• *Balzer GJ, *Thakker C, Bennett GN, San KY. Metabolic engineering of E. coli to minimize byproduct formate and improving succinate productivity through increasing NADH availability by heterologous expression of NAD⁺-dependent formate  dehydrogenase. 2013. Metabolic Engineering. 20:1-8.       (* Equal contribution)
  

• Thakker C, Bennett GN, San KY. Production of succinic acid by engineered E. coli strains using soybean carbohydrates as feedstock under aerobic fermentation conditions. 2013. Bioresource Technol. 130:398–405.

• Thakker C, Martínez I, San KY, Bennett GN. Succinate production in Escherichia coli. 2012. Biotechnol. J. 7(2): 213-224.

• Thakker C, Zhu J, Bennett GN, San KY. Heterologous pyc expression under various promoters and through promoter engineering in a high succinate producing recombinant E. coli strain. 2011. J. Biotechnol. 155(2):236-243.

• Zhu J,Thakker C, Bennett GN, San KY. Culture condition optimizations for the production of succinate in fed-batch cultures using a metabolic engineered Escherichia coli strain. 2011. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 92(3):499-508.

• Thakker C, Bhosale S, Ranade D. Formation of succinic Acid by Klebsiella pneumoniae MCM B-325 under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. 2006. J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 16(6): 870-879.

• Thakker C, Burhanpurwala Z, Rastogi G, Shouche Y, Ranade D. Isolation and characterization of a new osmotolerant, non-virulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strain SAP for biosynthesis of succinic acid. 2006. Indian J. Exp. Biol. 44(2):142-50.

• Thakker CD, Ranade DR. An alkalophilic Methanosarcina isolated from Lonar crater. 2002. Curr. Sci. 82(4): 455-458.

Abstracts

• Ranade DR, Thakker CD. 2006. Succinic acid fermentation: A green technology for specialty chemical market. 3rd Convention of BRSI & International conference on exploring horizons in biotechnology, Vallabh Vidhya Nagar, Gujarat, India

• Bhosale SB, Kshirsagar DC, Thakker CD, Pradhan BJ, Yeole TY. 2004. Metabolite and enzyme profiles of TCA cycle in Methanococcoides methylutens. 5th International conference on extremophiles, Maryland, USA

• Kshirsagar DC, Bhosale SB, Thakker CD, Pathak AS, Ranade DR, Yeole TY. 2004. A simple method for determining biomass of Methanogens. 5th International conference on extremophiles, Maryland, USA