Yash Pal

The rumen is a remarkable organ harboring distinct microbial communities specializing in deconstructing complex cell wall structures and carbohydrates from plant biomass. In the event of the unavailability of traditional forages, forest by-products such as aspen bark and wood with considerable amounts of carbohydrates can serve as a potential ruminant feed substitute. In the framework of this research, we are trying to investigate the potential alterations in rumen microbial communities and regulation of associated genes when regular feed is substituted with aspen by-products using state-of-the-art omic's techniques. Additionally, in our separate project, we are trying to decipher the association of microbial communities as a whole in cheese production.

Microbiology, Bioinformatics, Omics, Animal nutrition

Pal Y, Mayilraj S, Krishnamurthi S. Exploring the Distinct Distribution of Archaeal Communities in Sites Contaminated with Explosives. Biomolecules. 2022; 12(4):489. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom12040489

Pal, Y., Mayilraj, S., Paul, M., Schumann, P., & Krishnamurthi, S. (2019). Indiicoccus explosivorum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an explosives waste contaminated site. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, 69(8), 2555–2564. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003541

Verma, A., Pal, Y., Ojha, A. K., Kumari, M., Khatri, I., Rameshkumar, N., Schumann, P., Dastager, S. G., Mayilraj, S., Subramanian, S., & Krishnamurthi, S. (2019). Taxonomic insights into the phylogeny of Bacillus badius and proposal for its reclassification to the genus Pseudobacillus as Pseudobacillus badius comb. nov. and reclassification of Bacillus wudalianchiensis Liu et al., 2017 as Pseudobacillus wudalianchiensis comb. nov. Systematic and applied microbiology, 42(3), 360–372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2019.03.003

Verma, A., Pal, Y., Kumar, P., & Krishnamurthi, S. (2020). Halocatena pleomorpha gen. nov. sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon of family Halobacteriaceae isolated from saltpan soil. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, 70(6), 3693–3700. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004222

Verma, A., Pal, Y., Khatri, I., Ojha, A. K., Gruber-Vodicka, H., Schumann, P., Dastager, S., Subramanian, S., Mayilraj, S., & Krishnamurthi, S. (2017). Examination into the taxonomic position of Bacillus thermotolerans Yang et al., 2013, proposal for its reclassification into a new genus and species Quasibacillus thermotolerans gen. nov., comb. nov. and reclassification of B. encimensis Dastager et al., 2015 as a later heterotypic synonym of B. badius. Systematic and applied microbiology, 40(7), 411–422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2017.07.010

Verma, A., Sundharam, S. S., Pal, Y., Bisht, B., Yadav, P., & Krishnamurthi, S. (2021). Yangia mangrovi sp. nov., a novel member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from mangrove soil and emended description of Yangia pacifica Dai et al. 2006. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, 71(9), 10.1099/ijsem.0.005021. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005021