RECENT PUBLICATIONS
January 2026
Frontiers in Microbiology
Farinas, L. M. F., Dela Peña, L. B. R. O., & Rivera, W. L. (2026). Shotgun metagenomics reveals the prevalence and mobility of antibiotic resistance genes in the West Bay of the human-impacted Laguna Lake. Frontiers in Microbiology, 17, 1742578.
January 2026
Frontiers in Microbiology
Farinas, L. M. F., Dela Peña, L. B. R. O., & Rivera, W. L. (2026). Shotgun metagenomics reveals the prevalence and mobility of antibiotic resistance genes in the West Bay of the human-impacted Laguna Lake. Frontiers in Microbiology, 17, 1742578.
January 2026
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Almazar, C. A., Montala, Y. B., & Rivera, W. L. (2026). Leptospirosis in Southeast Asia: Investigating Seroprevalence, Transmission Patterns, and Diagnostic Challenges. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 11(1), 18.
January 2026
Foods
Pavon, R. D. N., Mora, J. F. B., Nagpala, M. J. M., Codia, A., Pantua, H. D., & Rivera, W. L. (2026). Microarray-Based Serotyping and Molecular Characterization of Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Salmonella enterica from Swine Meat Samples in Abattoirs and Wet Markets of Metro Manila, Philippines. Foods, 15(2), 187.
December 2025
SciEnggJ
Mora, J. F. B., Santos, P. D. M., Micu, R. F., & Rivera, W. L. (2025) A comparative study of culture-based and PCR-based protocols for Salmonella enterica detection in meat, environmental swabs, and commercial animal feed. SciEnggJ
September 2025
Microbiology Research
Marababol, R. J. L., & Rivera, W. L. (2025). Phylogenetic Incongruence of Cyclic di-GMP-Activated Glycosyltransferase nfrB with 16S rRNA Gene Tree Reflects In Silico-Predicted Protein Structural Divergence in Diaphorobacter nitroreducens Isolated from Estero de Paco, Manila, Philippines. Microbiology Research, 16(10), 212.
July 2025
Microbiology Resource Announcements
Nagpala, M. J. M., Montecillo, A. D., Mora, J. F. B., Pavon, R. D. N., Pantua, H. D., & Rivera, W. L. (2025). Complete genome sequence of a pESI-Carrying Salmonella Infantis from raw chicken meat in a Metro Manila wet market, Philippines. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 14(8), e00527-25.
June 2025
Frontiers in Water
dela Peña, L. B. R. O., Mamawal, D. R. D., Nacario, M. A. G., Vejano, M. R. A., & Rivera, W. L. (2025). Application of 16S rDNA metagenomic library for source-tracking of fecal pollution in selected stations and tributaries of Manila Bay, Philippines. Frontiers in Water, 7, 1589330.
May 2025
FOODS
Pavon, R. D. N., & Rivera, W. L. (2025). Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for Visual Detection of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium in Food Animal Meat Products. Foods, 14(10), 1731.
February 2025
Frontiers in Microbiology
Nagpala, M. J. M., Mora, J. F. B., Pavon, R. D. N., & Rivera, W. L. (2025). Genomic characterization of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella enterica in chicken meat from wet markets in Metro Manila, Philippines. Frontiers in Microbiology, 16, 1496685.
January 2025
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Mamawal, D. R. D., & Rivera, W. L. (2025). Combined application of metagenomics and FEAST to trace sources of microbial eukaryotic contamination in the Pasig–Marikina–San Juan (PAMARISAN) river system in Metro Manila, Philippines. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 197(2), 196.
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January 2024
frONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Feliza J, Yvonne V, Calayag MB, Campino S, Julius, Hibberd ML, Phelan JE, Clark TG & Rivera WL. 2024. Genomic analysis of Salmonella enterica from Metropolitan Manila abattoirs and markets reveals insights into circulating virulence and antimicrobial resistance genotypes. Frontiers in Microbiology 14.
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February 2024
Philippine American Academy of Science and Engineering
Dela Tonga A, Rivera W, Galarion MJ, Geganzo SM, Salinas M, Salvaña EM & Destura R. 2024. Molecular characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae isolated from two tertiary hospitals in the Philippines. SciEnggJ 17: 89–95.
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February 2024
ISME Communications
Ren K, Mo Y, Xiao P, Regin Rønn, Xu Z, Xue Y, Chen H, Rivera WL, Rensing C & Yang J. 2024. Microeukaryotic plankton evolutionary constraints in a subtropical river explained by environment and bacteria along differing taxonomic resolutions. ISME Communications 4.
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March 2024
ELSEVIER Journal of Microbiological Methods
Balaga KB, Pavon DN, Calayag MB, Aubrey C, Davin & Rivera WL. 2024. Development of a closed-tube, calcein-based loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay to detect Salmonella spp. in raw meat samples. Journal of Microbiological Methods 220: 106922–106922.
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April 2024
CELL PRESS HELIYON
Davin & Rivera WL. 2024. Subtype–host patterns and genetic differentiation of Blastocystis sp. in the Philippines. Heliyon: e29019–e29019.
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May 2024
CELL PRESS Trends in microbiology
Yu Y, Li YP, Ren K, Hao X, Fru EC, Regin Rønn, Rivera WL, Becker K, Feng R, Yang J & Rensing C. 2024. A brief history of metal recruitment in protozoan predation. Trends in Microbiology 32: 465–476.
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June 2024
Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology
Vital PG, Rivera WL, Sena DC, Catapat CJC & Sabio CJF. 2024. Thermotolerant Escherichia coli contamination in vegetables from selected urban farms and wet markets in metro Manila, Philippines at the height of COVID-19 pandemic. Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, 29(3), 10 (9 pages)
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July 2024
Philippine American Academy of Science and Engineering
Vivo J & Rivera W. 2024. Fecal coliform assessment and detection of blaTEM, blaSHV, and tetA in Escherichia coli isolated from selected river waters of Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines. SciEnggJ 17: 321–330.
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August 2024
CELL PRESS HELIYON
Carascal MB, Macalalad LS, Petronio-Santos JA, Destura RV & Rivera WL. 2024. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay detects multiple alleles of blaOXA-51-like genes in Acinetobacter baumannii and other Gram-negative bacteria despite primer-template mismatches. Heliyon 10: e35653–e35653.
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September 2024
ELSEvier analytical biochemistry
Justo CAC, Jauset-Rubio M, Svobodova M, Skouridou V, Cools P, Mulinganya G, Ibáñez-Escribano A, Rivera WL & O’Sullivan CK. 2024. Sandwich enzyme-linked aptamer-based assay for the detection of Trichomonas vaginalis. Analytical Biochemistry 695: 115656.
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September 2024
biomedcentral tropical medicine and health
Carascal MB, Destura RV & Rivera WL. 2024. Molecular genotyping reveals multiple carbapenemase genes and unique blaOXA-51-like (oxaAb) alleles among clinically isolated Acinetobacter baumannii from a Philippine tertiary hospital. Tropical Medicine and Health 52.
