Xiang Xiao

Distinguished Professor/National Distinguished Young Scholars

Personal Info

Email: zjxiao2018@sjtu.edu.cn

 

Education and Research Experience

Bachelor's degree, Huazhong Agricultural University, China (1990)

PhD's degree, Huazhong Agricultural University, China (1998)

Post-Doctoral, Osnabrueck University, German (1999-2001)

Professor, Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, China (2001-2008)

Distinguished Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China (2009-now)

 

Research Area 

Simulation of extreme environment in deep sea

Environmental adaptation mechanism of deep-sea extremophiles

Microbial Oceanography

 

Selected Publications

Hao Leng, Weishu Zhao, and Xiang Xiao *. (2022) Cultivation and metabolic insights of an uncultured clade, Bacteroidetes VC2. 1 Bac22 (Candidatus Sulfidibacteriales ord. nov.), from deep‐sea hydrothermal vents. Environmental Microbiology, 24(5): 2484-2501 https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15931 pdf

 

Han Wang, Yu Zhang *, Douglas H. Bartlett, Xiang Xiao. (2021) Transcriptomic analysis reveals common adaptation mechanisms under different stresses for moderately piezophilic bacteria. Microbial Ecology, 81(3): 617-629. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-020-01609-3 pdf

 

Yinzhao Wang*, Gunter Wegener, Tom A. Williams, Ruize Xie, Jialin Hou, Chen Tian, Yu Zhang, Fengping Wang, Xiang Xiao*. (2021). A methylotrophic origin of methanogenesis and early divergence of anaerobic multi-carbon alkane metabolism. Science Advances, 7:eabj1453. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abj1453 pdf

 

Yi Yang, Weishu Zhao*, Xiang Xiao. (2021). The upper temperature limit of life under high hydrostatic pressure in the deep biosphere. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 176: 103604. (Cover article) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103604 pdf

 

Xiang Xiao*, Yu Zhang, Fengping Wang. (2021). Hydrostatic pressure is the universal key driver of microbial evolution in the deep ocean and beyond. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 13(1), 68-72.  https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12915 pdf

 

Huahua Jian, Guanpeng Xu, Yi Yi, Yali Hao, Yinzhao Wang, Lei Xiong, Siyuan Wang, Shun-zhang Liu, Canxing Meng, Jiahua Wang, Yue Zhang, Chao Chen, Xiaoyuan Feng, Haiwei Luo, Hao Zhang, Xingguo Zhang, Lianrong Wang, Zhijun Wang, Zixin Deng, Xiang Xiao*. (2021). The origin and impeded dissemination of the DNA phosphorothioation system in prokaryotes. Nature Communications, 12(1): 6382. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26636-7 pdf

 

Jiahao Gu, Xiaojun Wang, Xiaopan Ma,Ying Sun, Xiang Xiao*, Haiwei Luo*. (2021). Unexpectedly high mutation rate of a deep-sea hyperthermophilic anaerobic archaeon. The ISME Journal, 15(6), 1862-1869. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-00888-5 pdf

 

Huahua Jian, Yi Yi, Jiahua Wang, Yali Hao, Mujie Zhang, Siyuan Wang, Canxing Meng, Yue Zhang, Hongmei Jing, Yinzhao Wang, Xiang Xiao*. (2021). Diversity and distribution of viruses inhabiting the deepest ocean on Earth. The ISME Journal, 15: 3094–3110. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-00994-y pdf

 

Shanshan Yang, Yongxin Lv, Xipeng Liu, Yinzhao Wang, Qilian Fan, Zhifeng Yang, Nico Boon, Fengping Wang, Xiang Xiao, Yu Zhang*. (2020). Genomic and enzymatic evidence of acetogenesis by anaerobic methanotrophic archaea. Nature Communications, 11(1):1-1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17860-8 pdf

 

Jialin Hou, Stefan M. Sievert, Yinzhao Wang, Jeff S. Seewald, Vengadesh Perumal Natarajan, Fengping Wang*, Xiang Xiao*. (2020). Microbial succession during the transition from active to inactive stages of deep-sea hydrothermal vent sulfide chimneys. Microbiome, 8:102. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-020-00851-8 pdf

 

Weishu Zhao, Xiaopan Ma, Xiaoxia Liu, Huahua Jian, Yu Zhang, Xiang Xiao*. (2020). Cross-stress adaptation in a piezophilic and hyperthermophilic archaeon from deep sea hydrothermal vent. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11: 2081. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.02081 pdf

 

Yinzhao Wang, Gunter Wegener, Jialin Hou, Fengping Wang, Xiang Xiao*. (2019). Expanding anaerobic alkane metabolism in the domain of Archaea. Nature Microbiology, 4: 595-602. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0364-2 pdf

 

Yu Zhang, Xuegong Li, Douglas H Bartlett, Xiang Xiao*. (2015). Current developments in marine microbiology: high-pressure biotechnology and the genetic engineering of piezophiles. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 33: 157-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2015.02.013 pdf

 

Fengping Wang*, Yu Zhang, Ying Chen, Ying He, Ji Qi, Kai-Uwe Hinrichs, Xinxu Zhang, Xiang Xiao*, Nico Boon. (2014). Methanotrophic archaea possessing diverging methane-oxidizing and electron-transporting pathways. The ISME journal, 8(5): 1069-1078. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2013.212 pdf

 

Jun Meng, Jun Xu, Dan Qin, Ying He, Xiang Xiao, Fengping Wang*. (2014). Genetic and functional properties of uncultivated MCG archaea assessed by metagenome and gene expression analyses. The ISME Journal, 8(3): 650-659. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2013.174 pdf

 

Ying Chen, Fengping Wang, Jun Xu, Muhammad Aamer Mehmood, Xiang Xiao*. (2011). Physiological and evolutionary studies of NAP systems in Shewanella piezotolerans WP3. The ISME journal, 5(5): 843-855. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2010.182 pdf

 

Wei Xie, Fengping Wang, Lei Guo, Zeling Chen, Stefan M Sievert, Jun Meng, Guangrui Huang, Yuxin Li, Qingyu Yan, Shan Wu, Xin Wang, Shangwu Chen, Guangyuan He, Xiang Xiao*, Anlong Xu*. (2011). Comparative metagenomics of microbial communities inhabiting deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimneys with contrasting chemistries. The ISME Journal, 5(3): 414-426. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2010.144 pdf

 

Fengping Wang, Huaiyang Zhou, Jun Meng, Xiaotong Peng, Lijing Jiang, Ping Sun, Chuanlun Zhang, Joy D. Van Nostrand, Ye Deng, Zhili He, Liyou Wu, Jizhong Zhou*, Xiang Xiao*. (2009). GeoChip-based analysis of metabolic diversity of microbial communities at the Juan de Fuca Ridge hydrothermal vent. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(12): 4840-4845. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0810418106 pdf