Qingyun Yan

Prof. Qingyun Yan is a microbial ecology researcher who works in the Frontier Research Center of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai). His research interests focus on microbial driving mechanisms of carbon sink and nitrogen removal and available phosphorus release in eutrophic ecosystems, assembly and turnover mechanisms of fish gut microbiome, as well as responses of microbiome to contaminants and their ecosystem services. He obtained 18 scientific scientific projects as PI. He was selected to the talent programs of Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS (2012-2015), One Hundred Talents Recruitment Program of SYSU (2017-2021), and Outstanding Talents Recruitment Program of SML (2022-2027). He works as the Vice Chairman of the Marine Environmental Protection Special Committee of Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences, the member of the Protozoology Branch of Chinese Society of Zoology, the Microbial Ecology Special Committee & Freshwater Ecology Special Committee of Chinese Society of Ecology. He is also working as Editoral Board/Associate Editor of Marine Life Science & Technology, and Advanced Biotechnology. He published more than 150 papers including Nature Communications, The ISME Journal, Microbiome, Water Research, Environmental Science & Technology and Environmental Microbiology. He was ranked among the word top 2% scientists in 2023 and 2024.

 

General Information

Ph.D., Professor, Doctoral supervisor

Marine Synthetic Ecology Research Center

Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai)

School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University

 

Contact Information

Room D641, Haiqin Building 4, No. 2 University Road, Tangjiawan Town, Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai 519082, China

E-mail: yanqingyun@sml-zhuhai.cn

 

Education

1999.09 - 2003.06  BS       Hunan Agriculture University

2004.09 - 2009.06  PhD     Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

 

Professional Experience

2009.07.01 - 2016.11.16   Technician/Senior Technician,

                                      Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

2013.04.30 - 2015.08.30   Senior visiting scholar/Postdoc,

                                      Institute for Environmental Genomics (IEG), University of Oklahoma, USA

2016.11.17 - 2022.06.08   Professor/Doctoral supervisor,

                                      School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China

2016.11.17 - 2024.03.08   Professor/Doctoral supervisor,

                                      Environmental Microbiomics Research Center, Sun Yat-sen University, China

2022.06.09 - present        Professor/Doctoral supervisor,

                                      Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), China

                                      School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, China

2022.05.23 - present        Marine Synthetic Ecology Research Center, China

 

Other Professional Activities

2025.04.22 - present   Aquaculture Microbial Ecology and Resources Special Committee of Chinese Society of Fisheries                                    (Committee member)

2023.06.30 - present   Marine Environmental Protection Special Committee of Chinese Society of Environmental

                                 Sciences (Vice Chairman)

2023.06.01 - present   Advanced Biotechnology (Editoral Board & Associate Editor)

2022.08.26 - present   Freshwater Ecology Special Committee of Chinese Society of Ecology (Committee member)

2021.10.28 - present   Marine Life Science & Technology (Editoral Board & Associate Editor)

2017.10.20 - present   Microbial Ecology Special Committee of Chinese Society of Ecology (Committee member)

2009.07.14 - present   Protozoology Branch of Chinese Society of Zoology (Committee member)

 

Research Interests

1. Microbial driving mechanisms of carbon sink

2. Microbial driving mechanisms of nitrogen removal and available phosphorus release in eutrophic ecosystems

3. Assembly and turnover mechanisms of fish gut microbiome

 

Projects

1. Microbial driving mechanisms and ecological effects of nitrogen removal in eutrophic lakes (PI, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Major Research Projects, 2021-2023)

2. Microbial driving available phosphorus release in aquaculture ecosystems and the underlying mechanisms (PI, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2024-2027)

3. Assembly and turnover of freshwater protozoa communities and its significances for aquaculture (PI, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2017-2020)

4. Role of transgenic common carp gut microbiome on carbohydrate metabolism and its regulating mechanism (PI, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2015-2017)

5. Diversity of aquatic hypotrichous ciliates revealed by the rRNA gene and its application in ecological study (PI, National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2011-2013)

6. Theories and technologies for enhancing carbon sequestration and sink in seaweed ecosystems (Co-PI, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), 2021-2024)

7. Outstanding Talents Recruitment Program of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai) (PI, 2022-2027)

8. Microbial-mediated carbon sinks and their stability during mangrove restoration (PI, Key Laboratory Program from CAS, 2022-2024)

9. One Hundred Talents Recruitment Program of Sun Yat-sen University (Category: Urgently needed talents) (PI, 2017-2021)

10. Youth Innovation Promotion Association, CAS (PI, 2012-2015).

11.Disturbance effects on the diversity of plankton (PI, City government of Wuhan, 2014-2015)

12.Plankton community diversity in the Three Gorges Reservoir (PI, China Three Gorges Corporation, 2012-2013)

13.Gut microbiota of transgenic common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) and its relations to the host’s metabolism (PI, State Key Laboratory Program, 2012)

14.Relationships between metagenome of plankton and heavy metals (PI, Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2011-2012)

15.Plankton metagenome-based warning for fishery ecology and environment (PI, Key Laboratory Program from Ministry of Agriculture, 2011-2012)

16.PCR-DGGE fingerprinting analysis of the plankton community in briny pond (PI, Key Laboratory Program from Ministry of Education, 2009-2010)

17.Genetic diversity of plankton community in Algal lakes (PI, State Key Laboratory Program, 2008)

 

Publications

2025

1.  Yan Qingyun*, Ming Yuzhen, Liu Jianzhong, Yin Huaqun, He Qiang, Li Juan, Huang Mingtao, He Zhili*. Microbial biotechnology: from synthetic biology to synthetic ecology. Advanced Biotechnology, 2025, 3: 1.

2.  Yu Huang, Liu Shengwei, Zhang Dandan, Hu Ruiwen, Chen Pubo, Liu Huanping, Zhou Qiang, Tan Wenfa, Hu Nan, He Zhili, Ding Dexin*, Yan Qingyun*. Specific enrichment of arsM-carrying microorganisms with nitrogen fixation and dissimilatory nitrate reduction function enhance arsenic methylation in plant rhizosphere soil. Environmental Science & Technology, 2025, 59: 1647-1660.

3.  Liu Huanping, Fan Yijun, Su Erxin, Liu Shengwei, Ming Yuzhen, Huang Zhenyu, Yu Huang, Liu Fei, Wang Cheng, Yu Xiaoli, Niu Mingyang, Wu Kun, Yang Yufeng, He Zhili, Zhang Tao*, Yan Qingyun*. Mariculture increases microbially-driven carbon metabolism and sequestration in coastal ecosystems. Journal of Environmental Management, 2025, 386: 125756.

4.  Abdullah Al Mamun#, Wang Yunfeng#, Huang Jie, Yu Yuhe, Juneau Philippe, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Anammox and denitrifying bacteria and their nitrogen removal potentials in lake sediments mediated by environmental changes. Marine Life Science & Technology, in press

5.  Abdullah Al Mamun, Zhang Dandan, Liu Sirui, Ming Yuzhen, Li Mingyue, Xing Peng, Yu Xiaoli, Niu Mingyang, Wu Kun, Xie Wei, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Community assembly mechanisms of nirK- and nirS-type denitrifying bacteria in sediments of eutrophic Lake Taihu, China. Current Microbiology, 2025, 82: 53.

6.  Xiao Fanshu, Zhu Wengen, Liu Huanping, Chen Pubo, Yu Yuhe, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Effects of aging on gut microbiota nearly throughout zebrafish lifespan. Current Zoology, DOI: 10.1093/cz/zoaf051.

7.  Abdullah Al Mamun, Ming Yuzhen, Zhang Dandan, Huang Fangjuan, Xing Peng, Niu Mingyang, Wu Kun, Xie Wei, He Zhili, Jeppesen Erik, Yan Qingyun*. Ecological processes shaping abundant and rare nirK- and nirS-type denitrifying bacteria in Taihu Lake sediments. Journal of Soils and Sediments, DOI: 10.1007/s11368-025-04106-7.

8.  Ding Jijuan, Liu Fei, Zeng Jiaxiong, Gu Hang, Huang Jing, Wu Bo, Shu Longfei, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili, Wang Cheng*. Depth heterogeneity of lignin-degrading microbiome and organic carbon processing in mangrove sediments. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2025, 11: 5.

9.  Yang Xinlei, Yu Xiaoli, Ming Yuzhen, Liu Huanping, Zhu Wengen, Yan Bozhi, Huang Huaxia, Ding Lang, Qian Xin, Wang Yukun, Wu Kun, Niu Mingyang, Yan Qingyun, Huang Xiaohong, Wang Cheng, Wang Yuejun*, He Zhili*. The vertical distribution and metabolic versatility of complete ammonia oxidizing communities in mangrove sediments. Environmental Research, 2025, 277: 121602.

10. Yu Huang, Zhang Dandan, Xiong Rui, Liu Shengwei, Hu Ruiwen, Chen Pubo, Wu Xiaoyan, Zou Hantong, Hu Nan*, Ding Dexin, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili. Soil-dependent responses of bacterial communities, phosphorus and carbon turnover to uranium stress in different soil ecosystems. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2025, 493: 138383.

11. Yu Huang, Lv Wenpan, Ding Dexin*, Hu Nan, Zhang Hui, Chen Mingfei, Wang Cheng, Yan Qingyun, Deng Ye, He Zhili, Carlson Hans K., Hu Ruiwen*. Arsenite-oxidizing chemolithooautotrophic prokaryotes underpin inorganic carbon fixation and arsenic detoxification in deep underground uranium mining layers. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2025, 496: 139213.

12. Wang Yunfeng, Liu Mingjian, Yan Qingyun, Mao Chengzhi, Shu Wangxinze, Al-Farraj Saleh A, Song Weibo, Dunthorn Micah, Jiang Yong*, Huang Jie*. Temporal dynamics and potential driving mechanisms of bacterioplankton communities in lake ecosystems: insights from water diversion events. Journal of Hydrology, 2025, 660: 133335.

 

2024

1.  Yu Huang#, Liu Shengwei#, Weng Wanlin, Peng Yijun, Cai Xinqi, Zhu Yu, Chen Pubo, Zhang Dandan, Liu Huanping, Zeng Jiaxiong, Liu Songfeng, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Generational specific recruitment of arsenic- and antimony-reducing microorganisms in plant root-associated niches for adapting to metalloid-metal pollution. Environmental Science & Technology, 2024, 58: 16891-16904.

2.  Ming Yuzhen, Abdullah Al Mamun, Zhang Dandan, Zhu Wengen, Liu Huanping, Cai Lanlan, Yu Xiaoli, Wu Kun, Niu Mingyang, Zeng Qinglu*, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Insights into the evolutionary and ecological adaption strategies of nirS- and nirK-type denitrifying communities. Molecular Ecology, 2024, 33: e17507.

3.  Zhang Dandan, Liu Fei, Abdullah Al Mamun, Yang Yuchun, Yu Huang, Li Mingyue, Wu Kun, Niu Mingyang, Wang Cheng, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Nitrogen and sulfur cycling and their coupling mechanisms in eutrophic lake sediment microbiomes. Science of the Total Environment, 2024, 928: 172518.

4.  Zheng Xiafei, Hou Dongwei, Huang Zhijian*, He Zhili, He Jianguo, Yan Qingyun*. Microeukaryotic community dynamics and assembly mechanisms in shrimp aquaculture ponds. Aquaculture, 2024, 590: 741091.

5.  Huang Zhenyu, Shu Longfei, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Community coalescence under variable hydrochemical conditions of the Chesapeake Bay shaped bacterial diversity and functional traits. Environmental Research, 2024, 257: 119272.

6.  Zhang Dandan, Yu Huang, Yu Xiaoli, Yang Yuchun, Wang Cheng, Wu Kun, Niu Mingyang, He Jianguo, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Mechanisms underlying the interactions and adaptability of nitrogen removal microorganisms in freshwater sediments. Advanced Biotechnology, 2024, 2: 21.

7.  Liu Huanping, Tang Xiaoyan*, Tam Nora Fung-yee, Li Qiwen, Ruan Weifeng, Xu Xiaomin, Gao Yanxia, Yan Qingyun, Zhang Xiaomeng, Dai Yunv, Yang Yang*. Phytodegradation of neonicotinoids in Cyperus papyrus from enzymatic and transcriptomic perspectives. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024, 462: 132715.

8. Liu Fei, Ding Jijuan, Zeng Jiaxiong, Wang Cheng, Wu Bo, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili*, Shu Longfei*. Mangrove sediments are environmental hotspots for pathogenic protists. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024, 467: 133643.

9. Wang Binhao, Ma Bin, Zhang Yinan, Stirling Erinne, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili, Liu Zhiquan, Yuan Xia, Zhang Hangjun*. Global diversity, coexistence and consequences of resistome in inland waters. Water Research, 2024, 253: 121253.

10.Zhou Min, Ma Lu, Wang Zihe, Li Shicheng, Cai Yijun, Li Meicheng, Zhang Lin, Wang Cheng, Wu Bo, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili, Shu Longfei*. Nano- and microplastics drive the dynamic equilibrium of amoeba-associated bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024, 476: 134958.

11.Xu Kui, Zhao Libin, Juneau Philippe, Chen Zhen, Zheng Xiafei, Lian Yingli, Li Weizhi, Huang Peihuan, Yan Qingyun, Chen Xiongwen, He Zhili*. The photosynthetic toxicity of nano-polystyrene to Microcystis aeruginosa is influenced by surface modifcation and light intensity. Environmental Pollution, 2024, 356: 124206.

12.Fan Yijun, Zhou Zhengyuan, Liu Fei, Qian Lu, Yu Xiaoli, Huang Fangjuan, Hu Ruiwen, Su Hualong, Gu Hang, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili*, Wang Cheng*. The vertical partitioning between denitrification and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium of coastal mangrove sediment microbiomes. Water Research, 2024, 262: 122113.

13.Qian Lu, Yan Bozhi, Zhou Jiayin, Fan Yijun, Tao Mei, Zhu Wengen, Wang Cheng, Tu Qichao, Tian Yun, He Qiang, Wu Kun, Niu Mingyang, Yan Qingyun, Nikoloski Zoran, Liu Guangli* Yu Xiaoli*, He Zhili*. Comprehensive profiles of sulfur cycling microbial communities along a mangrove sediment depth. Science of the Total Environment, 2024, 944: 173961.

14.Hu Nan, Xiao Fangfang, Zhang Dandan, Hu Ruiwen, Xiong Rui, Lv Wenpan, Yang Zhaolan, Tan Wenfa, Yu Huang, Ding Dexin, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili. Organophosphorus mineralizing-Streptomyces species underpins uranate immobilization and phosphorus availability in uranium tailings. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024, 476: 134975.

 

2023

1.  Liu Shengwei, Zeng Jiaxiong, Yu Huang, Wang Cheng, Yang Yunfeng, Wang Jianjun, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Antimony efflux underpins phosphorus cycling and resistance of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria in mining soils. The ISME Journal, 2023, 17: 1278-1289.

2.  Zhang Dandan, Yu Huang, Yang Yuchun, Liu Fei, Li Mingyue, Huang Jie, Yu Yuhe, Wang Cheng, Jiang Feng, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Ecological interactions and the underlying mechanism of anammox and denitrification across the anammox enrichment with eutrophic lake sediments. Microbiome, 2023, 11: 82.

3.  Su Erxin#, Wu Yongjie#, Chen Pubo, Yu Huang, Liu Shengwei, Luo Hongtian, Yang Yufeng, Wang Cheng, Shu Longfei, Wu Bo, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Dietary selenium regulates the diversity and stability of microbial communities in stomach and intestine of rabbitfish (Siganus oramin). Aquaculture, 2023, 56: 738979.

4.  Wang Binhao, Ma Bin, Stirling Erinne, He Zhili, Zhang Hanjun, Yan Qingyun*. Freshwater trophic status mediates microbial community assembly and interdomain network complexity. Environmental Pollution, 2023, 316: 120690.

5.  Zheng Xiafei, Xu Kui, Naoum Jonathan, Lian Yingli, Wu Bo, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Deciphering microeukaryotic-bacterial co-occurrence networks in coastal aquaculture ponds. Marine Life Science & Technology, 2023, 5: 44-55.

6.  Xu Yifan, Liu Huanping, Yang Yufeng, Shen Hongtao, Zhuang Ruimin, Wang Cheng, Huang Zhijian, He Jianguo, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Assessment of carbon sink potential and methane reduction scenarios of marine macroalgae (Gracilaria) cultivation. Science China-Earth Sciences, 2023, 66: 1047-1061.

7.  Yu Xiaoli, Tu Qichao, Liu Jihua, Peng Yisheng, Wang Cheng, Xiao Fanshu, Lian Yingli, Yang Xueqin, Hu Ruiwen, Yu Huang, Qian Lu, Wu Daoming, He Ziying, Shu Longfei, He Qiang, Tian Yun, Wang Faming, Wang Shanquan, Wu Bo, Huang Zhijian, He Jianguo, Yan Qingyun*, He Zhili*. Environmental selection and evolutionary process jointly shape genomic and functional profiles of mangrove rhizosphere microbiomes. mLife, 2023, 2: 253-266.

8.  Zhou Min, Guan Xiaotong, Deng Ting, Hu Ruiwen, Qian Lu, Yang Xueqin, Wu Bo, Li Juan, He Qiang, Shu Longfei, Yan Qingyun*, He Zhili*. Synthetic phylogenetically diverse communities promote denitrification and stability. Environmental Research, 2023, 231: 116184.

9.  Wang Binhao, Xu Jianming*, Wang Yiling, Stirling Erinne, Zhao Kankan, Lu Caiyu, Tan Xiangfeng, Kong Dedong, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili, Ruan Yunjie, Ma Bin*. Tackling soil ARG-carrying pathogens with global-scale metagenomics. Advanced Science, 2023, 10: 2301980.

10.Qian Lu, Yu Xiaoli*, Gu Hang, Liu Fei, Fan Yijun, Wang Cheng, He Qiang, Tian Yun, Peng Yisheng, Shu Longfei, Wang Shanquan, Huang Zhijian, Yan Qingyun, He Jianguo, Liu Guangli, Tu Qichao, He Zhili*. Vertically stratified methane, nitrogen and sulphur cycling and coupling mechanisms in mangrove sediment microbiomes. Microbiome, 2023, 11: 71.

11.Mai Yingwen, Zheng Jianyi, Zeng Jiaxiong, Wang Zihe, Liu Fei, Ma Lu, Zhou Min, Zhao Shanshan, Wu Bo, Wang Cheng, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili, Shu Longfei*. Protozoa as hotspots for potential pathogens in the drinking water of a subtropical megacity: diversity, treatment, and health risk. Environmental Science & Technology, 2023, 57: 6108-6118.

12.Wu Bo, Guan Xiaotong, Deng Ting, Yang Xueqin, Li Juan, Zhou Min, Wang Cheng, Wang Shanquan, Yan Qingyun, Shu Longfei, He Qiang, He Zhili*. Synthetic denitrifying communities reveal a positive and dynamic biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship during experimental evolution. Microbiology Spectrum, 2023, 11: e04528-22.

13.Wang Zihe, Huang Wei, Mai Yingwen, Tian Yuehui, Wu Bo, Wang Cheng, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili, Shu Longfei*.  Environmental stress promotes the persistence of facultative bacterial symbionts in amoebae. Ecology and Evolution, 2023, 13: e9899.

14.Sha Yujie*, Yan Qingyun, Liu Jian*, Yu Jiafeng, Xu Shicai, He Zhili, Ren Jing, Qu Jie, Zheng Shiying, Wang Guomin, Dong Weiying. Homologous genes shared between probiotics and pathogens affect the adhesion of probiotics and exclusion of pathogens in the gut mucus of shrimp. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023, 14: 1195137.

15.Meng Yabing, Wang Depeng*, Yu Zhong, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili, Meng Fangang*. Genome-resolved metagenomic analysis reveals different functional potentials of multiple Candidatus Brocadia species in a full-scale swine wastewater treatment system. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, 2023, 17: 2.

16.Zeng Jiaxiong, Pan Yu, Hu Ruiwen, Liu Fei, Gu Hang, Ding Jijuan, Liu Songfeng, Liu Shengwei, Yang Xueqin, Peng Yisheng, Tian Yun, He Qiang, Wu Yongjie, Yan Qingyun, Shu Longfei, He Zhili*, Wang Cheng*. The vertically-stratified resistomes in mangrove sediments was driven by the bacterial diversity. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023, 458: 131974.

17.Yu Xiaoli, Qian Lu, Tu Qichao, Peng Yisheng, Wang Cheng, Wu Daoming, He Ziying, Shu Longfei, He Qiang, Tian Yun, Yin Kedong, Wang Shanquan, Yan Qingyun, Zhong Qiuping*, He Zhili*. Chemoautotrophic sulphur oxidizers dominate microbial necromass carbon formation in coastal blue carbon ecosystems. Functional Ecology, 2023, 37: 2634-2651.

18.Yu Xiaoli, Hu Ruiwen, Tao Mei, Qian Lu, Wang Faming, Wang Shanquan, Niu Mingyang, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili*. Microbially driven sulfur cycling in the river–wetland–ocean continuum. Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research, 2023, 2: 0027.

 

2022

1. Zhang Dandan, Li Mingyue, Yang Yuchun, Yu Huang, Xiao Fanshu, Mao Chengzhi, Huang Jie, Yu Yuhe, Wang Yunfeng, Wu Bo, Wang Cheng, Shu Longfei, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Nitrite and nitrate reduction drive sediment microbial nitrogen cycling in a eutrophic lake. Water Research, 2022, 220: 118637.

2.  Yu Huang, Yan Xizhe, Weng Wanlin, Xu Sihan, Xu Guizhi, Gu Tianyuan, Guan Xiaotong, Liu Shengwei, Chen Pubo, Wu Yongjie, Xiao Fanshu, Wang Cheng, Shu Longfei, Wu Bo, Qiu Dongru, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Extracellular proteins of Desulfovibrio vulgaris as adsorbents and redox shuttles promote biomineralization of antimony. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022, 426: 127795.

3.  Yu Huang#, He Zhenzhen#, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*, Shu Longfei*. Soil amebae affect iron and chromium reduction through preferential predation between two metal-reducing bacteria. Environmental Science & Technology, 2022, 56: 9052-9062.

4.  Zeng Jiaxiong, Tu Qichao, Yu Xiaoli, Qian Lu, Wang Cheng, Shu Longfei, Liu Fei, Liu Shengwei, Huang Zhijian, He Jianguo, Yan Qingyun*, He Zhili*. PCycDB: a comprehensive and accurate database for fast analysis of phosphorus cycling genes. Microbiome, 2022, 10: 101.

5. Xiao Fanshu, Zhu Wengen, Yu Yuhe, Huang Jie, Li Juan, He Zhili, Wang Jianjun, Yin Huaqun, Yu Huang, Liu Shengwei, Chen Pubo, Huang Zhijian, He Jianguo, Wang Cheng, Shu Longfei, Yan Qingyun*. Interactions and stability of gut microbiota in zebrafish increase with host development. Microbiology Spectrum, 2022, 10: e01696-21.

6. Chen Pubo#, Huang Jie#, Rao Liuyu, Zhu Wengen, Yu Yuhe, Xiao Fanshu*, Yu Huang, Wu Yongjie, Hu Ruiwen, Liu Xingyu, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Environmental effects of nanoparticles on the ecological succession of gut microbiota across zebrafish development. Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 806: 150963.

7.  Yu Huang#, Zhong Qiuping#, Peng Yisheng, Zheng Xiafei, Xiao Fanshu, Wu Bo, Yu Xiaoli, Luo Zhiwen, Shu Longfei, Wang Cheng, Yan Qingyun*, He Zhili*. Environmental filtering by pH and salinity jointly drives prokaryotic community assembly in coastal wetland sediments. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022, 8: 792294.

8. Liu Shengwei, Yu Huang, Yu Yuhe, Huang Jie, Zhou Zhengyuan, Zeng Jiaxiong, Chen Pubo, Xiao Fanshu, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Ecological stability of microbial communities in Lake Donghu regulated by keystone taxa. Ecological Indicators, 2022, 136: 108695.

9. Zheng Xiafei, He Zhili, Wang Cheng, Yan Qingyun*, Shu Longfei*. Evaluation of different primers of the 18S rRNA gene to profile amoeba communities in environmental samples. Water Biology and Security, 2022, 1: 100057.

10.Liu Zhenghua, Yan Qingyun, Jiang Chengying, Li Juan, Jian Huahua, Fan Lu, Zhang Rui, Xiao Xiang, Meng Delong, Liu Xueduan, Wang Jianjun*, Yin Huaqun*. Growth rate determines prokaryote-provirus network modulated by temperature and host genetic traits. Microbiome, 2022, 10: 92.

11.Zhang Siyi, He Zhenzhen, Wu Chenyuan, Wang Zihe, Mai Yingwen, Hu Ruiwen, Zhang Xiaojie, Huang Wei, Tian Yuehui, Xia Dehua, Wang Cheng, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili*, Shu Longfei*. Complex bilateral interactions determine the fate of polystyrene micro- and nanoplastics and soil protists: implications from a soil amoeba. Environmental Science & Technology, 2022, 56: 4936-4949.

12.Hu Ruiwen, Liu Songfeng, Huang Weiming, Nan Qiong, Strong P. J., Saleem Muhammad, Zhou Zhengyuan, Luo Zhiwen, Shu Fangqi, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili, Wang Cheng*. Evidence for assimilatory nitrate reduction as a previously overlooked pathway of reactive nitrogen transformation in estuarine suspended particulate matter. Environmental Science & Technology, 2022, 56: 14852-14866.

13.Qian Lu, Yu Xiaoli, Zhou Jiayin, Gu Hang, Ding Jijuan, Peng Yisheng, He Qiang, Tian Yun, Liu Jihua, Wang Shanquan, Wang Cheng, Shu Longfei, Yan Qingyun, He Jianguo, Liu Guangli*, Tu Qichao*, He Zhili*. MCycDB: a curated database for comprehensively profiling methane cycling processes of environmental microbiomes. Molecular Ecology Resources, 2022, 22: 1803-1823.

14.Hou Dongwei, Zhou Renjun, Wei Dongdong, Zeng Shenzheng, Weng Shaoping, Yan Qingyun, He Jianguo*, Huang Zhijian*. Abundant and rare microbial communities respectively contribute to an aquaculture pond ecosystem. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022, 9: 856126.

15.Liu Zhenghua, Wang Jianjun, Meng Delong, Li Liangzhi, Liu Xueduan, Gu Yabing, Yan Qingyun, Jiang Chengying, Yin Huaqun*. The self-organization of marine microbial networks under evolutionary and ecological processes: observations and modeling. Biology, 2022, 11: 592.

16. Wang Yunfeng, Li Xinghao, Chi Yong, Song Weibo, Yan Qingyun, Huang Jie*. Changes of the freshwater microbial community structure and assembly processes during different sample storage conditions. Microorganisms, 2022, 10: 1176.

17. Yang Xueqin, Yu Xiaoli, He Qiang, Deng Ting, Guan Xiaotong, Lian Yingli, Xu Kui, Shu Longfei, Wang Cheng, Yan Qingyun, Yang Yuchun, Wu Bo*, He Zhili*. Niche differentiation among comammox (Nitrospira inopinata) and other metabolically distinct nitrifiers. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022, 13: 956860.

18. Yu Xiaoli, Hu Ruiwen, Tao Mei, Qian Lu, Wang Faming, Wang Shanquan, Niu Mingyang, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili*. Microbially driven sulfur cycling in the river–wetland–ocean continuum. Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research, 2023, 2: 0027.

 

2021

1.  Yu Huang#, Liu Xingyu#, Yang Chao, Peng Yisheng, Yu Xiaoli, Gu Hang, Zheng Xiafei, Wang Cheng, Xiao Fanshu, Shu Longfei, He Zhili, Wu Bo*, Yan Qingyun*. Co-symbiosis of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and diazotrophs promote biological nitrogen fixation in mangrove ecosystems. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2021, 161: 108382.

2.  Yu Huang, Zheng Xiafei, Weng Wanlin, Yan Xizhe, Chen Pubo, Liu Xingyu, Peng Tao, Zhong Qiuping, Xu Kui, Wang Cheng, Shu Longfei, Yang Tony, Xiao Fanshu, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Synergistic effects of antimony and arsenic contaminations on bacterial, archaeal and fungal communities in the rhizosphere of Miscanthus sinensis: insights for nitrification and carbon mineralization. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 411: 125094.

3.  Xiao Fanshu#, Zhu Wengen#, Yu Yuhe, He Zhili, Wu Bo, Wang Cheng, Shu Longfei, Li Xinghao, Yin Huaqun, Wang Jianjun, Juneau Philippe, Zheng Xiafei, Wu Yongjie, Li Juan, Chen Xiaojuan, Hou Dongwei, Huang Zhijian, He Jianguo, Xu Guohuan, Xie Liwei, Huang Jie*, Yan Qingyun*. Host development overwhelms environmental dispersal in governing the ecological succession of zebrafish gut microbiota. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2021, 7: 5.

4.  Zheng Xiafei, Zhang Keke, Yang Tony, He Zhili, Shu Longfei, Xiao Fanshu, Wu Yongjie, Wang Binhao, Yu Huang, Yan Qingyun*. Sediment resuspension drives protist metacommunity structure and assembly in grass carp (Catenopharyngodon idella) aquaculture ponds. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 764: 142840.

5.  Wang Binhao, Stirling Erinne, He Zhili, Ma Bin, Zhang Hangjun, Zheng Xiafei, Xiao Fanshu, Yan Qingyun*. Pollution alters methanogenic and methanotrophic communities and increases dissolved methane in small ponds. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 801: 149723.

6. Xiao Fanshu, Liao Lanjie, Xu Qiaoqing, He Zhili, Xiao Tiaoyi, Wang Jianjun, Huang Jie, Yu Yuhe, Wu Bo, Yan Qingyun*. Host-microbiota interactions and responses to grass carp reovirus infection in Ctenopharyngodon idellus. Environmental Microbiology, 2021, 23: 431-447.

7.  Chen Pubo#, Huang Jie#, Rao Liuyu, Zhu Wengen, Yu Yuhe, Xiao Fanshu, Chen Xiaojuan, Yu Huang, Wu Yongjie, Xu Kui, Zheng Xiafei, Hu Ruiwen, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Resistance and resilience of fish gut microbiota to silver nanoparticles. mSystems, 2021, 6: e00630-21.

8.  Li Mingyue, Fang Anqi, Yu Xiaoli, Zhang Keke, He Zhili, Wang Cheng, Peng Yisheng, Xiao Fanshu*, Yang Tony, Zhang Wei, Zheng Xiafei, Zhong Qiuping, Liu Xingyu, Yan Qingyun*. Microbially-driven sulfur cycling microbial communities in different mangrove sediments. Chemosphere, 2021, 273: 128597.

9.  Li Mingyue, Zhang Jiachao*, Yang Xiao, Zhou Yaoyu, Zhang Lihua, Yang Yuan, Luo Lin, Yan Qingyun*. Responses of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms to biochar and compost amendments of heavy metals-polluted soil. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2021, 102: 263-272.

10.Wang Binhao, Zheng Xiafei, Zhang Hangjun, Yu Xiaoli, Lian Yingli, Yang Xueqin, Yu Huang, Hu Ruiwen, He Zhili, Xiao Fanshu*, Yan Qingyun*. Metagenomic insights into the effects of submerged plants on microbial functions in wetland sediments. Marine Life Science & Technology, 2021, 3: 405-415.

11.Luo Zhiwen, Zhong Qiuping, Han Xingguo, Hu Ruiwen, Liu Xingyu, Xu Wenjun, Wu Yongjie, Huang Weiming, Zhou Zhengyuan, Zhuang Wei, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili, Wang Cheng*. Depth-dependent variability of biological nitrogen fixation and diazotrophic communities in mangrove sediments. Microbiome, 2021, 9: 212.

12.Yu Xiaoli, Zhou Jiayin, Song Wen, Xu Mengzhao, He Qiang, Peng Yisheng, Tian Yun, Wang Cheng, Shu Longfei, Wang Shanquan, Yan Qingyun, Liu Jihua, Tu Qichao*, He Zhili*. SCycDB: a curated functional gene database for metagenomic profiling of sulfur cycling pathways. Molecular Ecology Resources, 2021, 21: 924-940.

13.Wang Cheng, Hu Ruiwen, Strong P.J., Zhuang Wei, Huang Weiming, Luo Zhiwen, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili, Shu Longfei*. Prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes and bacterial pathogens along the soil-mangrove root continuum. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 408: 124985.

14.Shi Yijing, Queller David C., Tian Yuehui, Zhang Siyi, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili, He Zhenzhen, Wu Chenyuan, Wang Cheng*, Shu Longfei*. The ecology and evolution of amoeba-bacteria interactions. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2021, 87: e01866-20.

15.Xu Kui, Li Zhou, Juneau Philippe, Xiao Fanshu, Lian Yingli, Zhang Wei, Shu Longfei, Jiang Haibo, Zhang Keke, Wang Cheng, Wang Shanquan, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili*. Toxic and protective mechanisms of cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. in response to titanium dioxide nanoparticles. Environmental Pollution, 2021, 274, 116508.

16.Li Huabing, Zeng Jin*, Ren Lijuan, Yan Qingyun, Wu Qinglong L.*. Enhanced metabolic potentials and functional gene interactions of microbial stress responses to a 4,100-m elevational increase in freshwater lakes. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021, 11: 595967.

17.Zhao Libin, Xu Kui*, Juneau Philippe, Huang Peihuan, Lian Yingli, Zheng Xiafei, Zhong Qiuping, Zhang Wei, Xiao Fanshu, Wu Bo, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili*. Light modulates the effect of antibiotic norfloxacin on photosynthetic processes of Microcystis aeruginosa. Aquatic Toxicology, 2021, 235: 105826.

18.Hu Ruiwen, Zhao Haiming, Xu Xihui, Wang Zhigang, Yu Ke, Shu Longfei, Yan Qingyun, Wu Bo, Mo Cehui, He Zhili, Wang Cheng*. Bacteria-driven phthalic acid ester biodegradation: current status and emerging opportunities. Environment International, 2021, 154: 106560.

19.Shu Longfei, He Zhenzhen, Guan Xiaotong, Yang Xueqin, Tian Yuehui, Zhang Siyi, Wu Chenyuan, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun, Wang Cheng*, Shi Yijing*. A dormant amoeba species can selectively sense and predate on different soil bacteria. Functional Ecology, 2021, 35: 1708-1721.

20.Ding Xiaowei, Liu kaihui*, Yan Qingyun, Liu Xingyu, Chen Ni, Wang Guoliang, He Shuai. Sugar and organic acid availability modulate soil diazotroph community assembly and species co-occurrence patterns on the Tibetan Plateau. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2021, 105: 8545-8560.

21.Zhou Zhengyuan, Hu Ruiwen, Ni Yanmei, Zhuang Wei, Luo Zhiwen, Huang Weiming, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili, Zhong Qiuping, Wang Cheng*. Genetic elucidation of quorum sensing and cobamide biosynthesis in divergent bacterial-fungal associations across the soil-mangrove root interface. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021, 12: 698385.

22.Huang Zhijian#, Hou Dongwei#, Zhou Renjun, Zeng Shenzheng, Xing Chengguang, Wei Dongdong, Deng Xisha, Yu Lingfei, Wang Hao, Deng Zhixuan, Weng Shaoping, Ning Daliang, Xiao Chuanle, Yan Qingyun, Zhou Jizhong, He Zhili*, He Jianguo*. Environmental water and sediment microbial communities shape intestine microbiota for host health: the central dogma in an anthropogenic aquaculture ecosystem. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021, 12: 772149.

 

2020

1.  Wu Bo, Liu Feifei, Zhou Aifen, Li Juan, Shu Longfei, Kempher Megan L., Yang Xueqin, Ning Daliang, Pan Feiyan, Zane Grant M., Wall Judy D., Van Nostrand Joy D., Juneau Philippe, Chen Shouwen*, Yan Qingyun*, Zhou Jizhong*, He Zhili*. Experimental evolution reveals nitrate tolerance mechanisms in Desulfovibrio vulgaris. The ISME Journal, 2020, 14: 2862-2876.

2.  He Zhili#*, Deng Ye#, Xu Meiying#, Liang Junyi, Xiong Jinbo, Yu Hao, Wu Liyou, Xue Kai, Shi Shengjing, Wu Bo, Van Nostrand Joy D., Hobbie Sarah E., Reich Peter B., Schadt Christopher W., Kent Angela D., Pendall Elise, Wallenstein Matthew, Luo Yiqi, Yan Qingyun*, Zhou Jizhong*. Microbial functional genes commonly respond to elevated carbon dioxide. Environment International, 2020, 144: 106068.

3.  Liu Xingyu#, Yang Chao#, Yu Xiaoli, Yu Huang, Zhuang Wei, Gu Hang, Xu Kui, Zheng Xiafei, Wang Cheng, Xiao Fanshu, Wu Bo, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Revealing structure and assembly for rhizophyte-endophyte diazotrophic community in mangrove ecosystem after introduced Sonneratia apetala and Laguncularia racemose. Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 721: 137807.

4.  Wang Binhao, Zheng Xiafei, Zhang Hangjun, Xiao Fanshu, Gu Hang, Zhang Keke, He Zhili, Liu Xiang, Yan Qingyun*. Bacterial community responses to tourism development in the Xixi National Wetland Park, China. Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 720: 137570.

5.  Wang Binhao, Zheng Xiafei, Zhang Hangjun, Xiao Fanshu*, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Keystone taxa of water microbiome respond to environmental quality and predict water contamination. Environmental Research, 2020, 187: 109666.

6.  Zhang Keke, Zheng Xiafei*, He Zhili, Yang Tony, Shu Longfei, Xiao Fanshu, Wu Yongjie, Wang Binhao, Li Zhou, Chen Pubo, Yan Qingyun*. Fish growth enhances microbial sulfur cycling in aquaculture pond sediments. Microbial Biotechnology, 2020, 13: 1597-1610.

7.  Wu Yongjie, Xiao Fanshu*, Wang Cheng, Shu Longfei, Zheng Xiafei, Xu Kui, Yu Xiaoli, Zhang Keke, Luo Hongtian, Yang Yufeng, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. The beta-diversity of Siganus fuscescens-associated microbial communities from different habitats increases with body weight. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020, 11: 1562.

8.  Yu Huang, Yan Xizhe, Zheng Xiafei, Xu Kui, Zhong Qiuping, Yang Tony, Liu Feifei, Wang Cheng, Shu Longfei, He Zhili, Xiao Fanshu*, Yan Qingyun*. Differential distribution of and similar biochemical responses to different species of arsenic and antimony in Vetiveria zizanioides. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2020, 42: 3995-4010.

9.  Zheng Xiafei, Wang Yan*, Yang Tony, He Zhili, Yan Qingyun*. Size-fractioned aggregates within phycosphere define functional bacterial communities related to Microcystis aeruginosa and Euglena sanguinea blooms. Aquatic Ecology, 2020, 54: 609-623.

10.Zhuang Wei, Yu Xiaoli, Hu Ruiwen, Luo Zhiwen, Liu Xingyu, Zheng Xiafei, Xiao Fanshu, Peng Yisheng, He Qiang, Tian Yun, Yang Tony, Wang Shanquan, Shu Longfei, Yan Qingyun, Wang Cheng*, He Zhili*. Diversity, function and assembly of mangrove root-associated microbial communities at a continuous fine-scale. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2020, 6: 52.

11.Li Zhou#, Juneau Philippe, Lian Yingli, Zhang Wei, Wang Shanquan, Wang Cheng, Shu Longfei, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili*, Kui Xu*#. Effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles on photosynthetic and antioxidative processes of Scenedesmus obliquus. Plants-Basel, 2020, 9: 1748.

12.Yu Xiaoli, Yang Xueqin, Wu Yongjie, Peng Yisheng, Yang Tony, Xiao Fanshu, Zhong Qiuping, Xu Kui, Shu Longfei, He Qiang, Tian Yun, Yan Qingyun, Wang Cheng*, Wu Bo*, He Zhili*. Sonneratia apetala introduction alters methane cycling microbial communities and increases methane emissions in mangrove ecosystems. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2020, 144: 107775.

13.Feng Jiajie, Wang Cong, Lei Jiesi, Yang Yunfeng*, Yan Qingyun, Zhou Xishu, Tao Xuanyu, Ning Daliang, Yuan Mengting M, Qin Yujia, Shi Zhou J, Guo Xue, He Zhili, Van Nostrand Joy D, Wu Liyou, Bracho-Garillo Rosvel G, Penton C. Ryan, Cole James R, Konstantinidis Konstantinos T, Luo Yiqi, Schuur Edward A, Tiedje James M, Zhou Jizhong*. Warming-induced permafrost thaw exacerbates tundra soil carbon decomposition mediated by microbial community. Microbiome, 2020, 8: 3.

14.Tu Qichao*, Yan Qingyun, Deng Ye, Michaletz Sean T., Buzzard, Vanessa, Weiser Michael D., Waide, Robert, Ning Daliang, Wu Liyou, He Zhili, Zhou Jizhong*. Biogeographic patterns of microbial co-occurrence ecological networks in six American forests. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2020, 144: 107897.

 

2019 and before

1.  Xiao Fanshu, Bi Yonghong, Li Xinghao, Huang Jie, Yu Yuhe, Xie Zhicai, Fang Tao, Cao Xiuyun, He Zhili, Juneau Philippe, Yan Qingyun*. The impact of anthropogenic disturbance on bacterioplankton communities during the construction of Donghu tunnel (Wuhan, China). Microbial Ecology, 2019, 77: 277-287.

2.  Li Xinghao, Yu Yuhe, Li Chang, Yan Qingyun*. Comparative study on the gut microbiotas of four economically important Asian carp species. Science China-Life Sciences, 2018, 61: 696-705.

3.  Xiao Fanshu, Yu Yuhe, Li Jinjin, Juneau Philippe, Yan Qingyun*. Necessary sequencing depth and clustering method to obtain relatively stable diversity patterns in studying fish gut microbiota. Current Microbiology, 2018, 75: 1240-1246.

4.  Li Hui, Xu Zhuwen, Yan Qingyun, Yang Shan, Van Nostrand Joy D., Wang Zhirui, He Zhili, Zhou Jizhong, Jiang Yong*, Deng Ye. Soil microbial beta-diversity is linked with compositional variation in aboveground plant biomass in a semi-arid grassland. Plant and Soil, 2018, 423: 465-480.

5.  He Zhili*, Zhang Ping, Wu Linwei, Rocha Andrea M., Tu Qichao, Shi Zhou, Wu Bo, Qin Yujia, Wang Jianjun, Yan Qingyun, Curtis Daniel, Ning Daliang, Van Nostrand Joy D., Wu Liyou, Yang Yunfeng, Elias Dwayne A., Watson David B., Adams Michael W.W., Fields Matthew W., Alm Eric J., Hazen Terry C., Adams Paul D., Arkin Adam P., Zhou Jizhong*. Microbial functional gene diversity predicts groundwater contamination and ecosystem functioning. mBio, 2018, 9: e02435-17.

6.  Liu Kaihui*, Ding Xiaowei*, Tang Xiaofei, Wang Jianjun, Li Wenjun, Yan Qingyun, Liu Zhenghua. Macro and microelements drive diversity and composition of prokaryotic and fungal communities in hypersaline sediments and saline-alkaline soils. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018, 9: 352.

7.  Hou Dongwei, Huang Zhijian*, Zeng Shenzheng, Liu Jian, Wei Dongdong, Deng Xisha, Weng Shaoping, Yan Qingyun, He Jianguo*. Intestinal bacterial signatures of white feces syndrome in shrimp. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2018, 102: 3701-3709.

8.  Yan Qingyun*, Stegen James C., Yu Yuhe*, Deng Ye, Li Xinghao, Wu Shu, Dai Lili, Zhang Xiang, Li Jinjin, Wang Chun, Ni Jiajia, Li Xuemei, Hu Hongjuan, Xiao Fanshu, Feng Weisong, Ning Daliang, He Zhili, Van Nostrand Joy D., Wu Liyou, Zhou Jizhong*. Nearly a decade-long repeatable seasonal diversity patterns of bacterioplankton communities in the eutrophic Lake Donghu (Wuhan, China). Molecular Ecology, 2017, 26: 3839-3850.

9.  Li Xinghao, Zhou Li, Yu Yuhe, Ni Jiajia, Xu Wenjie, Yan Qingyun*. Composition of gut microbiota in the gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio) varies with host development. Microbial Ecology, 2017, 74: 239-249.

10. Li Hui, Yang Shan, Xu Zhuwen, Yan Qingyun, Li Xiaobin, Van Nostrand Joy D., He Zhili, Yao Fei, Han Xingguo, Zhou Jizhong, Deng Ye*, Jiang Yong*. Responses of soil microbial functional genes to global changes are indirectly influenced by aboveground plant biomass variation. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2017, 104: 18-29.

11. Ni Jiajia, Yan Qingyun, Yu Yuhe*, Wu HH, Chen F. Dispersal patterns of endogenous bacteria among grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idellus) guts. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences, 2017, 16: 605-618.

12. Lu Qihong, Yu Ling, Liang Zhilwei, Yan Qingyun, He Zhili, Luan Tiangang, Liang Dawei, Wang Shangquan*. Dehalococcoides as a potential biomarker evidence for uncharacterized organohalides in environmental samples. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017, 8: 1677.

13. Yan Qingyun*, Li Jinjin, Yu Yuhe*, Wang Jianjun, He Zhili, Van Nostrand Joy D., Kempher Megan L., Wu Liyou, Wang Yaping, Liao Lanjie, Li Xinghao, Wu Shu, Ni Jiajia, Wang Chun, Zhou Jizhong*. Environmental filtering decreases with fish development for the assembly of gut microbiota. Environmental Microbiology, 2016, 18: 4739-4754.

14. Zhou Jizhong*, Deng Ye*, Shen Lina, Wen Chongqing, Yan Qingyun, Ning Daliang, Qin Yujia, Xue Kai, Wu Liyou, He Zhili, Voordeckers James W., Van Nostrand Joy D., Buzzard Vanessa, Michaletz Sean T., Enquist Brian J., Weiser Michael D., Kaspari Michael, Waide Robert, Yang Yunfeng, Brown James H. Temperature mediates continental-scale diversity of microbes in forest soils. Nature Communications, 2016, 7: 12083.

15. Tu Qichao, Deng Ye, Yan Qingyun, Shen Lina, Lin Lu, He Zhili, Wu Liyou, Van Nostrand Joy D., Buzzard Vanessa, Michaletz Sean T., Enquist Brian J., Weiser Michael D., Kaspari Michael, Waide Robert B., Brown James H., Zhou Jizhong*. Biogeographic patterns of soil diazotrophic communities across six forests in the North America. Molecular Ecology, 2016, 25: 2937-2948.

16. Li Xuemei, Yan Qingyun, Ringo Einar, Wu Xingbing, He Yongfeng, Yang Deguo*. The influence of weight and gender on intestinal bacterial community of wild largemouth bronze gudgeon (Coreius guichenoti, 1874). BMC Microbiology, 2016, 16: 191.

17. Yan Qingyun#, Bi Yonghong#, Deng Ye, He Zhili, Wu Liyou, Van Nostrand Joy D., Shi Zhou, Li Jinjin, Wang Xi, Hu Zhengyu, Yu Yuhe*, Zhou Jizhong*. Impacts of the Three Gorges Dam on microbial structure and potential function. Scientific Reports, 2015, 5: 8605.

18. Zhang Yanying, Ling Juan, Yang Qingsong, Wen Chongqing, Yan Qingyun, Sun Hongyan, Van Nostrand Joy D., Shi Zhou, Zhou Jizhong, Dong Junde*. The functional gene composition and metabolic potential of coral-associated microbial communities. Scientific Reports, 2015, 5: 19161.

19. Lin Juan, Chen Jun, He Jun, Chen Jing, Yan Qingyun, Zhou Jizhong, Xie P*. Effects of microcystin-LR on bacterial and fungal functional genes profile in rat gut. Toxicon, 2015, 96: 50-56.

20. Ni Jiajia#, Yan Qingyun#, Yu Yuhe, Zhang Tanglin. Factors influencing the grass carp gut microbiome and its effect on metabolism. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2014, 87: 704-714.

21. Li Jinjin, Ni Jiajia, Li Jialin, Wang Chun, Li Xinghao, Wu Shu, Zhang Tanglin, Yu Yuhe, Yan Qingyun*. Comparative study on gastrointestinal microbiota of eight fish species with different feeding habits. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2014, 117: 1750-1760.

22. Li Xuemei, Zhu Yongjiu, Yan Qingyun, Ringø Einar, Yang Deguo*. Do the intestinal microbiotas differ between paddlefish (Polyodon spathala) and bighead carp (Aristichthys nobilis) reared in the same pond? Journal of Applied Microbiology, 2014, 117: 1245-1252.

23. Ni Jiajia, Yan Qingyun, Yu Yuhe*, Zhang Tanglin. Fish gut microecosystem: a model for detecting spatial pattern of microorganisms. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2014, 32: 54-57.

24. Zhang Xiang, Yan Qingyun, Yu Yuhe*, Dai Lili. Spatio-temporal pattern of bacterioplankton in Donghu Lake. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2014, 32: 554-564.

25. Ni Jiajia#, Yan Qingyun#, Yu Yuhe*. How much metagenomic sequencing is enough to achieve a given goal? Scientific Reports, 2013, 3: 1968.

26. Li Xuemei#, Yan Qingyun#, Xie Shouqi, Hu Wei, Yu Yuhe*, Hu Zihua*. Gut microbiota contributes to the growth of fast-growing transgenic common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.). PLoS ONE, 2013, 8: e64577.

27. Yan Qingyun, Yu Yuhe*, Dai Lili. Tetrahymena-specific biomass evaluation with a DNA-based method. ScienceAsia, 2013, 39: 36-41.

28. Dai Lili, Yan Qingyun, Li Liang, Li Hong, Wang Lijing, Feng Weisong, Pan Gang*, Yu Yuhe*. Microplankton community dynamics during the algae removal process for nutrient control. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 2013, 22: 3759-3767.

29. Zhang Xiang, Feng Weisong, Yan Qingyun, Yu Yuhe*. Differences in DNA fingerprints of bacterioplankton community as affected by biomass collection approaches. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, 2013, 7: 2731-2738.

30. Yan Qingyun, van der Gast Christopher J., Yu Yuhe*. Bacterial community assembly and turnover within the intestines of developing zebrafish. PLoS ONE, 2012, 7: e30603.

31. Li Xuemei, Yu Yuhe*, Feng Weisong, Yan Qingyun, Gong Yingchun. Host species as a strong determinant of the intestinal microbiota of fish larvae. Journal of Microbiology, 2012, 50: 29-37.

32. Li Xuemei, Yu Yuhe*, Zhang Tanglin, Feng Weisong, Ao Hongyi, Yan Qingyun. Seasonal variation of plankton communities influenced by environmental factors in an artificial lake. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2012, 30: 397-403.

33. Yan Qingyun, Yu Yuhe*. Metagenome-based analysis: a promising direction for plankton ecological studies. Science China-Life Sciences, 2011, 54: 75-81.

34. Yan Qingyun, Yu Yuhe*, Feng Weisong. Diversity of nifH gene amplified from plankton community DNA in a shallow eutrophic lake (Lake Donghu, Wuhan). Limnology, 2011, 12: 245-251.

35. Li Xuemei, Yu Yuhe*, Xie Shouqi, Yan Qingyun, Chen Yuhang. Effect of chitosan on intestinal bacteria of allogynogenetic crucian carp, Carassius auratus gibelio as depicted by PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 2011, 42: 539-548.

36. Ni Jiajia, Yu Yuhe*, Feng Weisong, Yan Qingyun, Pan Gang, Yang Bo, Zhang Xiang, Li Xuemei. Impacts of algal blooms removal by chitosan-modified soils on zooplankton community in Taihu Lake, China. Journal of Environmental Sciences-China, 2010, 22: 1500-1507.

37. Yan Qingyun, Yu Yuhe*, Feng Weisong, Pan Gang, Chen Hao, Chen Juan, Yang Bo, Li Xuemei, Zhang Xiang. Plankton community succession in artificial systems subjected to cyanobacterial blooms removal using chitosan-modified soils. Microbial Ecology, 2009, 58: 47-55.

38. Yu Yuhe#*, Yan Qingyun#, Feng Weisong. Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of plankton communities in Lake Donghu, China, as revealed by PCR-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and its relation to biotic and abiotic factors. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2008, 63: 328-337.

39. Yan Qingyun, Yu Yuhe*, Feng Weisong, Yu Zhigang, Chen Hongtao. Plankton community composition in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region revealed by PCR-DGGE and its relationships with environmental factors. Journal of Environmental Sciences-China, 2008, 20: 732-738.

40. Yan Qingyun, Yu Yuhe*, Feng Weisong, Deng Wenna, Song Xiaohong. Genetic diversity of plankton community as depicted by PCR-DGGE fingerprinting and its relation to morphological composition and environmental factors in Lake Donghu. Microbial Ecology, 2007, 54: 290-297.

41. Yan Qingyun, Yu Yuhe*, Feng Weisong. Genetic fingerprinting of plankton community provides new insights into aquatic ecology. Progress in Natural Science, 2006, 16: 893-898.

42. Yan Qingyun, Yu Yuhe*, Feng Weisong, Zhang Wenjing. DNA polymorphism of the plankton community and its relationships to species composition in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region of the Yangtze River. Journal of Freshwater Ecology, 2006, 21: 385-390.