Naji Naseef Pathoor

@saveethadental.com

Department of Microbiology, Centre for Infectious Diseases
Saveetha Dental College and Hospital

EDUCATION

I am a PhD scholar in the Department of Microbiology at the Centre for Infectious Diseases, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATS), Saveetha University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Immunology, Virology
112

Scholar Citations

6

Scholar h-index

3

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • L-ascorbic acid exerts anti-microbial and anti-virulence effects against multi-drug resistant clinical isolate of the Burkholderia cepacia complex
    SR Bhujbal, P Balasanker, NN Pathoor, AR Anshad, M Atchaya, JS Naik, ...
    Microbial Pathogenesis, 108409 , 2026
    2026
  • Attenuation of biofilm-encoding genes and virulence attributes in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii by essential oil derived from Myroxylon balsamum
    NN Pathoor, PS Ganesh, RK Gopal, AR Anshad, EM Shankar, ...
    Scientific Reports 16 (1), 2861 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 2
  • From resistance to treatment: the ongoing struggle with Acinetobacter baumannii
    N Naseef Pathoor, V Valsa, PS Ganesh, RK Gopal
    Critical Reviews in Microbiology 51 (6), 1270-1291 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 6
  • Prebiotic dietary fibre from marine seaweed: A potential treatment strategy for type 2 diabetes
    RK Gopal, PS Ganesh, NN Pathoor
    Algal Research, 104368 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • A rapid, reliable, and revolutionary dual-path platform assay: a paradigm in typhoid diagnosis
    RK Gopal, PS Ganesh, NN Pathoor, A Viswanathan
    The Lancet Microbe 6 (8) , 2025
    2025
  • Microbiomes and Biofilms: Fundamentals and Translational Applications
    NN Pathoor, PS Ganesh, RK Gopal, AP Govindasamy, SJ Ramesh, ...
    Omics Approaches in Biofilm Research: Perspectives and Applications, 91-127 , 2025
    2025
  • Letter to editor on" Microplastics release from coronary catheters: Insights from Catheter analysis"
    PS Ganesh, A Viswanathan, NN Pathoor, RK Gopal
    Chemosphere 377, 144344 , 2025
    2025
  • Understanding the prevalence, antimicrobial resistance, and public health challenges of Acinetobacter baumannii in India and China
    NN Pathoor, PS Ganesh, RK Gopal
    Journal of Applied Microbiology, lxaf102 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 6
  • Reflection on Transoral Robotic Surgery vs Transoral Laser Microsurgery in HPV-Positive Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma—Reply
    JT O’Hara, CN Hurt, TM Jones
    JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery 151 (4), 413-414 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Letter to the Editor Regarding the Article “Spatial Dynamics of TRAIL Death Receptors in Cancer Cells”
    NN Pathoor, PS Ganesh
    Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology 46 (02), 231-232 , 2025
    2025
  • Mpox vaccination strategies in DR Congo
    RK Gopal, PS Ganesh, NN Pathoor
    The Lancet Global Health 13 (3), e415 , 2025
    2025
  • 3-Hydroxybenzoic acid inhibits the virulence attributes and disrupts biofilm production in clinical isolates of A cinetobacter baumannii
    NN Pathoor, PS Ganesh, AR Anshad, RK Gopal, EM Ponmalar, ...
    European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 44 (3), 653-669 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 11
  • Targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 pathogenicity: The role of Glycyrrhiza glabra in inhibiting virulence factors and biofilms
    G Soundhariya, NN Pathoor, K Murthykumar, PS Ganesh
    Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 111 (3), 116674 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 5
  • Letter to the Editor regarding," An up to thirty-year retrospective study on the success and survival of single unit and splinted implant-supported crowns in a dental school …
    PS Ganesh, NN Pathoor, RK Gopal
    The Journal of prosthetic dentistry 133 (3), 938-939 , 2025
    2025
  • Enhancing microbiome-based biomarkers: challenges and opportunities
    RK Gopal, PS Ganesh, NN Pathoor, A Viswanathan
    The Lancet Microbe 6 (3) , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • Efficacy of Rhamnus frangula extract against Acinetobacter baumannii biofilms: Histopathological evidence from ex vivo goat models
    RM Rony Varughese, NN Pathoor, P Ranganathan, PS Ganesh
    World Academy of Sciences Journal 7 (3), 36 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Letter to the editor regarding “Applications of artificial intelligence for surgical extraction in atomatology: a systematic review”
    PS Ganesh, NN Pathoor, GR Kanna
    Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Oral Radiology 139 (1), 124 , 2025
    2025
  • Letter to the editor regarding" Influenza vaccination and COVID-19 infection risk and disease severity: A systematic review and multilevel meta-analysis of prospective studies"
    PS Ganesh, NN Pathoor, RK Gopal, A Viswanathan, EM Shankar
    American journal of infection control 53 (1), 167 , 2025
    2025
  • Letter to the Editor Regarding the Article “The Impact of COVID-19 on Breast Cancer Care: A Qualitative Analysis of Surgeons’ Perspectives”
    PS Ganesh, NN Pathoor, RK Gopal
    Clinical Breast Cancer 25 (1), e100-e102 , 2025
    2025
  • Correspondence to the editor: performance of multimodal artificial intelligence chatbots evaluated on clinical oncology cases
    RK Gopal, PS Ganesh, NN Pathoor
    Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)) 37, 103684 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Understanding the biofilm development of Acinetobacter baumannii and novel strategies to combat infection
    N Naseef Pathoor, A Viswanathan, G Wadhwa, PS Ganesh
    Apmis 132 (5), 317-335 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 27
  • Synergistic interplay of diet, gut microbiota, and insulin resistance: Unraveling the molecular nexus
    RK Gopal, PS Ganesh, NN Pathoor
    Molecular Nutrition & Food Research 68 (23), 2400677 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 15
  • 3-Hydroxybenzoic acid inhibits the virulence attributes and disrupts biofilm production in clinical isolates of A cinetobacter baumannii
    NN Pathoor, PS Ganesh, AR Anshad, RK Gopal, EM Ponmalar, ...
    European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases 44 (3), 653-669 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 11
  • Unveiling the nexus: Long non-coding RNAs and the PI3K/Akt pathway in oral squamous cell carcinoma
    NN Pathoor, PS Ganesh
    Pathology-Research and Practice 262, 155540 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 7
  • From resistance to treatment: the ongoing struggle with Acinetobacter baumannii
    N Naseef Pathoor, V Valsa, PS Ganesh, RK Gopal
    Critical Reviews in Microbiology 51 (6), 1270-1291 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 6
  • Understanding the prevalence, antimicrobial resistance, and public health challenges of Acinetobacter baumannii in India and China
    NN Pathoor, PS Ganesh, RK Gopal
    Journal of Applied Microbiology, lxaf102 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 6
  • Microbiome interactions: Acinetobacter baumannii biofilms as a co-factor in oral cancer progression
    NN Pathoor, PS Ganesh, RK Gopal
    World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 40 (12), 398 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 6
  • Targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 pathogenicity: The role of Glycyrrhiza glabra in inhibiting virulence factors and biofilms
    G Soundhariya, NN Pathoor, K Murthykumar, PS Ganesh
    Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease 111 (3), 116674 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 5
  • Enhancing microbiome-based biomarkers: challenges and opportunities
    RK Gopal, PS Ganesh, NN Pathoor, A Viswanathan
    The Lancet Microbe 6 (3) , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • Melaleuca alternifolia essential oil combat antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus mutans: suppressing quorum-sensing-dependent virulence and biofilm formation
    P Veerendrakumar, NN Pathoor, A Viswanathan, GR Veeraragavan, ...
    Revista de Patologia Tropical/Journal of Tropical Pathology 53 (3), 179-193 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Exploring the antimicrobial and antibiofilm activities of Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. against Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1
    M Soni, N Naseef Pathoor, A Viswanathan, GR Veeraragavan, ...
    World Academy of Sciences Journal 6 (5), 50 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Acinetobacter baumannii Virulence Factors and Biofilm Components: Synthesis, Structure, Function, and Inhibitors
    PS Ganesh, P Naji Naseef, R Muthusamy, S Sankar, RK Gopal, ...
    ESKAPE Pathogens: Detection, Mechanisms and Treatment Strategies, 297-315 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Attenuation of biofilm-encoding genes and virulence attributes in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii by essential oil derived from Myroxylon balsamum
    NN Pathoor, PS Ganesh, RK Gopal, AR Anshad, EM Shankar, ...
    Scientific Reports 16 (1), 2861 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 2
  • Exploring the Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Activities of Luffa cylindrica against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterococcus faecalis
    PS Ganesh, T Kiruthigha, NN Pathoor, GR Veeraragavan
    Texila Int J Pub Health 12 (3), 1-12 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 2
  • Prebiotic dietary fibre from marine seaweed: A potential treatment strategy for type 2 diabetes
    RK Gopal, PS Ganesh, NN Pathoor
    Algal Research, 104368 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Reflection on Transoral Robotic Surgery vs Transoral Laser Microsurgery in HPV-Positive Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma—Reply
    JT O’Hara, CN Hurt, TM Jones
    JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery 151 (4), 413-414 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Efficacy of Rhamnus frangula extract against Acinetobacter baumannii biofilms: Histopathological evidence from ex vivo goat models
    RM Rony Varughese, NN Pathoor, P Ranganathan, PS Ganesh
    World Academy of Sciences Journal 7 (3), 36 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Correspondence to the editor: performance of multimodal artificial intelligence chatbots evaluated on clinical oncology cases
    RK Gopal, PS Ganesh, NN Pathoor
    Clinical oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain)) 37, 103684 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Functional antibody responses associated with effectiveness of RTS, S malaria vaccine in children: New insights and implications
    RK Gopal, PS Ganesh, NN Pathoor
    The Lancet Microbe 6 (1) , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Unlocking the antibiofilm and anti-virulence potential of Pithecellobium dulce against Chromobacterium violaceum CV12472
    SF Peer Mohammed, NN Pathoor, GR Veeraragavan, PS Ganesh
    World Academy of Sciences Journal 7 (1), 14 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 1