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Journal Publications
  1. Vivek N, Pandey A, Binod P. Biological valorization of pure and crude glycerol into 1, 3-propanediol using a novel isolate Lactobacillus brevis N1E9. 3.3. Bioresource technology. 2016 Aug 31; 213:222-30.

  2. Vivek N, Christopher M, Kumar MK, Castro E, Binod P, Pandey A. Pentose rich acid pretreated liquor as co-substrate for 1, 3-propanediol production. Renewable Energy. 2017 Jan 30.

  3. Vivek N, Astray G, Gullón B, Castro E, Parameswaran B, Pandey A. Improved 1, 3-propanediol production with maintained physical conditions and optimized media composition: Validation with statistical and neural approach. Biochemical Engineering Journal. 2017 Oct 15; 126:109-17.

  4. Vivek N, T VAswathi, Petit Riff Sven, Ashok Pandey and Parameswaran Binod. Self-cycling fermentation for 1,3-Propanediol production: Comparative evaluation of metabolite flux in cell recycling, simple batch and continuous processes using Lactobacillus brevis N1E9.3.3 strain. Journal of biotechnology. 2017 Oct 10; 259:110-9.

  5. Vivek N, Sindhu R, Madhavan A, Anju AJ, Castro E, Faraco V, Pandey A, Binod P. Recent advances in the production of value-added chemicals and lipids utilizing biodiesel industry generated crude glycerol as a substrate–Metabolic aspects, challenges, and possibilities: An overview. Bioresource technology. 2017 Sep 1; 239:507-17.

  6. Vivek N, Pandey A, Binod P. An efficient dual inorganic electrolyte for aqueous two-phase extraction of 1,3-propanediol from the fermented broth. Bioresource technology. 2018 Feb 20; 254:239-246.

  7. Vivek N, Hazeena SH, Rajesh RO, Godan TK, Anjali KB, Nair LM, Mohan B, Nair SC, Sindhu R, Pandey A, Binod P. Genomics of Lactic Acid Bacteria for Glycerol Dissimilation. Molecular biotechnology. 2019 Jun 4:1-7.

  8. Vivek N, Nair LM, Mohan B, Nair SC, Sindhu R, Pandey A, Shurpali N, Binod P. Bio-butanol production from rice straw–Recent trends, possibilities, and challenges. Bioresource Technology Reports. 2019 May 7:100224.

  9. Vivek, N., Hazeena, S. H., Alphy, M. P., Kumar, V., Magdouli, S., Sindhu, R., ... & Binod, P. (2020). Recent advances in microbial biosynthesis of C3–C5 diols: Genetics and Process engineering approaches. Bioresource Technology, 124527.

  10. Bhatia, S. K., Vivek, N., Kumar, V., Chandel, N., Thakur, M., Kumar, D., ... & Kumar, G. (2020). Molecular biology interventions for activity improvement and production of industrial enzymes. Bioresource Technology, 124596.

  11. Vivek, N., Gopalan, N., Das, S., Sasikumar, K., Sindhu, R., Nampoothiri, K. M., ... & Binod, P. (2021). Synthesis and Characterization of Transparent Biodegradable Chitosan: Exopolysaccharide Composite Films Plasticized by Bio-Derived 1, 3-Propanediol. Sustainable Chemistry, 2(1), 49-62.

  12. Yassin A, Prabhu A, Vivek, N., Frederic, C., Kumar, V., (2021) Enhanced 2,3-butanediol production by mutant Enterobacter ludwigii using Brewers spent grain hydrolysate: Process optimization for a pragmatic biorefinery loom. Chemical Engineering journal, 130851.

  13. Yassin A, Vivek, N., Frederic, C., Agrawal, D., Chandel. A., Maina, S., Koutinas, A., Kumar, V., (2021) Enhanced Production of 2,3-Butanediol from Sugarcane bagasse-derived Xylose by Mutant Strain of Enterobacter ludwigii. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering (In Press)

  14. Maina, S., Prabhu, A., Vivek, N., Kumar, V., Koutinas, A. (2021) Prospects on bio-based 2,3-butanediol and acetoin production: Recent progresses and advances. Biotechnology Advances. 107783.

  15. Vivek, N., Amraoui Y, Abdullah A, Ahmad E, Agrawal D, Parameswaran B, Pandey A, Goel S, Kumar V. High yield recovery of 2, 3-butanediol from fermented broth accumulated on xylose rich sugarcane bagasse hydrolysate using aqueous two-phase extraction system. Bioresource Technology. 2021 Jun 26:125463.

  16. Vivek, N., Prabhu AA, Al-Jaradah K, Gopaliya D, Hossain AH, Khare SK, Punt PJ, Kumar V. Microbial Itaconic acid Production from Starchy Food Waste by Newly Isolated Thermotolerant Aspergillus terreus Strain. Bioresource Technology. 2021 Jun 17:125426.

  17. Amraoui Y, Vivek, N., Coulon, F., Agrawal, D., Chandel, A., Maina, S., Koutinas, A., Kumar, V., Integrated Fermentative Production and Downstream processing of 2,3-Butanediol from Sugarcane bagasse-derived Xylose by Mutant Strain of Enterobacter ludwigii. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering (Accepted).

  18. Mathew GM, Raina D, Vivek, N., Kumar V, Saran S, Pugazhendi A, Sindhu R, Pandey A, Binod P. Recent advances in biodiesel production: Challenges and solutions. Science of The Total Environment. 2021 Jun 28:148751.

  19. Rebello, S., Anoopkumar, A.N., Jayakrishnan, L., Aneesh, M.E., Vivek, N., Sindhu, R., Binod, P., Pandey, A., Cleaner Technologies to combat heavy metal toxicity. Journal of Environmental management (In press).

  20. Vivek, N., Mohan, B., Hazeena, S.K., Kumar A.N., Gullon, B., Rajesh, O.R., Srivastava, A., Godan, T.K., Nair, M.L., Valorization of renewable resources to functional polymeric oligosaccharides: Recent advances and commercial potential. Journal of Environmental management (In press).

PUBLICATIONS

Conference Publications
  1. Vivek, N., Pandey, A., Binod, P. “Isolation and screening of 1,3-propnanediol producers and optimization of fermentative parameters for increase in productivity of Klebsiella pneumoniae” poster presented at ICETB 2014 conference, New Delhi, India.

  2. Vivek, N., Pandey, A., Binod, P. “A novel onsite enrichment for crude glycerol utilizing and diol producing facultative anaerobic bacteria” poster presented at NHBT 2015 conference, Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala, India.

  3. Vivek, N., Christopher M, Kumar MK, Castro E, Binod P, Pandey A. “Pentose rich acid pretreated liquor as co-substrate for 1, 3-propanediol production” poster presented at 1st International conference on Bioenergy, Bioproducts and Environmental sustainability, Spain, 2-26 October 2016.

  4. Vivek, N., Petit Riff Sven, T VAswathi, Ashok Pandey and Parameswaran Binod. “Performance of suspended and immobilized Lactobacillus brevis N1E9.3.3 strain in batch, fed-batch and continuous processes for 1, 3-PDO production” poster presented at ICCB 2016 conference, Vellore, Tamilnadu India.

  5. Vivek N, Pandey A, Binod P. “An efficient dual inorganic electrolyte for aqueous two-phase extraction of 1,3-propanediol from the fermented broth” poster presented at ETBWC 2017 conference, Nagpur, India.

  6. Vivek N, Pandey A, Binod P. “Adsorption studies of lactic and acetic acid from simulated solutions and fermented broth using commercial and synthesized ion exchange resins: Equilibrium and kinetics” Rapid fire oral presentation at BioSD 2018 Conference at CSIR – IICT, Hyderabad, India.

  7. Anjali K.B, Vivek N, Emeric Burel, Pandey A and Binod P. “1,3-propanediol production using Lactobacillus brevis N1E9.3.3: Evaluation of control objectives under different feeding strategies in a glycerol-glucose co-fed batch fermentation” poster presented at BioSD 2018 Conference at CSIR – IICT, Hyderabad, India.

  8. Sindhu Raveendran, Vivek N, Hazeena S. H, Binod P, and Pandey A. “Technological challenges, advancements and innovations in lignocellulosic bio-refinery for fuels and chemicals” poster presented at 2nd International conference on Bioenergy, Bioproducts and Environmental sustainability, 2018.

  9. Vivek N, Atul Narang, Biju Jacob, Shraddha Maitra. “Comparative analysis of some models of mixed-substrate microbial growth in a chemostat under dual-limited conditions” poster presented at NHBT 2019, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

  10. Anjali K.B, Vivek N, Pandey A and Binod P. “Adaptive evolution of Lactobacillus brevis NIE9 3.3 in sweet sorghum juice and biodiesel derived crude glycerol to improve 1,3 propanediol production” poster presented at NHBT 2019, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

  11. Vivek N. “Recovery of 2,3-butanediol from the fermented broth using aqueous two-phase extraction(APTS) and vacuum distillation: purification and characterization” in the International Conference on Bioengineering Solutions for Healthcare, Food, Energy, and Environment, jointly organized by INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JODHPUR and THE BIOTECH RESEARCH SOCIETY, INDIA at Jodhpur, India during April 09-10, 2021.

  12. Vivek N., “Xylose Biorefinery: Enhanced production of 2,3-Butanediol from sugarcane bagasse hydrolysates by mutant strain of Enterobacter ludwigii, International conference on Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and Health, BSAEH -  2021, BRSI, India.

    Book Chapters
  1. Vivek N, Pandey A, Binod P. Production, and applications of 1, 3-propanediol. In Current developments in biotechnology and bioengineering 2017 Jan 1 (pp. 719-738). Elsevier.

  2. Vivek N, Binod P. Biosynthesis of 1, 3-Propanediol: Genetics and Applications. In Biosynthetic Technology and Environmental Challenges 2018 (pp. 143-165). Springer, Singapore.

  3. Vivek N, Rajesh RO, Godan TK, Pandey A, Binod P. White Biotechnology for Polymer Building Blocks: Strategies for Enhanced Production of Bio-based 1, 3-Propanediol and Its Applications. In Green Chemistry for Surface Coatings, Inks and Adhesives 2019 Jun 6 (pp. 145-182).

  4. Gopalan N, Vivek N*, G Renuka, Binod P, Sindhu R, and Pandey A. Applications of biobased metabolites in food industry. In Bioresource Technology: Solution to future sustainability (In Press).

  5. Thana S, Vivek N*, Magdouli S, Amruth NJ, Binod P, and Pandey A. Functional biopolymers: synthesis and applications of chitosan and its blend composites. In Biodegradable polymers and composites – Process engineering to commercialization (In Press).

  6. Mohan B, Vivek N*, Binod P, Magdouli S, and Pandey A. A whole-cell or enzymatic process for desulphurization: A clean coal technology approach in mine industry. In Resource Recovery: Zero waste Biomining (In Press).

  7. Vivek N*, Haseena KV, Niveditha S, Fernandez M, Adlakha N, Devendra L, Narang A, Haider AM, Raveendran S, Binod P and Pandey A. Sustainable technologies for platform and drop-in chemicals: Production and applications. (In press).

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Figure: Bioprocess development for microbial production of 1,3-propanediol from biodiesel derived crude glycerol

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