Jizhong Z. Zhou

The paper investigates how viral anti-defense systems vary with genomic traits, host immunity, and environmental stress across microbial ecosystems.

The paper shows reduced precipitation increases microbial uptake and processing of rhizodeposit carbon near roots in grasslands, altering carbon cycling without plant stress.

The paper uses controlled enrichments along ecological gradients to uncover eco-evolutionary forces shaping microbial biodiversity in subsurface sediment.

This study identifies a new PAO genus, Candidatus Dermatophostum, in wastewater treatment systems and proposes a ppk1-based classification framework for Dermatophilaceae PAOs.

This study shows heatwave conditions alter active nitrifying communities and their viruses in tidal flats and agricultural soils, affecting nutrient cycling.

The paper examines microbial community diversity in a uranium-contaminated aquifer, finding reduced taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity but stable functional diversity.

The paper updates GapMind to include novel enzymes for amino acid biosynthesis, reducing pathway gaps in prokaryotes from 1.4 to 0.7 per genome.

PlasmidHunter predicts plasmid sequences from genomic and metagenomic data using gene content profiles and machine learning, achieving high accuracy and speed.

This study analyzes RNA virus diversity in wastewater treatment plants, identifying new viral lineages and their ecological and health implications.

EcoFun-MAP is a metagenomic analysis pipeline designed for ecological function annotation, offering multiple workflows and a web interface to analyze environmental samples.

This study evaluates the impact of switchgrass cultivation on soil carbon and methane consumption in two degraded soils, finding increased carbon and reduced methane consumption in specific soil types.