Extreme plasticity in the photosystem composition of a low-light Prochlorococcus ecotype in response to iron and light

Xin Zhang, William G. Sunda, Haizheng Hong, Dalin Shi*Limnology and Oceanography Lettershttps://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10441Published: 28 September 2024Abstract Light affects the cellular iron (Fe) requirement of phytoplankton because of its presence in major photosynthetic proteins. Thus, interactions between variable Fe concentrations and light intensities could restrict photosynthetic carbon f...

Impacts of intensive smooth cordgrass removal on net ecosystem exchange in a saltmarsh-mangrove ecotone of Southeast China

Xudong Zhu*, Minghao Ma, Lichun Li, Mingjie LiScience of The Total Environmenthttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173202.Published: 17 May 2024Abstract Net ecosystem exchange (NEE) of carbon dioxide (CO2) in disturbed tidal wetlands remain less investigated, albeit the importance of these ‘blue carbon’ ecosystems in mitigating climate change has been increasingly recognized. The invasion...

Drought reduces nitrogen supply and N2O emission in coastal bays

Mingzhen Zhang, Dan Yu, Yiqi Yu, Ruifeng Yan, Yasong Li, Weijie Gong, Kai Xiao, Shaobin Li, Nengwang Chen*Water Researchhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122362Published: 14 September 2024 Abstract Severe droughts are increasingly prevalent under global climate change, disrupting watershed hydrology and coastal nitrogen cycling. However, the specific effects of drought on nitrogen transport...

Nonlinear impacts of temperature on antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli Wenya Zhao, Shikan Zheng, Chengsong Ye, Jianguo Li, Xin Yu* 

Wenya Zhao, Shikan Zheng, Chengsong Ye, Jianguo Li, Xin Yu* Environmental Science and Ecotechnologyhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ese.2024.100475Published: 30 August 2024 Abstract The increase in bacterial antibiotic resistance poses a significant threat to the effectiveness of antibiotics, and there is growing evidence suggesting that global warming may speed up this process. However, the direct in...

High salinity restrains microplastic transport and increases the risk of pollution in coastal wetlands

Xiaoting Zhang, Zhanyi Shen, Jianyong Wu, Manlin Su, Linke Zheng, Minwei Xie, Hualong Hong, Xiaohong Huang, Haoliang Lu* Water Researchhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122463Published: 21 September 2024AbstractMicroplastics (MPs) pollution in coastal wetlands has attracted global attention. However, few studies have focused on the effect of soil properties and structure on MP transport in ...

Constraining the twilight zone remineralization in the South China Sea basin: Insights from the multi-method intercomparison

Chao Xu, Mingwang Xiang, Bingzhang Chen, Yibin Huang*, Guoqiang Qiu, Yuchen Zhang, Haili Wang, Bangqin Huang* Progress in Oceanographyhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2024.103316Published: 19 August 2024AbstractThe twilight zone remineralization (TZR) consumes over 70% of organic carbon exported from the sunlit ocean, significantly affecting oceanic carbon sequestration and atmospheric CO2 conc...

Solar-driven environmental fate of chlorinated parabens in natural and engineered water systems

Zhantu Ye, Zhen Shen, Yilin Zhang, Félix Manuel Rosado-García, Jiawei Ye , Yuefei Ji*, Xin Yu, Mingbao Feng*Water Researchhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122269Published: 22 August 2024AbstractParabens are classified as emerging contaminants in global waters, and the ubiquitous emergence of their highrisk chlorinated products generated from chlorine-based wastewater disinfection has attra...

Microplastics emerge as a hotspot for dibutyl phthalate sources in rivers and oceans: Leaching behavior and potential risks

Lujian Lin, Bo Yuan, Huiling Liu, Yue Ke, Weifeng Zhang a, Hanyi Li, Haoliang Lu, Jingchun Liu,  Hualong Hong*, Chongling Yan*Journal of Hazardous Materialshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134920Published: 15 August 2024AbstractDibutyl phthalate (DBP) as a plasticizer has been widely used in the processing of plastic products. Nevertheless, these DBP additives have the potential to be rel...

Molecular mechanism of vivipary as revealed by the genomes of viviparous mangroves and non-viviparous relatives

Hongmei Qiao, Xiaoxuan Zhou, Yuchong Yi, Liufeng Wei, Xiuming Xu, Pengfei Jin, Wenyue Su, Yulin Weng, Dingtian Yu, Shanshan He, Meiping Fu, Chengcheng Hou, Xiaobao Pan, Wenqing Wang, Yuan-Ye Zhang, Ray Ming, Congting Ye*, Qingshun Quinn Li*, Yingjia Shen*Current Biologyhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.07.010 Published: 19 August 2024AbstractVivipary is a prominent feature of...

U4 snRNP inhibits premature cleavage and polyadenylation of pre-mRNAs

Qiumin Feng, Danhui Zhao, Zejin Lin, Mengzhao Li, Andy Peng Xiang, Congting Ye*,Chengguo Yao*Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of Americahttps://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2406710121 Published: 25 June 2024AbstractThe essential role of U4 snRNP in pre-messenger RNA (mRNA) splicing has been well established. In this study, we utilized an antisense morpholino oligonuc...