American Journal of Biochemistry

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Pallavi Dwivedi

Editorial Board Member of American Journal of Biochemistry

Assistant Professor, Sir Padampat Singhania University, Udaipur(Rajasthan), India

Research Areas

Microbial Biotechnology, Production of Value Added Products Through Fermentation, Production of Biodiesel

Education

2004-2009Ph.DMicrobial Biotechnology Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
2003M. Sc.Biotechnology Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur
2001B. Sc.Chemistry, Botany, Zoology Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur

Academic Achievement

Received an international travel grant from Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Rajasthan, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India, to attend the 14
Qualified GATE-2003 Percentile-88.30, All India Rank-407.
Qualified joint CSIR-UGC test (NET June, 2003).
The poster entitled "Alkali tolerant, cellulase free xylanase from P. oxalicum SAUE-3.510 using cheaper lignocellulosic materials." got first prize at National Symposium Biohorizon-2006, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, which was held during March 10th-11th.
Microbial strain Penicillium oxalicum SA-8 was deposited in Indian Type Culture Collection (ITCC) bank with ITCC No. 6024 at Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi.

Publications: Journals

[1]  Dwivedi P., Vivekanand V, Pareek N, Sharma A and Singh R P (2011). Co-cultivation of mutant Penicillium oxalicum SAUE-3.510 and Pleurotus ostreatus for simultaneous biosynthesis of xylanase and laccase under solid-state fermentation. New Biotechnology, doi:10.1016/j.nbt.2011.05.006
[2]  Vivekanand V, Dwivedi P, Pareek N, and Singh R P (2011). Banana peel: a potential substrate for laccase production by Aspergillus fumigatus Vkj2.4.5 in solid-state fermentation. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, DOI 10.1007/s12010-011-9244-9
[3]  Pareek N, Vivekanand V, Dwivedi P and Singh R P (2010). Penicillium oxalicum SAEM-51: a mutagenized strain for enhanced production of chitin deacetylase for bioconversion to chitosan. New Biotechnology 28, 118-124.
[4]  Dwivedi P, Vivekanand V, Ganguly R and Singh R P (2009). Parthenium sp. as a plant biomass for the production of alkalitolerant xylanase from mutant Penicillium oxalicum SAUE-3.510 in submerged fermentation. Biomass and Bioenergy 33, 581-588.
[5]  Dwivedi P, Vivekanand V, Pareek N, Sharma A and Singh R P (2009). Bleach enhancement of mixed wood pulp by xylanase-laccase concoction derived through co-culture strategy. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 160:255–268 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-009-8654-4.
[6]  Vivekanand V, Dwivedi P, Sharma A, Sabharwal N and Singh R P (2008). Enhanced delignification of mixed wood pulp by Aspergillus fumigatus laccase mediator system. World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 24, 2799-2804.
[7]  Ganguly R, Dwivedi P and Singh R P (2007). Production of lactic acid with loofa sponge immobilized Rhizopus oryzae RBU2-10. Bioresource Technol. 98, 1246-1251.

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums

[1]  P. Dwivedi, V. Vivekanand, N. Pareek and R. P. Singh (2010). Bleaching Applications and Scaled-Up Production of Xylanase-Laccase Mixture in an Intermittent Rotating Drum Bioreactor. 14th International Biotechnology Symposium and Exhibition, Rimini, Italy, September 14th-18th, 2010, PP-575.
[2]  Dwivedi P, Vivekanand V, Pareek N and Singh R P (2009). An intermittent rotating drum bioreactor for the production of xylanase-laccase concoction through co-cultivation under solid-state fermentation. 3rd Congress of European Microbiologists-FEMS 2009, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 28-July 02, 2009, PP 158.
[3]  Pareek N, Dwivedi P, Vivekanand V and Singh R P (2009). Chitin deacetylase from Penicillium oxalicum ITCC 6965: A novel enzyme for production of chitosan. 3rd Congress of European Microbiologists-FEMS 2009, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 28-July 02, 2009 PP 158.
[4]  Dwivedi P, Vivekanand, Sabharwal N and Singh R P (2007). "Fungal co-cultivation: an approach for simultaneous production of xylanase and laccase under submerged fermentation using Parthenium sp. as a novel plant biomass". 29th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Denver Adams Mark Hotel, Denver, Colorado, USA, 29th April-2nd May, 2007, PP-181.
[5]  Vivekanand, Dwivedi P, Sabharwal N and Singh R P (2007). "SSF: a novel strategy for enhanced production of laccase by mutant Aspergillus fumigatus VkJ2-4.5 using banana peel as an ideal solid support". 29th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Denver Adams Mark Hotel, Denver, Colorado, USA, 29th April-2nd May, 2007, PP-182.
[6]  Sharma A, Vivekanand, Dwivedi P and Singh R P (2007). Solid-state fermentation for gluconic acid production from sugarcane molasses by Aspergillus niger ARNU-4 strain employing tea waste as the novel solid support. 15th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition. Biomass for Energy, Industry and Climate Protection., ICC Intl Cong Centre Berlin, Germany, May 07th-11th.
[7]  Singh R P, Kapur N and Dwivedi P (2005). Regulation and engineering of xylanases possibilities and implications. International Conference on Microbial Diversity, University of Delhi, New Delhi, April 16th-18th, p 30-31.
[8]  Dwivedi P, Vivekanand and Singh R P (2006). Alkalitolerant, cellulase free xylanase from P. oxalicum SAUE-3.510 using cheaper lignocellulosic materials. Natl. Symp. Biohorizon-2006, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, March 10th-11th, p, 3.

Publications: Books/Book Chapters

[1]  Singh R P, Vivekanand and Dwivedi P (2010). "Laccase Regulation and Laccase Dependent Bioremediation"; In: "Industrial Exploitation of Microorganisms-A Techno-Commercial Approach", (Maheshwari D K & Dubey R C eds.) I K International, New Delhi, India, PP-286-301.
[2]  Singh R P, Dwivedi P, Vivekanand and Kapur N (2007). Xylanases: structure, molecular cloning and regulation of expression. In: Lignocellulose Biotechnology: Future Prospects, (Kuhad R C & Singh A eds.) I K international New Delhi, India, pp: 149-161.