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Ramasamy Vijayakumar

Bharathidasan University Constituent College

Dr. Ramasamy Vijayakumar is an Assistant professor in the Department of Microbiology, at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India. He has eighteen years of teaching experience as well as twenty-two years of research experience in the field of actinobacterial research. He has deposited around twenty-one nucleotide sequences in GenBank; published eighty research articles, thirteen book chapters, and three books; guided six Ph.D. candidates; and organized several seminars and workshops. He has received research grants from the DBT, TNSCST, and TANSCHE, Government of India. He filed one Indian patent. He is a life member of the National Academy of Biological Sciences, India, the Mycological Society of India, and the Microbiologist’s Society, India. He is a member of the doctoral committee for Ph.D. scholars and a member of the board of studies for microbiology in various institutions. He received the 2013 Shri P.K. Das Memorial Best Faculty Award in Microbiology from the Nehru Arts and Science College, Coimbatore, India. As per the Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (Vol. 51, 2013), Dr. Vijayakumar was ranked second in the top five institutions in the field of actinobacterial research in India.

2books edited

3chapters authored

Latest work with IntechOpen by Ramasamy Vijayakumar

This book provides an overview of secondary metabolites in three sections: “Introduction”, “Secondary Metabolites: General Reviews and Biotechnological Interventions” and “Plant Secondary Metabolites.” It discusses the antimicrobial, anticancer, and antioxidant activities of secondary metabolites, biotechnological interventions in the production and research of secondary metabolites, and the secondary metabolites of plants.

Secondary Metabolites

Secondary Metabolites

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Secondary Metabolites

Secondary Metabolites

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Chapters authored

Actinobacteria — A Biofactory of Novel Enzymes

By Govindharaj Vaijayanthi, Ramasamy Vijayakumar and Dharmadurai Dhanasekaran

Biocatalysis offers green and clean solutions to chemical processes and is emerging as an effective alternative to chemical technology. The chemical processes are now carried out by biocatalysts (enzymes) which are essential components of all biological systems. However, the utility of enzymes is not naive to us, as they have been a vital part of our lives from immemorial times. Their use in fermentation processes like wine and beer manufacture, vinegar production, and bread making has been practised for several decades. However, a commercial breakthrough happened during the middle of the 20th century with the first commercial protease production. Since then, due to the development of newer industries, the enzyme industry has not only seen a remarkable growth but has also matured with a technology-oriented perspective. Commercially available enzymes are derived from plants, animals, and microorganisms. However, a major fraction of enzymes are chiefly derived from microbes due to their ease of growth, nutritional requirements, and low-cost downstream processing. In addition, enzymes with new physical and physiological characteristics like high productivity, specificity, stability at extreme conditions, low cost of production, and tolerance to inhibitors are always the most sought after properties from an industrial standpoint. To meet the increasing demand of robust, high-turnover, economical, and easily available biocatalysts, research is always channelized for novelty in enzyme or its source or for improvement of existing enzymes by engineering at gene and protein levels. The novel actinobacteria and their industrially important enzymes will assist effective productivity and fulfill the requirements of industries.

Part of the book: Actinobacteria

An Introductory Chapter: Secondary Metabolites

By Durairaj Thirumurugan, Alagappan Cholarajan, Suresh S.S. Raja and Ramasamy Vijayakumar

Part of the book: Secondary Metabolites

Introductory Chapter: Secondary Metabolites - An Overview

By Girish Nair, Suresh Selvapuram Sudalaimuthu Raja and Ramasamy Vijayakumar

Part of the book: Secondary Metabolites

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