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  1. Nematode grazing promotes bacterial community dynamics in soil at the aggregate level

    Article • The ISME Journal, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Manqiang Liu, Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  2. Molecular basis of preferential nutrient utilisation in bacteria

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, June 2017, Wiley

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang, Chaitanya Gokhale

  3. Crystal structure of a bicupin protein HutD involved in histidine utilization in Pseudomonas

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, April 2017, Wiley

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang, Shaun Lott

  4. Small colony variants are more susceptible to copper-mediated contact killing for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, October 2016, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  5. Bacterial diversity in soils subjected to long-term chemical fertilization can be more stably maintained with the addition of livestock manure than wheat straw

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, September 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  6. Molecular mechanisms of xylose utilization byPseudomonas fluorescens: overlapping genetic responses to xylose, xylulose, ribose and mannitol

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2015, Wiley

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  7. Role of the Transporter-Like Sensor Kinase CbrA in Histidine Uptake and Signal Transduction

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, July 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  8. Mini-Tn7 vectors for studying post-transcriptional gene expression in Pseudomonas

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, December 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  9. Microbes are not bound by sociobiology: Response to Kümmerli and Ross‐Gillespie (2013)

    Article • Evolution, September 2014, Wiley

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  10. The biosurfactant viscosin produced byPseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 aids spreading motility and plant growth promotion

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, April 2014, Wiley

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  11. A long‐term field experiment of soil transplantation demonstrating the role of contemporary geographic separation in shaping soil microbial community structure

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, March 2014, Wiley

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  12. Urocanate as a potential signaling molecule for bacterial recognition of eukaryotic hosts

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, December 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  13. EXPLORING THE SOCIOBIOLOGY OF PYOVERDIN-PRODUCINGPSEUDOMONAS

    Article • Evolution, July 2013, Wiley

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  14. Assessing the Relative Effects of Geographic Location and Soil Type on Microbial Communities Associated with Straw Decomposition

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  15. Variation in transport explains polymorphism of histidine and urocanate utilization in a natural Pseudomonas population

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, January 2012, Wiley

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  16. The evolutionary emergence of stochastic phenotype switching in bacteria

    Article • Microbial Cell Factories, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  17. CbrAB-dependent regulation of pcnB, a poly(A) polymerase gene involved in polyadenylation of RNA in Pseudomonas fluorescens

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, June 2010, Wiley

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  18. Testing temperature-induced proteomic changes in the plant-associated bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, December 2009, Wiley

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  19. Adaptive Divergence in Experimental Populations of Pseudomonas fluorescens. IV. Genetic Constraints Guide Evolutionary Trajectories in a Parallel Adaptive Radiation

    Article • Genetics, August 2009, Genetics Society of America

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  20. Genomic and genetic analyses of diversity and plant interactions of Pseudomonas fluorescens

    Article • Genome Biology, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Julian Parkhill, Dr Andrew J Spiers, Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  21. Dual Involvement of CbrAB and NtrBC in the Regulation of Histidine Utilization in Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25

    Article • Genetics, January 2008, Genetics Society of America

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  22. Genomic, genetic and structural analysis of pyoverdine-mediated iron acquisition in the plant growth-promoting bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  23. Mutational activation of niche-specific genes provides insight into regulatory networks and bacterial function in a complex environment

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2007, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  24. Genetic Analysis of the Histidine Utilization (hut) Genes in Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25

    Article • Genetics, August 2007, Genetics Society of America

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  25. Sequence-based analysis of pQBR103; a representative of a unique, transfer-proficient mega plasmid resident in the microbial community of sugar beet

    Article • The ISME Journal, July 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Julian Parkhill, Dr Andrew J Spiers, Lori Snyder, Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  26. The Role of a P1-Type ATPase fromPseudomonas fluorescensSBW25 in Copper Homeostasis and Plant Colonization

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, May 2007, Scientific Societies

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  27. Genetic diversity of indigenous Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae isolates nodulating two different host plants during soil restoration with alfalfa

    Article • Molecular Ecology, September 2001, Wiley

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  28. Symbiotic Plasmid Rearrangement in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae VF39SM

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2001, ASM Journals

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  29. The Common Nodulation Genes of Astragalus sinicus Rhizobia Are Conserved despite Chromosomal Diversity

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2000, ASM Journals

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  30. Characterization of Astragalus sinicus Rhizobia by Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of Chromosomal and Nodulation Genes Regions

    Article • Current Microbiology, December 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang

  31. Behavior of plasmid pJB5JI in Rhizobium huakuii under free-living and symbiotic conditions

    Article • Current Microbiology, August 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Xue-Xian Zhang