Publications | ZENG LAB - The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Zhou R, Jiang Y, Li H, Hou P, Kong W, Deng J, Chen Y, Zhou C, Zeng Q, 2024. Structure and assembly of the alpha-carboxysome in the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus. Nature Plants. PDF

Liu X, Zhang L, Shen R, Lu Q, Zeng Q, Zhang X, He Z, Rossetti S, and Wang S, 2023. Reciprocal interactions of abiotic and biotic dechlorination of chloroethenes in soil. Environmental Science & Technology. PDF
Cai L, Liu H, Zhang W, Xiao S, Zeng Q, Dang S, 2023. Cryo-EM structure of cyanophage P-SCSP1u offers insights into DNA gating and evolution of T7-like viruses. Nature Communications. PDF
Cai L, Li H, Deng J, Zhou R, Zeng Q, 2023. Biological interactions with Prochlorococcus: implications for the marine carbon cycle. Trends in Microbiology. PDF

Cai L, Chen Y, Xiao S, Liu R, He M, Zhang R, Zeng Q, 2022. Abundant and cosmopolitan lineage of cyanopodoviruses lacking a DNA polymerase gene. The ISME Journal. PDF
Zhao F, Lin X, Cai K, Jiang Y, Ni T, Chen Y, Feng J, Dang S, Zhou C.Z, Zeng Q, 2022. Biochemical and structural characterization of the cyanophage-encoded phosphate binding protein: implications for enhanced phosphate uptake of infected cyanobacteria. Environmental Microbiology PDF
Yan W, Feng X, Lin T, Huang X, Xie L, Wei S, Zhou K, Chen Y, Luo W, Xu W, Zhang W, Nawaz M, Luo Y, Zeng Q, Zhang R, Jiao N. 2022. Diverse subclade differentiation attributed to the ubiquity of Prochlorococcus high-light-adapted clade II. mBio, e0302721 PDF
Chen Z, Wang X, Song Y, Zeng Q, Zhang Y, Luo H, 2022. Prochlorococcus have low global mutation rate and small effective population size. Nature ecology & evolution, 6(2) 183-194 PDF

Zhang H, Sun Y, Zeng Q, Crowe S, Luo H, 2021. Snowball Earth, population bottleneck and Prochlorococcus evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(1963) 20211956 PDF
Xiao X, Guo W, Li X, Wang C, Chen X, Lin X, Weinbauer M, Zeng Q, Jiao N, Zhang R, 2021. Viral lysis alters the optical properties and biological availability of dissolved organic matter derived from Prochlorococcus picocyanobacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 87, e02271-02220 PDF

Chen Y, Zeng Q, 2020. Temporal transcriptional patterns of cyanophage genes suggest synchronized infection of cyanobacteria in the oceans. Microbiome, 8(1) 1-9 PDF
Demory D, Liu R, Chen Y, Zhao F, Coenen AR, Zeng Q, Weitz JS. 2020. Linking light-dependent life history traits with population dynamics for Prochlorococcus and cyanophage. mSystems, 5 e00586-19 PDF

Liu R, Liu Y, Chen Y, Zhan Y, Zeng Q, 2019. Cyanobacterial viruses exhibit diurnal rhythms during infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(28) 14077-82 PDF
Fang X, Liu Y, Zhao Y, Chen Y, Liu R, Qin Q, Li G, Zhang Y, Chan W, Hess W, Zeng Q, 2019. Transcriptomic responses of the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus to viral lysis products. Environmental Microbiology, 21(6) 2015-28 PDF

Xiao X, Zeng Q, Zhang R, Jiao N, 2018. Prochlorococcus viruses - From biodiversity to biogeochemical cycles. Science China Earth Sciences, 61 1728 PDF.
Zhan Y, Liu Y, Zeng Q, 2018. Photobleaching Enables Super-resolution Imaging of the FtsZ Ring in the Cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 141 e58603 PDF.
Fang X, Jiang Y, Li K, Zeng Q, 2018. F-CphI represents a new homing endonuclease family using the Endo VII catalytic motif. Mobile DNA, 9 27 PDF.
Yan W, Wei S, Wang Q, Xiao X, Zeng Q, Jiao N, Zhang R, 2018. Genome rearrangement shapes Prochlorococcus ecological adaptation. Applied and environmental microbiology, 84 e01178-18 PDF
Yan W, Zhang R, Wei S, Zeng Q, Xiao X, Wang Q, Yan H, Jiao N, 2018. Draft genome sequence of Prochlorococcus marinus strain XMU1401, isolated from the Western Tropical North Pacific Ocean. Genome Announc, 6 e01431-17 PDF

Liu R*, Liu Y*, Liu S, Wang Y, Li K, Li N, Xu D, Zeng Q, 2017. Three-dimensional superresolution imaging of the FtsZ ring during cell division of the cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus. mBio, 8 e00657-17 (*authors contributed equally) PDF
Zhao Z, Gonsior M, Luek J, Timko S, Ianiri H, Hertkorn N, Schmitt-Kopplin P, Fang X, Zeng Q, Jiao N, Chen F, 2017. Picocyanobacteria and deep-ocean fluorescent dissolved organic matter share similar optical properties. Nature Communications, 8 15284 PDF

Thompson* LR, Zeng Q*, Chisholm S, 2016, Gene expression patterns during light and dark infection of Prochlorococcus by cyanophage. PLoS One, 11 e0165375 (*authors contributed equally) PDF
Ni T, Zeng Q, 2016. Diel Infection of Cyanobacteria by Cyanophages. Frontier in Marine Science, 2 123. PDF
Lin X, Ding H, Zeng Q, 2016. Transcriptomic response during phage infection of a marine cyanobacterium under phosphorus-limited conditions. Environmental Microbiology, 18(2) 450-60 PDF

Wang D, Song T, Guo T, Zeng Q, Xie J, 2014. Electricity generation from sediment microbial fuel cells with algae-assisted cathodes. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 39(25) 13224-13230 PDF

Jiao N, Zhang C, Li C, Wang X, Dang H, Zeng Q, Zhang R, Zhang Y, Tang K, Zhang Z, Xu D, 2013. Controlling mechanisms and climate effects of microbial carbon pump in the ocean (in Chinese). Scientia Sinica Terrae, 43(1) 1-18 PDF

Zeng Q, Chisholm SW, 2012. Marine viruses exploit their host's two-component regulatory system in response to resource limitation. Current Biology, 22(2) 124-128 PDF
Roberts GS, Yu S, Zeng Q, Chan LCL, Anderson W, Colby AH, Grinstaff MW, Reid S, Vogel R, 2012. Tunable pores for measuring concentrations of synthetic and biological nanoparticle dispersions. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 31(1) 17-25 PDF

Thompson LR*, Zeng Q*, Kelly L, Huang KH, Coleman ML, Singer AU, Stubbe J, Chisholm SW, 2011. Phage auxiliary metabolic genes and the redirection of cyanobacterial host carbon metabolism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(39) E757-E764 (* authors contributed equally) PDF
Bonocora RP*, Zeng Q*, Abel EV, Shub DA, 2011. A homing endonuclease and the 50-nt ribosomal bypass sequence of phage T4 constitute a mobile DNA cassette. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108(39) 16351-16356 (*authors contributed equally) PDF

Zeng Q, Bonocora RP, Shub DA, 2009. A free-standing homing endonuclease targets an intron insertion site in the psbA gene of cyanophages. Current Biology, 19(3) 218-222 PDF

Fu X, Deng S, Su G, Zeng Q, Shi S, 2004. Isolating high-quality RNA from mangroves without liquid nitrogen. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 22 1-5
Wang T, Su Y, Li X, Zheng B, Chen G, Zeng Q, 2004. Genetic structure and variation in the relict populations of Alsophila Spinulosa from Southern China based on RAPD markers and cpDNA atpB-rbcL sequence data. Hereditas, 140(1) 8-17

Ting W, Su Y, Zheng B, Li X, Zeng Q, Qu L, Gu H, 2003. Cladistic analysis of chloroplast rbcL gene and trnL-trnF intergenic spacer sequences in Taxaceae and related taxa. in Plant Genome: biodiversity and evolution, Volume 1 ed Sharma A.K, Sharma A. (Science publisher INC)
Wang T, Su Y, Zheng B, Li X, Chen G, Zeng Q. 2003. Phylogenetic analysis of the chloroplast trnL intron and trnL-trnF intergenic spacer sequences of the Cyatheaceae plants from China. Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany, 11(2) 137-142

Li X, Zheng B, Xu Y, Chen G, Zeng Q, Wang T, 2002. RAPD analysis of six Chinese Cyatheaceae plants. Sun Yat-sen Forum, 22(1) 227-231