Ameet J. Pinto

This study shows that low dissolved oxygen and acetate amendment enhance anammox activity in IFAS biofilms by supporting microbial synergy and nitrate reduction.

This paper introduces volumetric flow imaging (VFI) to improve particle characterization in flow imaging microscopy, showing increased focus accuracy and resolution for microorganisms.

UltraRes-rrn uses Nanopore sequencing and hierarchical rRNA operon profiling to achieve genomovar-level taxonomy resolution and microdiversity detection in microbial communities.

This study compares short-read and long-read amplicon sequencing for microalgal community analysis, finding long-reads better capture species-level diversity while short-reads detect grazing pressure indicators.

This study analyzes the gene content of Raskinella chloraquaticus to show that homologous recombination and geographic isolation shape its genetic diversity, with Lineage 1 showing more conserved genes and Lineage 2 showing greater diversity.

This paper introduces a field-deployable workflow for quantitative metagenomics using Nanopore sequencing and barcoded spike-in calibration, achieving species-level identification and absolute quantitation comparable to digital PCR.

The paper examines geographic structuring of Legionella and Mycobacterium populations across and within drinking water systems using 16S rRNA sequencing and flow cytometry.

This paper develops an image processing pipeline for real-time algal bloom monitoring using flow-imaging microscopy and machine learning, improving accuracy in identifying and removing artifacts and novel particles.

This study uses a Variational Auto-Encoder to predict microalgal lipid content from label-free Imaging Flow Cytometry data, demonstrating a low-cost alternative to traditional methods.

The paper uses flow imaging microscopy to monitor microalgal communities in a wastewater treatment plant, identifying morphotype dynamics and their relationship with nutrient recovery and system performance.

The paper examines how building plumbing affects microbial community diversity and assembly in commercial and residential settings, finding differences in microdiversity and ecological mechanisms between building types.

The paper creates a drinking water genome catalog and identifies a widespread bacterial genus in disinfected systems, showing its adaptation to chlorinated environments.

The paper introduces ARTiMiS, a low-cost flow imaging microscope for real-time phytoplankton monitoring, and demonstrates its performance in laboratory and full-scale cultivation systems.

The paper investigates how dissolved oxygen affects the synergistic nitrogen removal by comammox and anammox bacteria in wastewater treatment systems.

The paper examines microbial community dynamics in a full-scale microalgal wastewater treatment facility during stable and upset conditions, identifying key factors affecting nutrient recovery and system performance.

This study evaluates assembly and binning strategies for time-series drinking water metagenomes to maximize the recovery of high-quality MAGs.