Professor
Email: zhengsx@mail.hzau.edu.cn
Tel: 86-27-87294148
Research Interest:
My research focus on environmental microbiology:
1. Molecular mechanisms of heavy metals & metalloids transformation, in particularly, on selenium transformation in microorganisms & plants.
2. Bioremediation of heavy metals & metalloids.
3. Interactions between microorganisms & plants.
Education:
2013 - 2014: University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Postdoc in Microbiology.
1999 - 2007: Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU), PhD in Microbiology.
1992 - 1995: Central China Normal University, Master in Botany.
1988 - 1992: Shaanxi Normal University, Bachelor in Biology.
Professional Experiences:
2019 - present: Professor, State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, HZAU, China
2004 - 2019: Associate professor, State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, HZAU, China
1997 - 2004: Lecturer, College of Life Science and Technology, HZAU, China
1995 - 1997: Teaching Assistant, College of Life Science and Technology, HZAU, China.
Selected Publications: (* Corresponding author)
1. Dan Wang, Xian Xia, Shijuan Wu, Shixue Zheng*, Gejiao Wang*. The essentialness of glutathione reductase GorA for biosynthesis of Se(0)-nanoparticles and GSH for CdSe quantum dot formation in Pseudomonas stutzeri TS44. Journal of Hazardous Materials (2019) 366: 301-310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.11.092
2. Shijuan Wu, Tengfei Li, Xian Xia, Zijie Zhou, Shixue Zheng*, Gejiao Wang*. Reduction of tellurite in Shinella sp. WSJ-2 and adsorption removal of multiple dyes and metals by biogenic tellurium nanorods. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation (2019) 144: 104751.
3. Dahui Zhu, Yaxin Niu, Dongmei Liu, Gejiao Wang, Shixue Zheng*. Sphingomonas gilva sp. nov., isolated from mountain soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. (2019) 69(11): 3472-3477. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003645
4. Yuanqing Tan, Yuantao Wang, Yu Wang, Ding Xu, Yeting Huang, Dan Wang, Gejiao Wang, Christopher Rensing, Shixue Zheng*. Novel mechanisms of selenate and selenite reduction in the obligate aerobic bacterium Comamonas testosteroni S44. Journal of Hazardous Materials (2018) 359: 129-138.
5. Ding Xu, Lichen Yang, Yu Wang, Gejiao Wang, Christopher Rensing, Shixue Zheng*. Proteins enriched in charged amino acids control the formation and stabilization of selenium nanoparticles in Comamonas testosteroni S44. Scientific Reports (2018) 8: 4766. DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-23295-5.
6. X. Xia, S. Wu, N. Li, D. Wang, S. Zheng, G. Wang*. Novel bacterial selenite reductase CsrF responsible for Se(IV) and Cr(VI) reduction that produces nanoparticles in Alishewanella sp. WH16-1. J. Hazard Mater (2018) 342: 499-509. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.08.051
7. Y. Wang, D. Xu, A. Luo, G. Wang, S. Zheng*. Nocardioides litorisoli sp. nov., isolated from lakeside soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2017) 67: 4216-4220.
8. Zhiyong Wang, Yuanqing Tan, Ding Xu, Gejiao Wang, Jihong Yuan, Shixue Zheng*. Pedobacter vanadiisoli sp. nov., isolated from soil of a vanadium mine. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2016) 66: 5112-5117. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001480 (2016).
9. Yuanqing Tan, Yuantao Wang, Dan Wang, Gejiao Wang, Shixue Zheng*. Sphingoaurantiacus capsulatus sp. nov., isolated from mountain soil, and emended description of the genus Sphingoaurantiacus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2016) 66: 4930-4935. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001447 (2016).
10. Yuanqing Tan, Rong Yao, Rui Wang, Dan Wang, Gejiao Wang, Shixue Zheng*. Reduction of selenite to Se(0) nanoparticles by filamentous bacterium Streptomyces sp. ES2-5 isolated from a selenium mining soil. Microbial Cell Factories (2016) 15: 157. DOI 10.1186/s12934-016-0554-z
11. Ding Xu, Libing Wang, Gejiao Wang, Shixue Zheng*. Domibacillus antri sp. nov., isolated from the soil of a cave. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2016) 66: 2502-2508. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.001080.
12. Haichuan Cao, Ruirui Chen, Libing Wang, Lanlan Jiang, Fen Yang, Shixue Zheng*, Gejiao Wang, Xiangui Lin. Soil pH, total phosphorus, climate and distance are the major factors influencing microbial activity at a regional spatial scale. Sci. Rep. (2016) 6: 25815. doi: 10.1038/srep25815.
13. Shixue Zheng, Haichuan Cao, Qiaoyun Huang, Ming Liu, Xiangui Lin, Zhongpei Li*. Long-term fertilization of P coupled with N greatly improved microbial activities in a paddy soil ecosystem derived from infertile land. European Journal of Soil Biology (2016) 72: 14-20. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.12.006
14. Leilei Zhang, Shuijiao Liao, Yuanqing Tan, Gejiao Wang, Dan Wang, Shixue Zheng*. Chitinophaga barathri sp. nov., isolated from mountain soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2015) 65: 4233-4238. DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.000566.
15. Guiqin Song, Ruirui Chenb, Wanwan Xiang, Fen Yang, Shixue Zheng*, Jibin Zhang, Jiabao Zhang, Xiangui Lin*. Contrasting effects of long-term fertilization on the community of saprotrophic fungi and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a sandy loam soil. Plant Soil Environ. (2015) 61(3): 127-136
16. S. Zheng, J. Su, L. Wang, R. Yao, D. Wang, Y. Deng, R. Wang, G. Wang*, C. Rensing*. Selenite reduction by the obligate aerobic bacterium Comamonas testosteroni S44 isolated from a metal-contaminated soil. BMC Microbiology (2014) 14: 204-216. doi: 10.1186/s12866-014-0204-8.
17. W. Xiang, G. Wang, Y. Wang, R. Yao, F. Zhang, R. Wang, D. Wang, S. Zheng *. Paenibacillus selenii sp. nov., isolated from selenium mineral soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2014) 64: 2662-2667. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.063701-0
18. Shixue Zheng, Junli Hu, Xuefei Jiang, Fengqin Ji, Jiabao Zhang, Ziniu Yu*, Xiangui Lin*. Long-term fertilization regimes influence FAME profiles of microbial communities in an arable sandy loam soil in Northern China. Pedobiologia - Int. J. Soil Biol. (2013) 56: 179-183.
19. S. Zheng, J. Hu, K. Chen, J. Yao, Z. Yu*, X. Lin*. Soil microbial activity measured by microcalorimetry in response to long-term fertilization regimes and available phosphorous on heat evolution. Soil Biology & Biochemistry (2009) 41: 2094-2099.
