Dr. C. Muthukumar
M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Botany & Microbiology
College of Science, King Saud University
Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Father’s Name : T.A. Chinnasamy
Date of Birth : 07.06.1979
Sex : Male
Nationality : Indian
Permanent address : 32, AB. Thanthoni Bazaar Street,
Thirumanelaiyur – 639 003,
Karur District, Tamilnadu, India
E-mail : cmkumar1979@gmail.com
mchinnasamy@ksu.edu.sa

Currently Working : Assistant Professor
King Saud University, Riyadh 11451
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mobile : +966 561678794.

Educational qualification:

Course Institution Year of Passing
Ph.D. Botany Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli August 2007
M.Phil. Botany Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli January 2003
M.Sc. Botany National College, Tiruchirapalli – 620 001 April 2001
B.Sc. Botany National College, Tiruchirapalli – 620 001 April 1999

Experience:

Designation Institution Year(s)
Lecturer Department of Botany, Raja Serfoji Govt. Arts College, Thanjavur 613 001, India. July 2003 to April 2004
Senior Research Fellow Department of Microbiology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620 024, India February 2006 – September 2009
Assistant Professor Department of Botany & Microbiology, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. October 2009 to till date

Scientific paper published
1. Al-Harbi, N.A., Balachandran, C., Karunai Raj, N., Duraipandiyan, V., Muthukumar, C., Ignacimuthu, S. and Ali Khan, I. Antimycobacterial, antimicrobial and antibiofilm properties of Couroupita guianensis Aubl. fruit extract. 2012, BMC complementary alternative medicine, 2012, 12:242. (Impact factor: 2.24).
2. Duraipandiyan, V., S.Ignacimuthu, Albert Baskar, C.Muthukumar, Naif Abdullah Al-Harbi. Anticancer activity of Rhein isolated from Cassia fistula L. flower. Asian pacific journal of tropical medicine, 2012, 517-523. Accepted for publication (Impact factor: 0.371).
3. Al-Harbi, N.A., Shyam Kumar, R., Muthukumar, C. and Thajuddin, N. Antibacterial activity of Mentha piperita against selected food spoiling bacteria. African Journal of Biotechnology, 2012, 11(90): 15690-15694. (Impact factor: 0.832).
4. Duraipandiyan, V., Al-Harbi, N.A., Ignacimuthu, S. and Muthukumar, C. Antimicrobial activity of sesquiterpene lactones isolated from traditional medicinal, plant, Costus speciosus (Koen ex.Retz.) Sm. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2012, 12:13. (Impact factor: 2.24).
5. Vijayakumar, R., K. Panneerselvam, C. Muthukumar, N. Thajuddin, A. Panneerselvam and R. Saravanamuthu. Antimicrobial potentiality of a halophilic strain of Streptomyces sp. VPTSA18 isolated from the saltpan environment of Vedaranyam, India. Annals of Microbiology, 2012, 62: 1039-104. (Impact factor: 0.689).
6. Vijayakumar, R., K. Panneerselvam, C. Muthukumar, N. Thajuddin, A. Panneerselvam and R. Saravanamuthu. Optimization of antimicrobial production by the marine actinomycete Streptomyces afghaniensis VPTS3-1 isolated from Palk Strait, East Coast of India. Indian J. Microbiol. 2012, 52(2): 230–239. (Impact factor: 0.511).
7. Praveen Kumar, R., Vijayan, D., Leo Antony, M., Muthu Kumar, C. and Thajuddin, N. Phylogenetic diversity of cultivable bacteria associated with filamentous non-hetrocystous marine cyanobacteria. J. Algal Biomass Utln. 2009, 1 (1): 86 – 101.
8. Yang, R., Mohan, N., Muthukumar, C., Thajuddin, N. and Gunasekaran, M. Influence of cultural conditions on Glutathione Peroxidase synthesis in Candida albicans. Asian Journal of Biochemistry. 2009, 4(3): 99-105.
9. Vijayakumar R., C. Muthukumar, N. Thajuddin, A. Panneerselvam and R. Saravanamuthu. Antagonistic activity of some actinomycetes isolated from marine soils of Point Calimere, East Coast of India. Indian J. Appl. Microbiol., 2008, 8:60-66.
10. Praveen Kumar, R., Leo Antony, M., Vijayan, D., Muthukumar, C. and N. Thajuddin (2007) Morphological diversity and phylogeny of cyanobionts from the coralloid roots of cycads. BDU J. Sci. & Tech. 1(2) : 169 - 176 (in Tamil ) & 177 - 184 (in English).
11. Vetriselvi, J., Muthukumar, C., Jayanthi, G. and R. Saravanamuthu. Studies on the potentiality of cellulose degradation by the microorganisms associated with crop residues in the soil. Asian J. Microbiol. Biotech. Env. Sc., 2007, 9: 91-94.
12. Vijayakumar, R¬., C. Muthukumar, N. Thajuddin, A. Panneerselvam and R. Saravanamuthu. Studies on the diversity of actinomycetes in the Palk Strait region of Bay of Bengal, India, Actinomycetologica, 2007, 21(2): 59-65.
13. Muthukumar, C., R. Vijayakumar, G. Muralitharan, A. Panneerselvam and N. Thajuddin. Cyanobacterial biodiversity from different freshwater ponds of Thanjavur. Acta Botanica Malacitana, 2007, 32: 17-25.
14. Vijayakumar, R., C. Muthukumar, T. Kumar and R. Saravanamuthu. Characterization of a Dandruff fungus, Malassezia furfur (Robin) Baillon. and its control by using plant extracts, Indian J. Dermatol., 2006, 51: 145-148.
15. Vijayakumar, R., C. Muthukumar, S. Alaguraju, T. Kumar, N. Nadimuthu and R. Saravanamuthu, 2006. Evaluation of efficiency of commercial shampoos and plant extracts in controlling the growth of Malassezia furfur (Robin) Baillon. Proceedings of the National Symposium on Recent Trends in Biological Research, 51-55
16. Muthukumar, C., R. Vijayakumar, T. Kumar, A. Panneerselvam and R. Saravanamuthu. Studies on the antagonism of some soil fungi against Drechslera ellisii a fruit rot causing organisms in Guava. J. Soil Biol. Ecol., 2006, 26 (1&2): 117-122.
17. Muthukumar, C., T. Kumar and R. Saravanamuthu. Influence of exogenous nitrogen and pH on cellulolytic activity of Drechslera ellisii. J. Agri. Res., 2006, 56: 56-59.
18. Vijayakumar, R., C. Muthukumar, N. Thajuddin and A. Panneerselvam, Screening of antagonistic actinomycetes from East Coast of India, J. Soil Biol. Ecol., 2004, 24: 71-77.
19. Muthukumar, C., T. Kumar and R. Saravanamuthu. Cellulolytic activity of Curvularia lunata and the influence of exogenous nitrogen and pH. Geobios, 2004, 31: 13-16.
20. Duraipandiyan, V., Naif Abdullah Al-Harbi, C. Muthukumar, S.Ignacimuthu. Antifungal metabolites from sponge associated marine Streptomyces sp. isolate (ERIMA-01) from south east coast of India. 2012, BMC Microbiology (Under review).

16S rRNA gene sequences submitted in GenBank (NCBI, EMBL & DDBJ)

C. Muthukumar et al.

S.No. Microbial taxa used for 16S rRNA Sequencing GenBank Accession Nos. (NCBI, EMBL & DDBJ)
MARINE CYANOBACTERIA
1. Oscillatoria formosa BDU91041 DQ845199
2. Oscillatoria boryana BDU92181 DQ845200
3. Oscillatoria willei BDU 130461 EF061317
4. Oscillatoria laete-virens BDU100891 EF420110
5. Leptolyngbya valderiana BDU140842 EF420111
6. Leptolyngbya fragilis BDU42911 EF420112
7. Phormidium corium BDU 30241 EF420113
8. Phormidium tenue BDU 40061 EF420114
9. Pseudanabaena schmidlei BDU 20761 EF544989
10. Nostoc calcicola BDU 40302 EF544990
11. Scytonema crustaceum BDU 40142 EF544991
12. Calothrix contarenii BDU 40141 EF544992
13. Chroococcus minor BDU 9134 GU186889
14. Chroococcus sp. BDU 20231 GU186890
15. Gloeocapsopsis crepidinum BDU 20372 GU186891
16. Gloeocapsopsis crepidinum BDU 20372 GU186892
17. Synechocystis sp. BDU 130192 GU186893
18. Synechococcus elongatus BDU 70542 GU186894
19. Phormidium minnesotense BDU 70492 GU186895
20. Jaaginema subtilissimum BDU 92183 GU186896
21. Oscillatoria sp. BDU 142191 GU186897
22. Leptolyngbya valderiana BDU 41001 GU186898
23. Phormidium lucidum BDU 10141 GU186899
24. Synechococcus elongatus BDU 30312 GU186900
25. Oscillatoria sp. BDU 141541 GU186901
SYMBIOTIC CYANOBACTERIA
26. Nostoc sp. NTCC1 DQ845197
27. Nostoc sp. NTCRm6 DQ845198
MARINE ACTINOMYCETES
28. Streptomyces sp. VPTS3-1 DQ845201
29. Streptomyces sp. VPTS3-2 DQ845202
30. Streptomyces sp. VPTSA1-4 DQ845203
31. Streptomyces sp. VPTSA1-8 DQ845204
BACTERIA
32. Rhizobium sp. GGNM66 EF420109
33. Bacillus sp. GGTD 67 EF601985

Seminar/Symposium attended and paper presented

1. Flora (Association of Biology) “Inter collegiate students seminar on Life Science” on 11.03.2000, held at CN College of Arts and Science, Erode.
2. National seminar and XII Southern Regional conference on microbial inoculants, on March 21-22, 2002, organized by Faculty of Agriculture Department of Microbiology, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu.
3. National Seminar on Superficial Mycoses causes, prevention and cure with plant medicine, 12th and 13th September 2003, organized by Department of Botany, Kandaswami Kandar’s College, Vellur – 638 182, Namakkal District, Tamil Nadu.
Paper presented: Screening of plants for antifungal activity against Malassezia furfur (Robin) Baillon. a fungus causing Pityriasis versicolor. R. Vijayakumar, C. Muthukumar, S. Alaguraju and T. Kumar.
4. National Symposium on Recent Trends in Biological Research – February 17-19, 2004. Organized by Department of Botany and Microbiology, A.V.V.M. Sri Pushpam College (Autonomous), Poondi – 613 503, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu.
Paper presented: Evaluation of efficiency of commercial shampoos and plant extracts in controlling the growth of Malassezia furfur (Robin) Baillon. R. Vijayakumar, C. Muthukumar, S. Alaguraju and T. Kumar.
5. National symposium on Microalgal Biotechnology, 11-13 March 2004. Organized by Department of Microbiology and National Facility for Marine Cyanobacteria, Bharathidasan Unversity, Tiruchirappalli – 620 024, Tamil Nadu.
Paper presented: An attempt on the development of natural culture media for marine cyanobacteria. S. Sangeetha priya, C. Muthukumar, G. Muralitharan and N. Thajuddin.
6. National Symposium on Biology and Biodiversity of fresh water algae, 8th & 9th September, 2004. Organized by CAS in Botany, University of Madras, Channai.
Paper presented: Cyanobacterial biodiversity from different freshwater ponds of Thanjavur. C. Muthukumar, R. Vijayakumar, G. Muralitharan, A. Panneerselvam and N. Thajuddin.
7. Innovative approaches to plant sciences, 24 & 25 February 2005. Organized by Department of Botany, A.V.C. College (Autonomous), Mannampandal – 609 305, Mayiladuthurai.
Paper presented: Studies on leaf spot, fruit rot disease of Guava and its control. C. Muthukumar, R. Vijayakumar, T. Kumar, N. Nadimuthu, A. Panneerselvam and R. Saravanamuthu.
8. State level seminar on Scope and Status of Phytochemistry and Bioremediation, August 10-11,2005 held at Department of Botany, Kunthavai Nacchiyar Govt. Arts College (Women), Thanjavur.
Paper presented: Studies on fruit rot disease of Chilli (Capsicum annum L.) and its control. C. Muthukumar, R. Vijayakumar, T. Kumar, A. Panneerselvam and R. Saravanamuthu.
9. VIII National Symposium on Soil Biology in Human Welfare, October 5th – 7th 2005, held at Department of Microbiology, Ponnaiyah Ramajayam College, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu.
Paper presented:
i) Studies on antagonism of some soil fungi against Drechslera ellisii a fruit rot causing organism in Guava. C. Muthukumar, R. Vijayakumar, T. Kumar, A. Panneerselvam, N. Nadimuthu and R. Saravanamuthu.
ii) Screening of antagonistic Actinomycetes from east coast of India, R. Vijayakumar, C. Muthukumar, N. Thajuddin and A. Panneerselvam.
10. National Symposium on Algal Biodiversity and its role in Bioremediation. Jointly organized by Krishnamurthy Institute of Algology and Vivekananda Institute of Algal Technology, Chennai during 23 – 25 September, 2006. Sundaramoorthy, M., Muralitharan, G. Muthukumar, C. and N. Thajuddin (2006) Morphological, Molecular and Phylogenetic studies of endosymbiotic cyanobionts isolated from different Cycads (Gymnosperms).
11. International Conference on “Current Trends in Algal Bioresource Utilization” Assam University, Silchar, Assam, during 4 – 6, December, 2006. Muthukumar, C., Muralitharan, G. and Thajuddin, N. (2006). Phylogenetic relationship of marine cyanobacteria using RAPD and protein fingerprinting.
12. National conference on “Bioprospecting of Marine Resources with special reference to Marine Natural Products and Drug Discovery” organized by Oceanography and coastal area studies, Alagappa University, Karaikudi during April 26 – 28, 2007. Muthukumar. C., Muralitharan, G. and N. Thajuddin (2007) Phylogeny of marine cyanobacteria using protein finger printing.
13. International Conference on “Vision on Rural water, Life & Environment for the 21st Century”. Department of Geology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli – 620 024, India. 29 – 31 January, 2007. Muralitharan, G., Muthukumar, C. and N. Thajuddin (2007) Influence of Blue-green algal blooms on fresh water ponds of Thanjavur, Tamilnadu.
14. National Conference on “Current Trends in Algal Biodiversity and Biotechnology” organized by CAS in Botany, University of Madras, Chennai – 600 025 during 7 – 8 February, 2008.
Paper presented:
I) Molecular fingerprinting of Oscillatoria spp. using 16S rRNA analysis, Muthukumar, C., Muralitharan, G. and N. Thajuddin
ii) Analysis of sds-page of whole cell protein profiles of marine cyanobacteria. Kalanithi, C., Suganya, S., Malathy, S., Muthukumar, C., Muralitharan, G. and N. Thajuddin.
iii) Molecular characterization of marine cyanobacteria using STRR fingerprinting, Malathy, S., Suganya, S., Kalanithi, C., Muthukumar, C., Muralitharan, G. and N. Thajuddin.
IV) Phylogenetic relationship of marine cyanobacteria using randomly amplifed polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprinting, Mubarak ali, D., Muthukumar, C. and N.Thajuddin.
v) Biodiversity of marine cyanobacteria in Palk Strait region of Bay of Bengal, Suganya, S., Malathy, S., Kalanithi, C., Muthukumar, C. and N. Thajuddin.
vi) Diversity and characterization of epiphytic bacteria associated with marine cyanobacteria, Praveen kumar, R., Leo Antony, M., Vijayan, D., Muthukumar, C., and N. Thajuddin

Training programme/Workshop attended:
1. State level workshop on the State-of-the Art Techniques in Agricultural Microbiology, October 4-6 2002, held at Department of Botany and Microbiology, A.V.V.M. Sri Pushpam College (Autonomous), Poondi – 613 503, Thanjavur district.
2. Training programme on Edible Mushroom Cultivation for Women self help groups, 9th – 11th January 2004, held at Department of Botany and Microbiology, A.V.V.M. Sri Pushpam College (Autonomous), Poondi – 613 503, Thanjavur district – Acted as Resource person.
3. National Level Workshop on Research Techniques in Cyanobacteriology & Workshop on bioinformatics for Cyanobacteriologist (WORTIC & WOBIC), February 20 – March 3, 2006, held at National Facility for Marine Cyanobacteria, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli – 620 024.
4. National Level workshop on Taxonomy of Algae, 22-28th February 2007, held at Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, University of Madras, Chennai – 600 025.