1. Sengor S and Sani RK. 2020. Biogeochemical Interactions of Bioreduced Uranium Nanoparticles, In Microbial Interactions at Nano-Bio Interfaces. Editors: NK Rathinam and RK Sani. Wiley. In Press
  2. Sengor S and Sani RK. 2020. Characterization and Quantification of Mobile Bioreduced Uranium Phases, In Microbial Interactions at Nano-Bio Interfaces. Editors: NK Rathinam and RK Sani. Wiley. In Press
  3. Govil T, Sharma W, Salem DR, and Sani RK. 2020. Multi-omics approaches for extremophilic microbial, genetic, and metabolic diversity, In Extreme Environments. Editor: A. Pandey. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. In Press
  4. Wang J, Salem DR, and Sani RK. 2020. The microbial polymers produced from methane: Overview of recent progress and new perspectives, In Microbial and Natural Macromolecules: Synthesis and Applications. Editors: S Das and HR Dash. Academic Press, Elsevier. In Press.
  5. Singh SS, Salem DR, and Sani RK. 2020. Spectroscopy and microscopic techniques for characterization of microbial molecules with major emphasis on Bacterial Nanocellulose, In Microbial and Natural Macromolecules: Synthesis and Applications. Editors: S Das and HR Dash. Academic Press, Elsevier. In Press.
  6. Islam J, Shrestha N, Bathi JR, Sani RK, and Gadhamshetty V. 2020. Surface modification approaches: Electricity generation from Methane in Bioelectrochemical Systems. Eds. P. Kumar and C. Kuppam. Springer, In Press.
  7. Samanta D, Govil T, Salem DR, Krumholz LR, Gerlach R, Gadhamshetty V, and Sani RK. 2019. Methane Monooxygenases: Their Regulations and Applications in Biofuel Production, In Microbes for sustainable development and Bioremediation. Editors: Ram Chandra, RC Sobti. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. In Press
  8. Govil T, Rathinam NK, Salem DR, and Sani RK. 2018. Taxonomical diversity of extremophiles in the deep biosphere, In Microbial diversity in the genomic era. Ed. S. Das and HR Dash. Elsevier. In Press.
  9. Arora R, Sharma NK, Kumar S, and Sani RK. 2018. Lignocellulosic ethanol: feedstocks and bioprocessing. In Bioethanol production from food crops (page 165-185), Ed. Ray RC and Ramachandran S.
  10. Rathinam NK, Salem D, and Sani RK. 2018. Biofilm Engineering for improving the performance of Microbial Electrochemical Systems, Microbial Electrochemical Technology: Platform for Fuels, Chemicals and Remediation. Ed. A. Pandey and V. Mohan, Elsevier.
  11. Rathinam NK, Salem D, and Sani RK. 2018. Rewiring Extremophilic Electrocatalysis for Production of Biofuels and Value-added Compounds from Lignocellulosic Biomass, In Extremophilic Microbial Processing of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks to Biofuels, Value-Added Products, and Usable Power Ed. R.K. Sani and N.K. Rathinam. Springer.
  12. Wang J, Rathinam NK, Salem D, and Sani RK. 2018. Integrated Consolidated Bioprocessing for Conversion of Lignocellulosic Feedstock to Biofuels and Value-added Bioproducts, In Extremophilic Microbial Processing of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks to Biofuels, Value-Added Products, and Usable Power Ed. R.K. Sani and N.K. Rathinam. Springer.
  13. Rathinam NK and Sani RK. 2018. Bioprospecting of Extremophiles for Biotechnology Applications, In Extremophilic Microbial Processing of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks to Biofuels, Value-Added Products, and Usable Power. Ed. RK. Sani and R.N. Krishnaraj. Springer, USA.
  14. Khandeparker R and Sani RK. 2018. Biobutanol Production using Recombinant Microorganisms/Extremophiles. In Extremophilic Microbial Processing of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks to Biofuels, Value-Added Products, and Usable Power. Ed. RK Sani and R.N. Krishnaraj. Springer, USA.
  15. Rao R, Sani RK, and Kumar S. 2018. Hydrogen Production from Lignocellulosic Feedstocks using Extremophiles. In Extremophilic Microbial Processing of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks to Biofuels, Value-Added Products, and Usable Power. Ed. RK Sani and R.N. Krishnaraj. Springer, USA.
  16. Liew KJ, Lim CC, Chan CS, Wei KY, Salleh MM, Sani RK, Chan KG, and Goh KM. 2018. Direct Cellulase Gene Amplification from Hot Spring Using the Guidance of 16S rRNA Amplicon Metagenomics. In Metagenomics Perspectives, Methods, and Applications. Ed. Nagarajan. Elsevier Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-08-102268-9.
  17. Rathinam NK, Samanta D, and Sani RK. 2017. Computational Nanotechnology – A tool for screening therapeutic nanomaterials against Alzheimer’s disease neuromethods: Computational modeling of drugs against Alzheimer’s disease. Ed. Roy K. Springer Nature, USA.
  18. Rathinam NK and Sani RK. 2017. Extremophilic Microbial Processes, In R. Sani and N.K. Rathinam. (eds) Extremophilic Microbial Processing of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks to Bioenergy. Springer, Cham
  19. Rathinam NK, David A, and Sani RK. 2017. Fundamentals of Enzymatic Processes, In Extremophilic Enzymatic Processing of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks to Bioenergy. Ed. RK Sani and RN Krishnaraj. Springer, USA. Pg.5-29. ISBN 978-3-319-54684-1.
  20. Bibra M, Rathinam NK, and Sani RK. (2017) An Overview on Extremophilic Chitinases. In Extremophilic Enzymatic Processing of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks to Bioenergy, Ed. RK Sani and RN Krishnaraj. Springer, USA. Pg.225-247. ISBN 978-3-319-54684-1.
  21. Rathinam NK and R.K. Sani. 2017. Introduction to Extremozymes. In Extremophilic Enzymatic Processing of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks to Bioenergy. Ed. RK Sani and Krishnaraj RN. Springer, USA. Pg. 1-4. ISBN 978-3-319-54684-1.
  22. Kumar S, Bhalla A, Bibra M, and Sani RK. Thermophilic Biohydrogen Production: Challenges at the Industrial Scale.  In Bioenergy: Opportunities and Challenges. Ed. R.N. Krishnaraj. Apple Academy Press, USA.  pp 3-35.
  23. Bibra M, Wang J, Squillace P, Pinkelman R, Papendick S, Schneiderman S, Wood V, Amar V, Kumar S, Salem DR, and Sani RK. 2015. Biofuels and Value-added Products from Extremophiles. In Advances in Biotechnology.  Neelu Nawani, Madhukar Khetmalas, Ashok Pandey, P. M Razdan and K. B Powar. I. K. International Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., Delhi.  pp 17-51.
  24. Rastogi G and Sani RK. 2011. Molecular techniques to assess microbial community structure, function, and dynamics in the environment. Chapter in “Microbes and Microbial Technology: Agricultural and environmental applications”. Publisher Springer, USA. P 29-57.
  1. Govil T, Wang J, Samanta D, David A, Tripathi A, Rauniyar S, Salem DR, and Sani RK. 2020. Lignocellulosic feedstock: a review of a sustainable platform for cleaner production of nature's plastics. In Press. Journal of Cleaner Production.
  2. Govil1T, Saxena P, Samanta D, Singh SS, Kumar S, Salem DR, and Sani RK. 2020. Adaptive enrichment of a thermophilic bacterial isolate for enhanced enzymatic activity. Microorganisms 2020, 8, 871; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8060871
  3. Tripathi AK, David A, Govil T, Rauniyar S, Rathinam NK, Goh KM, and Sani RK. 2020. Environmental Remediation of Antineoplastic Drugs: Present Status, Challenges, and Future directions. Processes 2020, 8, 747.
  4. David A, Tripathi AK, and Sani RK. 2020. Acetate Production from Cafeteria Wastes and Corn Stover Using a Thermophilic Anaerobic Consortium: A Prelude Study for the Use of Acetate for the Production of Value-Added Products. Microorganisms. 8, 353 (1-18)
  5. Wang J, Salem DR, and Sani RK. 2020. Synthesis of biopolymers from a Geobacillus sp. WSUCF1 using unprocessed corn stover. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 8, 25, 9483–9496. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c02435.
  6. Bibra M, Rathinam, NK, Johnson GR, and Sani RK. 2020. Single pot biovalorization of food waste to ethanol by Geobacillus and Thermoanaerobacter spp. Renewable Energy. 155 1032-1041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.02.093
  7. Liew KJ, Bruce NC, Sani, RK, Chong, CS, Yaakop, AS, Shamsir MS, and Goh KM. 2020. Global transcriptomic responses of Roseithermus sacchariphilus strain RA in media added with beechwood xylan. Microorganisms 2020, 8, 976.
  8. Bibra M, Rathinam, NK, Johnson GR and Sani RK. 2020. Single pot biovalorization of food waste to ethanol by Geobacillus and Thermoanaerobacter spp. Renewable Energy. 155 1032-1041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.02.093
  9. David A, Tripathi AK, and Sani RK. 2020.  Acetate Production from Cafeteria Wastes and Corn Stover Using a Thermophilic Anaerobic Consortium: A Prelude Study for the Use of Acetate for the Production of Value-Added Products. Microorganisms. 8, 353 (1-18).
  10. Khan A, Salama ES, Chend Z, Nia H, Zhaoa S, Zhoua T, Peia Y, Sani RK, Linga Z, Liu P, and Li X. 2020. A novel biosensor for zinc detection based on microbial fuel cell system. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 147:111763
  11. Islam J, Chilkoor G, Kalimuthu J, Dhiman S, Sani RK, and Gadhamshetty V. 2020. Vitamin-C-enabled reduced graphene oxide chemistry for tuning biofilm phenotypes of methylotrophs on nickel electrodes in microbial fuel cells.  Bioresourse Technology. 300: 112642.
  12. Rathinam NK, Gorky, Bibra M, Salem DR, and Sani RK. 2020. Bioelectrochemical approach for enhancing lignocellulose degradation in Geobacillus strain WSUCF1, a thermophile. Bioresourse Technology. 295: 122271.
  13. Govil T. Sharma W, Chauhan N, Kumar S, Salem RD, and Sani RK. 2019. MINES Method for Genomic DNA Extraction from Deep Biosphere Biofilms. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 167: 105730.
  14. Choudhary A, Kumar A, Govil T, Sani RK, Dutt G and Kumar S. 2019. Sustainable production of biogas in a large bioreactor under psychrophilic and mesophilic conditions. Journal of Environmental Engineering.  2020, 146(3): 04019117.
  15. Rai R, Bibra M, Chadha BS, and Sani RK. Enhanced hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass with doping of a highly thermostable recombinant laccase. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules.  137: 232-237
  16. Wang J, Goh KM, Salem DR, and Sani RK. Genome analysis of a thermophilic exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium – Geobacillus WSUCF1. 2019. Scientific Reports – Nature. Feb 7;9(1):1608 (Impact factor: 4.222)
  17. Wang J, Salem DR, and Sani RK. Extremophilic exopolysaccharides: A review and new perspectives on engineering strategies and applications. 2019. Carbohydrate Polymers 205: 8–26 (Impact factor: 5.158)
  18. Rathinam NK, Bibra M, Rajan Magesh, Salem DR, and Sani RK.   Thermophiles for Biohydrogen Production in Microbial Electrolytic Cells.  Bioresource Technology. 277: 171-178 (Impact factor: 5.8).
  19. Rathinam NK, Gorky, Bibra M, Salem DR, and Sani RK.   Short Term Atmospheric Pressure Cold Plasma treatment: A Novel Strategy for enhancing the Substrate Utilization in a thermophile, Geobacillus sp. strain WSUCF1.  Bioresource Technology. 278: 477-480 (Impact factor: 5.8).
  20. Basotra N, Dhiman SS, Agrawal D. Tsange A, and Sani RK. Characterization of a novel Lytic Polysaccharide Monooxygenase from Malbranchea cinnamomea exhibiting dual catalytic behavior. Carbohydrate Research 478: 46-53.
  21. Choudhary A, Kumar A, Govil T, Sani RK, Dutt G and Kumar S. 2019. Sustainable production of biogas in a large bioreactor under psychrophilic and mesophilic conditions. Journal of Environmental Engineering.  In Press.
  22. Chilkoor G, Karanam S, Star S, Shrestha N, Sani RK, Upadhyayula V, Ghoshal D, Koratkar N, Meyyappan M, and Gadhamshetty V. 2018. Hexagonal Boron Nitride: The Thinnest Insulating Barrier to Microbial Corrosion. ACS Nano. 12(3): 2242-2252 (Impact factor: 13.942)
  23. Rathinam NK, Tripathi AK, Smirnova AL, Beyenal H, and Sani RK.   Engineering Rheology of Electrolytes using Agar for Improving the Performance of Bioelectrochemical Systems.  Bioresource Technology.  263: 242-249.  (Impact factor: 5.8)
  24. Dhiman SS, Shrestha N, David A, Basotra N, Johnson, GR, Chadha BS, Gadhamshetty V, and Sani RK.   Producing methane, methanol, and electricity from organic waste of fermentation reaction using novel microbes.  Bioresource Technology 258: 270-278. (Impact factor: 5.8)
  25. Wang J, Bibra M, Venkateswaran K, Salem DR, Rathinam NK, Gadhamshetty V, and Sani RK. 2018. Biohydrogen Production from Space Crew’s Waste Simulants using Thermophilic Consolidated Bioprocessing. Bioresource Technology. 255: 349-353. (Impact factor: 5.8)
  26. Shrestha N, Chilkoor G, Vemuri B, Rathinam NK, Sani RK, and Gadhamshetty V. 2018. Extremophiles for microbial-electrochemistry applications: A critical review. Bioresource Technology. 255: 318-330 (Impact factor: 5.8)
  27. Bibra M, Kumar S, Wang J, Bhalla A, Salem DR, and Sani RK. 2018. Single Pot Bioconversion of Prairie Cordgrass into Biohydrogen by Thermophiles. 18: 266:232-241. Bioresource Technology. (Impact factor: 5.8)
  28. David A, Govil T, Tripathi, AK, McGeary, J, Farrar K, and Sani RK. 2018. Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion: Enhanced and Sustainable Methane Production from Co-Digestion of Food and Lignocellulosic Wastes. 11, 2058.
  29. Bibra M, Kunreddy VR, and Sani RK. 2018. Thermostable Xylanase Production by Geobacillus strain DUSELR13, and Its Application in Ethanol Production with Lignocellulosic Biomass. 18: 266:232-241. Microorganisms. 6, 93: 1-25.
  30. Liew KJ, Teo SC, Shamsir MS, Sani RK, Chong CS, Chan KG, and Goh KM. 2018. Complete Genome Sequence of Rhodothermaceae bacterium RA with Cellulolytic and Xylanolytic Activity. 3Biotech (2018) 8:376.
  31. Sharma NK, Behera S, Arora R, Kumar S, and Sani RK. 2018. Xylose transport in yeast for lignocellulosic ethanol production: Current status. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 125 (3), 259-267. (Impact factor: 2.24)
  32. Rathinam NK, Berchmans S, Salem D, Sani RK. Rewiring the Microbe-Electrode Interfaces with Biologically Reduced Graphene Oxide for Improved Bioelectrocatalysis. Bioresource Technology. 256: 195-200 (Impact factor: 5.8)
  33. Carlson C, Singh NK, Bibra M, Sani RK and Venkateswaran K. 2018. Molecular microbial community analysis of extremophilic environments harboring UVC254-resistant strains of Geobacillus and Bacillus. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.  102:1869-1887 (Impact factor: 3.42)
  34. Dhiman SS, David A, Braband VW, Hussein A, Salem DR, and Sani RK. 2017. Improved bioethanol production from corn stover: Role of enzymes, inducers and simultaneous product recovery. Applied Energy. 208: 1420-1429 (Impact factor: 7.1)
  35. Dhiman SS, David A, Shrestha N, Johnson GR, Benjamin KM, Gadhamshetty V, and Sani RK. Simultaneous hydrolysis and fermentation of unprocessed food waste into ethanol using thermophilic anaerobic bacteria. Bioresource Technology. 244(1): 733-740. (Impact factor: 5.8)
  36. Goh KM, Chan KG, Sani RK, Donati E, Reysenbach AL. 2017. Genetics, genomics and –omics of thermophiles. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8: 560 (Impact factor: 4.1).
  37. Singh NK, Carlson C, Sani RK, and Venkateswaran K. 2017. Draft genome sequences of thermophiles isolated from Yates Shaft, a deep-subsurface environment. Genome Announcements*. 5(22).  *This is a new journal (launched in 2014).
  38. Krishnaraj RN, Samanta D, Kumar A, and Sani RK. 2017. Bioprospecting of the thermostable cellulolytic enzyme through modeling and virtual screening method. Canadian journal of Biotechnology*. 1:19-25. *This is a new journal (launched in 2016), and does not have any impact factor yet.
  39. Chan CS, Sin LL, Chan KG, Shamsir MS, Manan FA, Sani RK, and Goh KM. 2016. Characterization of a glucose-tolerant β-glucosidase from Anoxybacillus DT3-1. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 9(1):174. (Impact factor: 5.2)
  40. Şengör SS, Singh G, Dohnalkova A, Spycher N, Ginn TR, Peyton BM, and Sani RK. 2016. Impact of different environmental conditions on the aggregation of biogenic U(IV) nanoparticles synthesized by Desulfovibrio alaskensis BioMetals.  29(6): 965-980. (Impact factor: 2.2)
  41. Bhalla A, Bischoff K, and Sani RK.   Highly thermostable xylanase production from a thermophilic Geobacillus sp. strain WSUCF1 utilizing lignocellulosic biomass.  Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.  3:84. (Impact factor: 3.02)
  42. Bhalla A, Bischoff KM, Uppugundla N, Balan V, and Sani RK. Novel Thermostable Endo-xylanase Cloned and Expressed from Bacterium Geobacillus sp. WSUCF1. Bioresourse Technology. 165: 314–318. (Impact factor: 5.65)
  43. Bhalla A, Bischoff KM, and Sani RK.   Highly thermostable GH39 β-xylosidase from a Geobacillus sp. strain WSUCF1.   BMC Biotechnology. 14:963. (Impact factor: 2.7)
  44. Singh G, Şengör SS, Bhalla A, Kumar S, De J, Stewart B, Spycher N, Ginn T, Peyton B, and Sani RK. 2014. Reoxidation of Biogenic Reduced Uranium – A Challenge Towards Bioremediation.  Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 44(4): 391-415.  (Impact factor: 5.8)
  45. Bhalla A, Kainth A, and Sani RK. 2013. Draft Genome Sequence of Lignocellulose Degrading Thermophilic Bacterium Geobacillus strain WSUCF1. Genome Announcements. 1(4):e00595-13. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00595-13. *This is a new journal (launched in 2014).
  46. Rastogi G, Gurram RN, Bhalla A, Jaswal R, Gonzalez R, Bischoff KM, Hughes SR, Sudhir K, and Sani RK.   Fermentation of glucose, xylose, and glycerol by bacteria isolated from the extreme biosphere of the former Homestake gold mine, South Dakota.  Journal of Frontiers in Microbiotechnology, Ecotoxicology and Bioremediation. 4: 1-8. (Impact factor: 4.165)
  47. Bhalla A, Bansal N, Kumar S, and Sani RK. 2013. Improved Lignocellulose Conversion to Biofuels with Thermophilic Bacteria. Bioresource Technology. 128: 751–759. (Impact factor: 5.65)
  48. Stewart BD, Girardot C, Spycher N, Sani RK and Peyton BM. 2013. Influence of Chelating Agents on Biogenic Uraninite Reoxidation by Fe(III) (Hydr)oxides. Environmental Science and Technology. 47(1): 364-371. (Impact factor: 6.2)
  49. Kumar S, Bhalla A, Shende RV, and Sani RK.   Decentralized Thermophilic Biohydrogen: A More Efficient and Cost-Effective Process.  BioResources. 7(1), 1-2.
  50. Spycher NF, Issarangkun M, Stewart B, Sengor S, Belding E, Ginn, TM, Peyton BM, and Sani RK.   Biogenic Uraninite Precipitation and its Reoxidation by Iron(III)(Hydr)oxides: A Reaction Modeling Approach.  Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 75: 4426-4440.
  51. Sivaswamy V, Peyton BM, Viamajala S, Gerlach R, Apel WA, Sani RK, Dohnalkova A, and Borch T. Multiple Mechanisms of Uranium Immobilization by Cellulomonas sp. strain ES6.  Biotechnology and Bioengineering.  108(2):264-276.
  52. Rastogi G, Barua S, Sani RK, and Peyton BM. Investigation of Microbial Populations in the Extremely Metal-Contaminated Coeur d’ Alene River Sediments.  Microbial Ecology.  62(1): 1-13.
  53. Zambare VP, Bhalla A, Muthukumarappan K, Sani RK, and Christopher LP.   Bioprocessing of Agricultural Residues to Ethanol Utilizing a Cellulolytic Extremophile. Extremophiles.15: 611-618.
  54. Rastogi G, Osman S, Kukkadapu R, Engelhard M, Vaishampayan PA, Andersen GL, and Sani RK.   Microbial and Mineralogical Characterizations of Soils Collected from the Deep Biosphere of the Former Homestake Gold Mine, South Dakota.  Microbial Ecology.  60: 539-550.
  55. Moberly JG, Staven A, Sani RK, Peyton BM.   Influence of pH and Inorganic Phosphate on Toxicity of Zinc to Arthrobacter sp. Isolated from Heavy-Metal-Contaminated Sediments. Environmental Science and Technology.  44: 7302-7308.
  56. Rastogi G, Bhalla A, Adhikari A, Bischoff KM, Hughes SR, Christopher LP, and Sani RK. 2010. Characterization of thermostable cellulases produced by Bacillus and Geobacillus  Bioresource Technology.  101: 8798–8806.
  57. Waddell EJ, Elliott TJ, Vahrenkamp JM, Roggenthen WM, Sani RK, Anderson CM, and Bang SS.   Phylogenetic evidence of noteworthy microflora from the subsurface of the former Homestake gold mine, Lead, South Dakota.  Environmental Technology. 31: 979–991.
  58. Sani RK, Rastogi G, Moberly JG, Dohnalkova A, Ginn TR, Spycher N, Shende RV, and Peyton BM.   The toxicity of lead to Desulfovibrio desulfuricans G20 in the presence of goethite and quartz.  Journal of Basic Microbiology. 50: 160-170.
  59. Rastogi G, Osman S, Andersen GL, and Sani RK.   Microbial diversity in uranium mining-impacted soils as revealed by high-density 16S microarray and clone library. Microbial Ecology.  59(1): 94-108.
  60. Rastogi G, Muppidi GL, Gurram RN, Adhikari A, Bischoff KM, Hughes SR, Apel WA, Bang SS, Dixon DJ, and Sani RK.   Isolation and characterization of cellulose-degrading bacteria from the deep subsurface of the Homestake gold mine, Lead, South Dakota, USA.  Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology.  36:585-598.
  61. Moberly JG, Borch T, Sani RK, Spycher NF, Şengör SS, Ginn TR, and Peyton BM.   Heavy metal-mineral associations in Coeur d’Alene river sediments: A synchrotron-based analysis.  Water, Air, and Soil Pollution.  200: 195-208.
  62. Şengör SS, Barua S, Gikas P, Ginn TR, Peyton BM, Sani RK, and Spycher NF.   Influence of Heavy Metals on Microbial Growth Kinetics Including Lag Time: Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Verification.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.  28: 2020–2029.
  63. Rastogi G, Stetler LD, Peyton BM, and Sani RK.   Molecular analysis of prokaryotic diversity in the deep subsurface of the Homestake gold mine, SD, USA.  The Journal of Microbiology. 47: 371-384.
  64. Rastogi G, Sani RK, Peyton BM, Moberly JG, and Ginn TR.   Molecular studies on the microbial diversity associated with mining-impacted Coeur d’ Alene river sediments.  Microbial Ecology.  58:129-139.
  65. Sani RK, Peyton BM, and Dohnalkova A.   Comparison of uranium(VI) removal by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 in flow and batch reactors.  Water Research. 42(12): 2993-3002.
  66. Viamajala S, Smith WA, Sani RK, Peyton BM, Apel WA, Neal AL, and Petersen JN.   Isolation and characterization of Cr(VI) reducing Cellulomonas spp. from subsurface soils: Implications for long-term chromate reduction.  Bioresource Technology.  98(3): 612-622.
  67. Cummings DE, Fendorf S, Singh N, Sani RK, Peyton BM, and Magnuson TS. 2007. Reduction of Cr(VI) under acidic conditions by the facultative Fe(III)-reducing bacterium Acidiphilium cryptum.  Environmental Science and Technology.  41(1): 146-152.
  68. Sengör SS, Spycher N, Ginn TR, Moberly JE, Peyton BM, and Sani RK.   Reductive dissolution and metal transport in Lake Coeur d’Alene sediments.  In Water-Rock Interaction, WRI-12 (Bullen T. and Wang Y., eds.), vol. 2. Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp. 895-899.
  69. Sengör SS, Spycher N, Ginn TR, Sani RK, and Peyton BM.   Biogeochemical reactive-diffusive transport of heavy metals in Lake Coeur d’Alene sediments.  Applied Geochemistry.  22 (12): 2569-2594.
  70. Sani RK, Peyton BM, and Dohnalkova A.   Toxic effects of uranium on Desulfovibrio      desulfuricans G20.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.  25: 2131-1238.
  71. Sani RK, Peyton BM, Amonette JE, and Dohnalkova A.   Reoxidation of uranium in the presence of iron(III)-(hydr)oxides under sulfate reducing conditions.  Environmental Science and Technology.  39: 2059-2066.
  72. Sani RK, Peyton BM, Amonette JE, and Geesey GG.   Reduction of uranium(VI) under sulfate reducing conditions in the presence of Fe(III)-(hydr)oxides.  Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.  68: 2639-2648.
  73. Beyenal H, Sani RK, Peyton BM, Dohnalkova A, Amonette JE, and Lewandowski Z. 2004. Uranium immobilization by sulfate reducing biofilms. Environmental Science and Technology.  38: 2067-2074.
  74. Viamajala S, Peyton BM, Sani RK, Apel WA, and Petersen JN.   Toxic effects of Cr(VI) on anaerobic and aerobic growth of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1.  Biotechnology Progress.  20: 87-95.
  75. Sani RK, Peyton BM, and Jandhyala M.  Toxicity of lead in aqueous medium to desulfovibrio desulfuricans G20.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry.  22: 252-260.
  76. Sani RK. 2003. Bioremediation of contaminated soils, sediments, and groundwater at US department of energy facilities: with possible scientific solutions – A NABIR Program. Soul of Science, Newsletter of INSCR, ISSN: 0972-4915, 3: 6-7.
  77. Chakraborti S, Sani RK, Sahoo DK, Banerjee UC, and Sobti RC.   Production and partial characterization of a novel b-galactosidase from a newly isolated Bacillus polymyxaScientia Iranica.  10: 279-286.
  78. Sani RK, Peyton BM, Smith WA, Apel WA, and Petersen JN. 2002. Dissimilatory reduction of Cr(VI), Fe(III), and U(VI) by Cellulomonas Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 60: 192-199.
  79. Sani RK, Peyton BM, and Brown LT. 2001. Copper-induced inhibition in growth of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans G20: assessment of its toxicity and correlation with zinc and lead. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 67: 4765-4772.
  80. Sani RK, Geesey GG, and Peyton BM.   Assessment of lead toxicity to Desulfovibrio desulfuricans G20: influence of components of Lactate C medium.  Advances in Environmental Research.  5: 269-276.
  81. Chakraborti S, Sani RK, Banerjee UC, and Sobti RC.   Purification and characterization of   a novel β-galactosidase from Bacillus sp MTCC 3088.  Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology.  24: 58-63.
  82. Sani RK and Banerjee UC. 1999. Decolorization of triphenylmethane dyes and textile and dye-stuff effluents by Kurthia sp. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 24: 433-437.
  83. Sani RK and Banerjee UC.   Decolorization of acid green 20, a textile dye by white rot fungus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium in low cost medium.  Advances in Environmental Research.  2: 485-490.
  84. Sani RK, Jolly RS, and Banerjee UC.   Reduction of gentian violet to leucogentian violet by Kurthia sp. and assessment of toxicity.  Advances in Environmental Research. 3: 368-377.
  85. Sani RK and Banerjee UC.   Screening for organisms applicable to the decolorization of triphenylmethane dyes and optimization of biotransformation conditions in stirred tank reactor. Indian Journal of Environment & Ecoplanning.  2(1): 1-9.
  86. Sani RK, Chakraborti S, Sobti RC, Patnaik PR, and Banerjee UC. 1999. Characterization and some reaction engineering aspects of thermostable extra-cellular b-galactosidase from Bacillus Folia Microbiologica, 44: 367-371.
  87. Mohapatra BR, Sani RK, and Banerjee UC.   Characterization of L-asparaginase from Bacillus sp. isolated from an intertidal marine alga (Sargassum sp.).  Letters in Applied Microbiology.  21: 380-383.
  88. Banerjee UC, Sani RK, Azmi W, and Soni R.   Thermostable alkaline protease from Bacillus brevis and its characterization as a laundry detergent additive.  Process Biochemistry.  35: 213-219.
  89. Sani RK and Banerjee UC.   Comparison of static and shake culture in the decolorization of textile dyes and dye effluent by Phanerochaete chrysosporiumFolia Microbiologica.  43: 85-88.
  90. Azmi W, Sani RK, and Banerjee UC.   Biodegradation of triphenylmethane dyes.  Enzyme and Microbial Technology.  22: 185-191.

Sani RK, Azmi W, and Banerjee UC. 1997. A process for the preparation of decolorizing agent useful for the decolorization of triphenylmethane dyes. Patent No. NF 6/DEL/97.

  • Title of Invention: Biopolymers from untreated lignocellulosic biomass using a new thermophilic Geobacillus sp. Inventors: Govil T, Salem DR, and Sani RK. October 2018. We have disclosed this invention to the scientific community/SDSM&T Research Affairs.
  • Title of Invention: Sequential Thermophilic Microbial bioprocess for Bioethanol and Byproducts (STEMBnB). Inventors: Bibra M and Sani RK. October 2018. We have disclosed this invention to the scientific community/SDSM&T Research Affairs.
  • Title of Invention: Biopolymers produced by thermophilic strain Geobacillus WSUCF1 using untreated corn stover. Inventors: Wang J, Salem DR, and Sani RK. February 2017. We have disclosed this invention to the scientific community/SDSM&T Research Affairs.
  • Title of Invention: Conversion of Raw and Untreated Disposal into Ethanol (CRUDE). Inventors: Sani RK and Dhiman S. May 2016. We have disclosed this invention to the scientific community/SDSM&T Research Affairs.
  • Title of Invention: Novel Thermostable Endo-xylanase from a Bacterium Geobacillus strain WSUCF1. Inventors: Rajesh Sani, Aditya Bhalla, and Mohit Bibra. May 2015: We have disclosed this invention to the scientific community/SDSM&T Research Affairs. We have disclosed this invention to the scientific community/SDSM&T Research Affairs.
  • Title of Invention: Novel Thermostable β-xylosidase from a Bacterium Geobacillus strain WSUCF1. Inventors: Rajesh Sani, Aditya Bhalla, and Mohit Bibra. May 2014. We have disclosed this invention to the scientific community/SDSM&T Research Affairs.
  • Title of Invention: Thermostable hemicellulases from Geobacillus strain WSUCF1. Inventors: Rajesh Sani, Aditya Bhalla, and Mohit Bibra. May 2014: We have disclosed this invention to the scientific community/SDSM&T Research Affairs.

Dr. Sani has edited following eight books. These texts are currently being used for Biol 431/531: Industrial Microbiology (ABS new course which will be developed by me) and CBE 741: Microbial and Enzymatic Processing.

Bioelectrochemical Interface Engineering.
Biorefining of Biomass to Biofuels
Extremophilic Enzymatic Processing of Lignocellulosic Feedstocks to Bioenergy
Biovalorisation of Wastes to Renewable Chemicals and Biofuels. 2019.
Extremophilic Microbial Processing
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Recent Advances in Bioenergy

A lab manual has been published in 2019

Bibra M, Govil T, and Sani RK. 2019. Biochemistry Laboratory (Chem 464L/564L).  Science Lab Studios (http://www.sciencelabstudios.com/sani01)

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