Biography

Since 2003, I have been working with actinobacteria ecology, biodiversity, and production of bioactive compounds from actinobacteria of India. I have had an extensive and exhaustive field visits to collect the soil as well as sediment samples for the isolation of marine actinobacteria from various mangrove and Seashore areas of South India.

Area of Interest:

Microbiology

100%

Industrial and Food and Dairy Microbiology

62%

Environmental Microbiology

90%

Mycology

75%

Microbial Diversity and Biotechnology

55%

Research Publications in Numbers

Books
4

Chapters
16

Articles
74

Abstracts
82

Selected Publications

Venkatesan, R., S.S.S. Raja, R. Vijayakumar and K. Panneerselvam, 2021. Isolation and identification of staphylococci and pseudomonas from diabetic foot ulcer in Perambalur District Hospitals in Tamil Nadu. J. Pharm. Res. Int., 33: 15-21.
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Vijayakumar, R., K. Karthika and R. Senthilkumar, 2020. Plant growth promoting activities of soil fungi resistant to synthetic fertilizers. Kavaka, 55: 91-100.
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Porselvi, A. and R. Vijayakumar, 2020. Evaluation of paddy straw varieties for the nutritional composition of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus florida and Pleurotus eous). Agric. Res. J., 57: 564-570.
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Vijayakumar, R. and S. Raja, 2018. Secondary Metabolites-Sources and Applications. InTechOpen, London, UK, ISBN: 978-1-78923-643-9, Pages: 148.
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Thirumurugan, D., R. Vijayakumar, C. Vadivalagan, P. Karthika and M.K.A. Khan, 2018. Isolation, structure elucidation and antibacterial activity of methyl-4,8-dimethylundecanate from the marine actinobacterium Streptomyces albogriseolus ECR64. Microb. Pathogen., 121: 166-172.
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Thirumurugan, D., A. Cholarajan, S.S.S. Raja and R. Vijayakumar, 2018. An Introductory Chapter: Secondary Metabolites. In: Secondary Metabolites-Sources and Applications, Vijayakumar R. and S. Raja (Eds.), InTechOpen, London, UK, ISBN: 978-1-78923-643-9, pp: 1-21.
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Thirumurugan, D., I.A. Karfi, R. Vijayakumar and N. Tg, 2017. An alternative approach on bioremediation of heavy metals in tannery effluents waste using Streptomyces sp. Asian J. Pharm. Clin. Res., 10: 323-326.
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Vaijayanthi, G., R. Vijayakumar and D. Dhanasekaran, 2016. Actinobacteria-A Biofactory of Novel Enzymes. In: Actinobacteria-Basics and Biotechnological Applications, Dhanasekaran, D. and Y. Jiang (Eds.), InTechOpen, London, UK, ISBN: 978-953-51-2248-7, pp: 329-352.
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Thirumurugan, D. and R. Vijayakumar, 2015. Characterization and structure elucidation of antibacterial compound of Streptomyces sp. ECR77 isolated from east coast of India. Curr. Microbiol., 70: 745-755.
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Vijayakumar, R., K.P. Selvam, C. Muthukumar, N. Thajuddin, A. Panneerselvam and R. Saravanamuthu, 2012. Antimicrobial potentiality of a halophilic strain of Streptomyces sp. VPTSA18 isolated from the saltpan environment of Vedaranyam, India. Ann. Microbiol., 62: 1039-1047.
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Vijayakumar, R., K. Panneerselvam, C. Muthukumar, N. Thajuddin, A. Panneerselvam and R. Saravanamuthu, 2012. Optimization of antimicrobial production by the marine actinomycetes Streptomyces afghaniensis VPTS3-1 isolated from Palk Strait, East Coast of India. Indian J. Microbiol., 52: 230-239.
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Vijayakumar, R., G. Gopika, D. Dhanasekaran and R. Saravanamuthu, 2012. Isolation, characterisation and antifungal activity of marine actinobacteria from Goa and Kerala, the West coast of India. Arch. Phytopathol. Plant Prot., 45: 1010-1025.
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