Molecular systematics of cyanobacteria

Extremophiles

Cyanotoxins

DNA barcoding of marine macroalgae

Antifungal and antioxidant potentials of marine macroalgae

• Weralupitiya, C., Wanigatunge, R.P., Gunawardana, D., Vithanage, M. and Magana-Arachchi, D.N. (2022). Cyanotoxin uptake and accumulation in crops: phytotoxicity and implications on human health. Toxicon. 211:21-35. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon. 2022.03.003.
  

• Samarasinghe, S.N., Wanigatunge, R.P. and Magana-Arachchi, D.N. (2021). Bacterial diversity in a Sri Lankan geothermal spring assessed by culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches. Current Microbiology. 78(9), 3439–3452. DOI :10.1007/s00284-021-02608-4.

• Weralupitiya, C., Wanigatunge, R.P., Joseph, S., Athapattu, B., Lee, T., Biswas, J.K., Ginige, M., Lam, S.S., Kumar, P.S. and Vithanage, M. (2021). Anammox bacteria in treating ammonium-rich wastewater: Recent perspective and appraisal. Bioresource Technology. 334: 125240.

• Hettithanthri, O., Sandanayake, S., Magana-Arachchi, D.N., Wanigatunge, R.P., Rajapaksha, A.U., Huaming, G. and Vithanage, M. (2021). Risk factors for endemic chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology in Sri Lanka: Retrospect of water security in the dry zone. Science of the Total Environment. 795.15.

• Weerasooriyagedara, M., Ashiq, A., Rajapaksha, A.U., Wanigatunge, R.P., Agarwal, T., Magana-Arachchi, D. and Vithanage, M. (2020). Phytoremediation of fluoride from the environmental matrices: A review on its application strategies. Groundwater for Sustainable Development, p.100349. 

• P. Wanigatunge, D.N. Magana-Arachchi^*, N.V. Chandrasekharanand S.A. Kulasooriya (2014). Genetic diversity and molecular phylogeny of cyanobacteria from Sri Lanka based on 16S rRNA gene. Environmental Engineering Research. 19 (4): 185- 197.
• N. Magana-Arachchi andR.P. Wanigatunge (2013). First report of genus Chroococcidiopsis (cyanobacteria) from Sri Lanka: a potential threat to human health. Journal of the National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka. 41 (1): 65- 68.
• N. Magana-Arachc^hi^*, R.P. Wanigatunge and H.M. Liyanage (2011). Molecular characterization of cyanobacterial diversity in the Lake Gregory, Sri Lanka. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 29 (4): 898- 904. (DOI: 10.1007/s00343-011-0155-3).
• N. Magana-Arachchi^*and R.P. Wanigatunge (2011). A simple and rapid DNA extraction method for cyanobacteria and monocots. Ceylon Journal of Biological Sciences. 40 (1): 59- 63.
• Magana-Arachchi D.N^*.and Wanigatunge, R. P. (2008). Molecular and morphological characterization of cyanobacteria and archaea in hot water springs Mahapelessa, Sri Lanka. Pragñ. Vol.XIX (1); 51-59.
• Magana-Arachchi, D.N., Wanigatunge, R.P. and Jeyanandarajah, P. (2008). Setting up a Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for the Detection of Toxic Cyanobacteria. Journal of National Science Foundation. 36(3):229-234.
• Magana-Arachchi, D.N., Wanigatunge, R.P., Gnanakkan, D.T. and Jeyanandarajah, P. (2007). Microcystin Producing Microcystis aeruginosain Lake Beira, Sri Lanka, Harmful Algae News. 33:9-10.

Book chapters

• Magana-Arachchi, D.N. and Wanigatunge, R.P. (2022). Co-occurrence of geogenic, microbial, and anthropogenic emerging contaminants: Ecotoxicity and relative environmental risks. In: Kumar, M., Mohapatra, S. (eds.), Impact of COVID-19 on Emerging Contaminants, Springer, Singapore. pp. 123-152.       
• Magana‐Arachchi, D.N. and Wanigatunge, R.P. 2021. Air Quality improvement using phytodiversity and plant architecture. In: Prasad, M.V.N. (Ed.), Handbook of Ecological and Ecosystem Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp.437-449.
• Magana-Arachchi, D.N. and Wanigatunge, R.P. 2020. Ubiquitous waterborne pathogens. In: Prasad, M.V.N. (Ed.), Waterborne pathogens, Butterworth-Heinemann, UK. pp. 15-42.
  
• Magana-Arachchi, D.N. and Wanigatunge, R.P. (2021). Air Quality Improvement using Phytodiversity and Plant Architecture. In Handbook of Ecological and Ecosystem Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Dhammika Nayoma Magana-Arachchi and R.P. Wanigatunge (2020). Ubiquitous waterborne pathogens. In waterborne pathogens: detection and treatment, Elsevier, UK.

• DNA based species delimitation of marine macroalgae and their antifungal and antioxidant activities

• Assessment of thermophilic microbial diversity in hot springs of Sri Lanka using metagenomic approach

• Enrichment mechanisms of CKDu-risk factors in groundwaters, their uptake pathways and potential remedies

• Effects of plant extracts and ant species on the management of pathogenic fungal species of Solanum melongena

• Detection of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in drinking water sources in Gampaha District

• Plant Evolution and Diversity

• Microbial Biology

• Statistics and Data Analysis

• Horticulture

• Plant Systematics and Bioinformatics

• Principles and Techniques in Plant Biotechnology