Sreedevi N Kutty

The fungal communities of mangrove sediments have wide ecological significance and are actively involved in nutrient recycling, decomposition of litter and degradation of recalcitrant substances. The present study focused on comparing the abundance, diversity and composition of fungal community in the sediments of two selected mangrove ecosystems o...

The extracellular enzymes produced by yeasts present in mangrove sediments were found to have wide range of biotechnological and industrial applications. Large scale production of these enzymes by bioprocess techniques needs proper optimization of culture conditions for high enzyme yield in a cost-effective manner. In the present study, we investig...

Water contamination refers to degradation of water quality from a public health or ecological view point. The pollution of municipal water by human and animal sources is the major threat to the public health in developing countries. The present study was conducted for detection, isolation and identification of human bacterial pathogens present in t...

Disease-causing microbes are the primary human health risk in sewage-contaminated waters, and the main cause of recreational beach closures. Beach pollution consequently is a persistent public health problem. Annually, thousands of swimming advisories and beach closings are experienced because high levels of disease-causing microbes are found in th...