Atif Khan, MSc

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre; Biofouling and Thermal Ecology Lab

I am currently working on application of bacteriophages to control biofouling in cooling water pipelines of power plants. Briefly, I am aiming to target bacterial biofilm which are involved in quorum sensing based chemotaxis of barnacles and mussel larvae which settles on biofilm and develop into adult and cause biofouling. I am also aiming to minimize the current use of chlorine and make the application of bacteriophages more feasible which will also minimize the generation of hazardous byproducts. I am also isolating and collecting bacteriophages of different bacterial hosts isolated from the environment or available in the laboratory.

Interest: I am highly interested in learning the bioinformatics tools and new laboratory techniques useful in phage research. I will be very happy to share my experience.

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Unlocking the Power of Bacteriophages: Join Us at ICBRAR-2023This week, Atif Khan, a core contributor for Capsid & Tail, tells us a bit about the history of phage work in India, and invites us to join him at the ICBRAR 2023, an upcoming phage conference in Chennai. Both Jess and I will be speaking…Issue 236Sep 1, 2023Atif Khan

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AI-assisted source report. It may be incomplete or mistaken and may not reflect current work. As of 2026-10-22. Reviewed 2026-10-22.

The collected paper evaluates chlorine-tolerant bacteriophages against marine Klebsiella pneumoniae biofilms. [1]

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doi.org Observed 2026-10-22. Abstract/title supporting publication-history context

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Source-selected papers

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Combating Chlorine-Resistant Marine Klebsiella pneumoniae Biofilms with Chlorine-Tolerant Bacteriophages. (2024)
Listed author: Atif Khan. Selection: recent. 2024-11-19; Directly evaluates bacteriophages against chlorine-resistant marine Klebsiella biofilms. [1] [3] [2] [4] [5]

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doi.org Observed 2026-10-22. Accepted exact work native ID
doi.org Observed 2026-10-22. Own exact DOI
doi.org Observed 2026-10-22. Printed accepted author slot
doi.org Observed 2026-10-22. Source abstract/title: phage relevance
doi.org Observed 2026-10-22. Source publication clock

Reviewed by ai:codex-identities-ce68394c9be2. Reviewed exact accepted authorship/DOI and date/relevance passages. The 24-month publication selections do not claim complete or greatest-work coverage. Broad bacterial-host environmental viromics is included with predicted-host wording. Draft Codex delegation gpt-6-luna/xhigh; coordinator reviewed and retained changes separately.