplied by microcrystals and by non-aqueous phase liquids - Srikanth Mutnuri, N.Vasudevan and Matthias Kaestner*, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Vol. 67 (2005), pp. 569 - 576
  2. Changes in Fatty Acid Composition of Chromohalobacter israelensis with varying Salt Concentrations - Srikanth Mutnuri, N.Vasudevan, Matthias Kaestner and Hermann Heipeiper*. Current Microbiology, Vol. 50 (2005), pp. 1–5.
  3. Influence of bioaugmentation with wheat bran on bioremediation of anthracene contaminated soil - Srikanth Mutnuri, N.Vasudevan* and D.Beck, Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences, 2005.
  4. Biocatalytic production of a commercial textile dye (Indigo) from a xenobiont – Srikanth Mutnuri*, Chanakya Bandi and Anasuya Ganguly, Research Journal of Microbiology, Vol 4, Is 3 (2009), pp 82 – 88.
  5. Effect of caffeine and saponin on anaerobic digestion of food waste – Vidhya Prabhudesai, Anasuya Ganguly and Srikanth Mutnuri* “Annals in Microbiology” Vol 59, Is 4 (2009), pp 643 – 648.
  6. Biodegradation of hydrocarbons in the presence of cyclodextrins - Sivaraman C, Anasuya Ganguly and Srikanth Mutnuri* "World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology" Vol 26, Is 2 (2010), pp 227 - 232.
  7. Biogas Generation Potential by Anaerobic Digestion for Sustainable Energy Development in India – P.Venkateswara Rao, Ranjay Dey, S.S.Baral and Srikanth Mutnuri. Renewable  and Sustainable Energy reviews Volume 14, Issue 7, September 2010, Pages 2086-2094.
  8. Isolation of Hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria from Bilge oil contaminated water - Sivaraman C, Anasuya Ganguly, Marcell Nikolauszand Srikanth Mutnuri. Accepted in International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Vol 8, No.3, Summer 2011. (Impact factor 3.157)
  9. “Cloning and expression of catechol 2, 3 dioxygenase and cyclodextrin glucanotransferase gene in Coli and its role in biodegradation“ C.Sivaraman, Anasuya Ganguly and Srikanth Mutnuri “International Journal of life Science and Pharma Research” Vol 2/Issue 3/Jul-Sept 2012 pp L10 – L19.
  10. Role of Cyclodextrin Glucanotransferase Enzyme in Biodegradation C.Sivaraman, Anasuya Ganguly and Srikanth Mutnuri “Advances in Environmental Research” (2012), Vol. 1, No. 2 pp97-108.
  11. Study of a Marine Microbial Fuel Cell on a Pilot Scale. Chithralekha and Srikanth Mutnuri, “Chemical Sciences Transactions”., 2013
  12. Biochemical Methane Potential of Agro Wastes," Vidhya Prabhudesai, and Srikanth Mutnuri Journal of Energy, vol. 2013, Article ID 350731, 7 pages, 2013.
  13. Role of additional carbon substrate on biodegradation of 1,4 dioxane using bacterial consortium enriched from industrial sludge P.Arulazhagan, T. Yeom, Sivaraman C, Srikanth Mutnuri  and Rajesh Banu, accepted in Advances in Environmental Biology (2013).
  14. Biodegradation of crude oil by Pseudomonas aeruginosa  and Escherichia fergusonii isolated from Goan coast. Rajesh  Pasumarthi, Sivaraman Chandrasekharan, Srikanth Mutnuri. Accepted in Marine Pollution Bulletin 76(1-2):276-82 (2013).
  15. Terra Preta as an Alternative for the Management of Sludge from Wastewater Treatment Plants Prabhu, M. Horvat, L. Lorenz, R. Otterpohl, T. Bettendorf and S.Mutnuri  in: Bettendorf, T Wendland, C.; Otterpohl, R. 2014. Terra Preta Sanitation handbook.  (2014) Publisher: Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt ISBN 978-3-00-046586-4.
  16. Effect of terra preta compost on growth of Vigna radiate Prabhu, M. Horvat, L. Lorenz, R. Otterpohl, T. Bettendorf and S.Mutnuri  in: Bettendorf, T Wendland, C.; Otterpohl, R. 2014. Terra Preta Sanitation handbook.  (2014) Publisher: Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt ISBN 978-3-00-046586-4.
  17. Cow urine as a potential source for struvite production Meghanth Prabhu and Srikanth Mutnuri accepted in International Journal of recycling of organic waste in agriculture (2014).
  18. "Pre-treatment of Cottage Cheese to Enhance Biogas production," by Vidhya Prabhudessai, Bhakti Salgaonkar, Judith Braganca and Srikanth Mutnuri accepted in BioMed Research International (2014)
  19. Comparison of bacterialdiversity from solarsalterns and a simulatedlaboratorystudy by Kabilan Mani, Bhakti Salgaonkar, Srikanth Mutnuri and Judith Braganza accepted in Annals of Microbiology (2014)
  20. Biocatalytic production of indigo using biphasic organic solvent by Vaishnavi Unde and Srikanth Mutnuri, Vol5, No.13 2014 pp.3-10, 2014 in Discovery Biotechnology.
  21. Biodegradation of Aliphatic hydrocarbons in the presence of Hydroxy Cucurbit[6]uril Rajesh  Pasumarthi, Vikas Kumar, Sivaraman Chandrasekharan, Mainak Banerjee, Anasuya Ganguly, Srikanth Mutnuri. Marine Pollution Bulletin 88 (1), 148-154, (2014).
  22. Identification of metabolically active methanogens in anaerobic digester by DNA Stable-Isotope Probing using 13C-acetate Gowdaman and Srikanth Mutnuri Carbon – Science and Technology 7/2 (2015) 8 - 16.
  23. Digestate from anaerobic reactor as a potential fertilizer Navodita Bhatnagar and Srikanth Mutnuri ,Carbon – Science and Technology 7/2 (2015) 17 - 24.
  24. Anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and septage – A waste to energy project in Nashik city Meghanath Prabhu, Sachin Waigaonkar, Regina Dube, Dirk Walther and Srikanth Mutnuri. Carbon – Science and Technology 7/2 (2015) 87 - 98.
  25. Vaishnavi Unde and Srikanth Mutnuri, “Comparative study of production of Bio-Indigo byPandoraea sp. in a two phase -Fed batch and continuous bioreactor” Carbon – Science and Technology 8/1 (2016) 40 - 46.
  26. Meghanath Prabhu, Srikanth Mutnuri, Santosh Kumar Dubey and Milind Mohan Naik. (2014). One-Pot Rapid Synthesis of Face-Centered Cubic Silver Nanoparticles Using Fermented Cow Urine, A Nanoweapon Against Fungal and Bacterial Pathogens. Journal of Bionanoscience. 8: 1–9.
  27. Meghanath Prabhu and Srikanth Mutnuri (2016). Anaerobic Co-digestion of Sewage Sludge and Food Waste. Waste management and research. 1-9. DOI: 10.1177/0734242X16628976.
  28. Anant YadavPiyush ChoudharyNeelam AtriSebastian TeirSrikanth Mutnuri (2016) Pilot project at Hazira, India, for capture of carbon dioxide and its biofixation using microalgae Environmental Science and Pollution Research pp 1-8.
  29. Jayashree, Tamilarasan, M. Rajkumar, P. Arulazhagan, K.N. Yogalakshmi, M. Srikanth, J. Rajesh Banu (2016) Treatment of seafood processing wastewater using upflow microbial fuel cell for power generation and identification of bacterial community in anodic biofilm. Journal of Environmental Management Volume 180, Pages 351–358.
  30. Amal Raj, Rajesh Pasumarthi, Srikanth Mutnuri (2016). EFFECT OF RHAMNOLIPID ON BIODEGRADATION OF HYDROCARBONS IN NON AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID (NAPL). Bioremediation journal.Vol 20. Pages 183-193

 

  1. Rajesh Pasumarthi and Srikanth Mutnuri (2016). Horizontal gene transfer versus biostimulation: a strategy for bioremediation in Velsao sea water, Goa. Marine Pollution Bulletin. Vol113, Pages 271-276

 

  1. Starlaine Mascarenhas, Srikanth Mutnuri, Anasuya Ganguly (2017) Deleterious role of trace elements – Silica and Lead in the development of chronic kidney disease. Chemosphere. Volume 177, June 2017, Pages 239–249

 

  1. Anant Yadav, Florent Chazarenc, Srikanth Mutnuri (2018). Development of the "French system" Vertical flow Constructed Wetland to treat raw domestic wastewater in India, Ecological Engineering, Volume 113, 1 April 2018, Pages 88-93

 

  1. Ram Chavan, Srikanth Mutnuri (2018). Tertiary Treatment of Domestic Wastewater by Spirulina platensis Integrated to Microalgal Biorefinery
    Biofuels, Accepted for Publication.
  2. Guruprasad Talekar, Priya Sharma, Anant Yadav, Peter Clauwaert, Korneel Rabaey and Srikanth Mutnuri (2018) Sanitation of blackwater via sequential wetland and electrochemical treatment – Nature Partner Journal Clean water. 1, Article number: 14.
  3. Starliane Mascarenhas, Srikanth Mutnuri and Anasuya Ganguly (2018). Silica - A trace geogenic element with emerging nephrotoxic potential - Science of the Total Environment 645 (2018) 297–317
  4. Paul M. Jones, Quentin Lonne, Pedro Talaia, Glenn J. T. Leighton, Gerardine G. Botte, Srikanth Mutnuri & Leon Williams (2018) A Straightforward Route to Sensor Selection for IoT Systems, Research-Technology Management, 61:5, 41-50, DOI: 10.1080/08956308.2018.1495965
  5. Priya Sharma, Devendra Kumar and Srikanth Mutnuri. UPLC-MS/MS method validation of Ciprofloxacin in human urine: Application to biodegradability study in Microbial Fuel Cell. Biomedical chromatography (2018).
  6. Priya Sharma, Srikanth Mutnuri Nutrient Recovery and Microbial Diversity in human urine fed microbial fuel cell. Water Science and Technology 79 (4): 718-730 (2019)
  7. Ram Chavan and Srikanth Mutnuri. Demonstration of pilot scale integrative treatment of nitrogenous industrial effluent for struvite and algal biomass production. Journal of Applied Phycology. 32(9) 2020.
  8. Ram Chavan and Srikanth Mutnuri. (2019) Phycoremediation and biogas production potential of Chlorella vulgaris grown in secondarily treated wastewater, International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE), 8:3,1939-1945. DOI:10.35940/ijrte.C4477.098319
  9. Ram Chavan and Srikanth Mutnuri. (2020) Domestic wastewater treatment by constructed wetland and microalgal treatment system for the production of value-added products. (Accepted- Environmental Technology Journal).
  10. R Rajashree Yaragal, Devendra Kumar and Srikanth Mutnuri (2020) Development of UPLC-MS/MS method for analyzing phorate: application to wastewater treatment. Accepted in Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society
  11. Talekar GV and Mutnuri S (2020) Membrane Selection for Electrochemical Treatment of Septage. Front. Energy Res. 8:20.
  12. Influence of Domain Experience on Icon Recognition and Preferences" in Behaviour& Information Technology.2020 Junyi Xie, Divya Unnikrishnan, Leon Williams, Adriana Encinas-Oropesa, Srikanth Mutnuri, Nitin Sharma, Paul Jeffrey, Binxin Zhu & Paul Lighterness

 

  1. "Electro-Fenton treatment of real pharmaceutical wastewater paired with a BDD anode: reaction mechanisms and respective contribution of homogeneous and heterogenous •OH" Chemical Engineering Journal (Impact Factor 10.65) Hugo Olvera-Vargas, Nissim Gore-Datar, Orlando Garcia-Rodriguez, Srikanth Mutnuri, Olivier Lefebvre Accepted 2020
  2. "Diversity and Functional Annotation of Microorganisms in French Vertical Flow Constructed Wetland Treating Greywater", World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology.(2020) 36(10)148 Swapnil Punyapwar and Srikanth Mutnuri
  3. Demonstration of energy and nutrient recovery from urine by field-scale microbial fuel cell system. Process Biochemistry, Volume 101, February 2021, Pages 89-9. Priya Sharma, Guruprasad V.Talekar, SrikanthMutnuri
  4. Enhanced photocatalytic and antibacterial activity of ZnO/Graphene nanocomposites Madhavi D Shete, Julio B Fernandes, MeghanathShambhu Prabhu, Srikanth Mutnuri (2021 accepted) International Journal of Applied Biology and Pharmaceutical Technology
  5. Electrochemical removal and recovery of ammonia and phosphates from blackwater and wetland passed blackwater  Guruprasad Talekar and Srikanth Mutnuri Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 47 (2021) 101374
  6. A novel and sustainable approach for biotransformation of phosphogypsum to calcium carbonate using urease producing Lysinibacillus sphaericus strain GUMP2 Environmental Technology Prajakta Pratap Patil; Srikanth Mutnuri, MeghanathPrabhu (2021)
  7. Recovery of Lignocellulolytic Enzymes and Valorization of Spent Mushroom Substrate, Anumeha Vats, Anuj Sangam Kurade and Srikanth Mutnuri Environment and Natural Resources Journal (2021 accepted)
  8. Development of Sensitive and Selective UPLC-MS/MS Method for the Quantification of Vitamin D2 (Ergocalciferol) and its Demonstration in Agaricus bisporus. Anumeha Vats, Ram Chavan, Devendra Kumar, Sangam A Kurade, Srikanth Mutnuri. Journal of Liquid Chromatography & Related Technologies (2021 accepted)
  9. Nitrate removal using ion exchange resin: Batch, continuous column and pilot scale studies, Rajashree Yaragal and Srikanth Mutnuri. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology (2021 accepted)
  10. Anaerobic Co-digestion of Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid waste and Septage for Sustainable Waste Treatment: A Case Study from Goa, India. Shet, R., & Mutnuri, S. (2021). European Journal of Energy Research, 1(3), 1-8.
  11. Whey Fortified Ready-To-Reconstitute Elephant Apple (Dillenia Indica) Juice Powder: Methodical Optimization, Micro-Structural and in Vitro Digestion Analyses " in Journal of Food Technology Research (2022)
  12. "Laundry greywater treatment by anaerobic filters and vertical flow constructed wetlands" (2022) in Water and Environment Journal.Swapnil Punyapwar and Srikanth Mutnuri  
  13. Generalised Network Architectures for Environmental Sensing: Case Studies for a Digitally Enabled Environment Array Array (2022) M. I. Mead ; M. Bevilacqua ; C. Loiseaux ; S.H. Hallett ; S. Jude ; C. Emmanouilidis ; J.Harris ; P. Leinster  ; S. Mutnuri ; T. H. Tran ; L. Williams .
  14. "“Integration of bio-electrochemical systems and wetlands for wastewater treatment and resource recovery”" book "Novel Approaches Towards Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery Technologies" PriyaSharmaGuruprasad V.TalekarJayantaGogoiSrikanthMutnuri
  15. Terra Preta: Organic Manure from Septage for Improving Crop Productivity

in Science Frontiers. Ravi Kiran Shet and Srikanth Mutnuri. 2022

61 “Pathogen treatment in single and two stage vertical flow wetland as a potential

       sanitation technology for rural India” accepted in  journal Nature Environment and 

       Pollution Technology. Prajakta Patil, Anant Yadav, Lalita Baragi, Srikanth Mutnuri

62 Effect of salt dosage on the performance efficiency of the electro-oxidation

    process employed for integrated blackwater treatment accepted (2022) International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, Jayanta Gogoi, Guruprasad Talekar, Priya Sharma, Srikanth Mutnuri

63 Comparative study on performances of modified vertical flow constructed wetlands for treatment of domestic wastewater: A Case Study  Rajashree R. Yaragal; Srikanth Mutnuri Journal of Environmental Engineering (2022) accepted.

  1. STUDY ON EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERVENTION OF A VERTICAL FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND IN BETWEEN SEPTIC TANK AND SOAK PIT FOR THE TREATMENT OF SEPTIC TANK EFFLUENT" and have recommended for the publication in the journalNatureEnvironment and Pollution Technology. S. Suresh, P. Sharma, R. R. Yaragal and S. Mutnuri in Vol. 22, No. 1 (March), Year 2023.

 

67 Rajesh Pasumarthi, Gajanan Sawargaonkar, Nallagatla Vinod Kumar, Santosh Kale, Pushpajeet L Choudhari, Srikanth Mutnuri and ML Jat Innovative bio-pyrolytic method for efficient biochar production from maize and pigeonpea stalks and their characterization: Journal of Cleaner Production (2024) Impact factor 11.1

  • Olvera-Vargas, H., Selvam, S., Veer, R., García-Rodríguez, O., Mutnuri,S., Lefebvre, O., A sustainable activated carbon fiber / TiO2 cathode for the photoelectro-Fenton treatment of pharmaceutical pollutant enalapril, Chemosphere (2024). Impact factor 8.8
  • Jayanta Kumar Gogoi;Srikanth Mutnuri "Removal of nitrogen and

phosphorous from blackwater via integrated nature-based system: Hybrid-          Vertical flow constructed wetland, Upflow anaerobic fixed biofilm reactor and      

          Granular activated charcoal column along with in-situ electrochlorination    

          disinfection" Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development

         (2024)14 (1): 1–14. Impact factor 1.7

  1. Jayanta Kumar Gogoi , Priya Sharma , Guruprasad Talekar  , Swapnil                                  

        Punyapwar  , Keyur Namdev  , Srikanth Mutnuri. Demonstration and performance      

        analysis of on-beach public toilet with a decentralised modified French vertical

        flow constructed wetland and ex-situ electrochlorination integrated treatment

        system, Water Practice and Technology (2024). Impact factor 1.6

  1. Ndeye Aida Ndiaye, Srikanth Mutnuri, Anant Yadav, Halima Maiguizo-Diagne,

        Mohamed Lamine Gaye and Saliou Fal “Investigation of the potential of

        energy recovery from poultry droppings in a semi-industrial farm in the

       Sangalkam, Senegal” 2024 International Journal of Environment and               

       Climate Change

 

  1. Morten Kam Dahl DueholmKasper Skytte AndersenAnne-Kirstine C. KorntvedVibeke RudkjøbingMadalena AlvesYadira Bajón-FernándezDamien BatstoneCaitlyn ButlerMercedes Cecilia CruzÅsa DavidssonLeonardo ErijmanChristof HolligerKonrad KochNorbert KreuzingerChangsoo LeeGerasimos LyberatosSrikanth MutnuriVincent O’FlahertyPiotr Oleskowicz-PopielDana PokornaVeronica RajalMichael RecktenwaldJorge RodríguezPascal E. SaikalyPer Halkjær Nielsen

MiDAS 5: Global Diversity of Bacteria and Archaea in Anaerobic Digesters, Nature Communications. 15,: 5361 (2024)

 

  1. Gajanan L Sawargaonkar., Rajesh Pasumarthi, Santosh Kale, Pushpajeet Choudhari, Srikanth Mutnuri, Ajay Singh, Harikishan Sudini, Manasa Ramaraju, Ramesh Singh and Mangi L Jat.

Valorization of Peanut Shells through Biochar Production using Slow and Fast Pyrolysis and its Detailed Physicochemical Characterisation. Frontiers in Sustainability (2024)

 

  1. Shaikh Aatiya Nishaat, Srikanth Mutnuri
    Chapter Title : Study of Anaerobic Digestion Mediated Micropollutant Degradation by UPLC-MS/MS Book: Biological and Hybrid Wastewater Treatment Technology.
    DOI : 10.1007/978-3-031-63046-0.(2024)
  2. Mamta Kodarkar and Srikanth Mutnuri (2024) Isolation of chymopapain from Carica papaya latex and Its application in biorestoration of paper. “Journal of Environmental Science & Engineering”.
  3. Patil PP and Mutnuri S. Study of helminth eggs (Ascaris suum)inactivation by anaerobic digestion and electrochemical treatment. Gates Open Res2024, 7:93

      (https://doi.org/10.12688/gatesopenres.14573.2)

Book Chapters

“Hydrocarbonoclastic capability of a Bacillus sp. Isolated from marine waters” Srikanth Mutnuri and Vasudevan Namasivayam Published in Water and Environment Management Series.2003. Ed. by Rema Devi and Naved Ahsan. IWA publishing, Pg No 691 – 694.

“Biosurfactant production by an extremely halophilic bacterium” Srikanth Mutnuri Vasudevan Namasivayam and Matthias Kästner Published in Water and Environment Management Series.2003. Ed. by Rema Devi and Naved Ahsan. IWA publishing, Pg No 761 – 768.