Dhritiman Ghosh

Accomplished, self-driven scientist and research manager with extensive experience in Molecular Microbial Ecology, Soil Microbiology and Environmental Microbiology. Demonstrated experience in discovering novel microbes and/microbiomes in connection to various environmental functions, especially in soil microbiome and developing novel microbial products such as bio-insecticides and bio- fungicides. Hands-on experience in molecular microbiology, microbial ecology, microbial physiology and metagenomic sequencing and data analysis. Self-starter with proven abilities in managing a team and delivering milestones within aggressive timelines. Demonstrated success in team work, publications in peer-reviewed journals and patent applications.

Publications

• Ghosh, D, B Bal, V. K. Kashyap, and S. Pal. 2003. Molecular Phylogenetic Exploration of Bacterial Diversity in a Bakreshwar (India) Hot Spring and Culture of ShewanellaRelated Thermophiles. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69: 4332-4336.
• Ghosh, D, K. Roy, K. E. Williamson, K. Eric Wommack and Mark Radosevich. 2009. Acyl-homoserine lactones can induce viral production in lysogenic bacteria: an alternative paradigm for prophage induction. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75 (22):7142-52.
• Ghosh, D., K. Roy, K. E. Williamson, D. C. White, K. E. Wommack, K. L. Sublette, and M. Radosevich. 2008. Prevalence of Lysogeny among Soil Bacteria and Presence of 16S rRNA and trzN Genes in Viral-Community DNA. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74: 495-
• Ghosh, D, K. Roy, V. Srinivasan, T. Mueller, O. H. Tuovinen, K. Sublette, A. Peacock, M. Radosevich. 2009. In-situ enrichment and analysis of atrazine-degrading microbial communities using atrazinecontaining porous beads. Soil Biol. Biochem. 41:1331-1334
• K Roy, D Ghosh, JM DeBruyn, T Dasgupta, KE Wommack, X Liang, M. Radosevich. Temporal dynamics of soil virus and bacterial populations in agricultural and early plant successional soils. Frontiers in Microbiology 11, 1494· July 2020
• Mikucki, J.A., Lee, P.A., Ghosh, D., Purcell, A.M., Carter, S., Mitchell, A., Tulaczyk, S., Mankoff, K.D., Scherer, R. and the WISSARD Science Team. 2016. Initial findings on the microbial ecology of Subglacial Lake Whillans. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 374(2059):20140290.
• Srinivasiah, S., J. Lovett, D. Ghosh, K. Roy, J. Fuhrmann, M. Radosevich, and K.E. Wommack. 2015. Dynamics of autochthonous soil viral communities parallels dynamics of host communities under nutrient stimulation. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2015 Jul;91(7):fiv063.
• Purcell AM, Mikucki JA, Ghosh D, et al. 2014. Microbial sulfur transformations in sediments from Subglacial Lake Whillans. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2014;5:594. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2014.00594.
• Srinivasiah, S., J. Lovett, S.W. Polson, D. Ghosh, K. Roy, J. Fuhrmann, M. Radosevich, and K.E. Wommack. 2013. Direct assessment of viral diversity in soils using RAPDPCR. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (in press). Published online on 21 June 2013 (doi:10.1128/AEM.00268-13)
• Prado, M. E., D. Ghosh, and S. A. Ripp. 2012. Applications of bacteriophages for the control of veterinary pathogens, In Boulanger A, Blanc M (ed.), Bacterial Pathogens: Virulence Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Management, Ed. NOVA Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, NY.
• Srinivasiah, S., J. Lovett, D. Ghosh, K. Roy, M. Radosevich and K. E. Wommack. 2013. Dynamics of autochthonous soil viral communities parallels dynamics of host communities under nutrient stimulation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (in review)
• Omotayo, A.E., M. O. Ilori, O. O. Amund, D. Ghosh, K. Roy, and M. Radosevich. 2011. Establishment and characterization of atrazine degrading cultures from Nigerian agricultural soil using traditional and Bio-Sep bead enrichment techniques. Appl. Soil Ecol. 48 (1): 63–70
• Bench, S. R., T. E. Hanson, K. E. Williamson, D. Ghosh, M. Radosevich, K. Wang, and K. E. Wommack. 2007. Metagenomic Characterization of Chesapeake Bay Virioplankton. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73: 7629-7641.
• Xu, S, E. D'Angelo, D. Ghosh, J. Feliciano, S. Deo and S. Daunert. 2005. Detection of polychlorinated biphenyls employing chemical dechlorination followed by biphenyl whole cell sensing system. Toxicol. Environ. Chem., 2005, 87, 3, 287-298
• Saha, M, D. Ghosh Jr., D. Ghosh, D. Garai, P. Jaisankar, K. K. Sarkar, P. K. Dutta, S. Das, T. Jha and J. Mukherjee. 2005. Studies on the production and purification of an antimicrobial compound and taxonomy of the producer isolated from the marine environment of the Sundarbans. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 2005. 66 (5), 497-505

Patent:

• INSECTICIDAL POLYPEPTIDES AND USE THEREOF Patent date Issued Nov 7, 2019 Patent issuer and number US WO2019211850
• NOVEL INSECTICIDAL MICROBIOME AGAINST AGAINT WESTERN CORN ROOT WORM (provisional) (under submission).