Education

Ph.D. in Plant Biotechnology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, India, 2008

Current position

DST, Women Scientist, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, India

Publications

*Equal first author

1. Mahalakshmi, S.*, Sunayana, M. R.*, SaiSree, L. and Reddy, M. (2014). yciM is an essential gene required for regulation of lipopolysaccharide synthesis in Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol 91(1): 145-157.
   
2. Shanker, V., Rayabandla, S. M., Kumavath, R. N., Chintalapati, S. and Chintalapati, R. (2006). Light-dependent transformation of aniline to indole esters by the purple bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides OU5. Curr Microbiol 52(6): 413-417.
   
3. Sunayana, M. R., Sasikala, C. and Ramana Ch, V. (2005). Rhodestrin: a novel indole terpenoid phytohormone from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Biotechnol Lett 27(23-24): 1897-1900.
   
4. Sunayana, M. R., Sasikala, C. and Ramana Ch, V. (2005). Production of a novel indole ester from 2-aminobenzoate by Rhodobacter sphaeroides OU5. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 32(2): 41-45.