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Publications

2022-Present

Genomic Insights into Niche Partitioning across Sediment Depth among Anaerobic Methane-Oxidizing Archaea in Global Methane Seeps

Chen, J., Li, Y., Zhong C., Xu, Z., Lu, G., Jing, H., & Liu, H. (2023).  mSystems. https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msystems.01179-22

Disentangling the Functional Role of Fungi in Cold Seep Sediment

Shekarriz, E., Chen, J., Xu, Z., & Liu, H. (2023).  Microbiology Spectrum. https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.01978-22

Liu, K., Nishioka, J., Chen, B., Suzuki, K., Cheung, S., Lu, Y., Wu, H., & Liu H. (2023).  Limnology and Oceanography, 68(3). https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12300

Lo, S., Xu, Z., Lee, S., Lau, W., Qiu, J., Liu, H., Qian, P., & Cheng, J. (2022).  Frontiers in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1062029

Community Dynamics of Free-Living and Particle-Attached Bacteria over Sequential Blooms of Heterotrophic Dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans and Mixotrophic Ciliate Mesodinium rubrum

Zhang Shuwen, Liu Hongbin, & Xia Xiaomin. (2022).  Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 88(22), e01323-22. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01323-22

Cell size is a key ecological trait associated with biogeographic patterns of microbial eukaryotes in coastal waters

Wu Wenxue, & Liu Hongbin. (2022).  Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 933256. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.933256

High biomass turnover rates of endosymbiotic nitrogen‐fixing cyanobacteria in the western Bering Sea

Cheung, S., Liu, K., Turk‐Kubo, K. A., Nishioka, J., Suzuki, K., Landry, M. R., Zehr, J. P., Leung, S., Deng, L., & Liu, H. (2022).  Limnology and Oceanography Letters, lol2.10267. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10267

Selective Feeding of a Mixotrophic Dinoflagellate (Lepidodinium sp.) in Response to Experimental Warming and Inorganic Nutrient Imbalance

Liu, K., Ng, H. Y.-T., Gao, Z., & Liu, H. (2022).  Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, 805306. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.805306

Spatio-Temporal Variation of Synechococcus Assemblages at DNA and cDNA Levels in the Tropical Estuarine and Coastal Waters

Wang, T., Xia, X., Chen, J., Liu, H., & Jing, H. (2022).  Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, 837037. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.837037

Highly Diverse Synechococcus Pigment Types in the Eastern Indian Ocean

Zhang, X., Cheung, S., Wang, J., Zhang, G., Wei, Y., Liu, H., Sun, J., & Liu, H. (2022).  Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, 806390. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.806390

Disentangling the Ecological Processes Shaping the Latitudinal Pattern of Phytoplankton Communities in the Pacific Ocean

Xu, Z., Cheung, S., ., Cheung, S., Endo, H., Xia, X., Wu, W., Chen, B., Ho, N., Suzuki, K., Li, M., & Liu, H. (2022).  mSystems, 7(1):e01203-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01203-21

Active Degradation-Nitrification Microbial Assemblages in the Hypoxic Zone in a Subtropical Estuary

Lu, Y., Cheung, S., Koh X., Xia, X., Jing, H., LEE, P., Kao, S., Gan, J., Dai, M., & Liu, H. (2022).  SSRN Electronic Journalhttp://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4033193

2021

Gut-microbial adaptation and transformation of silver nanoparticles mediated the detoxification of Daphnia magna and offsprings

Li, Y., Liu, H., & Wang, W.-X. (2021). Environmental Science: Nano, 10.1039.D1EN00765C. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EN00765C

Genomic and transcriptomic evidence for the diverse adaptations of subclusters 5.2 and 5.3 Synechococcus to mesoscale eddies.

Chen, J., Li, Y., Jing, H., Zhang, X., Xu, Z., Xu, J., & Liu, H. (2021). New Phytologist, nph.17903. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17903

Gamma4: A genetically versatile Gammaproteobacterial NIFH phylotype that is widely distributed in the North Pacific Ocean. 

Cheung, S., Zehr, J. P., Xia, X., Tsurumoto, C., Endo, H., Nakaoka, S., Mak, W., Suzuki, K., & Liu, H. (2021). Environmental Microbiology, 23(8), 4246–4259. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15604

Distinct interaction effects of warming and anthropogenic input on diatoms and dinoflagellates in an urbanized estuarine ecosystem.

Cheung, Y. Y., Cheung, S., Mak, J., Liu, K., Xia, X., Zhang, X., Yung, Y., & Liu, H. (2021). Global Change Biology, 27(15), 3463–3473. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15667

Elevated temperature relieves phosphorus limitation of marine unicellular diazotrophic cyanobacteria.

Deng, L., Cheung, S., Kang, C., Liu, K., Xia, X., & Liu, H. (2021). Limnology and Oceanography, lno.11980. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11980

Evidence of partial thermal compensation in natural phytoplankton assemblages.

Liu, K., Chen, B., & Liu, H. (2021).  Limnology and Oceanography Letters, lol2.10227. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10227

What controls microzooplankton biomass and herbivory rate across marginal seas of China? 

Liu, K., Chen, B., Zheng, L., Su, S., Huang, B., Chen, M., & Liu, H. (2021). Limnology and Oceanography, 66(1), 61–75. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11588

Effects of temperature on a mixotrophic dinoflagellate (Lepidodinium sp.) under different nutritional strategies.

Liu K, Ng HY, Zhang S, & Liu H. (2021). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 678, 37–49.

Are temperature sensitivities of PROCHLOROCOCCUS and SYNECHOCOCCUS impacted by nutrient availability in the subtropical northwest Pacific? 

Liu, K., Suzuki, K., Chen, B., & Liu, H. (2021). Limnology and Oceanography, 66(3), 639–651. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11629

Evidence for mixotrophy in pico-chlorophytes: Study based on new Picochlorum (Trebouxiophyceae) strain1. 

Pang, M., Liu, K., & Liu, H. (2021). J Phycol. PubMed. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13218

Homogeneous selection shapes free‐living and particle‐associated bacterial communities in subtropical coastal waters.

Wu, W., Xu, Z., Dai, M., Gan, J., & Liu, H. (2021). Diversity and Distributions, 27(10), 1904–1917. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13193

Distinct metabolic strategies of the dominant heterotrophic bacterial groups associated with marine Synechococcus.

Xia, X., Zheng, Q., Leung, S. K., Wang, Y., Lee, P. Y., Jing, H., Jiao, N., & Liu, H. (2021). Science of The Total Environment, 798, 149208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149208

Transcriptomic response of Daphnia magna to nitrogen‐ or phosphorus‐limited diet.

Xu, Z., Li, Y., Li, M., & Liu, H. (2021). Ecology and Evolution, 11(16), 11009–11019. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7889

Diatom frustules with different silica contents affect copepod grazing due to differences in the nanoscale mechanical properties. 

Xu, H., Shi, Z., Zhang, X., Pang, M., Pan, K., & Liu, H. (2021). Limnology and Oceanography, 66(9), 3408–3420. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11887

Population dynamics and interactions of Noctiluca scintillans and Mesodinium rubrum during their successive blooms in a subtropical coastal water. 

Zhang, S., Xia, X., Ke, Y., Song, S., Shen, Z., Cheung, S., & Liu, H. (2021). Science of The Total Environment, 755, 142349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142349

Effect of river plume on phytoplankton community structure in Zhujiang River estuary. 

Zhong, Q., Xue, B., Noman, M. A., Wei, Y., Liu, H., Liu, H., Zheng, L., Jing, H., & Sun, J. (2021). Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 39(2), 550–565. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-020-9213-7

2020

Physical Forcing Controls the Basin‐Scale Occurrence of Nitrogen‐Fixing Organisms in the North Pacific Ocean. 

Cheung, S., Nitanai, R., Tsurumoto, C., Endo, H., Nakaoka, S., Cheah, W., Lorda, J. F., Xia, X., Liu, H., & Suzuki, K. (2020). Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 34(9). https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GB006452

Protistal Grazers Increase Grazing on Unicellular Cyanobacteria Diazotroph at Night.

Deng, L., Cheung, S., & Liu, H. (2020). Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 135. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00135

Metabolic response of prokaryotic microbes to sporadic hypoxia in a eutrophic subtropical estuary. 

Li, Y., Jing, H., Kao, S.-J., Zhang, W., & Liu, H. (2020). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 154, 111064. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111064

New insight to niche partitioning and ecological function of ammonia oxidizing archaea in subtropical estuarine ecosystem.

Lu, Y., Cheung, S., Chen, L., Kao, S.-J., Xia, X., Gan, J., Dai, M., & Liu, H. (2020). Biogeosciences, 17(23), 6017–6032. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-6017-2020

Marine Microbial Community Composition During the Upwelling Season in the Southern Benguela. 

Rocke, E., Cheung, S., Gebe, Z., Dames, N. R., Liu, H., & Moloney, C. L. (2020). Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 255. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00255

Rare bacteria in seawater are dominant in the bacterial assemblage associated with the Bloom-forming dinoflagellate Noctiluca scintillans.

Xia, X., Ki Leung, S., Cheung, S., Zhang, S., & Liu, H. (2020). Science of The Total Environment, 711, 135107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135107

Discovery of Euryhaline Phycoerythrobilin-Containing Synechococcus and Its Mechanisms for Adaptation to Estuarine Environments. 

Xia, X., Lee, P., Cheung, S., Lu, Y., & Liu, H. (2020). MSystems, 5(6). https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00842-20

Impacts of the Zhe-Min Coastal Current on the biogeographic pattern of microbial eukaryotic communities. 

Xu, Z., Li, Y., Lu, Y., Li, Y., Yuan, Z., Dai, M., & Liu, H. (2020). Progress in Oceanography, 183, 102309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102309

Snapshot of Peptidomics of the Red Tide Forming Species Noctiluca scintillans.

Zhang, S., Li, C., Cheung, S., Sun, M., Song, S., Guo, W., Guo, C., Wu, G., & Liu, H. (2020). Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 569807. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.569807

Community, Distribution, and Ecological Roles of Estuarine Archaea. 

Zou, D., Liu, H., & Li, M. (2020). Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 2060. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.02060

The Distribution of Bathyarchaeota in Surface Sediments of the Pearl River Estuary Along Salinity Gradient.

Zou, D., Pan, J., Liu, Z., Zhang, C., Liu, H., & Li, M. (2020). Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 285. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00285

Genomic Characteristics of a Novel Species of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea from the Jiulong River Estuary. 

Zou, D., Wan, R., Han, L., Xu, M. N., Liu, Y., Liu, H., Kao, S.-J., & Li, M. (2020). Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 86(18). https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00736-20

2019

Overlooked Genetic Diversity of Ammonia Oxidizing Archaea Lineages in the Global Oceans. 

Cheung, S., Mak, W., Xia, X., Lu, Y., Cheung, Y., & Liu, H. (2019). Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 124(7), 1799–1811. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004636

Transportation of Diazotroph Community From the Upstream to Downstream of the Kuroshio. 

Cheung, S., Suzuki, K., Xia, X., & Liu, H. (2019). Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 124(9), 2680–2693. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JG004960

Interaction of antibacterial silver nanoparticles and microbiota-dependent holobionts revealed by metatranscriptomic analysis. 

Li, Y., Yan, N., Wong, T. Y., Wang, W.-X., & Liu, H. (2019). Environmental Science: Nano, 6(11), 3242–3255. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9EN00587K

Differential Distribution and Determinants of Ammonia Oxidizing Archaea Sublineages in the Oxygen Minimum Zone off Costa Rica.

Lu, Y., Xia, X., Cheung, S., Jing, H., & Liu, H. (2019). Microorganisms, 7(10), 453. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7100453

Spatial distributions of mesozooplankton biomass, community composition and grazing impact in association with hypoxia in the Pearl River Estuary.

Shi, Z., Liu, K., Zhang, S., Xu, H., & Liu, H. (2019). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 225, 106237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2019.05.019

Metatranscriptomics of the bacterial community in response to atmospheric deposition in the Western North Pacific Ocean. 

Tan, S., Cheung, S., Ho, T.-Y., & Liu, H. (2019). Marine Genomics, 45, 57–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2019.01.008

Latitudinal and Vertical Variation of Synechococcus Assemblage Composition Along 170° W Transect From the South Pacific to the Arctic Ocean.

Xia, X., Cheung, S., Endo, H., Suzuki, K., & Liu, H. (2019). Microbial Ecology, 77(2), 333–342. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-018-1308-8

 Marine biofilms constitute a bank of hidden microbial diversity and functional potential. 

Zhang, W., Ding, W., Li, Y.-X., Tam, C., Bougouffa, S., Wang, R., Pei, B., Chiang, H., Leung, P., Lu, Y., Sun, J., Fu, H., Bajic, V. B., Liu, H., Webster, N. S., & Qian, P.-Y. (2019). Nature Communications, 10(1), 517. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08463-z

Genomic adaptation to eutrophication of ammonia‐oxidizing archaea in the Pearl River estuary. 

Zou, D., Li, Y., Kao, S., Liu, H., & Li, M. (2019). Environmental Microbiology, 21(7), 2320–2332. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14613

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