Mei Xie

This paper describes the isolation and characterization of Ruegeria persistens sp. nov., a coral-associated bacterium that persists in a coral holobiont over eight months.

The paper identifies a coral probiotic strain with enhanced thermal tolerance and characterizes its genomic and functional traits associated with long-term host association.

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 isolates two new CHAB-I-5 strains, analyzes their genomes, and proposes a new genus and species, highlighting ecological and physiological differences.

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.