Bacterial Molecular & Cellular Biology

                                                                       Publications

       2026

•  Mahapatra, Soumyasri Nikhilesh, Saad Zafar, Rashmi Niranjan, Jasvinder Kaur, Richa Priyadarshini, and Bimlesh Lochab.         "Ultralight, mechanically robust, water stable MXene–chitosan aerogels for concurrent dye adsorption and antibacterial         filtration at low MXene loading." npj clean water (2026). 

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      2025 

• Modi, Malvika  & Chauhan, Deepika & Gilmore, Michael & Cava, Felipe & Priyadarshini, Richa. (2025). Deficiency in peptidoglycan recycling promotes β-lactam sensitivity in Caulobacter crescentus. mBio. 16. 10.1128/mbio.02975-24. 
  
  2024

• Niranjan, Rashmi & Patil, Sachin & Dubey, Amrita & Lochab, Bimlesh & Priyadarshini, Richa. (2024). Small cyclic dipeptide produced by Lactobacillus rhamnosus with anti-biofilm properties against Streptococcus mutans biofilm. Biofilm. 8. 100237. 10.1016/j.bioflm.2024.100237. 

• Modi, Malvika & Thambiraja, Menaka & Cherukat, Archana & Yennamalli, Raghu & Priyadarshini, Richa. (2024). Structure predictions and functional insights into Amidase_3 domain containing N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidases from Deinococcus indicus DR1. BMC Microbiology. 24. 10.1186/s12866-024-03225-4. 

• Goyal, Rohit & Sahu, Sangeeta & Mitra, Santanu & Niranjan, Rashmi & Priyadarshini, Richa & Yadav, Rashmi & Lochab, Bimlesh. (2024). Nanocellulose-Reinforced 4D Printed Hydrogels: Thermoresponsive Shape Morphing and Drug Release. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 6. 10.1021/acsapm.3c02420. 
  
  2023

• ​Morigen, Morigen & Glinkowska, Monika & Xie, Jianping & Priyadarshini, Richa & Kasho, Kazutoshi. (2023). Editorial: Bacterial transcription factors and the cell cycle, volume II. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1252924. 

• Rath, Suchismita & Maiti, Debajit & Modi, Malvika & Pal, Parul & Munan, Subrata & Mohanty, Biswajit & Bhatia, Anjani & Bhowal, Rohit & Priyadarshini, Richa & Samanta, Animesh & Munshi, Parthapratim & Sen, Subhabrata. (2023). Metal-free synthesis and study of glycine betaine derivatives in water for antimicrobial and anticancer applications. iScience. 26. 107285. 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107285. 

• ​Sahu, Sangeeta & Niranjan, Rashmi & Priyadarshini, Richa & Lochab, Bimlesh. (2023). Benzoxazine-grafted-chitosan biopolymer films with inherent disulfide linkage: Antimicrobial properties. Chemosphere. 328. 138587. 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138587.
  
  2022

• ​Ranganathan, Shrivaishnavi & Sethi, Deepa & Kasivisweswaran, Sandhya & L., Ramya & Priyadarshini, Richa & Yennamalli, Raghu. (2022). Structural and functional mapping of ars gene cluster in Deinococcus indicus DR1. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 21. 10.1016/j.csbj.2022.12.015. 

• Niranjan, Rashmi & Zafar, Saad & Lochab, Bimlesh & Priyadarshini, Richa. (2022). Synthesis and Characterization of Sulfur and Sulfur-Selenium Nanoparticles Loaded on Reduced Graphene Oxide and Their Antibacterial Activity against Gram-Positive Pathogens. Nanomaterials. 12. 191. 10.3390/nano12020191.
  
  2021

• Mahesh, Sankar & Sethi, Deepa & Priyadarshini, Richa & Yennamalli, Raghu. (2021). Comparative analysis of Lysine and Arginine biosynthesis pathway in Deinococcus genomes. 10.1101/2021.12.28.474397. 

• Sethi, Deepa & Priyadarshini, Richa. (2021). Isolation, Propagation, and Identification of Bacterial Species with Hydrocarbon Metabolizing Properties from Aquatic Habitats. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 10.3791/63101. 

• Pal, Parul & Modi, Malvika & Ravichandran, Shashank & Yennamalli, Raghu & Priyadarshini, Richa. (2021). DNA-Binding Properties of YbaB, a Putative Nucleoid-Associated Protein From Caulobacter crescentus. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 10.3389/fmicb.2021.733344. 

• Priyadarshini, Richa & Krishnan, Karthik & Niranjan, Rashmi. (2021). Insights into Oropharyngeal Microbiota, Biofilms and Associated Diseases from Metagenomics and Transcriptomic Approaches. 10.5772/intechopen.96449. 
  
  2020

• Yadav, Nisha & ., Monisha & Niranjan, Rashmi & Dubey, Amrita & Patil, Sachin & Priyadarshini, Richa & Lochab, Bimlesh. (2020). Antibacterial performance of fully biobased chitosan-grafted-polybenzoxazine films: Elaboration and properties of released material. Carbohydrate Polymers. 254. 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.117296. 
  
  2019

• Chauhan, Deepika & Srivastava, Pulkit & Ritzl, Barbara & Yennamalli, Raghu & Cava, Felipe & Priyadarshini, Richa. (2019). Amino Acid-Dependent Alterations in Cell Wall and Cell Morphology of Deinococcus indicus DR1. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01449.

•  Chauhan, Deepika & Hati, Santanu & Priyadarshini, Richa & Sen, Subhabrata. (2019). Transcriptome analysis predicts mode of action of benzimidazole molecules against Staphylococcus aureus UAMS‐1. Drug Development Research. 80. 490-503. 10.1002/ddr.21523. 

• Chauhan, Deepika & Srivastava, Pulkit & Agnihotri, Vidushi & Yennamalli, Raghu & Priyadarshini, Richa. (2019). Structure and function prediction of arsenate reductase from Deinococcus indicus DR1. Journal of Molecular Modeling. 25. 10.1007/s00894-018-3885-3. 
  
  2018

• Chauhan, Deepika & Agrawal, Guncha & Deshmukh, Sujit & Sinha Roy, Susanta & Priyadarshini, Richa. (2018). Biofilm formation by Exiguobacterium sp. DR11 and DR14 alter polystyrene surface properties and initiate biodegradation. RSC Advances. 8. 37590-37599. 10.1039/C8RA06448B.

•  Chauhan, Deepika & Srivastava, Pulkit & Agnihotri, Vidushi & Yennamalli, Raghu & Priyadarshini, Richa. (2018). Functional Chracterization of Arsenate reductase of Deinococcus indicus DR1 indicates an alternative catalytic mechanism. 10.13140/RG.2.2.35780.27527. 

• Dubey, Amrita & Priyadarshini, Richa. (2018). Amidase activity is essential for medial localization of AmiC in Caulobacter crescentus. Current Genetics. 64. 10.1007/s00294-017-0781-9. 
  
  2017

• Chauhan, Deepika & Srivastava, Pulkit & Yennamalli, Raghu & Priyadarshini, Richa. (2017). Draft Genome Sequence of Deinococcus indicus DR1, a Novel Strain Isolated from a Freshwater Wetland. Genome Announcements. 5. e00754-17. 10.1128/genomeA.00754-17. 

• Yadav, Nisha & Dubey, Amrita & Shukla, Swapnil & Saini, Chetan & Gupta, Govind & Priyadarshini, Richa & Lochab, Bimlesh. (2017). Graphene Oxide-Coated Surface: Inhibition of Bacterial Biofilm Formation due to Specific Surface–Interface Interactions. ACS Omega. 2. 3070-3082. 10.1021/acsomega.7b00371. 
  
  2012

• Priyadarshini, Richa & Cugini, Carla & Arndt, Annette & Chen, Tsute & Tjokro, Natalia & Goodman, Steven & Davey, Mary. (2012). The Nucleoid-Associated Protein HU-beta Affects Global Gene Expression in Porphyromonas gingivalis.. Microbiology (Reading, England). 159. 10.1099/mic.0.061002-0. 

• Hocking, Jason & Priyadarshini, Richa & Takacs, Constantin & Costa, Teresa & Dye, Natalie & Shapiro, Lucy & Vollmer, Waldemar & Jacobs-Wagner, Christine. (2012). Osmolality-Dependent Relocation of Penicillin-Binding Protein PBP2 to the Division Site in Caulobacter crescentus. Journal of bacteriology. 194. 3116-27. 10.1128/JB.00260-12. 
  
  2007

• Priyadarshini, Richa & de Pedro, Miguel & Young, Kevin. (2007). Role of Peptidoglycan Amidases in the Development and Morphology of the Division Septum in Escherichia coli. Journal of bacteriology. 189. 5334-47. 10.1128/JB.00415-07. 
  
  2006

• Priyadarshini, Richa & Young, Kevin. (2006). Daughter Cell Separation by Penicillin-Binding Proteins and Peptidoglycan Amidases in Escherichia coli. Journal of bacteriology. 188. 5345-55. 10.1128/JB.00476-06. ​