Education

1998, M.Sc., Botany, Xiamen University, China;

2006, Ph.D., Biochemistry and Molecular biology, Xiamen University, China.

Professional Experience

2009-2010, Postdoctoral fellow, Molecular and cell biology, University of California at Berkeley, USA;

1998-2000, Assistant professor, School of life sciences, Xiamen University, CHINA;

2000-2005, Lecturer, School of life sciences, Xiamen University, CHINA;

2005-Present, Associate Professor, School of life sciences, Xiamen University, CHINA.

Research Area

Applied & Environmental Microbiology, including: HABs Control Microbiology; Programmed cell death of Microalgae; Microalgal biofuels; Genetic engineer of Microalgae; Bioactive compounds with pharmaceutical potential from marine microorganisms.

Selected Publications

1. Jing Huang，Jing Wang, Hong Xu*. The circadian rhythms of photosynthesis, ATP content and cell division in Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7820. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 2014,36:3315-3323

2. Yi Li, Hong Zhu, Qiliang Lai, Xueqian Lei, Huajun Zhang, Zhangran Chen, Wei Zheng, Yun Tian, Hong Xu*, Tianling Zheng*. Litoribrevibacter albus gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from coastal seawater, Fujian province, China. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology, 2014,106(5):911-918.

3. Zhangran Chen,  Xueqian Lei, Qiliang Lai, Yi Li, Bangzhou Zhang, Jingyan Zhang, Huajun Zhang, Luxi Yang, Wei Zheng, Yun Tian，Zhiming Yu, Hong Xu*，Tianling Zheng*. Phaeodactylibacter xiamenensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Saprospiraceae isolated from the marine algae Phaeodactylum tricornutum .  International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2014, 64(10): 3496-3502. DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.063909-0

4.Zhangran Chen, Jingyan Zhang, Xueqian Lei, Bangzhou Zhang, Guangjing Cai, Huajun Zhang, Yi Li, Wei Zheng, Yun Tian, Hong Xu, Tianling Zheng*. Influence of plaque-forming bacterium, Rhodobacteraceae sp. on the growth of Chlorella vulgaris. Bioresource Technology, 2014,169:784-788.

5. Yi Li, Hong Zhu, Huajun Zhang, Zhangran Chen, Yun Tian, Hong Xu, Tianling Zheng*, Wei Zheng *. Toxicityof algicidal extracts from Mangrovimonas yunxiaonensis strain LY01 on a HAB causing Alexandrium tamarense.  Journal of Hazardous Materials. (2014), 278: 372-381.

6. Juan Wu，Luyang Zou，Qun’an Zeng，Hong Xu *. Expresssion and Localization of FtsZ from Spirulina platensis in Escherichia coli.  Plant Sci J，2013, 31(2): 171-177.

7. Luyang Zou, Juan Wu, Qun’an Zeng, Hong Xu *. The Function of FtsZ in Morphogenesis of Spirulina platensis. Acta Hydrobiol Sinica，2012, 36(5): 898-904.

8. Lisa Guo, Jun Zhang, Juan Wu, Hong Xu*. Morphological and biochemical changes of Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7806 subjected to dark and oxygen limitation. Acta Microbiol Sinica, 2012, 52(2): 228-235.

9. Chongyang Lin, Xiaowen Shen, Zhenkun Zhao, Hanzhi Wu, Hong Xu *. Photosynthesis and Differentially Expressed Proteins in Two Morphologic Filaments of Spirulina platensis. Chem J Chinese Universities, 2009(6): 1152-1157.

10.Hong Xu*，Qingqun Zheng，Hanzhi Wu. Studies on cloning of circadian clock genes and physical interaction among circadian clock proteins in Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7820. Chinese High Tech Letter, 2009,19(3):323-326