Xiaojun Wang

This paper identifies a probiotic bacterium with persistent colonization in corals using evolutionary genomic markers, showing improved thermal tolerance and survival during bleaching.

The paper expands the diversity of nod-free Bradyrhizobium strains and shows that NF-independent nodulation is common in this supergroup.

This study shows that the reverse dissimilatory sulfite reductase (rDsr) pathway can independently oxidize thiosulfate under low oxygen conditions, supporting its ecological role in marine sediments.

The paper investigates genome reduction in marine bacterioplankton, finding that neutral processes like genetic drift, not streamlining selection, drive genome size reduction in the Roseobacter group.