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Naresh Devarajan

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Articles 17
Citations 226
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Environmental Health
Toxicology
Biology
Top 10 Co-Authors
John Pote
Kandasamy Prabakar
Pius T Mpiana
Josue I Mubedi
Amandine Laffite
Walter Wildi
Crispin K Mulaji
Florian Thevenon
Dong Li
Patricia A Holden
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Water Res
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Chemosphere
Front Microbiol
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Recent Articles
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Role of soil in the regulation of human and plant pathogens: soils' contributions to people
Samaddar S, Karp D, Schmidt R, Devarajan N, McGarvey J, Pires A, et al.
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci . 2021 Aug; 376(1834):20200179. PMID: 34365819
Soil and soil biodiversity play critical roles in Nature's Contributions to People (NCP) # 10, defined as Nature's ability to regulate direct detrimental effects on humans, and on human-important plants...
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Bather Shedding as a Source of Human Fecal Markers to a Recreational Beach
Li D, Van De Werfhorst L, Steets B, Ervin J, Murray J, Devarajan N, et al.
Front Microbiol . 2021 Jul; 12:673190. PMID: 34248883
Microbial source tracking (MST) can identify and locate surf zone fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) sources. However, DNA-based fecal marker results may raise new questions, since FIB and DNA marker sources...
3.
Sources of Low Level Human Fecal Markers in Recreational Waters of Two Santa Barbara, CA Beaches: Roles of WWTP Outfalls and Swimmers
Li D, Van De Werfhorst L, Steets B, Ervin J, Murray J, Blackwell A, et al.
Water Res . 2021 Jul; 202:117378. PMID: 34246990
Worldwide, fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) evidence coastal water contamination for which sources are unknown. Here, for two FIB-impacted Santa Barbara recreational beaches, hypothesized fecal sources were investigated over three dry...
4.
Surf zone microbiological water quality following emergency beach nourishment using sediments from a catastrophic debris flow
Li D, Van De Werfhorst L, Dunne T, Devarajan N, Ayala T, Holden P
Water Res . 2020 Apr; 176:115733. PMID: 32234606
Urban disaster response requires disposal of complex wastes. This study regards a case wherein high intensity rainfall fell over a remote mountainous area previously burned by wildfire, generating debris flows...
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Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes Induce More Pronounced Transcriptomic Responses in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PG201 than Graphene, Exfoliated Boron Nitride, or Carbon Black
Mortimer M, Devarajan N, Li D, Holden P
ACS Nano . 2018 Feb; 12(3):2728-2740. PMID: 29455524
Carbonaceous and boron nitride (BN) nanomaterials have similar applications and hydrophobic properties suggesting common release pathways and exposure to bacteria. While high nanomaterial concentrations can be bactericidal or growth-inhibitory, little...
6.
Antibiotic resistant Pseudomonas spp. in the aquatic environment: A prevalence study under tropical and temperate climate conditions
Devarajan N, Kohler T, Sivalingam P, Van Delden C, Mulaji C, Mpiana P, et al.
Water Res . 2017 Mar; 115:256-265. PMID: 28284092
Microbial populations which are resistant to antibiotics are an emerging environmental concern with potentially serious implications for public health. Thus, there is a growing concern in exploring the occurrence of...
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Hospital Effluents Are One of Several Sources of Metal, Antibiotic Resistance Genes, and Bacterial Markers Disseminated in Sub-Saharan Urban Rivers
Laffite A, Kilunga P, Kayembe J, Devarajan N, Mulaji C, Giuliani G, et al.
Front Microbiol . 2016 Aug; 7:1128. PMID: 27499749
Data concerning the occurrence of emerging biological contaminants such as antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) in aquatic environments in Sub-Saharan African countries is limited. On the...
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The impact of hospital and urban wastewaters on the bacteriological contamination of the water resources in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Kilunga P, Kayembe J, Laffite A, Thevenon F, Devarajan N, Mulaji C, et al.
J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng . 2016 Jul; 51(12):1034-42. PMID: 27389829
Although the United Nations General Assembly recognized in 2010 the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is essential to the full enjoyment...
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Leachates draining from controlled municipal solid waste landfill: Detailed geochemical characterization and toxicity tests
Mavakala B, Le Faucheur S, Mulaji C, Laffite A, Devarajan N, Biey E, et al.
Waste Manag . 2016 May; 55:238-48. PMID: 27177465
Management of municipal solid wastes in many countries consists of waste disposal into landfill without treatment or selective collection of solid waste fractions including plastics, paper, glass, metals, electronic waste,...
10.
Occurrence of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Bacterial Markers in a Tropical River Receiving Hospital and Urban Wastewaters
Devarajan N, Laffite A, Mulaji C, Otamonga J, Mpiana P, Mubedi J, et al.
PLoS One . 2016 Feb; 11(2):e0149211. PMID: 26910062
The occurrence of emerging biological contaminants including antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and Faecal Indicator Bacteria (FIB) is still little investigated in developing countries under tropical conditions. In this study, the...