Research articles

  1. Krishna Kalyani Sahoo, Gargi Goswami, Debasish Das*(2021). “Biotransformation of methane and carbon dioxide into high-value products by methanotrophs: Current state of art and future prospects.” Frontiers in Microbiology, Accepted. IF: 4.190

  2. Rai V., Patel S.K., Muthuraj M., Gandhi M.N.,Das D*, Srivastava S. Systematic metabolome profiling and multi-omics analysis of the nitrogen-limited non-model oleaginous algae for biorefining. Biofuel Research Journal 29 (2021) 1330-1341. DOI: 10.18331/BRJ2021.8.1.4

  3. Payel Sarkar*, Gargi Goswami*, Mayurketan Mukherjee, Debasish Das* (2021) Heterologous expression of xylose specific transporter improves xylose utilization by recombinant Zymomonas mobilis strain in presence of glucose. Process Biochemistry, 102:190-198. IF: 2.952

  4. Mukherjee, Mayurketan, Gargi Goswami, Pranab Kumar Mondal, and Debasish Das*, Debasish Das (2021). “Biobutanol as a potential alternative to petroleum fuel: Sustainable bioprocess and cost analysis." Fuel 278 (2020): 118403. IF: 5.578

  5. Makut, Bidhu Bhusan, Gargi Goswami, and Debasish Das*. "Evaluation of bio-crude oil through hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae-bacteria consortium grown in open pond using wastewater." Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (2020). IF: 2.602

  6. Sarkar, Payel, Mayurketan Mukherjee, Gargi Goswami, and Debasish Das*. "Adaptive laboratory evolution induced novel mutations in Zymomonas mobilis ATCC ZW658: a potential platform for co-utilization of glucose and xylose." Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology (2020): 1-13. IF: 2.824.

  7. Chauhan, D. S., Goswami, G., Dineshbabu, G., Palabhanvi, B., & Debasish Das*. (2020). Evaluation and optimization of feedstock quality for direct conversion of microalga Chlorella sp. FC2 IITG into biodiesel via supercritical methanol transesterification. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 10(2), 339-349. IF: 2.602

  8. Goswami, Gargi, Ratan Kumar, Ankan Sinha, Soumen Kumar Maiti, Babul Chandra Dutta, Harendra Singh, and Debasish Das*s. "A low-cost and scalable process for harvesting microalgae using commercial-grade flocculant." RSC Advances 9(67) (2019): 39011-39024. IF: 3.119

  9. Goswami, Gargi, Bidhu Bhusan Makut, and Debasish Das*. "Sustainable production of bio-crude oil via hydrothermal liquefaction of symbiotically grown biomass of microalgae-bacteria coupled with effective wastewater treatment." Scientific reports 9(1) (2019): 1-12. IF: 3.998

  10. Mukherjee, M., Sarkar, P., Goswami, G., & Debasish Das*. (2019). Regulation of butanol biosynthesis in Clostridium acetobutylicum ATCC 824 under the influence of zinc supplementation and magnesium starvation. Enzyme and Microbial Technology 129:109352. IF:3.44

  11. Gargi Goswami, Ankan Sinha, Ratan Kumar, Babul Chandra Dutta, Harendra Singh, Debasish Das* (2019)“Process engineering strategy for cultivation of high density microalgal biomass with improved productivity as a feedstock for production of bio-crude oil via hydrothermal liquefaction” Energy 189: 116136. IF: 6.082

  12. Kaushal, M., Ahlawat, S., Makut, B. B., Goswami, G.,Debasish Das*. (2019). Dual substrate fermentation strategy utilizing rice straw hydrolysate and crude glycerol for liquid biofuel production by Clostridium sporogenes NCIM 2918. Biomass and Bioenergy, 127, 105257. IF:3.551

  13. Ahlawat, S., Kaushal, M., Palabhanvi, B., Goswami, G., & Debasish Das*Flux balance analysis of nutritional modulation assisted changes in two-stage fed-batch fermentation by Clostridium acetobutylicum. Bioresource Technology Reports, 100264.

  14. Bidhu Bhusan Makut, Debasish Das*, Gargi Goswami. (2019) "Production of microbial biomass feedstock via co-cultivation of microalgae-bacteria consortium coupled with effective wastewater treatment: A sustainable approach". Algal Research 37 (2019): 228-239, Elsevier, IF: 5.014.

  15. Mehak Kaushal, K. Venkata Narayana Chary, Saumya Ahlawat, Basavaraj Palabhanvi, Gargi Goswami and Debasish Das*. (2018) "Understanding regulation in substrate dependent modulation of growth and production of alcohols in Clostridium sporogenes NCIM 2918 through metabolic network reconstruction and flux balance analysis". Bioresource Technology, February 2018, 249:767-776, Elsevier, IF: 5.65.

  16. Saumya Ahlawat, Mehak Kaushal, Basavaraj Palabhanvi, Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Gargi Goswami, Debasish Das*. (2018) "Nutrient modulation based process engineering strategy for improved butanol production from Clostridium acetobutylicum". Biotechnology Progress, December 2018, e2771, Wiley, IF: 1.947.

  17. Basavaraj Palabhanvi, Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Vikram Kumar, Mayurketan Mukherjee, Saumya Ahlawat and Debasish Das*. (2017) "Continuous cultivation of lipid rich microalga Chlorella sp. FC2 IITG for improved biodiesel productivity via control variable optimization and substrate driven pH control". Bioresource Technology, January 2017, 224:481-489, Elsevier, IF: 5.65.

  18. Mehak Kaushal, Saumya Ahlawat, Mayurketan Mukherjee, Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Gargi Goswami and Debasish Das*. (2017) "Substrate dependent modulation of butanol to ethanol ratio in non-acetone forming Clostridium sporogenes NCIM 2918". Bioresource Technology, February 2017, 225:349-358, Elsevier, IF: 5.65.

  19. Ashutosh Gupta, Vikky Rajulapati, Debasish Das* and Arun Goyal. (2017) "Comparative analysis of bioethanol production involving saccharification by mixed recombinant clostridial enzymes using sugarcane leaves and kans grass as sustainable feed stocks from north-east India". Indian Journal of Biotechnology, April 2017, 16: 199-210, NISCAIR, IF: 0.289.

  20. Vineeta Rai, Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Mayuri N.Gandhi, Debasish Das* & Sanjeeva Srivastava. (2017) "Real-time iTRAQ-based proteome profiling revealed the central metabolism involved in nitrogen starvation induced lipid accumulation in microalgae". Scientific Reports, April 2017, 7:45732. doi:10.1038/srep45732, Nature Publishing Group, IF: 4.259.

  21. Vikram Kumar, Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Basavaraj Palabhanvi and Debasish Das*. (2016) "Synchronized growth and neutral lipid accumulation in Chlorella sorokiniana FC6 IITG under continuous mode of operation". Bioresource Technology, 2016, 200:770-779, Elsevier, IF: 5.65.

  22. Basavaraj Palabhanvi, Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Mayurketan Mukherjee, Vikram Kumar, and Debasish Das*. (2016) "Process engineering strategy for high cell density-lipid rich cultivation of Chlorella sp. FC2 IITG via model guided feeding recipe and substrate driven pH control". Algal Research, April 2016, 16:317-329, Elsevier, IF: 3.994.

  23. Saprativ P. Das, Ashutosh Gupta, Debasish Das* and Arun Goyal. (2016) "Enhanced bioethanol production from water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) by statistical optimization of fermentation process parameters using Taguchi orthogonal array design". International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, February 2016, 109:174-184, Elsevier, IF: 2.962.

  24. V Rai, A Karthikaichamy, Debasish Das*>, S Noronha, PP Wangikar, S Srivastava. (2016) "Multi-omics frontiers in algal research: Techniques and progress to explore biofuels in the postgenomics world". Omics: a journal of integrative biology, 2016, 20 (7): 387-399, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., IF: 2.869.

  25. Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Niharika Chandra, Basavaraj Palabhanvi, Vikram Kumar, Debasish Das*. (2015) "Process engineering for photoautotrophic cultivation of high cell density lipid rich biomass of Chlorella sp. FC2 IITG". Bioenergy Research, June 2015, June 2015, 8: 726-739, Springer, IF: 2.487.

  26. Ashutosh Gupta, Saprativ P. Das, Arabinda Ghosh, Anil Verma, Debasish Das* and *Arun Goyal. (2015) "Optimization of enzyme saccharification and fermentation process parameters for bioethanol production from Populus nigra using recombinant enzymes from Clostridium thermocellum". Research Journal of Recent Sciences, October 2015, 4:144-156, International Science Congress Association.

  27. Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Vikram Kumar, Basavaraj Palabhanvi, Debasish Das*. (2014) "Evaluation of indigenous microalgal isolate Chlorella sp. FC2 IITG as a cell factory for biodiesel production and scale up in outdoor conditions". Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, March 2014, 41(3):499-511, Springer, IF: 2.624.

  28. Vikram Kumar, Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Basavaraj Palabhanvi, Aloke K Ghoshal, Debasish Das*. (2014) "Evaluation and optimization of two stage sequential in situ transesterification process for fatty acid methyl ester quantification from microalgae". Renewable Energy, March 2014, 68:560-569, Elsevier, IF: 4.357.

  29. Asutosh Gupta, Saprativ P Das, Arabinda Ghosh, Rajan Choudhary, Debasish Das* , Arun Goyal. (2014) "Bioethanol production from hemicellulose rich Populus nigra involving recombinant hemicellulases from Clostridium thermocellum". Bioresource Technology, April 2014, 165:205-213, Elsevier, IF: 5.65.

  30. Vikram Kumar, Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Basavaraj Palabhanvi, Aloke K Ghoshal, Debasish Das*. (2014) "High cell density lipid rich cultivation of a novel microalgal isolate Chlorella sorokiniana FC6 IITG in a single-stage fed-batch mode under mixotrophic condition". Bioresource Technology, July 2014, 170:115-124, Elsevier, IF: 5.65.

  31. Basavaraj Palabhanvi, Vikram Kumar, Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Debasish Das*. (2014) "Preferential utilization of intracellular nutrients supports microalgal growth under nutrient starvation: multi-nutrient mechanistic model and experimental validation". Bioresource Technology, September 2014, 173: 245–255, Elsevier, IF: 5.65.

  32. Saprativ P. Das, Debasish Das* and Arun Goyal*. (2013) "Statistical optimization of fermentation process parameters by Taguchi orthogonal array design for improved bioethanol production". Journal of Fuels, October 2013, Volume 2014, Article ID 419674, 11 pages, Hindawi.

  33. Deepmoni Deka, Saprativ P. Das, Naresh Sahoo, Debasish Das*, Mohammad Jawed, Dinesh Goyal, and Arun Goyal. (2013) "Enhanced Cellulase Production from Bacillus subtilis by Optimizing Physical Parameters for Bioethanol Production". ISRN Biotechnology, January 2013, Volume 2013, Article ID 965310, 11 pages, Hindawi.

  34. Saprativ P. Das, Deepmoni Deka, Arabinda Ghosh, Debasish Das*, Mohammad Jawed and Arun Goyal*. (2013) "Scale up and efficient bioethanol production involving recombinant cellulase (Glycoside hydrolase family 5) from Clostridium thermocellum". Sustainable Chemical Processes, December 2013, 1(19): 1-11, Springer.

  35. Saprativ P Das, Rajeev Ravindran, Deepmoni Deka, Jawed M, Debasish Das*, Arun Goyal*. (2013) "Bioethanol production from leafy biomass of mango (Mangifera indica) involving naturally isolated and recombinant enzymes". Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology, June 2013, 43:717-734, Taylor and Francis, IF: 0.7.

  36. Saprativ P Das, Arabinda Ghosh, Asutosh Gupta, Arun Goyal*, Debasish Das*. (2013)"Lignocellulosic fermentation of wild grass employing recombinant hydrolytic enzymes and fermentative microbes with effective bioethanol recovery". BioMed Research International, August 2013 Volume 2013, Article ID 386063, 14 pages, Hindawi, IF: 2.7.

  37. Saprativ P. Das, Rajeev Ravindran, Arabinda Ghosh, Deepmoni Deka, Debasish Das*, Mohammad Jawed, Carlos M.G.A. Fontes and Arun Goyal*. (2013) "Efficient pretreatment for bioethanol production from water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) involving naturally isolated and recombinant enzymes and its recovery". Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy, November 2013, 33(4): 1396-1404, Wiley, IF: 1.672.

  38. Muthusivaramapandian Muthuraj, Basavaraj Palabhanvi, Shamik Misra, Vikram Kumar, Kumaran Sivalingavasu, Debasish Das*. (2013) "Flux balance analysis of Chlorella sp. FC2 IITG under photoautotrophic and heterotrophic growth conditions". Photosynthesis Research, October 2013, 118:167-179, Springer, IF: 3.864.

  39. Rajesh K Srivastava, Soumen K Maiti, Debasish Das*, Prashant M Bapat, Kritika Batta, Mani Bhushan and Pramod P Wangikar. (2012) "Metabolic flexibility of D-ribose producer strain of Bacillus pumilus under environmental perturbations". Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, August 2012, 39(8):1227-1243, Springer, IF: 2.624.

  40. Saprativ P. Das, Rajeev Ravindran, Shadab Ahmed, Debasish Das*, Dinesh Goyal, Carlos M. G. A. Fontes and Arun Goyal. (2012) "Bioethanol Production Involving Recombinant Clostridium thermocellum Hydrolytic Hemicellulase and Fermentative Microbes". Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, July 2012, 167(6):1475-1488, Springer, IF: 1.751.

  41. Ruchi Mutreja, Debasish Das*, Dinesh Goyal, Arun Goyal*. (2011) "Bioconversion of agricultural waste to ethanol by SSF using recombinant cellulase from Clostridium thermocellum". Enzyme Research, May 2011, Volume 2011, Article ID 340279, 6 pages, Hindawi.

  42. Debasish Das*, Aditya Basu, Anshul Nigam, Prashant S. Phale and Pramod P. Wangikar. (2011) "Dynamics of rate limiting enzymes involved in the sequential substrate uptake by Pseudomonas putida CSV86: Modeling and experimental validation". Process Biochemistry, March 2011, 46(3):701-708, Elsevier, IF: 2.497.

  43. Seema Patel, Damini Kothari, Rishikesh Shukla, Debasish Das* and Arun Goyal. (2011) "Scale up of dextran production from a mutant of Pediococcus pentosaceus (SPAm) using optimized medium in a bioreactor". Brazilian archives of Biology and Technology, November 2011, 54(6):1125-1133, SciELO, IF: 0.4.

  44. Aditya Basu+, Debasish Das+*, Prashant Bapat, Pramod P. Wangikar and Prashant S. Phale. (2009) "Sequential Utilization of Substrates by Pseudomonas putida CSV86: Signature of Intermediate Metabolites and On-line measurements". Microbiological Research, 2009, 164(4):429-437, Elsevier, IF: 2.561.

  45. Debasish Das*, Prasad Dhurjati and Pramod P. Wangikar. (2008) "Prediction of pharmacokinetic behavior by combining in vivo and in vitro data in Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Model: Parameter estimation and sensitivity analysis". Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 2008, 88(1):57-71, Springer, IF: 0.493.

  46. Sandeep Deshmukh , Sanjeet Khaitan , Debasish Das*, Manish Gupta , Pramod P Wangikar. (2007) "An alignment-free method for classification of protein sequences". Protein and Peptide Letters, 2007, 14(7):647-657, Bentham Science, IF: 1.046.

  47. P.M. Bapat, Debasish Das*, S. Sohoni, P.P. Wangikar. (2006) "Hierarchical amino acid utilization and its influence on fermentation dynamics: rifamycin B fermentation in Amycolatopsis mediterranei S699, a case study". Microbial Cell Factories, November 2006, 5:32, BMC Springer, IF: 4.185.

  48. P.M. Bapat, Debasish Das*, N.N. Dave, P.P. Wangikar. (2006) "Phase shifts in the stoichiometry of rifamycin B fermentation and correlation with the trends in the parameters measured online". Journal of Biotechnology, June 2006, 127:115-128, Elsevier, IF: 2.667.

  49. Debasish Das*, Vivekanand Gaur, Nishith Verma. (2004) "Removal of Volatile Organic Compounds by activated carbon fiber". Carbon, July 2004, 42:2949-2962, Elsevier, IF: 6.337.