On-site detection of nitrate plus nitrite in natural water samples using smartphone-based detection

Fang T., Li H., Bo G., Lin K., Yuan D., Ma J. (2021). On-site detection of nitrate plus nitrite in natural water samples using smartphone-based detection. Microchemical Journal 165: 106117.Zheng S., Li H., Fang T., Bo G., Yuan D., Ma J. (2022). Towards citizen science. On-site detection of nitrite and ammonium using a smartphone and social media software.Science of The Total Environment 815: 15...

PlantPhoneDB: A manually curated pan-plant database of ligand-receptor pairs infers cell-cell communication

Chaoqun Xu,Dongna Ma,Qiansu Ding,Ying Zhou*,Hai-Lei Zheng* Frontiers in Marine Sciencehttps://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13893Published: 16 July 2022SummaryLigand-receptor pairs play important roles in cell-cell communication for multicellular organisms in response to environmental cues. Recently, the emergence of single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) provides unprecedented opportunities to investiga...

Ecosystem Services of Ecosystem Approach to Mariculture: Providing an Unprecedented Opportunity for the Reform of China’s Sustainable Aquaculture

Xijie Zhou, Jinghui Fang*, Siyuan Shi, Ling Yang, Bin Xie and Lingfeng Huang* Frontiers in Marine Sciencehttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2022.909231/fullPublished: 4 July 2022AbstractChina is the biggest provider of mariculture products, and the industry is still growing rapidly. Increasing scientific evidence indicates that mariculture may provide valuable ecosystem goods an...

Dormancy induced by Oxidative Damage during Disinfection Facilitates Conjugation of ARGs through Enhancing Efflux and Oxidative Stress: A Lagging Response

Chengsong Ye, Mingbao Feng, Yuqi Chen, Yiting Zhang, Qian Chen, XinYu Water Researchhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118798Published: 1 August 2022AbstractDisinfection is known to greatly alter bacterial characteristics in water, and high horizontal gene transfer (HGT) frequency occurs in eutrophic conditions. Interestingly, these two seemingly irrelevant phenomena were closely linked by a...

Continental-scale plant invasions reshuffle the soil microbiome of blue carbon ecosystems

Gui-Feng Gao#, Huan Li#, Yu Shi, Teng Yang, Chang-Hao Gao, Kunkun Fan, Yihui Zhang, Yongguan Zhu, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo*, Hai-Lei Zheng*, Haiyan Chu*Global Change Biologyhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.16211Published: 21 April 2022AbstractTheory and experiments support that plant invasions largely impact aboveground biodiversity and function. Yet, much less is known on the in...

The ecological functions and risks of expansive bivalve-macroalgae polyculture: A case study in Sansha Bay, China

Bin Xie, Xijie Zhou Lingfeng Huang, Xinqing Zheng, Jianguo Du, Weiwei Yu, Guangcheng Chen, Wenjia Hua, Shike GaoAquaculturehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738549Published: 15 November 2022AbstractBivalve-macroalgae polyculture (BMP) is one of the most important aquacultural means and can maintain a nutrient balance and prevent eutrophication in aquaculture waters. Sansha Bay is a typ...

Chromosome-level assembly of the mangrove plant Aegiceras corniculatum genome generated through Illumina, PacBio and Hi-C sequencing technologies

Dongna Ma, Zejun Guo, Qiansu Ding, Zhizhu Zhao, Zhijun Shen, Mingyue Wei, Changhao Gao, Ludan Zhang, Huan Li, Shan Zhang, Xueyi Zhu, Hai-Lei Zheng*Molecular Ecology Resourceshttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/1755-0998.13347AbstractAegiceras corniculatum is a major mangrove plant species adapted to waterlogging and saline conditions, grows in the coastal intertidal zone of tropica...

Ammonium has stronger Cd detoxification ability than nitrate by reducing Cd influx and increasing Cd fixation in Solanum nigrum L.

Zhang Lu-Dan#, Liu Xiang#, Wei Ming-Yue, Guo Ze-Jun, Zhao Zhi-Zhu, Gao Chang-Hao, Li Jing, Xu Jian-Xin, Shen Zhi-Jun, Zheng Hai-Lei*Journal of Hazardous Materialshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127947Published: 5 March 2022AbstractCadmium (Cd) is a harmful heavy metal that affects the growth and development of plants. Nitrogen (N) is an essential nutrient for plants, and appropriate N ma...

Genome-wide identification and characterization of aquaporins in mangrove plant Kandelia obovata and its role in response to intertidal environment

Zejun Guo, Dongna Ma, Jing Li, Mingyue Wei, Ludan Zhang, Lichun Zhou, Xiaoxuan Zhou, Shanshan He, Lin Wang, Yingjia Shen, Qingshun Quinn Li, Hai-Lei ZhengPlant, Cell & Environmenthttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/pce.14286Published: 10 February 2022AbstractAquaporins (AQPs) play important roles in plant growth, development and tolerance to environmental stresses. To understand the rol...

Stronger conservation promotes mangrove biomass accumulation: Insights from spatially explicit assessments using UAV and Landsat data

Zhu Zhu, Minmin Huang, Zeyou Zhou, Guixiang Chen, Xudong ZhuRemote Sensing in Ecology and Conservationhttps://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.268Published:  26 April 2022AbstractChinese mangroves have been recovered in area over the past two decades from previous declining trend, and about half of existing mangroves are still in their young growth stage. This provides a unique opportunity to assess mangro...