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Dr. R. (Rahul) Jain

Faculty of Science
Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences
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  • Science Park 904
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  • Postbus 1210
    1000 BE Amsterdam
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  • Publications

    2025

    • Bhardwaj, P., Jain, R., Rawat, N., Joshi, R., Kumar, A., Pandey, S. S., & Kumar, S. (2025). Naganishia liquefaciens ARY7, a Psychrophilic Yeast Endophyte Improves Plant Low Temperature Acclimation Through Auxin and Salicylic Acid Signaling. Physiologia Plantarum. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.70267
    • Singh, N. A., Jyoti, Shakshi, Jain, V., Jaya, Rai, N., & Jain, R. (2025). Bioprospecting for probiotics and other technological aspects of the bacteria isolated from goat milk. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 78(4), Article ovaf050. https://doi.org/10.1093/lambio/ovaf050

    2023

    • Dindhoria, K., Jain, R., Kumar, R., Bhargava, B., Kumar, R., & Kumar, S. (2023). Microbial community structure analysis of hypersaline niches and elucidation of their role in the biogeochemical cycling of nitrogen, sulphur and methane. Ecological Informatics, 75, Article 102023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102023
    • Jain, R., Bhardwaj, P., Guleria, S., Pandey, A., & Kumar, S. (2023). Polyamine metabolizing rhizobacteria Pseudomonas sp. GBPI_506 modulates hormone signaling to enhance lateral roots and nicotine biosynthesis in Nicotiana benthamiana. Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.01.010
    • Pandey, N., Jain, R., Dhakar, K., Sharma, A., & Pandey, A. (2023). A reduction in temperature induces bioactive red pigment production in a psychrotolerant Penicillium sp. GEU_37 isolated from Himalayan soil. Fungal Biology, 127(3), 927-937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funbio.2023.01.008

    2022

    • Bhardwaj, P., Jain, R., & Kumar, S. (2022). Draft Genome Sequence of Endophytic Sphingomonas faeni Strain ALB2, Isolated from the Leaf of a Cold-Desert Medicinal Plant. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 11(11). https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00687-22
    • Neemisha, Kumar, A., Sharma, P., Kaur, A., Sharma, S., & Jain, R. (2022). Harnessing rhizobacteria to fulfil inter-linked nutrient dependency on soil and alleviate stresses in plants. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 133(5), 2694-2716. https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.15649
    • Pandey, S. S., Jain, R., Bhardwaj, P., Thakur, A., Kumari, M., Bhushan, S., & Kumar, S. (2022). Plant probiotics – Endophytes pivotal to plant health. Microbiological Research, 263, Article 127148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2022.127148
    • Sharma, K., Sharma, S., Vaishnav, A., Jain, R., Singh, D., Singh, H. B., Goel, A., & Singh, S. (2022). Salt-tolerant PGPR strain Priestia endophytica SK1 promotes fenugreek growth under salt stress by inducing nitrogen assimilation and secondary metabolites. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 133(5), 2802-2813. https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.15735
    • Singh, N. A., & Jain, R. (2022). Diversity and Bioactive Potential of Endophytic Bacteria from High-Value Medicinal Plants. In Bacterial Endophytes for Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Management (pp. 45-69). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4497-9_3

    2021

    • Adhikari, P., Jain, R., Sharma, A., & Pandey, A. (2021). Plant Growth Promotion at Low Temperature by Phosphate-Solubilizing Pseudomonas Spp. Isolated from High-Altitude Himalayan Soil. Microbial Ecology, 82(3), 677-687. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-021-01702-1
    • Guleria, S., Jain, R., Singh, D., & Kumar, S. (2021). A thermostable Fe/Mn SOD of Geobacillus sp. PCH100 isolated from glacial soil of Indian trans-Himalaya exhibits activity in the presence of common inhibitors. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 179, 576-585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.03.019
    • Jain, R., Bhardwaj, P., Pandey, S. S., & Kumar, S. (2021). Arnebia euchroma, a Plant Species of Cold Desert in the Himalayas, Harbors Beneficial Cultivable Endophytes in Roots and Leaves. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, Article 696667. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.696667

    2020

    • Jain, R., Pandey, N., & Pandey, A. (2020). Aggregation properties of cold-active lipase produced by a psychrotolerant strain of Pseudomonas palleroniana (GBPI_508). Biocatalysis and Biotransformation, 38(4), 263-273. https://doi.org/10.1080/10242422.2019.1666829

    2019

    • Dhyani, A., Jain, R., & Pandey, A. (2019). Contribution of root-associated microbial communities on soil quality of Oak and Pine forests in the Himalayan ecosystem. Tropical Ecology, 60(2), 271-280. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42965-019-00031-2
    • Pandey, A., Dhakar, K., Jain, R., Pandey, N., Gupta, V. K., Kooliyottil, R., Dhyani, A., Malviya, M. K., & Adhikari, P. (2019). Cold Adapted Fungi from Indian Himalaya: Untapped Source for Bioprospecting. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences India Section B - Biological Sciences, 89(4), 1125-1132. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40011-018-1002-0
    • Pandey, A., Jain, R., Sharma, A., Dhakar, K., Kaira, G. S., Rahi, P., Dhyani, A., Pandey, N., Adhikari, P., & Shouche, Y. S. (2019). 16S rRNA gene sequencing and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry based comparative assessment and bioprospection of psychrotolerant bacteria isolated from high altitudes under mountain ecosystem. SN Applied Sciences, 1(3), Article 278. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-019-0273-2

    2018

    • Pandey, N., Jain, R., Pandey, A., & Tamta, S. (2018). Optimisation and characterisation of the orange pigment produced by a cold adapted strain of Penicillium sp. (GBPI_P155) isolated from mountain ecosystem. Mycology, 9(2), 81-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/21501203.2017.1423127

    2017

    • Jain, R., Pandey, A., Pasupuleti, M., & Pande, V. (2017). Prolonged Production and Aggregation Complexity of Cold-Active Lipase from Pseudomonas proteolytica (GBPI_Hb61) Isolated from Cold Desert Himalaya. Molecular Biotechnology, 59(1), 34-45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12033-016-9989-z

    2016

    • Jain, R., & Pandey, A. (2016). A phenazine-1-carboxylic acid producing polyextremophilic Pseudomonas chlororaphis (MCC2693) strain, isolated from mountain ecosystem, possesses biocontrol and plant growth promotion abilities. Microbiological Research, 190, 63-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2016.04.017
    • Jain, R., & Pandey, A. (2016). Soil enzymes and microbial endophytes as indicators of climate variation along an altitudinal gradient with respect to wheat rhizosphere under mountain ecosystem. Rhizosphere, 2, 75-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2016.07.007
    • Jain, R., Chaudhary, D., Dhakar, K., & Pandey, A. (2016). A Consortium of Beneficial Fungi Survive the Fire Operations Under Shifting Cultivation in Northeast Himalaya, India. National Academy Science Letters, 39(5), 343-346. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-016-0482-9
    • Pandey, N., Dhakar, K., Jain, R., & Pandey, A. (2016). Temperature dependent lipase production from cold and pH tolerant species of Penicillium. Mycosphere, 7(10), 1533-1545. https://doi.org/10.5943/mycosphere/si/3b/5

    2014

    • Dhakar, K., Jain, R., Tamta, S., & Pandey, A. (2014). Prolonged laccase production by a cold and pH tolerant strain of penicillium pinophilum (MCC 1049) isolated from a low temperature environment. Enzyme Research, 2014, Article 120708. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/120708

    2025

    • Abedini, D., Guerrieri, A., Jain, R., White, F. T. G., Koomen, J., Yang, Y., Wang, K., Kramer, G., Bouwmeester, H. J., & Dong, L. (2025). A Solanoeclepin A precursor functions as a new rhizosphere signaling molecule recruiting growth-promoting microbes under nitrogen deficiency. BioArxiv.
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