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Area of Research
  •  Food Safety
  • Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Alternatives to Antibiotics
  • Innovative Fish Processing
Education
  • M.V.Sc., Ph.D.
Current projects
  • All India Network Project on Antimicrobial Resistance (AINP-AMR). (PI)
  • Matrix specific phage formulations for the bio-control of enterotoxigenic methicillin sensitive and resistant Staphylococcus aureus of safety concern (Co-PI)
  • Unravelling the true microbiome of finfish and shellfish during spoilage: Towards the development of rapid detection kit for fish spoilage (Co-PI)
  • Interventions for ensuring diversity and quality of products from aquatic resources of the East Coast through innovative technologies (Co-PI)
Awards and recognitions
  • Earn While You Learn Pork Project Gold Medal for securing highest OGPA in Bachelor of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry (B.V.Sc. & A.H.) from College of Veterinary Science, Tirupati at the 27th Annual Convocation, Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (7th April, 1994).
  • Chilakampally Narayana Reddy Gold Medal for securing highest OGPA in M.V.Sc. (Microbiology) from College of Veterinary Science, Tirupati at the 29th Annual Convocation, Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (9th Jan, 1998).
  • Dr S Vancheeswara Iyer Memorial Gold Medal by the Indian Veterinary Association in 2001 for the research paper ‘An indirect IgM-ELISA for diagnosis of sheep pox virus infection’ – B. Madhusudana Rao and M. V. Subba Rao, published in Indian Veterinary Journal, 76 (12): 1050–1054; 1999.
  • Best Paper Award (2004) given by the Society of Fisheries Technologists (India), Cochin for the research paper ‘Microbial Populations in Deep Sea Water and Fish of South East Arabian Sea with special emphasis on Escherichia coli and Coliphage’ – B. Madhusudana Rao and P. K. Surendran, published in Fishery Technology, 40 (2): 105–114; 2003.
  • Best Poster Award (2022) – Manikantha Benala, Murugadas Vaiypauri, Visnuvinayagam Sivam, Karthika Raveendran, Madhusudana Rao Badireddy (2022). Vibriophage-ɸlv6: a siphoviridae phage for the control of luminescent vibrios in Penaeus vannamei shrimp hatcheries. GAF8 - The 8th Global Conference on Gender in Aquaculture & Fisheries, Parallel Event 1: Interventions for Control of AMR: Harnessing One Health Knowledge, organized by ICAR-CIFT, SOFTI, and GAFS of the AFS, pp. 167.
  • Certificate of Professional Distinction (2024) for distinguished alumni by Dr Lankapalli Bullayya College, Visakhapatnam during the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the college on 03-03-2024.
Publications (Best 5 publications)
  • Madhusudana Rao, B. and Surendran, P.K. (2010). Genetic heterogeneity of non-O1 and non-O139 Vibrio cholerae isolates from shrimp aquaculture system: a comparison of RS-, REP- and ERIC-PCR fingerprinting approaches. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 51: 65–74.
  • Madhusudana Rao, B. and Lalitha, K.V. (2015). Bacteriophages for aquaculture: Are they beneficial or inimical? Aquaculture, 437: 146–154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2014.11.039
  • Madhusudana Rao, B., D. Jesmi, and P. Viji (2017). Chilled storage of Pangasianodon hypophthalmus fillets coated with plant oil-incorporated alginate gels: Effect of clove leaf, clove bud, rosemary and thyme oils. Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology, 26: 744–755. https://doi.org/10.1080/10498850.2017.1284169
  • Manikantha Benala, Murugadas Vaiyapuri, Karthika Raveendran, Joshy Chalil George, Visnuvinayagam Sivam, and Madhusudana Rao, B. (2022). Coliphage cocktails for controlling antimicrobial resistant E. coli: Emphasizing poly-phage and multi-host interactions at different levels of multiplicity of infection. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 134 (4). https://doi.org/10.1093/jambio/lxad055
  • Manikantha Benala, Murugadas Vaiyapuri, Visnuvinayagam Sivam, Joshy Chalil George, Karthika Raveendran, Iris George, Mukteswar Prasad Mothadaka, Madhusudana Rao, B.* (2021). A revisited two-step microtiter plate assay: Optimization of in vitro multiplicity of infection (MOI) for coliphage and vibriophage. Journal of Virological Methods, 294: 114177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2021.114177

 

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