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Peer reviewed publications
4. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Schroeder, J., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Sungthong, R., Ijaz, U.Z., Sloan, W. T. and Pinto, A.J. (2016). Microbial communities in full-scale drinking water distribution systems – A meta-analysis. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 2, 631-644, doi: 10.1039/C6EW00030D.
3. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Blakemore, O., Schroeder, J., Moses, J., Haffey, M., Sloan, W. T. and Pinto, A.J. (2016). The impact of sampling, PCR, and sequencing replication on discerning changes in drinking water bacterial community over diurnal time-scales. Water Research, 90(1), 216-224, doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.12.010.
2. Pinto, A.J, Marcus, D. N., Ijaz, U.Z., Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Dick, G.J. and Raskin, L. (2015). Metagenomic Evidence for the Presence of Comammox Nitrospira-like bacteria in a Drinking Water System. mSphere, 1(1), e00054-15, doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00054-15.
1. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M. (2014). Determination of Environmental Flows in the Yuna River Basin, Dominican Republic. Tecnología y ciencias del agua, 5(3), 33-40.
Manuscripts under review
1. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Chavarria, K. and Nelson, K. Understanding the impacts of intermittent supply on the drinking water microbiome. Submitted to Current Opinion in Biotechnology (invited by editor).
Manuscripts in preparation
4. Ugarcina Perovic, S*., Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M*., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Sungthong, R., Ijaz, U.Z., Sloan, W. and Pinto, A.J. (2016). The impact of sample volume and sampling flowrate on the structure and membership of drinking water microbial communities (*Joint first authorship).
3. Sungthong, R., Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Wick, L.Y., Sloan, W.T. and Pinto, A.J. Exploiting the application of predatory bacteria in drinking water treatment.
2. Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Dai, Z., Calus, S., Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Eren, M., Ijaz, U.Z, and Pinto, A.J. Impact of disinfection practices on the antibiotic resistome structure and prevalence in drinking water.
1. Dai, Z., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Calus, S., Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Eren, M., Ijaz, U.Z, and Pinto, A.J. Genome resolved metagenomics reveals metabolic differences driving community assembly in drinking water systems under disinfection stress.
Peer reviewed publications
4. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Schroeder, J., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Sungthong, R., Ijaz, U.Z., Sloan, W. T. and Pinto, A.J. (2016). Microbial communities in full-scale drinking water distribution systems – A meta-analysis. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 2, 631-644, doi: 10.1039/C6EW00030D.
3. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Blakemore, O., Schroeder, J., Moses, J., Haffey, M., Sloan, W. T. and Pinto, A.J. (2016). The impact of sampling, PCR, and sequencing replication on discerning changes in drinking water bacterial community over diurnal time-scales. Water Research, 90(1), 216-224, doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.12.010.
2. Pinto, A.J, Marcus, D. N., Ijaz, U.Z., Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Dick, G.J. and Raskin, L. (2015). Metagenomic Evidence for the Presence of Comammox Nitrospira-like bacteria in a Drinking Water System. mSphere, 1(1), e00054-15, doi: 10.1128/mSphere.00054-15.
1. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M. (2014). Determination of Environmental Flows in the Yuna River Basin, Dominican Republic. Tecnología y ciencias del agua, 5(3), 33-40.
Manuscripts under review
1. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Chavarria, K. and Nelson, K. Understanding the impacts of intermittent supply on the drinking water microbiome. Submitted to Current Opinion in Biotechnology (invited by editor).
Manuscripts in preparation
4. Ugarcina Perovic, S*., Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M*., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Sungthong, R., Ijaz, U.Z., Sloan, W. and Pinto, A.J. (2016). The impact of sample volume and sampling flowrate on the structure and membership of drinking water microbial communities (*Joint first authorship).
3. Sungthong, R., Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Wick, L.Y., Sloan, W.T. and Pinto, A.J. Exploiting the application of predatory bacteria in drinking water treatment.
2. Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Dai, Z., Calus, S., Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Eren, M., Ijaz, U.Z, and Pinto, A.J. Impact of disinfection practices on the antibiotic resistome structure and prevalence in drinking water.
1. Dai, Z., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Calus, S., Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Eren, M., Ijaz, U.Z, and Pinto, A.J. Genome resolved metagenomics reveals metabolic differences driving community assembly in drinking water systems under disinfection stress.
Conference proceedings
1. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Dowdell, K., Steglitz, B., Sanford, L., Page, S., Olson, T. and Raskin, L. “Impact of filter media age and disinfectant exposure on the selection for opportunistic pathogens in an ozone-biofiltration plant.” AWWA Water Quality and Technology Conference (November 11-15, 2018), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Blakemore, O., Schroeder, J., Sloan, W.T. and Pinto, A.J. “Uncertainties associated with characterization of bulk water bacterial communities in drinking water systems.” AWWA Water quality and Technology Conference (November 16-20, 2014), New Orleans, USA.
Conference presentations
15. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Dowdell, K., Prasad, M., Mata, M., Page, S., Sanford, L., Steglitz, B., Olson, T. and Raskin, L. “What’s in your biofilters? What can you do about it?”. Michigan ACE Conference (September 11-14, 2018), Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA (oral presentation).
14. Dai, Z., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Calus, S.T., Bautista de los Santos, Q.M., Ijaz, U. I., and Pinto, A.J. “Elucidating the long-term impact of disinfected strategies on the drinking water microbiome”. ASM Microbe 2018 (June 7-11, 2018), Atlanta Georgia. (poster)
13. Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Dai, Z., Calus, S.T., Bautista de los Santos, Q.M. and Pinto, A.J. (2018) “Are there differentially abundant antibiotic resistance genes associated with chlorinated drinking water system as compared to non-disinfected systems”. ASM Microbe 2018 (June 7-11, 2018), Atlanta Georgia. (poster)
12. Dai, Z., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Bautista de los Santos, Q.M., Ijaz, U.I., and Pinto, A.J. “Elucidating the long-term impact of disinfection strategies on the drinking water microbiome”. IWA-Leading Edge Technology Conference 2018 (May 27-31, 2018). Nanjing, China. (oral presentation)
11. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Schroeder, J., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Sungthong, R., Ijaz, U.Z., Sloan, W.T. and Pinto, A.J. A collective analyses of microbial communities in full‐scale drinking water distribution systems". AEESP Conference (June 20-22, 2017), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (oral presentation).
10. Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Knapp, C., Calus, S., Dai, Z., Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M. and Pinto, A.J. "Incidence of antimicrobial resistance genes in municipal drinking water samples from the United Kingdom". AEESP Conference (June 20-22, 2017), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (oral presentation).
9. Dai, Z., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Calus, S., Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Ijaz, U.Z. and Pinto. A.J. “Elucidating the long-term impact of disinfection strategies on the drinking water microbiome”. UNC Water Microbiology conference (May 15-17, 2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (oral presentation).
8. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Dai, Z., Calus, S., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Ijaz, U.Z., Sloan, W.T. and Pinto, A.J. “Metagenomic assessment of the impact of source water and treatment processes on drinking water microbial communities”. IWA Specialized Conference: MEWE and Biofilms (September 4-7, 2016), Copenhagen, Denmark (oral presentation).
7. Dai, Z., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Ijaz, U.Z. and Pinto. A.J. (2016). “Elucidating the long-term impact of disinfection strategies on the drinking water microbiome”. IWA Specialized Conference: MEWE and Biofilms (September 4-7, 2016), Copenhagen, Denmark (poster).
6. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Schroeder, J., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Sungthong, R., Ijaz, U.Z., Sloan, W.T. and Pinto, A.J. “Drinking water microbial communities across disinfection strategies.” Scottish Water-University of Glasgow Conference (March 10, 2016), Glasgow, Scotland (oral presentation).
5. Ugarcina Pervovic, S., Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Russell, J., and Pinto, A.J. “Estimating the impact of flow regime and sample volume on characterization of bacterial community diversity in a low biomass aquatic environment.” Biofilms7 Conference (June 26-28, 2016), Porto, Portugal (poster).
4. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Schroeder, J., Sloan, W.T., and Pinto, A.J. “Meta-analysis of microbial communities in Drinking Water distribution systems.” IWA Biofilms conference (August 23-26, 2015), Arosa, Switzerland (poster).
3. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Blakemore, O., Schroeder, J., Sloan, W.T., and Pinto A.J. “Diurnal variation of bacterial communities in drinking water systems over small spatial scales.” FEMS Congress (June 7-11, 2015), Maastricht, Netherlands (poster).
2. Ugarcina Pervovic, S., Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C, Russell, J., and Pinto, A.J. “Determining the effect of sample volume and flow rates on investigations of bacterial community diversity in low biomass aquatic environments.” FEMS Congress (June 7-11, 2015), Maastricht, Netherlands (poster).
1. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Blakemore, O., Schroeder, J., Sloan, W.T., and Pinto A.J. "Diurnal variation of bacterial communities in drinking water systems over a small spatial scale." XVth World Water Congress (May 25-29, 2015), Edinburgh, Scotland (poster).
1. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Dowdell, K., Steglitz, B., Sanford, L., Page, S., Olson, T. and Raskin, L. “Impact of filter media age and disinfectant exposure on the selection for opportunistic pathogens in an ozone-biofiltration plant.” AWWA Water Quality and Technology Conference (November 11-15, 2018), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
2. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Blakemore, O., Schroeder, J., Sloan, W.T. and Pinto, A.J. “Uncertainties associated with characterization of bulk water bacterial communities in drinking water systems.” AWWA Water quality and Technology Conference (November 16-20, 2014), New Orleans, USA.
Conference presentations
15. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Dowdell, K., Prasad, M., Mata, M., Page, S., Sanford, L., Steglitz, B., Olson, T. and Raskin, L. “What’s in your biofilters? What can you do about it?”. Michigan ACE Conference (September 11-14, 2018), Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA (oral presentation).
14. Dai, Z., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Calus, S.T., Bautista de los Santos, Q.M., Ijaz, U. I., and Pinto, A.J. “Elucidating the long-term impact of disinfected strategies on the drinking water microbiome”. ASM Microbe 2018 (June 7-11, 2018), Atlanta Georgia. (poster)
13. Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Dai, Z., Calus, S.T., Bautista de los Santos, Q.M. and Pinto, A.J. (2018) “Are there differentially abundant antibiotic resistance genes associated with chlorinated drinking water system as compared to non-disinfected systems”. ASM Microbe 2018 (June 7-11, 2018), Atlanta Georgia. (poster)
12. Dai, Z., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Bautista de los Santos, Q.M., Ijaz, U.I., and Pinto, A.J. “Elucidating the long-term impact of disinfection strategies on the drinking water microbiome”. IWA-Leading Edge Technology Conference 2018 (May 27-31, 2018). Nanjing, China. (oral presentation)
11. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Schroeder, J., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Sungthong, R., Ijaz, U.Z., Sloan, W.T. and Pinto, A.J. A collective analyses of microbial communities in full‐scale drinking water distribution systems". AEESP Conference (June 20-22, 2017), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (oral presentation).
10. Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Knapp, C., Calus, S., Dai, Z., Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M. and Pinto, A.J. "Incidence of antimicrobial resistance genes in municipal drinking water samples from the United Kingdom". AEESP Conference (June 20-22, 2017), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA (oral presentation).
9. Dai, Z., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Calus, S., Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Ijaz, U.Z. and Pinto. A.J. “Elucidating the long-term impact of disinfection strategies on the drinking water microbiome”. UNC Water Microbiology conference (May 15-17, 2017), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (oral presentation).
8. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Dai, Z., Calus, S., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Ijaz, U.Z., Sloan, W.T. and Pinto, A.J. “Metagenomic assessment of the impact of source water and treatment processes on drinking water microbial communities”. IWA Specialized Conference: MEWE and Biofilms (September 4-7, 2016), Copenhagen, Denmark (oral presentation).
7. Dai, Z., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Ijaz, U.Z. and Pinto. A.J. (2016). “Elucidating the long-term impact of disinfection strategies on the drinking water microbiome”. IWA Specialized Conference: MEWE and Biofilms (September 4-7, 2016), Copenhagen, Denmark (poster).
6. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Schroeder, J., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Sungthong, R., Ijaz, U.Z., Sloan, W.T. and Pinto, A.J. “Drinking water microbial communities across disinfection strategies.” Scottish Water-University of Glasgow Conference (March 10, 2016), Glasgow, Scotland (oral presentation).
5. Ugarcina Pervovic, S., Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C., Russell, J., and Pinto, A.J. “Estimating the impact of flow regime and sample volume on characterization of bacterial community diversity in a low biomass aquatic environment.” Biofilms7 Conference (June 26-28, 2016), Porto, Portugal (poster).
4. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Schroeder, J., Sloan, W.T., and Pinto, A.J. “Meta-analysis of microbial communities in Drinking Water distribution systems.” IWA Biofilms conference (August 23-26, 2015), Arosa, Switzerland (poster).
3. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Blakemore, O., Schroeder, J., Sloan, W.T., and Pinto A.J. “Diurnal variation of bacterial communities in drinking water systems over small spatial scales.” FEMS Congress (June 7-11, 2015), Maastricht, Netherlands (poster).
2. Ugarcina Pervovic, S., Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Sevillano-Rivera, M.C, Russell, J., and Pinto, A.J. “Determining the effect of sample volume and flow rates on investigations of bacterial community diversity in low biomass aquatic environments.” FEMS Congress (June 7-11, 2015), Maastricht, Netherlands (poster).
1. Bautista-de los Santos, Q.M., Blakemore, O., Schroeder, J., Sloan, W.T., and Pinto A.J. "Diurnal variation of bacterial communities in drinking water systems over a small spatial scale." XVth World Water Congress (May 25-29, 2015), Edinburgh, Scotland (poster).