个人简介

张传伦，南方科技大学海洋与工程系讲席教授和国家特聘教授（2012-），深圳市海洋地球古菌组学重点实验室主任。1994年获得美国德州农工大（TAMU）博士学位，1994-1998年在美国橡树岭国家实验室从事博士后研究工作；1998年起历任美国密苏里大学副教授，美国佐治亚大学海洋系副教授，终身教授；2008年至2016年，兼任同济大学海洋学院讲座教授，2017-1月起任职南科大并兼任教学系副主任， 2019创立了“深圳海洋地球古菌组学重点实验室”，致力于古菌生态、地球化学及生命演化的研究和人才培养。

主要研究方向为微生物（特别是古菌）在环境及能源、地质历史演化及全球变化中的作用；擅长整合脂类标记物、稳定同位素和分子DNA等交叉手段来研究微生物在全球碳氮循环中的作用；研究课题主要包括深部生物圈，热泉及其它极端环境地质微生物，天然气水合物生物地球化学，海洋和陆相古菌的生物地球化学过程及气候和环境变化指标的开发及应用。率先在墨西哥湾冷泉和甲烷水合物古菌脂类生物地球化学、热泉古菌脂类生物地球化学、和南海古菌脂类生物地球化学、以及海洋古菌生命演化等方面开展相关研究工作，并取得了一系列创新成果发表在国际学术期刊；多次在美国地球物理年会（American Geophysical Union）组织并主持专题会议。

在国际地球科学和生命科学期刊上（包括“Science”、“PNAS”、“Nat. Ecol. Evol.”、”Mol. Biol. Evol.”、“Geology”、“Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta”、“ISME J”、“Environ. Microbiol.”）发表学术论文200余篇，其中346篇被SCI收录，Google Scholar引用次数超过14124次，H-index为67。

目前担任欧洲“微生物前沿-古菌生物学（Frontiers in Microbiology-Biology of Archaea）”期刊主编, “古菌（Archaea）”和“中国科学：地球科学”期刊编委。

2001年获橡树岭联合性大学青年教授奖，2006年分享获得美国能源部100名科研开发奖，2007年获迈阿密大学校外优秀学者奖，2013和2014年两次获得“中国科学：地球科学”优秀编委奖。2016年六月被国际著名学术品牌美国“戈登科学前沿研究论坛-海洋生物地球化学”）推荐并选举为2018年会议副主席及2020年会议主席。2020年入选美国斯坦福大学发布的“全球前2%顶尖科学家”榜单。

教育背景

1990/01—1993/12，美国德州农工大学，地质系，博士

1986/09—1989/12，美国德州农工大学，地质系，硕士

1980/09—1984/06，华东石油学院，地质系，学士

工作经历

2026年至今：应用微生物国际海洋可持续发展咨询小组成员

2025年至今：中国科协联合国咨商海洋生态可持续发展专业委员会秘书长

2025年至今：全球海洋负碳排放国际大科学计划国际合作部主任

2024年至今：联合国“海洋十年”智慧型沿海城市-海湾二氧化碳排放研究项目首席科学家
2017年至今，南方科技大学海洋科学与工程系教授

2012年至今：国家特聘教授（“国家千人计划”）
2011-2014 佐治亚大学海洋科学系教授
2008-2011 同济大学海洋与地球科学学院海洋地质国家重点实验室讲席教授
2002-2011 乔治亚大学海洋科学系副教授。
2002-2007 大学萨凡纳河生态实验室副研究员格鲁吉亚。
1998-2002 密苏里大学地质科学系助理教授。
1994-1998 田纳西州橡树岭橡树岭国家实验室博士后研究员。

A-1. Journal articles (All articles were peer-reviewed)
Summary: A total of >380 peer-reviewed articles, including two papers in PNAS and one in Science. Total citations >15494, H index = 69 (Google Scholar as of April 8, 2026).

*Indicates corresponding or co-corresponding author.

2026（1）

Lu Y, Wang Y, Hou S, Zhang C. Sulfate reducing bacteria–induced carbonate precipitation under anaerobic conditions: Influencing factors and implications for geological CO₂ sequestration[J]. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2026.

Lin Z Q, Pang S M, Wu Y C, Xu T, Zhou Y L, Li H, Zhang C L, Qian P Y, Zhang S. Biodiversity and nitrogen metabolism in the plastisphere impacted by urban nitrogen loading from a coastal mega-city[J]. Water Research, 2026.

Lin Z Q, Pang S M, Xu T, Zhou Y L, Zhang C L, Qian P Y, Zhang S. Marine plastisphere expands the ecological niche and evolutionary dynamics of nrfA-dependent nitrite ammonifying bacteria[J]. Water Research, 2026, doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2026.125879.

2025（12）

Zhao S, Bao R, Zhou L, Liu M, Sun X, Gao Z, Zhou Y, Wang N, Wang Y, Zhang C. Temperature-dependent spatial and temporal trends in archaeal lipid distributions[J]. Communications Earth & Environment, 2025, 6(1): 619.

Zheng F, Yao W, He W, Zhang W, Chen Y, Chen H, Zeng Z, Liu X L, Ding S, Zheng Y, Huang L, Zhu Y, Zhang C. A comprehensive database for high-throughput identification of archaeal lipids using high-resolution mass spectrometry[J]. Nature Communications, 2025, 17(1): 1-41.

Chen Y, Yang H, Zheng F, Wu R, Zhang C, Naafs B D A, Pancost R D, et al. Temperature-dependent modulation of the methylation degree of (tetra) ester-linked membrane-spanning lipids in an Acidobacterium[J]. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2025, 401: 190-203.

Teng W, Zhang C. Promises and challenges in inferring the evolution of ancient organisms using optimum growth temperature[J]. Science China Earth Sciences, 2025, 68(6): 2044-2047.

Chen H, Zheng F, Feng X, Huang Z, Yang W, Zhang C, Du W, et al. Engineering archaeal membrane‑spanning lipid GDGT biosynthesis in bacteria: Implications for early life membrane transformations[J]. Mlife, 2025, 4(2): 193-204.

Lei Z, Zhang C, He L, Xie W. Different phytoplankton distributions and assembly processes in marine water masses with contrasting nutrient conditions[J]. BMC Microbiology, 2025, 25(1): 1-14.

Zhang P, Wang Y, Yang B, Zhang Z, Wang X, Li H, He C, Zhang C, et al. Marine recalcitrant dissolved organic matter gained by processing at sandy subterranean estuaries[J]. Environmental Science & Technology, 2025, 59(7): 3569-3581.

Li M, Xie W, Lin X, Zhang C, Yin K. Marine porewater dissolved organic matter linked to the paleoclimate and archaeal communities on glacial-interglacial timescales[J]. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 2025, 217: 104460.

Chen Q, Chen J, Cai R, He C, Shi Q, Zhang C, Jiao N, Zheng Q. Deciphering microbially driven labile and refractory molecular candidates in dissolved organic matter[J]. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 2025, 130(2): e2024JG008484.

Liu H, Zhong Z, Xu J, Qu L, Liu H, Zheng F, Zhang C, Xie W. Microbes Under Climate Refugia: Equable Subcommunity Rank Dynamics in Large‑River Deltaic Estuaries[J]. Ecology and Evolution, 2025, 15(8): e72014.

Xiao W, Peng X, Xu Y, Chen Y, Yao W, Ta K, Zhang C, Glud R N. Global distribution of marine bacterial BrGDGTs in sediments: patterns and implications[J]. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2025.

Xiao W, Zhang C, Xu Y, Zheng F, Frank W, Glud R. Assessing Water Depth Effects on Archaeal Lipids and Refining the TEX86 Proxy: From Hadal Trenches to Global Perspectives[C]. IMOG 2025, 2025(1): 1-1.

Zhang C, Wang H, Xu Y. Research and Development of UAV Array Technologies for Ocean Sciences[C]. OOS2025, 2025.

Jiao N Z, Zhang C L, Luo T W, Liu J H. Upholding “Triple REAL” vision for ocean negative carbon emissions to advance global climate governance[J]. Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2025, 40(10): 1736-1744.

Lennon J T, Bittleston L S, Chen Q R, Cooper V S, Fernández J, Gilbert J A, Häggblom M M, Harper L V, Jansson J K, Jiao N Z, Kuurstra E M, Peixoto R S, Rappuoli R, Schembri M A, Ventosa A, Vullo D L, Zhang C L, Nguyen N K. Microbes without borders: uniting societies for climate action[J]. The ISME Journal, 2025.

2024（8）

Teng W, Zhang C. Promises and challenges in inferring the evolution of ancient organisms using optimum growth temperature[J]. Science China Earth Sciences, 2024, 67(12): 3960-3962.

Pereira O, Qin W, Galand P E, et al. Metabolic activities of marine ammonia‐oxidizing archaea orchestrated by quorum sensing[J]. Mlife, 2024, 3(3): 417-429.

Wu K, Zhou L, Tahon G, et al. Isolation of a methyl-reducing methanogen outside the Euryarchaeota[J]. Nature, 2024, 632(8027): 1124-1130.

Wu Z, Li M, Qu L, et al. Metagenomic insights into microbial adaptation to the salinity gradient of a typical short residence-time estuary[J]. Microbiome, 2024, 12(1): 115.

Zhou Y, Yan A, Yang J, et al. Ultrastructural insights into cellular organization, energy storage and ribosomal dynamics of an ammonia-oxidizing archaeon from oligotrophic oceans[J]. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024, 15: 1367658.

Chen S, Arifeen M Z U, Li M, et al. Diel patterns in the composition and activity of planktonic microbes in a subtropical bay[J]. Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Research, 2024, 3: 0044.

Fan L, Xu B, Chen S, et al. Gene inversion led to the emergence of brackish archaeal heterotrophs in the aftermath of the Cryogenian Snowball Earth[J]. PNAS nexus, 2024, 3(2): pgae057.

Zheng Y, Wang B, Gao P, et al. Novel order-level lineage of ammonia-oxidizing archaea widespread in marine and terrestrial environments[J]. The ISME Journal, 2024, 18(1): wrad002.

2023（12）

Yao W, Zhang W, He W, et al. Lipidomic chemotaxonomy aligned with phylogeny of Halobacteria[J]. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023, 14: 1297600.

Zhang T, He W, Liang Q, et al. Lipidomic diversity and proxy implications of archaea from cold seep sediments of the South China Sea[J]. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023, 14: 1241958.

Liu, H., Liu, W. W., Haro-Moreno, J. M., Xu, B., Zheng, Y., Liu, J., ... & Zhang*, C. (2023). A moderately thermophilic origin of a novel family of marine group II euryarchaeota from deep ocean. Iscience, 26(9).

Yao, W., Zhang, W., He, W., Xiao, W., Chen, Y., Zhu, Y., ... & Zhang, C*. (2023). Lipidomic chemotaxonomy aligned with phylogeny of Haloarchaea. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14, 1297600.

Zhang, T., He, W., Liang, Q., Zheng, F., Xiao, X., Zeng, Z., ... & Zhang, C. (2023). Lipidomic diversity and proxy implications of archaea from cold seep sediments of the South China Sea. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14.

Lin X, Zhang C, Xie W*. Deterministic processes dominate archaeal community assembly from the Pearl River to the northern South China Sea[J]. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023, 14: 1185436.

Xiao, W.*,  Xu, Y.,  Zhang, C.,*  Lin, J.,  Wu, W.,  Lü, X., et al. (2023).  Disentangling effects of sea surface temperature and water depth on hydroxylated isoprenoid GDGTs: Insights from the hadal zone and global sediments. Geophysical Research Letters,  50, e2023GL103109.

Zeng, Z., Xiao, W., Zheng, F.*, Chen, Y., Zhu, Y., Tian, J., & Zhang, C*. (2023). Enhanced production of highly methylated brGDGTs linked to anaerobic bacteria from sediments of the Mariana Trench. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1233560.

Zhang, J. Z., Li, T., Hong, Z. L., Ma, C. F., Fang, X. T., Zheng, F. F., Teng, W. K., Zhang, C. L., & Si*, T. Biosynthesis of Hybrid Neutral Lipids with Archaeal and Eukaryotic Characteristics in Engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae[J]. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2023, 62(4): e202214344.

Xu, B.i*, Fan, L.i*, Wang, W., Zhu, Y., & Zhang, C. (2023). Diversity, distribution, and functional potentials of magroviruses from marine and brackish waters. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14, 1151034.

Zou, D., Chen, J., Zhang, C., Kao, S. J., Liu, H., & Li, M*. (2023). Diversity and salinity adaptations of ammonia oxidizing archaea in three estuaries of China. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 1-13.

程斯宇,姜帆,王禹,张传伦* 马近远.(2023).基于Web of Science的中国海洋学科发展现象与研究热点分析.中国资源综合利用(06),122-126+133.

2022 （13）

Zhang*, C. L., Shi, T., Liu, J. H., He, Z. L., Thomas, H., Dong, H. L., Rinkevich, B., Wang, Y. Z., Hyun, J. H., Weinbauer, M., Lopez-Abbate, C., Tu, Q. C., Xie, S. C., Yamashita, Y., Tishchenko, P., Chen, Q. R., Zhang, R., & Jiao*, N. Z. (2022). Eco-engineering approaches for ocean negative carbon emission. Science Bulletin, 67(24), 2564-2573

 Chen, S. Z., Tao, J. C., Chen, Y. F., Wang, W. X., Fan*, L., & Zhang*, C. L. 2022. Interactions Between Marine Group II Archaea and Phytoplankton Revealed by Population Correlations in the Northern Coast of South China Sea. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12.

Chen, Y. F., Zheng, F. F., Yang, H., Yang, W., Wu, R. J., Liu, X. Y., Liang, H. Y., Chen, H. H., Pei, H. Y., Zhang, C. L., Pancost, R. D., & Zeng*, Z. R. 2022. The production of diverse brGDGTs by an Acidobacterium providing a physiological basis for paleoclimate proxies. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 337, 155-165.

Cui, D. Y., Kong, L. C., Wang*, Y., Zhu, Y. Q., & Zhang*, C. L. 2022. In situ identification of environmental microorganisms with Raman spectroscopy. Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, 11.

Fan*, L., Wu, D. F., Goremykin, V., Trost, K., Knopp, M., Zhang, C. L., Martin*, W. F., & Zhu*, R. X. 2022. Reply to: Phylogenetic affiliation of mitochondria with Alpha-II and Rickettsiales is an artefact. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(12), 1832-1835.

Hedlund*, B. P., Zhang, C. L., Wang, F. P., Rinke, C., & Martin, W. F. 2022. Editorial: Ecology, Metabolism and Evolution of Archaea-Perspectives From Proceedings of the International Workshop on Geo-Omics of Archaea. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12.

Radovic*, J. R., Xie*, W., Silva, R. C., Oldenburg, T. B. P., Larter, S. R., & Zhang*, C. L. 2022. Changes of organic matter composition in surface sediments from the Pearl River estuary to the coastal South China Sea revealed by rapid molecular screening using FTICR-MS. Organic Geochemistry, 173.

Xiao*, W. J., Xu*, Y. P., Lin, J., Zeng, Z. Y., Liu, Y. S., Zhang, H. R., & Zhang*, C. L. 2022. Global scale production of brGDGTs by benthic marine bacteria: Implication for developing ocean bottom environmental proxies. Global and Planetary Change, 211.

Chen Y.F., Zheng F.F., Yang H., Yang W., Wu R.J., Liu X.Y., Liang H.Y., Chen H.H., Pei H.Y., Zhang C.L., Pancost R. D., Zeng* Z.R. 2022. The production of diverse brGDGTs by an Acidobacterium allows a direct test of temperature and pH controls on their distribution. BioRxiv. 07.487437

Fan L., Xu B., Chen S.Z., Liu Y., Li F.Y., Xie W., Prabhu A., Zou D.Y., Wan R., Li H.L., Liu H.D., Liu Y.H., Kao S.J., Chen J.F., Zhu Y.Q., Rinke C., Li M., Zhang C.L. 2022. CorA gene rearrangement triggered the salinity-driven speciation of Poseidoniales

郭静, 徐帅帅, 王椅冬, 张传伦, 侯圣伟. 2022. 一株新海洋粘质沙雷氏菌产灵菌红素发酵条件优化. 生物资源. 2022,44(06)

徐步, 邹雪蓉, 朱元清, 范陆, 张传伦. 2022. 环境病毒的宿主鉴定技术进展. 微生物学报. 2022,62(12)

郭静, 程斯宇, 张传伦. 2022. 海洋微生物学复合型人才培养实验课程改革探究. 实验室研究与探索. 2022,41(08)

2021（17）

Garg*, S. G., Kapust, N., Lin, W. L., Knopp, M., Tria, F. D. K., Nelson-Sathi, S., Gould, S. B., Fan, L., Zhu, R. X., Zhang, C. L., & Martin*, W. F. 2021. Anomalous Phylogenetic Behavior of Ribosomal Proteins in Metagenome-Assembled Asgard Archaea. Genome Biology and Evolution, 13(1)

Law*, K. P., He, W., Tao, J. C., & Zhang, C. L. 2021. A Novel Approach to Characterize the Lipidome of Marine Archaeon Nitrosopumilus maritimus by Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12.

Wang, H. L., Chen, F., Zhang, C. L., Wang, M., & Kan*, J. J. 2021. Estuarine gradients dictate spatiotemporal variations of microbiome networks in the Chesapeake Bay. Environmental Microbiome, 16(1).

Wang, Y., Xu, J. B., Cui, D. Y., Kong, L. C., Chen, S. Z., Xie*, W., & Zhang*, C. L. 2021. Classification and Identification of Archaea Using Single-Cell Raman Ejection and Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Investigating Uncultivated Microorganisms. Analytical Chemistry, 93(51), 17012-17019.

Xu, Y., Li, P. H., Zhang, C. L., & Wang*, P. 2021. Spectral characteristics of dissolved organic matter in sediment pore water from Pearl River Estuary. Science China-Earth Sciences, 64(1), 52-61

Zhang, T. T., Xiao, X., Chen, S. Z., Zhao*, J., Chen, Z. H., Feng, J. X., Liang, Q. Y., Phelps, T. J., & Zhang, C. L. 2021. Active Anaerobic Archaeal Methanotrophs in Recently Emerged Cold Seeps of Northern South China Sea (vol 11, 612135, 2020). Frontiers in Microbiology, 12.

Zhang, Y. Z., Sun, Y. G., Liu, B., Wang, Y. T., Xie, W., Wang, P., Zhang, C. L., & He*, D. 2021. Spatiotemporal distribution and source variations of hydrocarbons in surface sediments from the Pearl River Estuary, Southern China. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 21(1), 499-511.

Yang Y.Y., Zhang* C.L., Lenton T.M., YanX.M.,  Zhu M.Y., Zhou M.D., Tao J.C., Phelps T.J., Cao* Z.W. 2021.The Evolution Pathway of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea Shaped by Major Geological Events, Molecular Biology and Evolution,msab129.

Wang W.X., Tao J.C., Yu K., He C., Wang JJ., Li P.H., Chen H.M., Xu B., Shi*  Q., Zhang* C.L. 2021. Vertical Stratification of Dissolved Organic Matter Linked to Distinct Microbial Communities in Subtropic Estuarine Sediments. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12.

Law * K.P., He W., Tao J.C., Zhang C.L.2021.Characterization of the Exometabolome of Nitrosopumilus maritimus SCM1 by Liquid Chromatography–Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry. Frontiers in microbiology,12(1355).

Radovic J., Xie W., Silva R., Oldenburg T., Larter S., Zhang C. L. 2021. Multi-proxy assessment of surface sediments using APPI-P FTICR-MS reveals a complex biogeochemical record along a salinity gradient in the Pearl River estuary and coastal South China Sea. EarthArXiv.

李运运, 何晨, 吴建勋, 张亚和, 梁咏梅, 史权, 张传伦. 2021. 甘油四醚类化合物的高分辨质谱表征. 质谱学报. 2021,42(06)

鲁鋆, 王誉泽, 张传伦. 2021. 硫酸盐还原菌生态特性、生物矿化机制及储碳潜力展望. 2021年中国地球科学联合学术年会论文集（二十二）—专题六十四 前寒武纪地质与超大陆演化、专题六十五 矿物科学与工程、专题六十六 高压实验矿物学、岩石学与地球化学. 65-68

,陈松泽, 何炜, 周敬倬, 张传伦. 2021.珠江口外东澳岛海域MG I古菌和藻类的昼夜变化关系的研究. 微生物学报. 2022,62(06)

程斯宇, 张传伦, 周祐民, 郭静. 2021. 理工科本科生人才培养激励机制研究——基于某大学海洋专业学生学习动机的实证研究. 高教学刊. 2021,7(16)

焦念志,刘纪化,石拓,张传伦,张永雨,郑强,陈泉睿,汤凯,王誉泽,董海良,唐剑武,叶思源,董双林,高坤山,张继红,薛强,李琦,贺志理,屠奇超,王法明,黄小平,白雁,潘德炉.2021.实施海洋负排放践行碳中和战略.中国科学:地球科学,51(4):632–643.

王誉泽, 鲁鋆, 刘纪化, & 张传伦.2021. "三泵集成"打造海洋CO2负排放生态工程. 中国科学院院刊, 36(3), 9.

2020

Fan* L., Wu D.F., Goremykin V., Xiao J., Xu Y., Garg S., Zhang C.L., Martin* F., Zhu * R.X. 2020. Phylogenetic analyses with systematic taxon sampling show that mitochondria branch within Alphaproteobacteria. Nature Ecology & Evolution. Doi: 10.1038/s41559-020-1239-x.

Ma C. L., Coffinet S., Lipp J. S., Hinrichs K. U., Zhang* C. L. 2020. Marine Group II Euryarchaeota contribute to the archaeal lipid pool in Northwestern Pacific Ocean surface waters. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01034

Qin* W, et al., Zhang C. L., Ingalls*. AE. 2019. Alternative strategies of nutrient acquisition and energy conservation map to the biogeography of marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea. The ISME Journal. Doi:10.1038/s41396-020-0710-7.

Law * K.P., Li X.X., Zhang C.L. 2020. Lipidomics in archaeal membrane adaptation to environmental stresses and growth conditions: A review of culture-based physiological studies. Science China Earth Sciences. doi: 0.1007/s11430-019-9571-2

Wang W.X., Tao J.C., Liu H.D., Li P.H., Chen S.Z., Wang* P., Zhang *C.L. 2020. Contrasting bacterial and archaeal distributions relecting diferent geochemical processes in a sediment core from the Pearl River Estuary. AMB Express, doi: 10.1186/s13568-020-0950-y

Zou D.Y., Pan J., Liu Z.B., Zhang C.L., Liu H., Li* M. 2020. The Distribution of Bathyarchaeota in Surface Sediments of the Pearl River Estuary Along Salinity Gradient. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00285.

Chen H., Zhang Y.H., Li Y.Y., Zhuo X.C., Li Y.G, Zhang C.L., Shi* Q. 2020. In-house Standard Method for Molecular Characterization of Dissolved Organic Matter by FT-ICR Mass Spectrometry. ACS Omega. 5:11730-11736. 

Li M.C., Xie* W., Li P.H., Yin K.D., Zhang* C.L. 2020. Establishing a terrestrial proxy based on fluorescent dissolved organic matter from sediment pore waters in the East China Sea. Water Research. 182,116005.

Lai D.X., Hedlund B.P., Xie W., Liu J.J., Phelp T.P., Zhang* C.L., Wang* P. 2020. Impact of terrestrial input on deep-sea benthic archaeal community structure in South China Sea sediments. Frontiers in microbiology, 11.

Garg* S.G., et al., Zhang C. L., Martin* W.F. 2020. Anomalous phylogenetic behavior of ribosomal proteins in metagenome assembled asgard archaea. Genome Biology and Evolution, doi:10.1093/gbe/evaa238.

Wang H.L., et al., Zhang C.L., Kan*J.J. 2020. Distinct distribution of Archaea from soil to freshwater to estuary: implications of archaeal composition and function in different environments. Frontiers in microbiology. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.576661

Zhang T.T., Xiao X., Chen S., Zhao* J, Chen Z., Feng J., Liang Q., Phelps T.J., Zhang C.L. 2020. Active Anaerobic Archaeal Methanotrophs in Recently Emerged Cold Seeps of Northern South China Sea. Frontiers in microbiology, 2020, 11,3258

Wang* P., Zhang T.T., Chen S.Z., Li X.X., Lai D.X., Gao S.M., Xie W., Zhang* C.L. 2020. Chemical Geology. Niche specificity and potential terrestrial organic carbon utilization of benthic Bathyarchaeota in a eutrophic subtropic estuarine system. 556: 119839.

Zhang Y.Z., Sun Y., Liu B., Wang Y.T., Xie W., Wang P., Zhang C.L., He*D. 2020, Spatiotemporal distribution and source variations of hydrocarbons in surface sediments from the Pearl River Estuary, Southern China. Doi.org/10.1007/s11368-020-02783-0.

2019

Li * P.H., Tao J.C., Lin J., He C., Shi Q., Li * X.X., Zhang C.L. 2019. Stratification of dissolved organic matter in the upper 2000m water column at the Mariana Trench. Science of the Total Environment, 668: 1222-1231.

Xiao J., Fan* L., Wu D.F., Xu Y.B., Lai D.X., Martin W.F., Zhu * R.X., Zhang C.L. 2019.Archaea, the tree of life, and cellular evolution in eukaryotes. SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences. 62(3):489-506.

Law * K.P., Zhang C.L. 2019.Current Progress and Future Trends of Mass Spectrometry-based Archaeal Lipidomics. Organic Geochemistry, 134:45-61.

Zheng F.F., Chen Y.F., Xie W., Chen S.Z., Liu H., Phelps T.J., Zhang *C.L. 2019.Diverse biological sources of core and intact polar isoprenoid GDGTs in terrace soils from southwest of China: Implications for their use as environmental proxies. Chemical Geology ,522: 108–120.

Zheng F.F., Chen Y.F., Tang X.T., Su J.Q., Zhu Y., Zhang *C.L. 2019.Changes in archaeal ether lipid composition in response to agriculture alternation inancient and modern paddy soils. Organic Geochemistry. doi: 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2019.103912

Chen S.Z., Wang* P., Liu H.D, Xie W., Wan S. X., Kao S.J., Phelps T.J., Zhang* C.L. 2019，Population dynamics of methanogens and methanotrophs along the salinity gradient in Pearl River Estuary: Implications for methane metabolism, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. DOI: 10.1007/s00253-019-10221-6

Bao R.,*, Jia G.D., Zhang* C.L., 2019. Spatiotemporal variation of organic geochemical properties since the mid-Miocene in the deep South China Sea (IODP Expedition 349), Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 183, 103961,  doi: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2019.103961

Wu W.Y., Xu Y., Hou S.N., Dong L., Liu H.D., Wang H.Y., Liu W.G., Zhang* C.L. 2019. Origin and preservation of archaeal intact polar tetraether lipids in deeply buried sediments from the South China Sea. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 152, 103107. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2019.103107.

Mei X, Li X.X., Wang Z.B., Zhang C.L., Zhang Y. 2019. Cross shelf transport of terrigenous organic matter in surface sediments from outer shelf to Okinawa Trough in East China Sea. Journal of Marine Systems. 199, 103224. doi: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2019.103224.

Wei W., Wang N.N., Cai L.L., Zhang C.L., Jiao  N.Z., Zhang R. 2019. Impacts of freshwater and seawater mixing on the production and decay of virioplankton in a subtropical estuary. Microbial ecology, 78:843–854

He C., Pan Q., Li P.H., Xie W., He D., Zhang* C.L., Shi* Q. 2019. Molecular composition and spatial distribution of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the Pearl River Estuary, China. Environmental Chemistry. doi: 10.1071/EN19051

Ta K.W., Peng X.T., Xu H.C., Du M.R., Chen S., Li J.W., Zhang C.L. 2019. Distributions and Sources of Glycerol Dialkyl Glycerol Tetraethers in Sediment Cores From the Mariana Subduction Zone. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 124(4):857-869

2018

Zhang *C.L., Dang H.Y., Azam F., Benner R., Legendre L., Passow U., Polimene L., Robinson C., Suttle C.A., Jiao* N.Z. 2018. Evolving Paradigms in Biological Carbon Cycling in the Ocean. National Science Review, 5: 481-499.

Chen Y., Zheng F., Chen S., Liu H., Zhang* C.L. 2018. Branched GDGT production at elevated temperatures in anaerobic soil microcosm incubations. Organic Geochemistry. 117:12-21.

Xie* W., Luo H., Murugapian S.K., Dodsworth J.A., Chen S., Sun Y., Hedlund B.P., Wang P., Fang H., Deng M., Zhang* C. L. 2018. Localized high abundance of Marine group II archaea in the subtropical Pearl River Estuary: implications for their niche adaptation. Environmental microbiology, 20(2), 734-754. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14004

 Zhang *C.L., Dang H.Y., Azam F., Benner R., Legendre L., Passow U., Polimene L., Robinson C., Suttle C.A., Jiao N.Z. 2018. Evolving Paradigms in Biological Carbon Cycling in the Ocean. National Science Review, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwy074

2017

Zhang* C.L. 2017. Untangling the role that microbes play in ocean carbon cycle ─ A new paradigm in marine biogeochemistry. Science China-Earth Sciences. 60(2):409-412.

Mou S. l., Zhang* Y.Y, Li G., Li H.M., Liang Y.T., Tang L.L., Tao J.C., Xu J.J., Li J., Zhang C.L., Jiao*  N.Z. 2017. Effects of ocean acidification and nitrogen supply on the growth and photosynthetic physiology of the marine cyanobacteria Synechococcus sp. PCC7002. Journal of Applied Phycology. 29:1755–1763.

Wang* H.Y., Liu W.G., Lu H.X., Zhang C.L. 2017. Potential degradation effect on paleo-moisture proxies based on the relative abundance of archaeal vs. bacterial tetraethers in loess-paleosol sequences on the Chinese Loess Plateau. 436: 173-180.

Shao L., Cui* Y.C., Qiao P.J., Zhang D.J., Liu X.Y., Zhang C.L. 2017.Sea-level changes and carbonate platform evolution of the Xisha Islands  (South China Sea) since the Early Miocene. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 485:504-516.

Liu H., Zhang* C.L., Yang C., Chen S., Cao Z., Zhang Z. and Tian J. 2017. Marine Group II dominates planktonic archaea 1 in water columns of the northeastern South China Sea: Linkage to water mixing processes. Frontiers in Microbiology. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01098.

Xie* W., Jiao N., Ma C., Fang S., Zhu* R.X, Zhang C.L. 2017. The response of archaeal species to seasonal variables in a subtropical aerated soil: insight into the low abundant methanogens. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. DOI 10.1007/s00253-017-8349-7.

Zhang* Y., Liang P., Xie X., Dai X., Liu H., Zhang C.L., Kao S.J., Jiao N. 2017. Succession of bacterial community structure and potential significance along a sediment core from site U1433 of IODP expedition 349, South China Sea. Marine Geology. DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2017.06.010.

Wang J.X., Xie W., Zhang Y.G., Meador T., Zhang* C.L. 2017. Evaluating production of cyclopentyl tetraethers by Marine Group IIEuryarchaeota in the Pearl River estuary and coastal South China Sea: Potential impact on the TEX86 paleothermometer. Frontiers in Microbiol. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02077.

Guo W.T., Xie W., Li X.Y., Wang P., Hu A., Zhang* C.L. 2017. Environmental factors shaping the archaeal community structure and ether lipid distribution in a subtropic river and estuary, China. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. DOI: 10.1007/s00253-017-8595-8.

He M.Q., Cai L.L., Zhang C.L., Jiao* N.Z., Zhang* R. 2017. Phylogenetic Diversity of T4-Type Phages in Sediments from the Subtropical Pearl River Estuary. Frontiers in Microbiol. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00897.

Li* X.X., Zhang Z.R., Wade T.L., Knap A.H., Zhang* C.L. 2017. Sources and compositional distribution of organic carbon in surface sediments from the lower Pearl River to the coastal South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. DOI:10.1002/2017JG003981

Li F.Y., Zheng F.F., Wang Y.L., Liu W.G., Zhang* C.L. 2017. Thermoplasmatales and Methanogens: Potential Association with the Crenarchaeol Production in Chinese soils. Frontiers in Microbiology. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01200.

Wang H., Guo Z., Feng H., Chen Y., Chen X., Li Z., Hernández-Ascencio W., Dai X., Zhang Z., Zheng X., Mora-López M., Fu Y., Zhang C.L., Zhu P., Huang L. 2017. A novel Sulfolobus virus with an exceptional capsid architecture. J. Virol. DOI:10.1128/JVI.01727-17.

Xie* W., Luo H., Murugapian S.K., Dodsworth J.A., Chen S., Sun Y., Hedlund B.P., Wang P., Fang H., Deng M., Zhang* C L. 2017. Localized high abundance of Marine group II archaea in the subtropical Pearl River Estuary: implications for their niche adaptation. Environ. Microbiol. DOI:10.1111/1462-2920.14004.

Bao R., Jia G., Zhang* C. L. 2017. Differential evolution of organic geochemistry across the sedimentary basins in the Deep South China Sea (IODP Expedition 349). Marine Geology (in review).

2016

Special issue in Science China-Earth Sciences

Ge H., Zhang* C. L. 2016. Advances in GDGT research in Chinese marginal seas: A review. Science China Earth Sciences. doi: 10.1007/s11430-015-5242-z.

Li X. Zheng F., Chen Y., Guo W., Zhang T., Hu A., Yu C., Zhang* C.L. The spatial distribution of archaeal lipids in a mesoscale subtropical watershed, Southeast China. Science China Earth Sciences. doi: 10.1007/s11430-016-5303-y.

Zheng F., Zhang* C. L., Chen Y., Li F., Ma C., Yang P., Zhu Y., Wang Y., Liu W. Bacterial tetraether lipids in Chinese soils: Evaluating the fidelity of MBT/CBT proxies. doi: 10.1007/s11430-016-5268-x.

Sun C., Zhang* C. L., Li F., Wang H., Liu* W. Effect of soil water content on the distribution of branched tetraethers: implications for paleotemperature or soil pH proxies in (semi-) arid regions. Science China. doi: 10.1007/s11430-015-0230-2.

Regular papers

Chen Y., Zhang* C. L., Jia C., Zheng F., Zhu* C. 2016. Tracking the signals of living archaea: A multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) method for detection of trace amounts of intact polar lipids from the natural environment. Org. Geochem. 97: 1–4.

Liu X., Birgel D., Elling F.J., Sutton P.A., Lipp J. S., Zhu R., Zhang C. L., Konneke M., Peckmann J., Rowland S. J., Summons R. E., Hinrichs K.-U. 2016. From ether to acid: a plausible degradation pathway of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 183: 138–152.

Feyhl-Buska J., Chen Y., Jia C., Wang J., Zhang C.L., Boyd E. 2016. Influence of Growth Phase, pH, and Temperature on the Abundance and Composition of Tetraether Lipids in the Thermoacidophile Picrophilus torridus. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01323.

Zeng Y., Baumbach J., Guilherme E., Barbosa V., Azevedo V., Zhang C., Koblizek M. 2016. Metagenomic evidence for the presence of phototrophic Gemmatimonadetes bacteria in diverse environments. doi:10.1111/1758-2229.12363.

Zhang, Shanshan; Zhaojun Li; Yanchun Yan; Chuanlun Zhang; Jun Li & Baisuo Zhao* (2016) Bacillus urumqiensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 66:2305-2312.

2015

Xie W., Zhang* C. L., Ma Cenling. 2015. Temporal variation in archaeal lipids from subtropical soils on Chongming Island, China. Org. Geochem.83-84:54-64.

Zeng Y., Baumbach J., Guilherme E., Barbosa V., Azevedo V., Zhang C., Koblizek M. 2015. Metagenomic evidence for the presence of phototrophic Gemmatimonadetes bacteria in diverse environments. Environmental Microbiology Report. doi:10.1111/1758-2229.12363.

Wang* J.X., Wei* Y., Wang P., Hong Y., Zhang* C. L. 2015. Unusually low TEX86 values in the transitional zone between lower Pearl River estuary and coastal South China Sea: impact of changing archaeal community structure. Chem. Geol. 402: 18–29.

Dong L., Li* L., Li* Q., Zhang Y., Wang H., Zhang C.L. 2015. Hydroclimate implications of thermocline variability in the southern South China Sea over the past 180,000 years. Quaternary Res. 83: 370–377.

Dong L., Li* Q., Li* L., Zhang C.L. 2015. Glacial-interglacial contrast in MBT/CBT proxies in the South China Sea: implications for marine production of branched GDGTs and continental teleconnection. Org. Geochem. 79: 74–82.

Zhao J.T. Li* J., Cai F., Wei H., Hu B., Dou Y., Wang L., Xiang R., Cheng H. Dong L., Zhang* C.L.  2015. Sea surface temperature variation during the last deglaciation in the southern Okinawa Trough: Modulation of high latitude teleconnections and the Kuroshio Current. Progress in Oceanography 138: 238–248.

Ge H., Zhang* C.L., Versteegh G.J.M., Chen L., Fan D., Dong L., Liu J. 2015. Evolution of the East China Sea sedimentary environment in the past 14 kyr: Insights from tetraethers-based proxies. Science China Earth Sciences. doi: 10.1007/s11430-015-5229-9.

Zhang* C. L., Xie W., Martin-Cuadrado A.-B., Rodriguez-Valera* F. 2015. Marine Group II Archaea, potentially important players in the global ocean carbon cycle. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01108.

Jiao* N., Legendre L., Robinson C., Thomas H., Luo Y.-W., Dang H., Liu J., Zhang R., Tang K., Luo T., Li C., Wang X., Zhang C. 2015. Comment on “Dilution limits dissolved organic carbon utilization in the deep ocean”. Science. 350  (6267): 1483-a.

Wang, H. Y., Dong H., Zhang C.L., Jiang H., Liu Z., Zhao M., and Liu* W. 2015. Deglacial and Holocene archaeal lipid-inferred paleohydrology and paleotemperature history of Lake Qinghai, northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau: Quaternary Research. 83:  116–126.

Hedlund* B, Thomas S, Dodsworth J, Zhang C. 2015. Life in High-Temperature Environments, p 4.3.4-1-4.3.4-15. In Yates M, Nakatsu C, Miller R, Pillai S (ed), Manual of Environmental Microbiology, 4th Edition. ASM Press, Washington, DC. doi: 10.1128/9781555818821.ch4.3.4

2014

Zhang* C. L. 2014.Tracking the migration of our Chinese ancestors using molecular science. National Science Review. doi: 10.1093/nsr/nwt016.

Wei Y., Wang P., Zhao* M., Li X., Lu H., Zhang* C. L. 2014. Lipid and DNA evidence showing dominance of planktonic archaea preserved in sediments of the South China Sea: insight for application of the TEX86 proxy in an unstable marine environment. Geomicrobiol. J. 31, 360–369.

Ge H., Zhang* C.L., Li J., Versteegh G.J.M., Hu B., Zhao J. 2014. Tetraether lipids from the southern Yellow Sea of China: Implications for the variability of East Asia Winter Monsoon in the Holocene. Org. Geochem. 70: 10–19.

Xie W., Zhang* C. L., Zhou X., Wang P.  2014. Salinity-dominated change in community structure and ecological function of Archaea from the lower Pearl River to coastal South China Sea. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. DOI 10.1007/s00253-014-5838-9.

Wang H., Dong* H., Zhang* C.L., Jiang H., Zhao M., Liu Z., Lai Z., Liu W. 2014.  Water depth affecting thaumarchaeol production in Lake Qinghai, northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan plateau: Implications for paleo lake levels and paleoclimate. Chem. Geol. 368: 76–84.

Jia C., Zhang* C. L., Xie W., Wang J., Li F., Wang S., Dong H., Li W., Boyd E. S. 2014. Differential temperature and pH controls on the abundance and composition of H-GDGTs in globally distributed terrestrial hot springs. Org. Geochem. 75:109-121.

Xie W., Zhang* C. L., Wang J., Chen Y., Klotz M., Zhu Y., de la Torre J., Dong H., Hartnett H., Hedlund B., Klotz M.G. 2014. Distribution of ether lipids and composition of the archaeal community in terrestrial geothermal springs: impact of environmental variables. Environ. Microbiol. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12595.

Li F., Zhang* C.L., Wang S., Chen Y., Sun C., Dong H., Li W. 2014. Production of branched tetraether lipids in Tibetan hot springs: a possible linkage to nitrite reduction by thermotolerant or thermophilic bacteria? Chem. Geol. 386:209-217.

Wang* P., Wei Y., Li T., Li F., Meng J., Zhang* C.L. 2014. Archaeal diversity and spatial distribution in the surface sediment of the South China Sea. Geomicrobiol. J. DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2013.797522.

Wang H. Liu* W., Zhang* C. L. 2014. Dependence of the cyclization of branched tetraethers on soil moisture in alkaline soils from arid-subhumid China: implications for palaeorainfall reconstructions on the Chinese Loess Plateau. Biogeosciences 11: 6755–6768.

Jiao* N., Robinson* C., Azam* F., Thomas H., Baltar F., Dang H., Hardman-Mountford, N.J., Johnson M., Kirchman D. L.，Koch B. P., Legendre　 L.，Li C.，Luo T.，Liu J.，Luo　Y.， Mitra　 A.，Romanou　 A.，Tang K.，Wang X.，Zhang C.L., Zhang R.　2014. Mechanisms of microbial carbon sequestration in the ocean – future research directions. Biogeosciences. 11-5285-5306.

2013(21)

焦念志*, 张传伦, 李超, 王晓雪, 党宏月, 曾庆璐, 张锐, 张瑶,汤凯, 张子莲, 徐大鹏. 2013 (in Chinese).海洋微型生物碳泵储碳机制及气候效应. 中国科学 (Science China): 地球科学 2013 年 第43 卷 第1 期: 1 ~ 18.

Lu* H., Liu* W., Wang H., Zhang C. L. 2013. Carbon isotopic composition of isoprenoid tetraether in surface sediments of Lake Qinghai and surrounding soils. Organic Geochem.

Luo* H., Tolar B. B., Swan B. K., Zhang C. L., Stepanauskas R., Moran M. A., Hollibaugh* J. T. 2013. Single-cell genomics shedding light on marine Thaumarchaeota diversification. ISME J. doi:10.1038/ismej.2013.202.

Ge H., Zhang* C.L., Dang H., Zhu C., Jia G. 2013. Distribution of tetraether lipids in surface sediments of the northern South China Sea: Implications for TEX86 proxies. Geoscience Frontiers 4: 223-229. (Corresponding author, IF not available).

Briggs B.R., Brodie E.L., Tom L. M., Dong* H., Jiang H., Huang Q., Wang S., Hou W., Wu G., Huang L., Hedlund B.P., Zhang C.L., Dijkstra P., Hungate B. 2013. Seasonal patterns in microbial communities inhabiting the hot springs of Tengchong, Yunnan Province, China. Environ. Microbiol. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12311.

Dang* H., Zhou H., Yang J., Ge H., Jiao N., Luan X., Zhang* C. L., and Klotz M. 2013. Environment-dependent distribution of benthic Thaumarchaeota with ammonia-oxidizing and CO2-fixing potential in the Northern South China Sea. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 79: 2137–2147.

Liu* W., Wang H., Zhang* C. L., He Y. 2013. Distribution of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether lipids along the altitude on Mt. Xiangpi of the northern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. Org. Geochem. 57: 76–83.

Boyd* E. Hamilton T. L., Wang J., He L., Zhang C. L. 2013. The role of tetraether lipid composition in the adaptation of thermophilic archaea to acidity. Frontiers in Terrestrial Microbiology. 4: doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00062.

Pu* Y., Nace T., Meyers P. A., Zhang H., Wang Y., Zhang C. L. Shao X. 2013. Paleoclimate changes of the last 1000 yr on the eastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau recorded by elemental, isotopic, and molecular organic matter proxies in sediment from glacial Lake Ximencuo. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 379–380: 39–53.

Yang* G., Zhang* C.L., Xie S., Gao M., Ge Z., Yang Z. 2013. Microbial glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers lipids from water and soil at the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River. Org. Geochem. 56: 40–50 (co-corresponding author, IF 2.67).

Yang J., Jiang* H., Dong* H., Wang H., Wu G., Hou W., Liu W., Zhang C. L., Sun Y., and Lai Z. 2013. amoA-encoding archaea and crenarchaeol in the lakes on the northeastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China. Frontiers in Terrestrial Microbiology. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00329.

Wang H., Liu* W., Zhang* C. L., Liu Z., He Y. 2013. Branched and isoprenoid tetraether (BIT) index traces water content along two marsh-soil transects surrounding Lake Qinghai: Implications for paleo-humidity variation. Org. Geochem. 59: 75–81.

Wang H., Liu* W., Zhang* C.L., Jiang H., Dong H., Lu H., Wang J. 2013. Assessing the ratio of archaeol to caldarchaeol as a salinity proxy in highland lakes on the northeastern Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau.Org. Geochem. 54:69–77.

Wang S., Hou W., Jiang H., Dong* H., Huang L., Wu G., Zhang C. L., Song Z., Zhang Y., Ren H. 2013。Control of Temperature on Microbial Community Structure in Hot Springs of the Tibetan Plateau. PlosOne. 8：e62901.

Zhang* C. L., Wang J., Dodsworth J. A., Williams A. J., Zhu C., Hinrichs K,-U., Zheng F., Hedlund B. P. 2013. In Situ Production of Branched Glycerol Dialkyl Glycerol Tetraethers in a Great Basin Hot Spring. Frontiers in Terrestrial Microbiology doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00181.

Hou W., Wang S., Dong* H., Jiang H., Briggs B.R., Peacock J. P., Huang Q., Huang L., Wu G., Zhi X., Li W., Dodsworth J. A., Hedlund B.P.,Zhang C. L., Harnett H., Dijkstra P., and Hungate B. 2013. A Comprehensive Census of Microbial Diversity in Hot Springs of Tengchong, Yunnan Province China Using 16S rRNA Gene Pyrosequencing. PlosOne doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053350.

Li F., Zhang* C.L., Dong H., Li W. 2013. Environmental controls on the distribution of archaeal lipids in Tibetan hot springs: Insight into the application of organic proxies for biogeochemical processes. Environ. Microbiol. Report doi:10.1111/1758-2229.12089.

Paraiso J. J., Williams A. J., Huang Q., Wei Y., Dijkstra P., Hungate B. A., Dong H., Hedlund* B. P., Zhang* C. L. 2013. Environmental controls on the distribution and abundance of archaeal tetraether lipids in U.S. Great Basin hot springs. Front. Terrestr. Microbiol.  doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00247.

Hedlund*, B. P., Paraiso, J. J., Williams, A. J., Huang, Q., Wei, Y., Dijkstra, P., Hungate, B. A., Dong, H., and Zhang*, C. L. 2013. The distribution and abundance of branched glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (bGDGTs) in U.S. Great Basin hot springs. Front. Terrestr. Microbiol.doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00222.

Wu W., Zhang* C. L., Wang H., He L., Li W., Dong H. 2013. Impacts of temperature and pH on the distribution of archaeal lipids in Yunnan hot springs, China. Front. Terrestr. Microbiol. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00312.

Wu X., Dong* H., Zhang* C. L., Liu X., Hou W., Zhang J., and Jiang H. 2013. Evaluation of Glycerol Diakyl Glycerol Tetraether Proxies for Reconstruction of Paleo-climate and Environment on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Org. Geochem. 61: 45–56.

Schouten* S. et al. 2013. (69 coauthors including Zhang, C.L.): An interlaboratory study of TEX86 and BIT analysis of sediments, extracts and standard mixtures, Geophys. Geochem. Geosyst., doi: 10.1002/2013GC004904.

2012(10) 

Zhang* C.L. Wang. J., Wei Y., Zhu C., Huang L., Dong H. 2012. Production of branched tetraether lipids in the lower Pearl River and estuary: effects of extraction methods and impact on bGDGT proxies. Front. Terrestr. Microbiol. 2: doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00274.

Jia* G., Zhang J., Chen J., Peng P., Zhang C.L. Subsurface water temperatures recorded by archaeal tetraether lipids in the South China Sea. Organic Geochem. 50: 68–77. (contributing author 15%, IF 2.67)

Jiang* H., Zhang Q., Dong R. M., Xiao H., Wang S., Jiao L., Huang L., Dong C. Z., Zhang C.L., Dong H. L. 2012. The planktonic actinobacterial response to the construction of the Three Gorges Dam of the Yangtze River, China. Geomicrobiol. J. 29:114–123.  (contributing author 10%, IF 2.52).

Wang H., Liu* W., Zhang* C.L., Wang Z., Wang J., Liu Z., Dong H. 2012. Distribution of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers (GDGTs) in surface sediments of Lake Qinghai and surrounding soils. Org. Geochem. 47: 78–87. (co-corresponding author, IF 2.67).

Jiang* H., Dong C.Z., Huang Q., Wang G., Fang B., Zhang C., and Dong H. 2012. Actinobacterial diversity in hot springs in central and central-eastern Tibet, China. Geomicrobiol. J. 29: 520-527. (contributing author 10%, IF 2.52).

Wang S, Dong R. M., Dong C. Z., Huang L., Jiang H. *， Wei Y., Feng L., Liu D., Yang G., Zhang C., and Dong H.*. 2012. Diversity of microbial plankton across the Three Gorges Dam of the Yangtze River, China. Geoscience Frontiers 3(3): 335-349. (contributing author 10%, IF not available).

He L., Zhang* C.L., Dong H., Fang B., Wang G. 2012. Distribution of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in Tibetan hot springs. Geoscience Frontier 3: 289-300. (Corresponding author, IF not available).

Bazylinski* D.A., Williams, T.J., Lefevre C.T., Berg R.J., Zhang C.L., Bowser S.S., Dean A.J., Beveridge T.J. 2012. Magnetococcus marinusgen. nov., sp. nov., a marine, magnetotactic bacterium that represents a novel lineage (Magnetococcales ord. nov.) at the base of theAlphaproteobacteria. Intl’ J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.038927-0. (contributing author,10%, IF 2.92)

Song Z., Wang F., Zhi X., Chen J., Zhou E., Liang F., Xiao X., Tang S., Jiang* H., Zhang C.L., Dong H., Li* W. 2012. Bacterial and archaeal diversities in Yunnan and Tibetan hot springs, China. Environ. Microbiol. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.12025.  (contributing author 15%, IF 5.34)

2011(7)

Zheng Y., Zhou* W., Liu X., Zhang C.L. 2011. n-Alkan-2-one distributions in a northeastern China peat core spanning the last 16 kyr. Org. Geochem. 42: 25–30. (contributing author 15%, IF 2.67)

Yang H., Ding W., Zhang C.L., Wu X., Ma X., He G., Huang J., Hu C., Xie* S. 2011. Occurrence of tetraether lipids in stalagmites: Implications for sources and GDGT-based proxies. Org. Geochem. 42: 108–115. (contributing author 10%, IF 2.67)

Zhang* Y.G., Zhang* C.L., Liu X., Li L., Hinrichs K-U., Noakes J.E. 2011. Methane Index: a tetraether archaeal lipid biomarker proxy for detecting the instability of marine gas hydrates. EPSL 307: 525-534. (co-corresponding author, IF 4.42).

Hu A.Y., Jiao* N., Zhang C.L. 2011. Community structure and function of planktonic Crenarchaeota: Changes with depth in the South China Sea. Microbiol Ecol. DOI 10.1007/s00248-011-9866-z (contributing author 30%, IF 3.73)

Wei Y., Wang J., Liu J., Dong L., Wang P., Zhao M., Li* L., Zhang* C.L. 2011. Spatial Variations in Archaeal Lipids of Surface Water and Core-Top Sediments in the South China Sea: Implications for Paleoclimate Studies. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77: 7479–7489. (corresponding author, IF 4.72).

Huang Q. Dong C. Z., Dong R. M., Wang S., Jiang* H., Wang G., Fang B., Ding X., Niu L., Li X., Zhang C. L., Dong* H. 2011. Diversity of Archaea and Bacteria in Hot Springs on the Tibetan Plateau, China. Extremophiles 15:549–563. (contributing author 10%, IF 2.42).

Boyd* E. S., Pearson A., Pi Y., Li W., Zhang Y., He L., Zhang C.L., Geesey G.G. 2011. Temperature and pH Controls on Glycerol Dialkyl Glycerol Tetraether Lipid Composition in the Hyperthermophilic Crenarchaeote Acidilobus sulfurireducens. Extremophiles 15: 59-65. (contributing author 10%, IF 2.43)

2010(4)

Song Z., Chen J., Zhou E., Tang S., Zhi X., Zhang L., Zhang C. L., Li* W. 2010. Diversity of Crenarchaeota in Terrestrial Hot Springs in Tengchong, China. Extremophiles 14:287–296. (Contributing  author; 15%; IF: 2.42).

Jiang* H., Huang Q., Dong H., Wang P., Li W., Zhang* C.L. 2010. RNA-Based Investigation of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea in Hot Springs of Yunnan Province, China. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76: 4538–4541. (co-corresponding author; IF: 4.72).

Wang* P., Li T., Hu A., Wei Y., Guo W., Jiao N., Zhang* C.L. 2010 Community structure of archaea from deep-sea sediments of the South China Sea. Microbiol. Ecol. 4:796-806. (co-corresponding author, IF 3.73)

Zhao W., Song Z., Jiang H., Li W., Mu X., Wiegel J., Romanek C., Dong H., Zhang* C.L. 2010. Ammonia-oxidizing archaea in Kamchatka hot springs. Geomicrobiol. J. 28:149–159. (corresponding author; IF: 2.52).

2009(9)

Ye G., Wang S., Jiang L., Xiao X., Noakes J., Zhang C.L., Wang* F. 2009. Distribution and diversity of bacteria and archaea affected by gas hydrates at MC 118 in the Gulf of Mexico. Geomicrobiol. J. 26: 370-381. (Co-corresponding author; IF: 2.52).

Liu B., Ye G., Wang F., Bell R., Short T., Noakes J., Zhang* C.L. 2009. Planktonic archaeal community structure of water column in the Gulf of Mexico MC 118. Geomicrobiol. J. 26: 363-369. (Corresponding author; IF: 2.52).

Pi Y., Ye Q., Jiang H., Li S., Wang P., Noakes J., Culp R., Dong H., Zhang* C.L. 2009. Archaeal Lipids and 16S rRNA Genes Characterizing Non-hydrate and Hydrate-Impacted Sediments in the Gulf of Mexico. Geomicrobiol. J. 26: 227-237. (Corresponding author; IF: 2.52).

Costa K.C., Navarro J.B., Shock E.L., Zhang C.L., Soukup D., Hedlund* B.P. 2009. Microbiology and Geochemistry of Great Boiling and Mud Hot Springs in the United States Great Basin. Extremophiles. 13:447-459. (Contributing author, 5%; IF: 2.42)

Wagner D., Ahmed S., Zhao W., Zhang C.L., Romanek C.S., Rohde M., Wiegel* J. 2009. Caldanaerovirga acetigignens gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic xylanolytic, alkalithermophilic bacterium isolated from Trego Hot Spring, Nevada, USA. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 59: 2685-2691. (Contributing author, 10%; IF: 2.92)

Wang* F., Zhou H., Meng J., Peng X., Jiang L., Sun P., Zhang C.L., Van Nostrand J., Deng Y., He Z., Wu L., Zhou* J., Xiao X. 2009. GeoChip-based analysis of metabolic diversity of microbial communities at the Juan de Fuca Ridge hydrothermal vent. Proc. Nat’l Acad. Sci. USA 106: 4840–4845. (Contributing author, 10%; IF: 10.37)

Jiang L.J., Zheng Y.P., Peng X.T., Zhou H.Y., Zhang C.L., Xiao X., Wang* F.P. 2009. Vertical distribution and diversity of sulfate-reducing prokaryotes in the Pearl River estuarine sediments, Southern China. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 70: 93-106. (Contributing author, 5%; IF: 3.73)

Bagwell* C.E., Qi Y., Formolo M., Lyons T., Zhang C.L. 2009. Direct analysis of sulfate reducing bacterial communities in the environment by PCR and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). J. Basic Microbiol. 49: 1-6. (Contributing author, 15%; IF: 1.07).

Song Z., Jiang H., Zhi X., Chen J., Xu L., Zhang C.L., and Li* W.-J. 2009. Actinobacterial Diversity in Hot Springs in Tengchong (China), Kamchatka (Russia), and Nevada (USA). Geomicrobiol. J. 26:256–263 (Contributing author, 15%; IF: 2.52).

2008 (7)
Zhang* C.L., Ye Q., Huang Z., Li W., Chen J., Song Z., Zhao W., Bagwell C., Inskeep B., Ross C.， Gao L., Wiegel J., Romanek C.S.， Shock E. L.， Hedlund B. P. 2008. Global occurrence of putative archaeal amoA genes from terrestrial hot springs. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74: 6417-6426. (Corresponding author; IF 4.72).
Smith J.L., Campbell B.J., Hanson T. E., Zhang C.L., Cary* S.C. 2008. Nautilia profundicola sp. nov., a thermophilic, sulfur-reducing epsilonproteobacterium from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Intl’ J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 58, 1598–1602. (Contributing author, 20%; IF 2.92).
Pearson* A., Pi Y., Zhao W., Li W., Li Y., Inskeep W., Bonch-Osmolavskaya L., Romanek C., Li S., Zhang* C.L. 2008. Factors controlling the distribution of archaeal tetraethers in terrestrial hot springs. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.74: 3523–3532. (Co-corresponding author; IF: 4.72)
Wagner I.D., Zhao W.D., Zhang C.L., Romanek C.S., Rohde M., Wiegel* J. 2008. Thermoanaerobacter uzonensis sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring within the Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka, Far East Russia. Int’l J. System. Evol. Microbiol. 58: 2565-2573. (Contributing author, 10%; IF 2.92).
Zhao W., Zhang C.L., Romanek C., Wiegel* J. 2008. Description of Caldalkalibacillus uzonensis sp. nov. and emended description of the genus Caldalkalibacillus. Int’l. J. System. Evol. Microbiol. 58: 1106–1108. (Contributing author, 10%; IF 2.92).
Huang X., Xie* S., Jiao D., Huang J., Yu J., Zhang C.L., Jin F., Gu Y. 2008. Distribution of aliphatic des-A-triterpenoids in the Dajiuhu peat deposit, southern China. Org. Geochem. 39:1765–1771. (Contributing author, 10%; IF: 2.67).
Jiang, H., Dong*, H., Yu, B., Ye, Q., Ji, S., Liu, Y., Shen, J., Zhang C.L. 2008. Dominance of putative marine benthic Archaea in Qinghai Lake, north-western China. Environ. Microbiol. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01661.x (Contributing author, 15%; IF: 5.34).

2007 (5)
Zhang* C.L., Huang Z., Li Y.-L., Romanek C. S., Mills G., Wiegel J., Culp R., Noakes J., White D. C. 2007. Lipid biomarkers, carbon isotopes, and phylogenetic characterization of bacteria in California and Nevada hot springs. Geomicrobiol. J. 24: 519-534. (Corresponding author; IF:2.52).
Huang Z., Wiegel J., Zhou J., Hedlund B., Zhang* C.L. 2007. Molecular phylogeny of uncultivated Crenarchaeota in Great Basin hot springs of moderately elevated temperature. Geomicrobiol. J. 24: 535-542. (Corresponding author; IF: 2.52).
Boyd* E. S., Jackson R. A., Encarnacion G., Zahn J. A., Beard T., Leavitt W.D., Pi Y., Zhang C. L., Pearson A., D’Imperio S., McDermott T. R., Geesey G. G. 2007. Isolation, characterization, and ecology of sulfur-respiring Crenarchaea inhabiting acid-sulfate-chloride geothermal springs in Yellowstone National Park. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.73: 6669-6677. (Contributing author,10%; IF: 4.72).

Li Y.-L., Peacock A., White D.C., Geyer R., Zhang* C.L. 2007. Spatial patterns of bacterial signature biomarkers in marine sediments of the Gulf of Mexico. Chem. Geol. 238: 168-179.(Corresponding author; IF: 4.15).
Jiang H., Dong* H., Yu B., Li Y., Ji S., Liu X., Zhang C.L. 2007. Microbial response to salinity change in Lake Chaka, a hypersaline lake on the Tibetan Plateau. Environ. Microbiol. 9:2603-2621. (Contributing author, 20%; IF: 5.34).

2006 (7)
Zhang* C.L., Pearson A., Li Y.-L., Mills G., Wiegel J. 2006. A thermophilic temperature optimum for crenarchaeol and its implication for archaeal evolution. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 4419-4422. (Corresponding author; IF: 4.72).
Williams T.J., Zhang C.L., Scott J.H., Bazylinski* D.A. 2006. Evidence for autotrophy via the reverse tricarboxylic acid cycle in the marine magnetotactic coccus strain MC-1. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 1322-1329. (Contributing author, 40%; IF: 4.72).
Yan T., Ye Q., Zhou J., Zhang* C.L. 2006. Diversity of functional genes for methanotrophs in sediments associated with gas hydrates and hydrocarbon seeps in the Gulf of Mexico. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 57: 251-259. (Corresponding author; IF: 3.73).
Li Y.-L., Vali H., Yang J., Phelps T. J., Zhang* C. L. 2006. Reduction of iron oxides enhanced by a sulfate-reducing bacterium and biogenic H2S. Geomicrobiol. J. 23: 103-117. (Corresponding author; IF: 2.52).
Zhao W., Carolyn Weber C.， Zhang C.L., Romanek C.S., King G. ，Mills G., Tatyana Sokolova T，Wiegel* J.2006. Thermalkalibacillus uzonensis gen. nov. sp. nov, a novel aerobic alkali-tolerant thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring in Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka. Extremophiles. 10: 337-345. (Contributing author, 15%; IF: 2.42).
Tuo* J., Zhang M., Wang X., Zhang C.L. 2006. Hydrogen isotope ratios of aliphatic and diterpenoid hydrocarbons in coals and carbonaceous mudstones from the Liaohe Basin, China. Org. Geochem. 37: 165-176. (Contributing author, 50%; IF: 2.67).
Yao* S., Hu W., Cao J., Xue C., Zhang C.L. 2006. A comparative study of artificial maturation of peat, brown coal and subbituminous coal: implications for coalification. Int’l. Coal Geol. 66: 108-118. (Contributing author, 35%; IF: 1.67)

2005 (3)
Pancost* R.D., Zhang C.L., Tavacoli J., Talbot H.M., Farrimond P., Schouten S., Damste J.S.S., Sassen R. 2005. Lipid biomarkers preserved in hydrate-associated authigenic carbonate rocks of the Gulf of Mexico. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 227: 48-66. (Contributing author, 20%; IF: 2.61).
Zhang* C.L., Huang Z., Cantu J., Pancost R. D, Brigmon, R. L., Lyons T. W., Sassen R. 2005. Lipid Biomarkers and Carbon-Isotope Signatures of a Microbial (Beggiatoa) Mat Associated with Gas Hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 2106-2112. (Corresponding author; IF: 4.72).
Zhang, G., Dong*, H., Xu, Z., Zhao, D., Zhang, C.L. 2005. Bacterial diversity in ultra-high pressure rocks and fluids from the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling in China. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 3213-3227. (Contributing author, 15%; IF: 4.72).

2004 (8)

Pearson* A., Huang Z., Ingalls A. E., Romanek C.S., Wiegel J., Freeman K.H., Smittenberg R.H., Zhang* C.L. 2004. Nonmarine crenarchaeol in Nevada hot springs. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70: 5229–5237. (Corresponding author; IF: 4.72).
Zhang* C.L., Fouke B.W., Bonheyo G., Peacock A., White D.C., Huang Y., Romanek C.S. 2004. Lipid biomarkers and carbon-isotopes of modern travertine deposits (Yellowstone National Park, USA): Implications for biogeochemical dynamics in hot-spring systems. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 68: 3157–3169. (Corresponding author; IF: 4.42).
Zhang* C.L., Lanoil B. 2004. Geomicrobiology and biogeochemistry of gas hydrates and cold seeps. Chem. Geol. 205: 187-194. (Corresponding author; IF: 4.15).

Formolo* M., Lyons T., Zhang C.L., Sassen R., Horita J., Cole, D.R. 2004. Quantifying carbon sources in the formation of authigenic carbonates at gas hydrate sites in the Gulf of Mexico. Chem. Geol. 205: 253-264. (Contributing author, 20%; IF: 4.15).
Sassen* R., Roberts, H.H., Milkov A.V., Carney R., DeFreitas D.A., Lanoil B, Zhang C.L. 2004. Free hydrocarbon gas, gas hydrate, and authigenic minerals in chemosynthetic communities of the northern Gulf of Mexico continental slope: relation to microbial processes. Chem. Geol. 205:195- 217. (Contributing author, 15%; IF: 4.15).
Vali* H., Weiss B., Li Y.-L., Sears S. K., Kim S. S., Kirschvink J.L., Zhang C.L. 2004. Formation of tabular single domain magnetite induced by Geobacter metallireducens GS-15. Proc. Nat’l Acad. Sci. USA 101: 16121–16126. (Contributing author, 25%; IF: 10.37).
Li Y., Yang J., Deng B., Vali H., Zhang* C.L. 2004. Iron reduction and alteration of nontronite NAu-2 by a sulfate-reducing bacterium. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 68: 3251–3260. (Corresponding author; IF:4.42).
Ye Q., Roh Y., Carroll S.L., Blair B., Zhou J., Zhang C.L., Fields* M.W. 2004. Alkaline Anaerobic Respiration: Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Alkaliphilic and Metal-Reducing Bacterium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70: 5595–5602. (Corresponding author; IF: 4.72).

2003 (5)
Zhang* C.L., Li Y., Ye Q., Fong J., Peacock A.D., Blunt E., Fang J., Lovley, D.R., White D.C. 2003. Carbon isotope signatures of fatty acids in Geobacter metallireducens and Shewanella Algae. Chem. Geol. 195: 17-28. (Corresponding author; IF: 4.15).
Lyons* T.W., Zhang C.L., Romanek C.S. 2003. Isotopic Records of Microbially Mediated Processes. Chem. Geol. 195: 1-4. (Contributing author, 25%; IF: 4.15).
Romanek* C.S., Zhang C.L., Li Y., Horita J., Vali H., Cole D.R., Phelps T.J. 2003. Carbon and hydrogen isotope fractionations associated with dissimilatory iron-reducing bacteria. Chem.Geol. 195: 5-16. (Contributing author, 50%; IF: 4.15).
Zhang* C.L., Pancost R.D., Qian Y., Sassen R., Macko S.A. 2003. Archaeal lipid biomarkers and isotopic evidence of anaerobic methane oxidation associated with gas hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico. Org. Geochem. 34: 827-834. (Corresponding author; IF: 2.67).
Roh* Y., Zhang C.L., Vali H., Lauf R.J., Zhou J., Phelps T.J. 2003. BIOGEOCHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN Fe BIOMINERALIZATION: MAGNETITE AND SIDERITE FORMATION. Clays and Clay Minerals 51: 83-95. (Contributing author, 25%; IF: 1.67).

2002 (4)
Zhang* C.L., Ye Q., Goetz D., Reysenbach A.-L., Peacock A., White D.C., Horita J., Cole D.R., Fong J., Pratt L., Fang J., Huang Y. 2002. Carbon isotopic fractionations associated with thermophilic bacteria Thermotoga maritima and Persephonella marina. Environ. Microbiol. 4:58-64. (Corresponding author; IF: 5.34).

Zhang* C.L. 2002. Stable carbon isotopes of lipid biomarkers: analysis of metabolites and metabolic fates of environmental microorganisms. Curr. Opinion Biotechnol. 13: 25-30. (Correspondingauthor; IF: 8.02).
Zhang* C.L., Li Y., Wall J.D., Larsen L., Sassen R., Huang Y., Wang Y., Peacock A., White D.C., Horita J., Cole D.R. 2002. Lipid and carbon isotopic evidence of methane-oxidizing and sulfate-reducing bacteria in association with gas hydrates from the Gulf of Mexico. Geology 30:239-242. (Corresponding author; IF: 4.16).
Powers, L.G., Mills H.J., Palumbo A.V., Zhang C., K. Delaney K., Sobecky* P.A. 2002.Introduction of a plasmid-encoded phoA gene for constitutive overproduction of alkaline phosphatase in three subsurface Pseudomonas isolates. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 41: 115-123.(Contributing author, 10%; IF: 3.73).

2001 (4)
Zhang* C.L., Horita J., Cole D.R., Zhou, J., Lovley, D.R., Phelps T.J. 2001. Temperature-dependent oxygen and carbon isotope fractionations of biogenic siderite. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 65:2257-2271. (Corresponding author; IF: 4.42).
Roh Y., Zhang C.L., McMillian A.D., Lauf R.J., Phelps* T.J. 2001. Microbial synthesis and the characterization of metal-substituted magnetite. Solid State Communications 118: 529-534.(Contributing author, 25%; IF: 1.63).
Zhou* J.-Z., Liu S., Xia B.-C., Zhang C.L., Palumbo A.V., Phelps T.J. 2001. Molecular characterization of thermophilic iron-reducing enrichment cultures from deep subsurface environments. J. Appl. Microbiol. 90: 96-105. (Contributing author, 15%; IF: 2.83).
Zhang C.L., Stapleton R. D., Zhou* J., Palumbo A.V., Phelps T.J. 1999. Iron reduction by psychrotrophic enrichment cultures. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 30: 367-371. (Leading author; IF: 2.27).

1991-1998 (11)
Zhang C., Grossman* E.L., Ammerman J.W. 1998. Factors influencing methane distribution in Texas aquifers. Ground Water 36: 58-66. (Corresponding author; IF: 1.77).
Zhang C., Palumbo* A.V., Phelps, T.J., Beauchamp J.J., Brockman F., Murray C., Parsons B., Swifts D. 1998. Grain size and depth constraints on microbial variability in coastal plain subsurface sediments.Geomicrobiol. J. 15: 171-185. (Leading author; IF: 2.52).
Zhang* C., Vali H., Romanek C.S., Phelps T.J., Liu V.L. 1998. Formation of single domain magnetite by a thermophilic iron-reducing bacterium. American Mineralogist 83: 1409-1418. (Corresponding author; IF: 2.33).
Zhang C., Liu S., Phelps* T.J., Cole D.R., Horita J., Fortier S. M., Elless M., Valley J.W. 1997. Physiochemical, mineralogical, and isotopic characterization of magnetite-rich iron oxides formed by thermophilic iron-reducing bacteria. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 61: 4621-4632. (Corresponding author; IF: 4.42).
Liu S., Zhou J., Zhang C., Cole D.R., Gajdarziska-Josifovska M., Phelps* T.J. 1997. Thermophilic Fe(III)-Reducing Bacteria from the Deep Subsurface: The Evolutionary Implications. Science 277:1106-1109. (Contributing author, 33%; IF: 30.63).
Zhang C., Pfiffner S.M., Scarborough S.P., Palumbo* A.V., Phelps T.J., Beauchamp J.J., Lehman R.M., Colwell F.S. 1997. Temporal and spatial variations of microbial properties in shallow subsurface sediments. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 63-65: 797-808. (Leading author; IF: 1.49).
Chapatwala* K.D., Babu G.V., Armstead E., Palumbo A.V., Zhang C., Phelps T.J. 1996. Effect of micronutrients on microbial respiration in shallow coastal subsurface and vadose zone. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 57/58: 827-835. (Contributing author, 10%; IF: 1.49).

Palumbo* A.V., Scarborough S.P., Zhang C., Pfiffner S.M., Phelps T.J. 1996. Influence of media on measurement of bacterial populations: Numbers and diversity. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 57/58:905-914. (Contributing author, 25%; IF: 1.49).
Grossman* E.L., Mii H.-S., Zhang C., Yancey T.E. 1996. Chemical variation in Pennsylvanian brachiopod shells—Diagenetic, taxonomic, microstructural, and seasonal effect. J. Sed. Res. 66:1011-1022. (Contributing author, 25%; IF: 2.08).
Zhang C., Liu S., Logan J., Mazumder R., Phelps* T.J. 1996. Enhancement of Fe(III), Co(III), and Cr(VI) reduction at elevated temperatures and by a thermophilic bacterium. Appl. Biochem. Biotechnol.57/58: 923-932. (Leading author; IF: 1.49).
Grossman* E.L., Zhang C., Yancey T.E. 1991. Stable isotope stratigraphy of brachiopods from Pennsylvanian shales in Texas. Geol. Soc. Am. Bull. 103: 953-965. (Contributing author, 40%; IF:3.58).

A-2. Chapters in books or proceedings (all gone through editorial review, but not peer-reviewed)(9)
Zhang C.L., Hedlund B.P., Meng J. 2011. Diversity of archaea in terrestrial hot springs and role in ammonia oxidation. In Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology II: Metagenomics in Different Habitats. De Bruijn F.J., (ed.) John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey.
Li Y.L., Zhang C.L., Dong H.L. 2008. Advances in Geomicrobiological Studies. In: Advances in Earth Sciences, Vol IV, Environmental Geosciences. Zheng C.M. and Feng X.H.(eds.). Higher Education Press, Beijing. Pp. 1-24.
Jiao N., Zhang C.L., Chen F., Kan J., Zhang F. 2008. Frontiers and Technological Advances in Microbial Processes and Carbon Cycling in the Ocean. In Biological Oceanography ResearchTrends. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Hauppauge, NY. Pp. 217-267.
Zhang C.L., Brooks S., Jardine P.M., Vali H. 2003. Factors affecting microbial uranium reduction: Implications for bioremediation. In Proc. 2002 National Conf. Environ. Sci. Technol. Greensboro, NC. Uzochukwu G.A., Schimmel K., Reddy G.B., Chang S.Y., and Kabadi V.(eds.), Battelle Press, Columbus, Ohio. Pp. 99-109.
Palumbo A.V., Zhou J., Zhang C.L., Stapleton R.D., Kinsall B.L., Phelps T.M. 2002. Biotransformations and Biodegradation in Extreme Environments. In Industrial Microbiology,Bioremediation Technology for Health and Environmental Protection Singh V.P. and StapletonR.D. (eds.). Vol. 36. 636 pp. Elsevier.
Powers L.G., Mills H.J., Palumbo A.V., Zhang C.L., Sobecky P.A. 2001. Uranium Sequestration by Microbially Induced Phosphorus Bioavailability. Sixth International In situ and On-site Bioremediation Symposium.
Palumbo, A.V., Zhou J-Z., Phelps T.J., Kinsall B., Zhang C., Majer E.L., Peterson J.E., Griffin T., Pfiffner S.M. 1999. Ecology and bioremediation: a staged approach to site characterization. In Uzochukwu G.A. and Reddy G.B. (eds.). Proceedings of the 1998 National Conference on Environmental Remediation Science and Technology. Battelle Press, Columbus. pp. 195-204.
Zhang. C, Vali H., Liu S., Yul R., Cole D., Phelps T., Kirschvink J.L., McKay D. 1997. Formation of magnetite and Fe-rich carbonates by fermentative thermophilic bacteria: Implications for biogenic activities on early Mars. In Instruments, Methods, and Missions for the Investigation of Extraterrestrial Microorganisms. Hoover R.B. (ed.), v. 3111, p. 61-68.
Cole D.R., Wesolowski D.J., Horita J., Riciputi L.R., Zhang C., Liu S., Phelps T.J., Valley J.W. 1997. Iron oxides in industrial and geological systems: The good, the bad, and the beautiful. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on Hydrothermal Reactions. Palmer D.A. and Wesolowski D.J. (eds.),p. 125-128.