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Nooruddin Thajuddin

Bharathidasan University India

Dr. N. Thajuddin is working as an Associate Professor & Head of the Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India. He has more than 20 years of teaching and research experience in the field of Microbiology. His work on survey of marine cyanobacteria from India resulted in the establishment of marine cyanobacterial germplasm of 350 strains at National Facility for Marine Cyanobacteria, from which three technologies (blue colourants, β lactamase enzyme and aqua feed) were developed. He had a one-year postdoctoral training on molecular taxonomy and phylogeny of cyanobacteria at Department of Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA through the Department of Biotechnology Overseas Fellowship. He has published 120 articles in microbiology and related fields and has received project grants from government agencies such as DBT, MoES, and UGC. He is a life member of various academic bodies and member of editorial boards in several journals. Dr. Thajuddin has successfully guided 17 Ph.D and 22 M.Phil. scholars in diverse field of Microbiology and organized a national level symposia, workshops, refresher courses and training programmes related to Microbiology and Biotechnology. He has deposited around 250 nucleotide sequences in the GenBank (NCBI) and has visited USA, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore to disseminate his expertise and to keep himself abreast of the advanced techniques in the field of Microbiology.

2books edited

2chapters authored

Latest work with IntechOpen by Nooruddin Thajuddin

Algae - Organisms for Imminent Biotechnology will be useful source of information on basic and applied aspects of algae for post graduate students, researchers, scientists, agriculturists, and decision makers. The book comprises a total of 12 chapters covering various aspects of algae particularly on microalgal biotechnology, bloom dynamics, photobioreactor design and operation of microalgal mass cultivation, algae used as indicator of water quality, microalgal biosensors for ecological monitoring in aquatic environment, carbon capture and storage by microalgae to enhancing CO2 removal, synthesis and biotechnological potentials of algal nanoparticles, biofilms, silica-based nanovectors, challenges and opportunities in marine algae, and genetic identification and mass propagation of economically important seaweeds and seaweeds as source of new bioactive prototypes.

Algae

Algae

Edited by Nooruddin Thajuddin

Books edited

Fungicides

Fungicides

Edited by Nooruddin Thajuddin

Chapters authored

Aflatoxins and Aflatoxicosis in Human and Animals

By D. Dhanasekaran, S. Shanmugapriya, N. Thajuddin and A. Panneerselvam

Part of the book: Aflatoxins

Algal Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Biotechnological Potentials

By Felix LewisOscar, Sasikumar Vismaya, Manivel Arunkumar, Nooruddin Thajuddin, Dharumadurai Dhanasekaran and Chari Nithya

A nanoparticle can be defined as a small object that behaves as a whole unit in terms of its transport and properties. Nanoparticles are sized between 1 and 100 nm in diameter. Nanoparticles can act against the microbes in multiple ways, and the microbes are less likely to develop resistance against nanoparticles because it requires multiple gene mutations. The large surface-to-volume ratio of nanoparticles, their ability to easily interact with other particles, and several other features make them attractive tools in various fields. Nanoparticles are widely used various fields such as electronics, cosmetics, biomedical, and biotechnology. Nanoparticles can be synthesized by physical methods such as attrition, pyrolysis, and using some wet chemical methods. The physical and chemical methods have various drawbacks such as high cost of production, require high energy input and generation of toxic by-products. To overcome this, several biological methods are employed in the synthesis of nanoparticles. The biological methods are generally cost effective, nontoxic, and ecofriendly. This chapter focuses on the methods involved in algal-synthesized nanoparticles and its applications.

Part of the book: Algae

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