Dr. Prashant Dhakephalkar
Scientist F
Bioenergy Group
Agharkar Research Institute
India
Biography
His Education & Scientific Career: M.Sc. (Microbiology)-1988, Ph.D. (Microbiology) 1993, Microbiologist in Global Environmental Engineering Ltd., Pune (1993-1995), Research Associate at University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA (1998-2000) and Scientist in Microbiology Department.
Research Interest
His major research interest is in investigating the microbial diversity associated with extreme, pristine and other habitats for taxonomic novelty and industrial applications (especially Bioenergy, Petroleum Biotechnology and Bioremediation). His group works on collecting samples from a variety of extreme and pristine habitats including (but not limited to) volcanic mud, deep subsurface high temperature oil reservoirs, submarine methane.
Publications
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Arora, P., Ranade, D. R., & Dhakephalkar, P. K. (2014). Development of a microbial process for the recovery of petroleum oil from depletedreservoirs at 91–96° C. Bioresource technology, 165: 274-278.
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P Singh, N Kapse, P Arora, SM Singh, PK Dhakephalkar (2015) Draft genome of Cryobacterium sp. MLB-32, an obligate psychrophile fromglacier cryoconite holes of high Arctic. Marine Genomics. doi:10.1016/j.margen.2015.01.006
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VS Honkalas, AP Dabir, P Arora, DR Ranade, PK Dhakephalkar (2015) Draft genome sequence of Clostridium celerecrescens 152B isolatedfrom sub-seafloor methane hydrate deposits. Marine Genomics. doi:10.1016/j.margen.2015.01.008
