Publications
2021
1. Castelán-Sanchez Hugo, Xiaolong Liang, María del Rayo Sánchez-Carbente, Sonia Dávila-Ramos. Viral Metagenomics. "Metagenomics And Microbial Ecology: Techniques And Applications". 2021. Routledge & CRC Press. https://www.routledge.com/Metagenomics-and-Microbial-Ecology-Techniques-and-Applications/Mandal-Panda-Kumar-Bisht-Jin/p/book/9780367487348#.
2. Tenorio‐Salgado, Silvia, Hugo G. Castelán‐Sánchez, Sonia Dávila‐Ramos, Alejandro Huerta‐Saquero, Sergio Rodríguez‐Morales, Enrique Merino‐Pérez, Luis Fernando Roa de la Fuente, Sara E. Solis‐Pereira, Ernesto Pérez‐Rueda, and Gabriel Lizama‐Uc. 2021. "Metagenomic Analysis And Antimicrobial Activity Of Two Fermented Milk Kefir Samples". Microbiologyopen 10 (2). doi:10.1002/mbo3.1183.
2020
1. Castelán-Sánchez, Hugo Gildardo, Pablo M. Meza-Rodríguez, Erika Carrillo, David I. Ríos-Vázquez, Arturo Liñan-Torres, Ramón Alberto Batista-García, Ernesto Pérez-Rueda, Norma Elena Rojas-Ruíz, and Sonia Dávila-Ramos. 2020. "The Microbial Composition In Circumneutral Thermal Springs From Chignahuapan, Puebla, Mexico Reveals The Presence Of Particular Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacterial And Viral Communities". Microorganisms 8 (11): 1677. doi:10.3390/microorganisms8111677
2. Peidro‐Guzmán, Heidy, Yordanis Pérez‐Llano, Deborah González‐Abradelo, Maikel Gilberto Fernández‐López, Sonia Dávila‐Ramos, Elisabet Aranda, and Darío Rafael Olicón Hernández et al. 2020. "Transcriptomic Analysis Of Polyaromatic Hydrocarbon Degradation By The Halophilic Fungus Aspergillus Sydowii At Hypersaline Conditions". Environmental Microbiology. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15166.
3. Rebollar-Flores, J., Medina-Aparicio, L., Osio-Becerro, V., Villarreal, J., Mayo, S., Mendoza, B., Rodríguez-Gutierrez, S., Olvera, L., Dávila, S., Encarnación, S., Martínez-Batallar, G., Calva, E. and Hernández-Lucas, I. (2020). The Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi ltrR gene encodes two proteins whose transcriptional expression is up-regulated by alkaline pH and repressed at their promoters and coding regions by H-NS and Lrp. Journal of Bacteriology.
4. Villacís, J., Reyes, J., Castelán-Sánchez, H., Dávila-Ramos, S., Lazo, M., Wali, A., Bodero, L., Toapanta, Y., Naranjo, C., Montero, L., Campos, J., Galas, M. and Gestal, M. (2020). OXA-48 Carbapenemase in Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 307 in Ecuador. Microorganisms, 8(3), p.435
2019
1. Gómez-Silva B, Vilo-Muñoz C., Galetović A., Dong Q., Castelán-Sánchez HG, Pérez-Llano Y.,Sánchez-Carbente MR., Dávila-Ramos S, Cortes-López NG, Martínez-Ávila L, D.W. Dobson A, Batista-García RA. Metagenomics of Atacama lithobiontic extremophile life unveils highlights on fungal communities, biogeochemical cycles and carbohydrate-active enzymes. Microorganims
2. Castelán-Sánchez, HG., Elorrieta, P., Romoacca, P., Liñan-Torres, A., Sierra, J., Vera I, Batista-Garcia RA., Tenorio-Salgado S., Lizama-Uc G., Pérez-Rueda E., Quispe-Ricalde M.A. and Dávila-Ramos S. (2019). Intermediate-Salinity Systems at High Altitudes in the Peruvian Andes Unveil a High Diversity and Abundance of Bacteria and Viruses. Genes, 10(11), 891. doi:10.3390/genes10110891
3. Dávila-Ramos, S., Castelán-Sánchez, H., Martínez-Ávila, L., Sánchez-Carbente, M., Peralta, R., Hernández-Mendoza, A., Dobson, A., Gonzalez, R., Pastor, N. and Batista-García, R. (2019). A Review on Viral Metagenomics in Extreme Environments. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02403
4. Castelán-Sánchez, Hugo G., Itzel Lopéz-Rosas, Wendy A. García-Suastegui, Raúl Peralta, Alan D.W. Dobson, Ramón Alberto Batista-García, and Dávila-Ramos S. 2019. "Extremophile Deep-Sea Viral Communities From Hydrothermal Vents: Structural And Functional Analysis". Marine Genomics 46: 16-28. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.margen.2019.03.001.
5. Mamani, J. I., Pacheco, K. B., Elorrieta, P., Romoacca, P., Castelán, H., Dávila, S., Sierra J & Quispe-Ricalde, M. A. (2019). Draft Genome Sequence of Halomonas elongata MH25661 Isolated from a Saline Creek in the Andes of Peru. Microbiol Resour Announc, 8(1), e00934-18.
2025
1. Lyselle Ruíz de Leon, Tonatiuh Moreno-Perlín, Tania Castillo-Marenco, María del Rayo Sánchez-Carbente, Cene Gostinčar, Ninfa Ramírez-Durán, Ana María Fernández Ocaña, Nilda C. Sánchez, Sonia Dávila‐Ramos., Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Ramon Batista‐García,. 2025. “Polyextremotolerant, Opportunistic, and Melanin-Driven Resilient Black Yeast Exophiala Dermatitidis in Environmental and Clinical Contexts.” Nature News. Nature Publishing Group. February 22. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-88595-z.
2. Soria‐Camargo, C., Can‐Ubando, L. C., Manzanares‐Leal, G. L., Sánchez‐Reyes, A., Dávila‐Ramos, S., Batista‐García, R. A., & Ramírez‐Durán, N. (2025). Tolerance to NSAIDs in Actinobacteria From a Mexican Volcano Crater: Genomics and Bioremediation Potential. Journal of Basic Microbiology, e2400772.
2024
2. García-Estrada A. Selem-Mojica N., Martínez-Hernández A., Lara-Reyna J., Dávila-Ramos S., Verdel-Aranda K. Diversity of bacterial communities in wetlands of Calakmul Biosphere Reserve: a comparative analysis between conserved and semi-urbanized zones in pre-Mayan Train era. BMC Microbiology. September 28,2024. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-024-03523-x
1. Encinas-García, Trinidad, Fernando Mendoza-Cano, Enrique De la Re-Vega, Joaquín Martínez Martínez, Sonia Dávila-Ramos, José Manuel Grijalva-Chon, and Arturo Sánchez-Paz. "Dissecting the Main Factors Affecting the Viral Abundance in a Shrimp Aquaculture Ecosystem." Regional Studies in Marine Science Journal, September 3, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2024.103796.
2023
1 . Mayo-Pérez, S., Y. Gama-Martínez, S. Dávila, N. Rivera, and I. Hernández-Lucas. 2023. Critical Reviews in Microbiology, August, 1–33. doi:10.1080/1040841x.2023.2247477.
2. Villacís, J.E., Hugo Castelán Sánchez, Jorge Rojas-Vargas, Ulises Rodríguez-Cruz, Viviana Albán, Jorge Reyes, Pablo M. Meza-Rodríguez. Sonia Dávila et al. 2023. "Emergence Of Raoultella Ornithinolytica In Human Infections From Different Hospitals In Ecuador With OXA-48-Producing Resistance". Frontiers In Microbiology 14: 1216008. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1216008/abstract.
3. Pérez-Villatoro F., Sonia Dávila, Katy Juárez, Rosa María Prol-Ledesma. Archaeal communities at gas-venting shallow basins in the northern Gulf of California (Wagner and Consag Basins). Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 75 (3), A290623. http://dx.doi. org/10.18268/BSGM2023v75n3a290623
4. Quispe-Ricalde, Maria Antonieta, Hugo G. Castelán-Sánchez, Pablo M. Meza-Rodríguez, Sonia Dávila-Ramos, José Luis Sierra, Ramón Batista-Garcia, and Fátima Concha-Velasco et al. 2023. "Evidence Of Natural Selection And Dominance Of SARS-Cov-2 Variant Lambda (C.37) Over Variants Of Concern In Cusco, Peru". Archives Of Virology 168 (3). doi:10.1007/s00705-022-05645-x.