Journal of Microbiology Research

Journal of Microbiology Research aims to publish all the latest and outstanding research articles, reviews and letters in all areas of major importance to techniques of microbiology and applied research. It publishes high quality research and review papers on novel aspects of microbiology, including environmental, food, agricultural, medical, pharmaceutical, veterinary, soil, water and biodeterioration.

p-ISSN: 2166-5885
e-ISSN: 2166-5931
Website: http://journal.sapub.org/microbiology

Soorej Basheer

Editorial Board Member of Journal of Microbiology Research

Post-doctoral Fellow, ESA-Endotoxins, structure and activities, IGM, University of Paris, India

Research Areas

Industrial Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Microbial taxonomy, Bioactive peptides, Bioinformatics and structural studies of proteins

Education

2008	Ph.D. Biotechnology	Department of Biotechnology, Cochin University of Science & Technology
2001	M.Sc. Microbiology	Department of Microbiology, Sree Sankara College, (MG University)
1998	B.Sc. Zoology	The Cochin College, (MG University)

Academic Achievement

2008, Recipient of the prestigious UGC-Dr DS Kothari postdoctoral fellowship to work as Postdoc in the Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

2004-2008, Recipient of Senior Research Fellowship by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, (CSIR project), HRD, Govt of India, New Delhi

2002-2004, Recipient of Junior Research Fellowship by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, (CSIR project), HRD, Govt of India, New Delhi

2001, Recipient of Junior Research Fellowship by Kerala Forest Development Department (through Project), Govt of Kerala

2000, Qualified the Lectureship (National Eligibility Test) UGC/CSIR Examination

Publications: Journals

[1]	Soorej M Basheer, Sreeja Chellappan, Beena P S, Rajeev K Sukumaran, Elyas K K and M Chandrasekaran (2011). Lipase from marine Aspergillus awamori BTMFW032: Production, partial purification and application in oil effluent treatment New Biotechnology 28(6): 627-638 (IF-2).
[2]	Soorej M. Basheer, Nicole Guiso, Alina Tirsoaga, Martine Caroff and Alexey Novikov (2011). Structural modifications occurring in lipid A of Bordetella bronchiseptica clinical isolates as demonstrated by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry; 25, 1075-1081 (IF 2.85).
[3]	Bijna B, Sreeja Chellappan, Jissa G Krishna, Soorej M Basheer, Elyas K K, Ali H Bahkali and M. Chandrasekaran (2011). Protease inhibitor from Moringa oleifera active against therapeutic proteases. Saudi J. of Biological Sciences 18, 273–281 (IF 0.56).
[4]	Bijna B, Sreeja Chellappan, Soorej M Basheer, Elyas K K, Ali H Bahkali and M Chandrasekaran (2011). Protease inhibitor from Moringa oleifera: Isolation, purification and characterization. Process Biochemistry 46:2291-2300 (IF 2.65).
[5]	Jissa G. Krishna, Soorej M. Basheer, K.K. Elyas and M. Chandrasekaran (2011). Prodigiosin from Marine Bacterium: Production, Characterization and Application as Dye in Textile Industry. International J. of Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 7(1): 155-191.
[6]	Beena P. S., Soorej M. Basheer, Sarita G. Bhat, Ali H. Bahkali and M. Chandrasekaran (2011). Propyl Gallate Synthesis Using Acidophilic Tannase and Simultaneous Production of Tannase and Gallic Acid by Marine Aspergillus awamori BTMFW032. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 164:612–628 (IF- 1.879).
[7]	Sreeja Chellappan, Jasmin C, Soorej M Basheer, Archana Kishore, Elyas K K, Sarita G Bhat and M Chandrasekaran (2011). Characterization of an extracellular alkaline serine protease from marine Engyodontium album BTMFS10. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 38:743–752 (IF- 2.42).
[8]	Beena, P.S., Soorej, M. Basheer, Sarita G. Bhat, and Chandrasekaran, M. (2011). Garcina cambogia leaf and seawater as substrate for Tannase enzyme production by marine Aspergillus awamori BTMFW032 under slurry state fermentation. Natural Product Communications 6(12): 1933-1938 (IF-0.894).
[9]	Beena, P.S., Soorej, M. Basheer, Elyas, K.K., Sarita G. Bhat, and Chandrasekaran, M. (2010) Acidophilic tannase from marine Aspergillus awamori BTMFW032. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 20(10): 1403-1414.
[10]	Jissa G Krishna, Soorej M Basheer, Beena P S and M Chandrasekaran (2008). Marine bacteria as source of pigment for application as dye in textile industry. In: Proceeding of the International Conference on Biodiversity Conservation and Management (Biocam 2008) Natarajan et al (eds) p 743-750. ISBN: 978-81-907269-7-9.
[11]	Sreeja Chellappan, C. Jasmin, Soorej M. Basheer, K.K. Elyas, Sarita G. Bhat and M. Chandrasekaran (2006). Production, purification and partial characterization of a novel protease from marine Engyodontium album BTMFS10 under solid state fermentation. Process Biochemistry, 41(4): 956-961. (IF 2.65)

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]	Soorej M Basheer, Shibu Raj and Abraham T K. Optimisation of cultural conditions for antimicrobial antibiotic accumulation by a Streptomyces strain TBGA120. National seminar on recent advances in Biological sciences-Biospectrum 2000. (2nd Best poster award)
[2]	Soorej M. Basheer, Alexey Novikov, Alina Tirsoaga, Elizabeth Njamkepo, Nicole Guiso and Martine Caroff. Endotoxin structural modifications occurring in Bordetellae and its role in pathogenicity. International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology (NHBT), Nov 21-24, 2011, Trivandrum, India.
[3]	Sreeja Chellappan, Jasmin C, Soorej M. Basheer and M Chandrasekaran. Stability studies and applications of an extracellular alkaline serine protease from marine Engyodontium album BTMFS10. International Conference on New Horizons in Biotechnology (NHBT), Nov 21-24, 2011, Trivandrum, India.
[4]	Sreeja Chellappan, Soorej M. Basheer and M. Chandrasekaran. An extracellular alkaline serine protease from marine Engyodontium album BTMFS10 with potential for application in detergent industry. ECOCASD 2011, International Conference on Ecosystem Conservation and Sustainable Development. 10-12 February, 2011, Ambo University, Ethiopia.
[5]	Soorej M Basheer, Alexey Novikov, Alina Tirsoaga, Nicole Guiso and Martine Caroff. Impact of endotoxin structural modifications on Bordetella bronchiseptica virulence, as shown by MALDI-MS, in clinical isolates. International conference on mass spectrometry of biological molecules-Desorption 2010, Seillac, France. May 30-June 3.
[6]	Soorej Basheer, Alexey Novikov, Alina Tirsoaga, Nicole Guiso and Martine Caroff. Endotoxin (lipid A) structural modifications in Bordetella bronchiseptica clinical isolates and its correlation with virulence. Ninth International Bordetella Symposium, Baltimore, MD, USA, Sep 30- Oct 3, 2010.
[7]	Martine Caroff, Soorej Basheer, Asmaa Elhamidi, Luis Augusto, Nico Marr, Nita Shah, Adeline M. Hajjar, Rachel Fernandez, Malcolm B. Perry, Elisabeth Njamkepo, Nicole Guiso and Alexey Novikov. The Bordetella Saga: latest updates on B. pertussis, B. parapertussis, B. bronchiseptica and B. petrii lipids A. Joint Meeting between the Society for Leukocyte Biology & the International Endotoxin and Innate Immunity Society "The Three Rs of Immunity: Recognition, Response and Resolution" Vancouver, Canada, October 7-9, 2010.
[8]	Soorej Basheer, Alexey Novikov, Alina Tirsoaga, Nicole Guiso and Martine Caroff. Endotoxin structural modifications correlate with virulence in Bordetella bronchiseptica clinical isolates. Joint Meeting between the Society for Leukocyte Biology & the International Endotoxin and Innate Immunity Society "The Three Rs of Immunity: Recognition, Response and Resolution" Vancouver, Canada, October 7-9, 2010.
[9]	Martine Caroff, Imane Chafchaouni-Moussaoui Soorej Basheer, Onya Opota, Bruno Lemaitre, Malcolm B. Perry and Alexey Novikov. A new mild and easy micro-hydrolysis of lipopolysaccharides using triethylamine citrate. Joint Meeting between the Society for Leukocyte Biology & the International Endotoxin and Innate Immunity Society "The Three Rs of Immunity: Recognition, Response and Resolution" Vancouver, Canada, October 7-9, 2010.
[10]	Alexey Novikov, Soorej M Basheer, Asmaa El Hamidi and Martine Caroff. Micromethos for rapid lipid A isolation, profiling and structural characterization. 7th LIPIDOMICS CONGRESS, Anglet/Biarritz, France, 3-6 October 2010.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters