Microbiology

☑Inventory and documentation and sustainable utilization of the mushrooms and microbial diversity including lichens of the state of Kerala and its bio-prospecting.
The division also engaged in screening the Actinomycetes diversity of Western Ghats for novel antimicrobial, anticancer and anti-biofilm agents.

Dr. C. K. Pradeep
Head, Senior Principal Scientist

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Dr. Vipin Mohan Dan
Senior Scientist

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Dr. Biju H
Technical Officer

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Dr. A. Sabeena
Technical Officer

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R&D Projects Completed/Ongoing
  1. Documentation, Database and Conservation of Edible Mushroom Resources of Kerala. 2 years-Completed-Kerala State Biodiversity Board
  2. Documentation, Database and Conservation of Edible Mushroom Resources of Kerala. 3 years-On going-KSCSTE

Recent Publications

  1. Gama Mohan M Geetha, Anagha Bindu, Ratheesh S, Vipin Mohan Dan & C K Pradeep (2025). First metabolic profiling of Indian wild edible mushroom Amanita hemibapha reveals antimicrobial compounds that infers selective activity against gram-positive human pathogens, Natural Product Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2025.2478531
  2. Alfredo Justo, Ekaterina Malysheva, Tatiana Bulyonkova, Guillermo Muñoz, Giuliano Ferisin, Francesco Dovana, Oğuzhan Kaygusuz, Irja Saar, Vladimír Antonín, Else C. Vellinga, Renée Lebeuf, Andrew M. Minnis, Django Grootmyers, Jacob Kalichman, Andrew D. Parker, Danny Miller, Stephen D. Russell, Mary L. Berbee, Sophie Hoye Pacholek, Oldriska Ceska, C. K. Pradeep, V. Keerthi & Hana Ševčíková (2025). The Pluteus leoninus clade in the Holarctic region: existing names evaluated and seven new species described. Mycologia 117(3): 374-417. https://doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2025.2460237
  3. Nayana PK, Pradeep CK (2025). New species and new geographic record of Candolleomyces (Psathyrellaceae, Agaricales) from India. Phytotaxa 691 (1): 034–048. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.691.1.3
  4. L. Argentel‑Martinez, O. Penuelas‑Rubio, A. Herrera‑Sepulveda, J. Gonzalez‑ Aguilera, S. Sudheer, L. M. Salim, S. Lal, C. K. Pradeep, A. Ortiz, E. Sansinenea, S. H. K. Hathurusinghe, S. Jae‑Ho, O. Oluranti Babalola, U. Azizoglu (2024). Biotechnological advances in plant growth‑promoting rhizobacteria for sustainable agriculture. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 41: 21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-024-04231-4
  5. V. Keerthi, Alfredo Justo, Pradeep CK (2024). Two new species of Pluteus (Pluteaceae) from India based on morphology and ITS-based phylogeny. Phytotaxa 670 (3): 161–174.
  6. C. P. Arya and C. K. Pradeep (2024). Two noteworthy Agaricus subgenus Spissicaules (Agaricaceae) from India. Nova Hedwigia 118 (3-4): 355–364. https://doi.org/ 10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2023/0738
  7. Nayana PK, Pradeep CK (2024). Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal two new species of Candolleomyces (Psathyrellaceae) from India. Phytotaxa 659 (3): 255–267.
  8. V. Keerthi, Alfredo Justo, Hana Ševčíková, Pradeep CK (2024). Pluteus section Celluloderma (Pluteaceae): two new species in the Pluteus podospileus clade. Phytotaxa 635(2): 113–125.
  9. Arya CP, Pradeep CK (2024). Agaricus section Minores: New and noteworthy species from India. Phytotaxa 634 (3): 255–273. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.634.3.5
Current Research Scholars/Project Students
  1. Dr Arya CP, CSIR-RA
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