Rate My Professor Nipuna Parahitiyawa

Dr. Parahitiyawa's research focuses on molecular microbiology, encompassing the oral microbiome, bacterial consortia in root canals and gingival crevices, probiotic Lactobacillus species, genetic variants in chronic kidney disease, antifungal agents against Candida biofilms, and antimicrobial susceptibility. His publications include 'Evolving origin-of-transfer sequences on staphylococcal conjugative plasmids' (2021, Nucleic Acids Research), 'Genomic characterization of a unique Panton-Valentine leucocidin-positive ST93-IVa MRSA clinical isolate from Western Australia' (2023, Microbial Genomics), 'Enterococcus Species in the Oral Cavity: Prevalence, Virulence Factors and Antimicrobial Susceptibility' (2016), 'Clonality of bacterial consortia in root canals and subjacent gingival crevices' (2015), 'Whole-exome sequencing reveals genetic variants associated with chronic kidney disease characterized by tubulointerstitial damages in North Central Region, Sri Lanka' (2015), 'Study on isolation of potentially probiotic Lactobacillus species from fermented rice' (2015), 'Anti-candidal activity and effect on relative cell surface hydrophobicity of Pongamia pinnata' (2013), 'Exopolysaccharide matrix of developed Candida albicans biofilms after exposure to antifungal agents' (2012), 'Exploring the oral bacterial flora: Current status and future directions' (2009), and 'Proposal of a low-cost protocol for colorimetric semi-quantification of secretory phospholipase by Candida albicans grown in planktonic and biofilm phases' (2009). His body of work has accumulated over 1,085 citations on ResearchGate, underscoring his contributions to microbiology.