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    Studies on Geomicrobiology in some Indian Caves

    Sushmitha Baskar, Ramanathan Baskar in Journal of the Geological Society of India (2022)

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    Cultivable microbial diversity in speleothems using MALDI-TOF spectrometry and DNA sequencing from Krem Soitan, Krem Lawbah, Krem Mawpun, Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India

    The microbial diversity in the Indian caves is inadequately characterized. This study reports on the culturable microbial communities in caves from the Indian sub-continent. This study aims to expand the curre...

    Devender Mudgil, Dhiraj Paul, Sushmitha Baskar in Archives of Microbiology (2022)

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    Factors Affecting Biomineralization

    In this chapter we provide an understanding of biominerals and biomineralization processes. The chapter starts with introduction to caves and biominerals. Then precipitation with reference to iron, carbonates,...

    S. R. Joshi, Sushmitha Baskar in Mineral Formation by Microorganisms (2022)

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    Cave Geomicrobiology in India: Status and Prospects

    The subsurface of the Earth is one of the major habitats and contains a significant proportion of microbial life (Whitman et al., 1998; Ghiorse, 2008; Roussel et al., 2008). However, our overall knowledge abou...

    Sushmitha Baskar, Ramanathan Baskar in STROMATOLITES: Interaction of Microbes wit… (2011)

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    Speleothems from Mawsmai and Krem Phyllut caves, Meghalaya, India: some evidences on biogenic activities

    The Mawsmai cave and Krem Phyllut caves, East Khasi hills, Meghalaya, India has so far not yet attracted the attention of geomicrobiologists. Observations and hypotheses on the possible influence of identified...

    Sushmitha Baskar, R. Baskar, Natuschka Lee, P. K. Theophilus in Environmental Geology (2009)

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    Precipitation of iron in microbial mats of the spring waters of Borra Caves, Vishakapatnam, India: some geomicrobiological aspects

    The Borra caves, Vishakapatnam, India, can be described as a speleothem cave with significant amounts of unexplored microbial mats in spring waters. Here, we present the first observations and hypotheses on th...

    Sushmitha Baskar, R. Baskar, Natuschka Lee, A. Kaushik in Environmental Geology (2008)