Darshan Sreenivas

Anthropogenic habitats shape gut microbiome composition in Southern Indian bats

The paper examines how anthropogenic habitats affect gut microbiome composition in Southern Indian bats, finding diet-specific taxonomic and functional diversity with signs of functional homogenization due to pollution.

Identification of distinct rodent-associated adenovirus lineages from a mixed-use landscape in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot

The paper identifies five novel adenovirus lineages in small mammals from the Western Ghats, highlighting unexplored viral diversity and zoonotic potential.

Genomic surveillance reveals circulation of multiple variants and lineages of SARS-CoV-2 during COVID-19 pandemic in Indian city of Bengaluru

The paper reports genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Bengaluru, India, across three pandemic waves, identifying 18 clades and 196 lineages, with Delta dominant in the second wave and Omicron BA.2 dominant in the third.