Aifen Zhou

Educational Background

- Plastic biodegradation
- Microbial influenced corrosion
- Microbial stress responses
- Functional genomics

Tao X#, H Ouyang#, A Zhou#, *, D Wang, H Matlock, JS Morgan, A Ren, D Mu, C Pan, X Zhu, A Han, and J Zhou*. Polyethylene degradation by a Rhodococcous strain isolated from naturally weathered plastic waste enrichment. Environ Sci Technol 2023. 57:13901–13911.
Tao X#, A Zhou*,#, ML Kempher, J Liu, M Peng, Y Li, R Chakraborty, AM Deutschbauer, AP Arkin, J Zhou*. Development of a markerless deletion mutagenesis system in nitrate reducing bacterium Rhodanobacter denitrificans. Appl Environ Microbiol 2022. 88(14): e00401-22.
Mu P, D Wang, LM Lui, T Nielsen, R Tian, ML Kempher, X Tao, C Pan, R Chakraborty, A M Deutschbauer, M P Thorgersen, MWW Adams, MW Fields, TC Hazen, AP Arkin, A Zhou*, J Zhou*. Genomic features and pervasive negative selection in Rhodanobacter trains isolated from nitrate and heavy metal contaminated aquifer. Microbiol Spectrum 2022.10(1): e02591-21.
Xiao N, A Zhou, ML Kempher, B Zhou, ZJ Shi, M Yuan, X Guo, L Wu, D Ning, JV Nostrand, MK Firestone, J Zhou. Disentangling direct from indirect relationships in association networks. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2022. 119(2): e22109995119.
Yang O, D Chen, Y Fu, W Shi, T Provon, A Han, E van Shaik, JE Samuel, P de Figueiredo, A Zhou*, J Zhou*. Direct cell extraction from fresh and stored soil samples: Impact on microbial viability and community compositions. Soil Biol Biochem 2021. 155:108178.