Manas Barik

@buodisha.edu.in

Assistant Proffesor, PG department of Environmental Studies
Faculty

Manas Barik


                     Download Compact PDF  
https://researchid.co/manasenv

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Environmental Science, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering
10

Scopus Publications

273

Scholar Citations

7

Scholar h-index

6

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

  • Treatment of Synthetic Coking Wastewater Using a Sequential Oxic-Anoxic Upflow Packed Bed Bioreactor System
    Manas Kumar Barik, Naresh Kumar Sahoo, Biswanath Mahanty, Prangya Ranjan Rout
    Journal of Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste, 2025
    In this study, a two-stage sequential oxic–anoxic packed bed bioreactor (PBR) was designed with polyurethane foam cubes as microbial immobilizing materials for the removal of phenol, cresol, and NH3-N from synthetic coking wastewater. The hydrodynamic conditions of the PBR were enhanced by applying a ceramic gas diffuser, implementing a cross-flow design, and encasing a perforated disc covered with a nylon wire mesh. The hydrodynamic conditions of the oxic unit were assessed and found to be superior to simple PBR, with an increase in mixing time tm95 > 70%, oxygen mass transfer coefficient kLa > 53%, and gas hold-up > 36%. Maximum phenolic degradation was achieved at optimum loading rates of 950 and 675 mg L−1 day−1 for phenol and cresol, respectively, with Rhodococcus pyridinivorans strain PDB9T and Pseudomonas citronellolis NS1 in the oxic unit of PBR. An NH3-N-oxidizing bacterial consortium was isolated from coke oven wastewater, which could remove 96% NH3 (nitrification) at an initial concentration of 200 mg L−1 in the oxic unit of the integrated PBR system. Similarly, a mixed microbial consortium isolated from Paradeep fertilizer wastewater could remove NO3 by more than 95% at an initial concentration of 150 mg L−1 in the anoxic unit of the integrated PBR system. Overall, in the sequential oxic and anoxic bioreactor system, more than 93% phenol, 88% cresol, and 99% NH3-N removal was achieved from synthetic wastewater containing 1,000 mg L−1 phenol, 500 mg L−1 creosol, and 200 mg L−1 NH3-N using the isolated P. citronellolis NS1, R. pyridinivorans strain PDB9T N1, and microbial consortium at a hydraulic retention time of 18 h.
  • Exploring possibility of controlling Microcystis population using terrestrial plant extracts and indigenous technologies
    Snatashree Mohanty, Manas Kumar Barik, Subrat Kumar Swain, Nitish Kumar Chandan, Pushpa Choudhary, Subhas Sarkar, Pratap Chandra Das
    Indian Journal of Fisheries, 2024
    Algaecide property of leaf aqueous extracts (LAEs) of three plants viz., Azadiracta indica, Tridax procumbens, Calotropis procera as well as two indigenous technologies (ITKs) viz., application of neem oil and cow urine were evaluated against wild Microcystis bloom and pure culture of Microcystis aeruginosa in laboratory. Five treatments were designated as LAE of A. indica (T-1), neem oil (T-2), LAE of T. procumbens (T-3), LAE of C. procera (T-4) and cow urine (T-5). Inhibitory effects of these agents were studied in terms of colonial morphological alterations in bloom and reduction of cell density in pure culture. Cell density of 2.0 x 105 cells ml-1 was achieved through inoculation of Microcystis from pure culture and each inhibitor was added at 50 ml l-1 to the flasks. All flasks were maintained for 14 days at 300C with continuous aeration and illumination (2000 Lux). After 14 days, cow urine (T-5) showed the highest cell inhibition (87.3%) followed by T-1 (82.7%) and T-3 (61.6 %) (p T-4>T-2>T-3>T-1>T-5. Keywords: Algal bloom, Algaecide property, Leaf aqueous extracts, Microcystis aeruginosa, Terrestrial plants
  • Hydrogeochemical analysis and geospatial modeling for delineation of groundwater pollution and human health risks assessment of Cuttack district, India
    Manas Ranjan Naik, Manas Barik, Vivekanand Jha, Sunil Kumar Sahoo, Naresh Kumar Sahoo
    Environmental Quality Management, 2022
    In this study, the spatial distribution of fluoride, uranium, and associated water quality parameters in the drinking water of the Cuttack district, Odisha, India, has been analyzed. A total of 104 groundwater samples were collected and analyzed. The experimental data were analyzed by statistical techniques and the universal inverse distance weighting model. The pH of the collected groundwater samples is mainly regulated by the presence of HCO3− alkali species. The fluoride concentrations in 34.6% of the samples exceeded the Bureau of Indian Standards’ acceptable limit. The health risk assessment was conducted as per guidelines of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The noncarcinogenic health risk of fluoride is the maximum and is followed by nitrate. Almost 56.73% of water samples are classified under the noncarcinogenic health risk category, and 1.9% of samples exhibit a carcinogenic health risk for both adults and children. The noncarcinogenic health risk for children is higher than for adults. pH was positively correlated with fluoride with a correlation coefficient of 0.287, which indicated that the higher pH augmented the displacement of fluoride ions from the mineral surface. HCO3− and Ca2+ are moderately correlated with a correlation coefficient of 0.372, but HCO3− is negatively correlated with Mg2+ (r = −0.049), indicating that calcite dissolution and/or precipitation is much higher than dolomite.
  • Hydro-geochemical analysis based on entropy and geostatistics model for delineation of anthropogenic ground water pollution for health risks assessment of Dhenkanal district, India
    Manas Ranjan Naik, Manas Barik, K. V. Prasad, Ajay Kumar, Akshaya Kumar Verma, Sunil Kumar Sahoo, Vivekanand Jha, Naresh Kumar Sahoo
    Ecotoxicology, 2022
  • Effect of Culture Condition and Growth Kinetics on Phenol Biodegradation by an Indigenous Rhodococcus pyridinivorans Strain PDB9T NS-1
    Manas Barik, Chidananda Prasad Das, Sangeeta Raut, Biswanath Mahanty, Naresh Kumar Sahoo
    Geomicrobiology Journal, 2022
    The US Environmental Protection Agency listed phenolic compounds as priority pollutants, and their occurrence in water systems poses serious health risks to humans and other living species. The culture conditions are extremely crucial for microbial growth, enzymatic and cellular metabolic activities. Thus, the effects of different culture parameters like pH, temperature (°C), and agitation speed (RPM) on the indigenous Rhodococcus pyridinivorans strain PDB9T NS-1 were modeled using response surface methodology (RSM) and central composite design (CCD). The results showed that the main effect of pH and interaction between pH and agitation speed had a significant to a moderately significant effect on phenol degradation by the indigenous R. pyridinivorans strain PDB9T NS-1. Almost complete phenol degradation was obtained at an optimal setting of pH 7.5, 187 rpm, and 34 °C in 18 h. Growth and phenol degradation kinetics of the actinomycetes was examined in a batch shake flask under the optimized conditions. The growth of Rhodococcus species at varying initial levels of the phenol followed a Pamukoglu and Kargi substrate inhibition model with half-saturation constant (Ks ) of 54.21 mg/l, maximum specific growth rate (µ max) of 0.169 (1/h), substrate inhibition constant (Ksi ) of 243.26 mg/l. The results obtained from the optimization of culture conditions and growth kinetics by the indigenous R. Pyridinivorans strain PDB9T NS-1 suggest the potential of the system in the treatment of phenolic wastewater.
  • Spatial distribution and probabilistic health risk assessment of fluoride in groundwater of Angul district, Odisha, India
    Manas Ranjan Naik, Manas Barik, Vivekanand Jha, Sunil Kumar Sahoo, Naresh Kumar Sahoo
    Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2021
  • Metabolic profiling of phenol biodegradation by an indigenous Rhodococcus pyridinivorans strain PDB9T N-1 isolated from paper pulp wastewater
    Manas Barik, Chidananda Prasad Das, Akshaya Kumar Verma, Sabuj Sahoo, Naresh Kumar Sahoo
    International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 2021
  • Kinetics of Phenol Biodegradation by an Indigenous Pseudomonas citronellolis NS1 Isolated from Coke Oven Wastewater
    Namita Panigrahy, Manas Barik, Naresh K. Sahoo
    Journal of Hazardous Toxic and Radioactive Waste, 2020
    Coke oven wastewater from the iron and steel plant industry is composed of highly refractory and recalcitrant phenolic pollutants. To overcome the process instability, inhibition, and poor...
  • Relationship among the physico-chemical parameters of soil and water in different wetland ecosystems
    Bibhu Prasad Panda, Manas Barik, Biswajita Mahapatra, Siba Prasad Parida, Aditya Kishore Dash, Abanti Pradhan
    Asian Journal of Chemistry, 2020
    The quality of life in water bodies depends on their physico-chemical properties and biodiversity. These physico-chemical properties are being disturbed by continuous addition of industrial, municipal and agricultural wastes which make them unfit for different organisms. This study describes the physico-chemical factors in soil and water of all sampled wetlands and the relationship among them in wetland ecosystem. All these analysis were done by using analytical techniques as described by standard methods for examination of water and wastewater. Physico-chemical parameters of water and soil also interlinked and correlated among each other. Sometimes these parameters work as a cycle to maintain the equilibrium in the ecosystem. Higher level of research work is needed to control the source of pollution to wetlands. By controlling the physico-chemical parameters of habitat, the diversity, density and richness of various wetland dependent species can be controlled in wetland ecosystem.
  • Metabolic profile analysis and kinetics of p-cresol biodegradation by an indigenous Pseudomonas citronellolis NS1 isolated from coke oven wastewater
    Namita Panigrahy, Manas Barik, Rajesh Kumar Sahoo, Naresh Kumar Sahoo
    International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 2020

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Treatment of Synthetic Coking Wastewater Using a Sequential Oxic–Anoxic Upflow Packed Bed Bioreactor System
    MK Barik, NK Sahoo, B Mahanty, PR Rout
    Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste 29 (3), 04025010 , 2025
    2025
  • Exploring possibility of controlling Microcystis population using terrestrial plant extracts and indigenous technologies: Control of Microcystis using plants and ITKs
    S Mohanty, MK Barik, SK Swain, NK Chandan, P Choudhary, S Sarkar
    2024
  • Hydrogeochemical analysis and geospatial modeling for delineation of groundwater pollution and human health risks assessment of Cuttack district, India
    MR Naik, M Barik, V Jha, SK Sahoo, NK Sahoo
    Environmental Quality Management 31 (4), 99-113 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 16
  • Effect of Culture Condition and Growth Kinetics on Phenol Biodegradation by an Indigenous Rhodococcus pyridinivorans Strain PDB9T NS-1
    M Barik, CP Das, S Raut, B Mahanty, NK Sahoo
    Geomicrobiology Journal 39 (3-5), 306-315 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 9
  • Hydro-geochemical analysis based on entropy and geostatistics model for delineation of anthropogenic ground water pollution for health risks assessment of Dhenkanal district, India
    MR Naik, M Barik, KV Prasad, A Kumar, AK Verma, SK Sahoo, V Jha, ...
    Ecotoxicology 31 (4), 549-564 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 32
  • Spatial distribution and probabilistic health risk assessment of fluoride in groundwater of Angul district, Odisha, India
    MR Naik, M Barik, V Jha, SK Sahoo, NK Sahoo
    Groundwater for Sustainable Development 14, 100604 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 28
  • Metabolic profiling of phenol biodegradation by an indigenous Rhodococcus pyridinivorans strain PDB9T N-1 isolated from paper pulp wastewater
    M Barik, CP Das, AK Verma, S Sahoo, NK Sahoo
    International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 158, 105168 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 91
  • Kinetics of Phenol Biodegradation by an Indigenous Pseudomonas citronellolis NS1 Isolated from Coke Oven Wastewater
    N Panigrahy, M Barik, NK Sahoo
    Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste 24 (3), 04020019 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 32
  • Metabolic profile analysis and kinetics of p-cresol biodegradation by an indigenous Pseudomonas citronellolis NS1 isolated from coke oven wastewater
    N Panigrahy, M Barik, RK Sahoo, NK Sahoo
    International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 147, 104837 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 65

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Metabolic profiling of phenol biodegradation by an indigenous Rhodococcus pyridinivorans strain PDB9T N-1 isolated from paper pulp wastewater
    M Barik, CP Das, AK Verma, S Sahoo, NK Sahoo
    International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 158, 105168 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 91
  • Metabolic profile analysis and kinetics of p-cresol biodegradation by an indigenous Pseudomonas citronellolis NS1 isolated from coke oven wastewater
    N Panigrahy, M Barik, RK Sahoo, NK Sahoo
    International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 147, 104837 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 65
  • Hydro-geochemical analysis based on entropy and geostatistics model for delineation of anthropogenic ground water pollution for health risks assessment of Dhenkanal district, India
    MR Naik, M Barik, KV Prasad, A Kumar, AK Verma, SK Sahoo, V Jha, ...
    Ecotoxicology 31 (4), 549-564 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 32
  • Kinetics of Phenol Biodegradation by an Indigenous Pseudomonas citronellolis NS1 Isolated from Coke Oven Wastewater
    N Panigrahy, M Barik, NK Sahoo
    Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste 24 (3), 04020019 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 32
  • Spatial distribution and probabilistic health risk assessment of fluoride in groundwater of Angul district, Odisha, India
    MR Naik, M Barik, V Jha, SK Sahoo, NK Sahoo
    Groundwater for Sustainable Development 14, 100604 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 28
  • Hydrogeochemical analysis and geospatial modeling for delineation of groundwater pollution and human health risks assessment of Cuttack district, India
    MR Naik, M Barik, V Jha, SK Sahoo, NK Sahoo
    Environmental Quality Management 31 (4), 99-113 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 16
  • Effect of Culture Condition and Growth Kinetics on Phenol Biodegradation by an Indigenous Rhodococcus pyridinivorans Strain PDB9T NS-1
    M Barik, CP Das, S Raut, B Mahanty, NK Sahoo
    Geomicrobiology Journal 39 (3-5), 306-315 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 9
  • Treatment of Synthetic Coking Wastewater Using a Sequential Oxic–Anoxic Upflow Packed Bed Bioreactor System
    MK Barik, NK Sahoo, B Mahanty, PR Rout
    Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste 29 (3), 04025010 , 2025
    2025
  • Exploring possibility of controlling Microcystis population using terrestrial plant extracts and indigenous technologies: Control of Microcystis using plants and ITKs
    S Mohanty, MK Barik, SK Swain, NK Chandan, P Choudhary, S Sarkar
    2024