Dilini Sadeepa

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Lecturer at BMS campus Wellawate

Establishing reliable and cost-effective tools to identify the occurrence of toxin-producing cyanobacteria could lead to an early warning system to prevent water consumption and recreational activities, especially for low-income agricultural countries. The current study utilised a two-method approach, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and polyme...

Cellulase is a complex of enzymes which consists of β-1,4-endoglucanase, cellobiohydrolase, and β-glucosidase. Cellulase contributes a significant share to the world enzyme market and is used in number of industries viz; paper and pulp, food and beverage, bioethanol, detergent and textile. The harsh industrial conditions such as high temperature, e...

Candida infections have been recorded as an emerging health concern among immune- compromised patients, infants and pregnant women in Asia, Africa and Europe. Skin diseases, genital infections, candidiasis and candidemia caused by overgrowth of symbiotic Candida species in the human body are treated by antifungal drugs. The common drugs viz., fluco...

According to the stability and propensity for biomagnification along food webs, the cyanotoxins produced by more than 40 species of cyanobacteria have a detrimental effect on the aquatic food web. A more plausible exposure scenario involves a combination of cyanotoxins, and interaction phenomena cannot be completely ruled out. Therefore, the combin...

Chemical wastes generated through industrial settings due to the excess usage of chemical catalysts drastically affect the floral and faunal diversity of the ecosystem. To minimize the number of chemical catalysts used in industries, thermophilic bacteria inhabiting hot springs can provide substitutions. The extremozymes produced by these bacteria...

Characterization of hot spring microbiota is useful as an initial platform for exploring industrially important microbes. The present study focused on characterization of microbiota in four hot springs in Sri Lanka: Maha Oya; Wahava; Madunagala; and Kivlegama using high throughput 16S amplicon sequencing. Temperatures of the selected springs were r...