Kshitij Tandon

Potential syntrophic relationship between coral-associated Prosthecochloris and its companion sulfate-reducing bacterium unveiled by genomic analysis.

Yu-Hsiang Chen, Shan-Hua Yang, Kshitij Tandon, Chih-Ying Lu, Hsing-Ju Chen, Chao-Jen Shih, Sen-Lin Tang

Journal article  |  2021  |  Microb Genom

Endolithic microbial symbionts in the coral skeleton may play a pivotal role in maintaining coral health. However, compared to aer..

A Large-Scale Survey of the Bacterial Communities in Lakes of Western Mongolia with Varying Salinity Regimes

Kshitij Tandon, Bayanmunkh Baatar, Pei-Wen Chiang, Narangarvuu Dashdondog, Bolormaa Oyuntsetseg, Sen-Lin Tang

Journal article  |  2020  |  MICROORGANISMS

In recent years, climate change coupled with anthropogenic activities has led to monumental changes in saline lakes which are rapi..

Design of an inhibitor ofHelicobacter pyloricholesteryl-alpha-glucoside transferase critical for bacterial colonization

Soumiya Pal, Nishat Sarker, Majjid Qaria, Kshitij Tandon, Yusuf Akhter, Niyaz Ahmed

Journal article  |  2020  |  HELICOBACTER

BACKGROUND: Fifty percent of the world's population surves as a host for Helicobacter pylori, gastric cancer causing bacteria, tha..

Comparative genomics: Dominant coral-bacterium Endozoicomonas acroporae metabolizes dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP)

Kshitij Tandon, Chih-Ying Lu, Pei-Wen Chiang, Naohisa Wada, Shan-Hua Yang, Ya-Fan Chan, Ping-Yun Chen, Hsiao-Yu Chang, Yu-Jing Chiou, Ming-Shean Chou, Wen-Ming Chen, Sen-Lin Tang

Journal article  |  2020  |  ISME JOURNAL

Dominant coral-associated Endozoicomonas bacteria species are hypothesized to play a role in the coral sulfur cycle by metabolizin..

Metagenomic, phylogenetic, and functional characterization of predominant endolithic green sulfur bacteria in the coral Isopora palifera

Shan-Hua Yang, Kshitij Tandon, Chih-Ying Lu, Naohisa Wada, Chao-Jen Shih, Silver Sung-Yun Hsiao, Wann-Neng Jane, Tzan-Chain Lee, Chi-Ming Yang, Chi-Te Liu, Vianney Denis, Yu-Ting Wu, Li-Ting Wang, Lina Huang, Der-Chuen Lee, Yu-Wei Wu, Hideyuki Yamashiro, Sen-Lin Tang

Journal article  |  2019  |  MICROBIOME

BACKGROUND: Endolithic microbes in coral skeletons are known to be a nutrient source for the coral host. In addition to aerobic en..

Bacterial Community in Water and Air of Two Sub-Alpine Lakes in Taiwan

Kshitij Tandon, Shan-Hua Yang, Min-Tao Wan, Chia-Chin Yang, Bayanmunkh Baatar, Chih-Yu Chiu, Jeng-Wei Tsai, Wen-Cheng Liu, Sen-Lin Tang

Journal article  |  2018  |  MICROBES AND ENVIRONMENTS

Very few studies have attempted to profile the microbial communities in the air above freshwater bodies, such as lakes, even thoug..

Draft Genome Sequence of Endozoicomonas acroporae Strain Acr-14(T), Isolated from Acropora Coral

Kshitij Tandon, Pei-Wen Chiang, Wen-Ming Chen, Sen-Lin Tang

Journal article  |  2018  |  MICROBIOLOGY RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS

A lacuna exists in our understanding of the genetic makeup of Endozoicomonas bacteria, due to scarcity of genome sequences. We rep..

CoMet: a workflow using contig coverage and composition for binning a metagenomic sample with high precision

Damayanthi Herath, Sen-Lin Tang, Kshitij Tandon, David Ackland, Saman Kumara Halgamuge

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  BMC BIOINFORMATICS

BACKGROUND: In metagenomics, the separation of nucleotide sequences belonging to an individual or closely matched populations is t..

Long-Term Survey Is Necessary to Reveal Various Shifts of Microbial Composition in Corals

Shan-Hua Yang, Ching-Hung Tseng, Chang-Rung Huang, Chung-Pin Chen, Kshitij Tandon, Sonny TM Lee, Pei-Wen Chiang, Jia-Ho Shiu, Chaolun A Chen, Sen-Lin Tang

Journal article  |  2017  |  FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY

The coral holobiont is the assemblage of coral host and its microbial symbionts, which functions as a unit and is responsive to ho..

A hypervariable genomic island identified in clinical and environmental Mycobacterium avium subsp hominissuis isolates from Germany

Andrea Sanchini, Torsten Semmler, Lei Mao, Narender Kumar, Flavia Dematheis, Kshitij Tandon, Vidyullatha Peddireddy, Niyaz Ahmed, Astrid Lewin

Journal article  |  2016  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Mycobacterium avium subsp. hominissuis (MAH) is an opportunistic human pathogen widespread in the environment. Genomic islands (GI..