Dr. Xiuzhu Dong
Professor
Institute of Microbiology
Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
Biography
- Bachelor of Agronomy, Beijing Agricultural University, Jan. 1982. - Master of Science, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Oct. 1984. (Thesis: Taxonomy of acetic acid bacteria). - Ph. D. Wageningen University, the Netherlands, Dec. 1994. (Thesis: Role of H2 and formate in the syntrophic degradation of butyrate and propionate). - Assistant researcher in Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1985-1989. - Post-doctor in University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA, 1995-1996. - Associate Professor in Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1996-1999. - Professor in Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1999-
Research Interest
Our current ongoing projects include: (i) quorum sensing regulation in the cellulase synthesis by Cellulosilyticum ruminicola H1; (ii) genome-wide post-transcription involved cold adaptive mechanisms of methanogenic archaea; and (iii) antioxidative mechanisms of Streptococcus oligofermentans.
Publications
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3. Lei Liu, Huichun Tong, and Xiuzhu Dong. Function of pyruvate oxidase - lactate oxidase cascade in interspecies competition between Streptococcus oligofermentans and Streptococcus mutans. Appl Environ Microbiol 78: 2120-2127，2012.
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2. Fan Zhang, Xiaoli Liu, and Xiuzhu Dong*. Thermosyntropha tengcongensis sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium that syntrophically degrades long-chain fatty acids. Int J Sys Evol Microbiol. 62: 759–763，2012.
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1. Guishan Zhang, Fan Zhang, Gang Ding, Jie Li, Xiaopeng Guo, Jinxing Zhu, Liguang Zhou, Shichun Cai, Xiaoli Liu, Yuanming Luo, Guifeng Zhang, Wenyuan Shi & Xiuzhu Dong*. Acyl homoserine lactone-based quorum sensing in a methanogenic archaeon. The ISEM J. 6(7):1336-44. 2012.
