Department of Botany
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Area of Specialisation :
Microbiology, Microbial Biotechnology
Research Interest :
Diversity, metabolic physiology and metal resistance profile of serpentine microbiota from ultramafic ecosystem of Andaman, India. Bioremediation studies using nickel-resistant rhizobacteria underneath Ni-hyperaccumulating plants. Chromium reduction by whole cells, immobilized cells and cell-free extract of Cr-resistant bacteria from serpentine outcrops.
Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates by rhizobacterial strains underneath Ni-hyperaccumulators. Microbial endophytes from medicinal plants: exploitation for bioactive compounds
Selected Publications :
- Pal Arundhati and Paul, A. K. (2008) Microbial extracellular polymeric substances: Central elements in heavy metal bioremediation. Indian Journal of Microbiology 48: 49-64.
- Pal, Arundhati, Wauters, G., and Paul, A. K. (2007) Nickel tolerance and accumulation by bacteria from rhizosphere of nickel hyperaccumulators from serpentine soil of Andaman, India. Plant and Soil 293: 37-48.
- Pal, Arundhati, Ghosh, S. and Paul, A. K. (2006) Biosorption of cobalt by fungi from serpentine soil of Andaman. Bioresource Technology 97: 1253-1258.
- Pal, Arundhati, Dutta S., Mukherjee, P. K. and Paul, A. K. (2005) Occurrence of heavy metal-resistance in microflora from serpentine soil of Andaman. Journal of Basic Microbiology 45: 207-218.
- Pal, Arundhati, Dutta, S. and Paul, A. K. (2005) Reduction of hexavalent chromium by cell-free extract of Bacillus sphaericus AND 303 isolated from serpentine soil. Current Microbiology, 51: 327-330