Thiobacillus spp. and Anaeromyxobacter spp. mediate arsenite oxidation-dependent biological nitrogen fixation in two contrasting types of arsenic-contaminated soils

Y Li, L Guo, R Yang, Z Yang, H Zhang, Q Li… - Journal of hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
As (III) oxidation-dependent biological nitrogen fixing (As-dependent BNF) bacteria use a
novel biogeochemical process observed in tailings recently. However, our understanding of …

Chemolithotrophic biological nitrogen fixation fueled by antimonite oxidation may be widespread in Sb-contaminated habitats

Y Li, L Guo, M Kolton, R Yang, M Zhang… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nitrogen (N) deficiency in mining-contaminated habitats usually hinders plant growth and
thus hampers tailing revegetation. Biological N fixation (BNF) is an essential …

Distinct prophage gene profiles of Staphylococcus aureus strains from atopic dermatitis patients and healthy individuals

Z Wang, X Peng, C Hülpüsch… - Microbiology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Staphylococcus aureus strains exhibit varying associations with atopic dermatitis (AD), but
the genetic determinants underpinning the pathogenicity are yet to be fully characterized. To …

Diversity, functional potential, and assembly of bacterial communities in metal (loid)-contaminated sediments from a coastal industrial basin

X Zeng, Y Li, S Wang, Y Jia, L Zhu - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
A comprehensive understanding of ecological processes related to bacterial communities in
these ecosystems is critical for improving the sustainability of estuarine-coastal ecosystem …

Development of an Online Genome Sequence Comparison Resource for Bacillus cereus sensu lato Strains Using the Efficient Composition Vector Method

K Wang, C Shu, A Bravo, M Soberón, H Zhang… - Toxins, 2023 - mdpi.com
An automated method was developed for differentiating closely related B. cereus sensu lato
(sl) species, especially biopesticide Bacillus thuringiensis, from other human pathogens, B …

Christensenella strain resources, genomic/metabolomic profiling, and association with host at species level

XW Sun, HJ Huang, XM Wang, RQ Wei, HY Niu… - Gut …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The gut commensal bacteria Christensenellaceae species are negatively associated with
many metabolic diseases, and have been seen as promising next-generation probiotics …

Uncovering ghost introgression through genomic analysis of a distinct eastern Asian hickory species

WP Zhang, YM Ding, Y Cao, P Li, Y Yang… - The Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ghost introgression, or the transfer of genetic material from extinct or unsampled lineages to
sampled species, has attracted much attention. However, conclusive evidence for ghost …

KINN: an alignment-free accurate phylogeny reconstruction method based on inner distance distributions of k-mer pairs in biological sequences

R Tang, Z Yu, J Li - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2023 - Elsevier
Alignment-based methods have faced disadvantages in sequence comparison and
phylogeny reconstruction due to their high computational complexity. Alignment-free …

Comparative genomics reveals intraspecific divergence of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans: insights from evolutionary adaptation

R Liu, L Ma, H Wang, D Liu, X Lu… - Microbial …, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans serves as a model chemolithoautotrophic organism in
extremely acidic environments, which has attracted much attention due to its unique …

Pengzhenrongella phosphoraccumulans sp. nov., isolated from high Arctic glacial till, and emended description of the genus Pengzhenrongella

J **e, L Ren, Z Wei, X Peng… - … Journal of Systematic …, 2024 - microbiologyresearch.org
A yellow pigmented, Gram-stain-positive, motile, facultatively anaerobic and irregular rod-
shaped bacteria (strain M0-14T) was isolated from a till sample collected from the foreland of …