Research Project:

§  Investigation on the pathogenesis of biofilm-forming Listeria monocytogenes in animal and cell culture models

§  Inactivation of biofilms produced by foodborne pathogens using smart nanoparticles

Publications:

Kim, K.P., Singh, A.K., Bai, X., Leprun, L., and Bhunia, A.K., 2015. Novel PCR assays complement laser biosensor-based method and facilitate Listeria species detection from food. Sensors 15:22672-22691.

Singh, A.K., Drolia, R., Bai, X., and Bhunia, A.K. 2015. Streptomycin induced stress response in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium shows distinct colony scatter signature. PLoS ONE. 10(8):e0135035.

Singh, A.K., Sun, X., Bai, X., Kim, H., Abdalhaseib, M., Bae, E., and Bhunia, A.K. 2015. Label-free, non-invasive light scattering sensor for screening of Bacillus colonies. J. Microbiol. Methods 109:56-66.

Singh, A.K., Leprun, L., Drolia, R., Bai, X., Kim, H., Aroonnual, A., Bae, E., Mishra, K.M., and Bhunia, A.K., 2016. Virulence gene-associated mutant bacterial colonies generate differentiating two-dimensional laser scatter fingerprints. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 82:3256-3268

Zhu, X., Liu, D., Singh, A.K., Drolia, R., Bai, X., Tenguria, S., and Bhunia, A.K. 2018. Tunicamycin mediated inhibition of wall teichoic acid affect Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes cell morphology, biofilm formation and virulence. Front. Microbiol. 9:1352.

Singh, A.K., Bai, X., Amalaradjou. M.A.R., and Bhunia, A.K. 2018. Antilisterial and antibiofilm activity of peptide functionalized gold nanoparticles Front. Sust. Food Syst. 2:74.