Research Publications - 2021 Quarter 1

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From January to March 2021, Hong Kong Branch funded projects have published 34 SCI research articles.

1. Silver nanowires kinetics and real-time imaging of in situ Ag ion dissolution in Daphnia magna
   Author(s): Yiling Li, Wen-XiongWang*
   Source: Science of The Total Environment, v. 782, August 2021, 146933
    
2. Chronic effects and thresholds for estuarine and marine benthic organism exposure to perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS)-contaminated sediments: Influence of organic carbon and exposure routes
   Author(s): Stuart L. Simpson*, Yawen Liu, David A. Spadaro, Xinhong Wang, Rai S. Kookana, Graeme E. Batley
   Source: Science of The Total Environment, v. 776, July 2021, 146008
    
3. Another blow to the conserved gene order in Annelida: Evidence from mitochondrial genomes of the calcareous tubeworm genus Hydroides
   Author(s): Yanan Sun, Guillemine Daffe, Yanjie Zhang, Joan Pons, Jian-Wen Qiu, Elena K. Kupriyanova*
   Source: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 160, July 2021, 107124
    
4. Zinc source differentiation in hydrothermal vent mollusks: Insight from Zn isotope ratios
   Author(s): Lan Ma, Wen-XiongWang*
   Source: Science of The Total Environment, v. 773, June 2021, 145653
    
5. Size speciation of dissolved trace metals in hydrothermal plumes on the Southwest Indian Ridge
   Author(s): Ziming Fang, Wen-XiongWang*
   Source: Science of The Total Environment, v. 771, June 2021, 145367
    
6. Adenine deficient yeast: A fluorescent biosensor for the detection of Labile Zn (II) in aqueous solution
   Author(s): Anqi Sun, Wen-Xiong Wang*
   Source: Biosensors and Bioelectronics, v. 179, May 2021, 113075
    
7. Listeria monocytogenes MenI encodes a DHNA-CoA thioesterase necessary for menaquinone biosynthesis, cytosolic survival, and virulence
   Author(s): Hans B. Smith, Tin Lok Li, Man Kit Liao, Grischa Y. Chen*, Zhihong Guo#, John-Demian Sauer#
   Source: Infection and Immunity, v. 89, (5), April 2021
    
8. Novel Imaging of Silver Nanoparticle Uptake by a Unicellular Alga and Trophic Transfer to Daphnia magna
   Author(s): Neng Yan, Wen-Xiong Wang*
   Source: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 55, (8), March 2021, p. 5143-5151
    
9. Hydraulic Fracturing Return Fluids from Offshore Hydrocarbon Extraction Present New Risks to Marine Ecosystems
   Author(s): Cheng Zhong, Yick Hang Kwan, Greg G. Goss, Daniel S. Alessi, Pei-Yuan Qian*
   Source: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 55, (8), March 2021, p. 4199-4201
    
10. Fenton Chemistry for Achmatowicz Rearrangement
    Author(s): Guodong Zhao, Lixin Liang, Eryu Wang, Rongbiao Tong*
    Source: ACS Catalysis, v. 11, (6), March 2021, p. 3740-3748
     
11. Fenton chemistry enables the catalytic oxidative rearrangement of indoles using hydrogen peroxide
    Author(s): Guodong Zhao, Lixin Liang, Eryu Wang, Shaoyan Lou, Rui Qi, Rongbiao Tong*
    Source: Green Chemistry, v. 23, March 2021, 2300
     
12. Mutanofactin promotes adhesion and biofilm formation of cariogenic Streptococcus mutans
    Author(s): Zhong-Rui Li, Jin Sun, Yongle Du, Aifei Pan, Lin Zeng, Roya Maboudian, Robert A. Burne, Pei-Yuan Qian*, Wenjun Zhang*
    Source: Nature Chemical Biology, March 2021
     
13. A proteomic analysis of skeletal tissue anomaly in the brain coral Platygyra carnosa
    Author(s): Yue-Him Wong, Yu Zhang*, Janice C.Y. Lun, Jian-Wen Qiu**
    Source: Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 164, March 2021, 111982
     
14. Cu₃Pd_xN nanocrystals for efficient CO2 electrochemical reduction to methane
    Author(s): Tiehuai Li, Jing Wang, Shangqian Zhu, Ernest Pahuyo Delmo, Fei Sun, Lili Zhang, Meng Gu, Minhua Shao*
    Source: Electrochimica Acta, v. 371, March 2021, 137793
     
15. Protein molecular responses of field-collected oysters Crassostrea hongkongensis with greatly varying Cu and Zn body burdens
    Author(s): Yunlong Li, Wen-Xiong Wang*
    Source: Aquatic Toxicology, v. 232, March 2021, 105749
     
16. Transfer and bioavailability of inorganic and organic arsenic in sediment-water-biota microcosm
    Author(s): Wei Zhang, Haiyan Xiong, Jichao Zhang, Wen-Xiong Wang*
    Source: Aquatic Toxicology, v. 232, March 2021, 105763
     
17. Characterizing the Host Coral Proteome of Platygyra carnosa Using Suspension Trapping (S-Trap)
    Author(s): Haiying Ma, Herui Liao, Walter Dellisanti, Yanni Sun, Leo Lai Chan*, Liang Zhang*
    Source: Journal of Proteome Research, v. 20, (3), February 2021, p. 1783–1791
     
18. Gut Microbiota in Decapod Shrimps: Evidence of Phylosymbiosis
    Author(s): Yuanyuan Tang, Ka Yan Ma, Man Kit Cheung, Chien-Hui Yang, Yaqin Wang, Xuelei Hu, Hoi Shan Kwan, Ka Hou Chu*
    Source: Microbial Ecology, February 2021
     
19. Hologenome analysis reveals dual symbiosis in the deep-sea hydrothermal vent snail Gigantopelta aegis
    Author(s): Yi Lan, Jin Sun, Chong Chen, Yanan Sun, Yadong Zhou, Yi Yang, Weipeng Zhang, Runsheng Li, Kun Zhou, Wai Chuen Wong, Yick Hang Kwan, Aifang Cheng, Salim Bougouffa, Cindy Lee Van Dover, Jian-Wen Qiu, Pei-Yuan Qian*
    Source: Nature communications, v. 12, (1), February 2021, 1165
     
20. Methylmercury biomagnification in aquatic food webs of Poyang Lake, China: Insights from amino acid signatures
    Author(s): Zhongyi Zhang, Wen-Xiong Wang, Nengjian Zheng, Yansheng Cao, Hongwei Xiao, Renguo Zhu, Hui Guan, Huayun Xiao*
    Source: Journal of Hazardous Materials, v. 404, Part A, February 2021, 123700
     
21. Phylogenetic Relationships and Adaptation in Deep-Sea Mussels: Insights from Mitochondrial Genomes
    Author(s): Kai Zhang, Jin Sun, Ting Xu, Jian-Wen Qiu*, Pei-Yuan Qian*
    Source: International journal of molecular sciences, v. 22, (4), February 2021, 1900
     
22. A survey of arsenic, mercury, cadmium, and lead residues in seafood (fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods) from the south‐eastern Mediterranean Sea
    Author(s): Debra Ramon, Danny Morick, Peter Croot, Ran Berzak, Aviad Scheinin, Dan Tchernov, Nadav Davidovich, Malka Britzi*
    Source: Journal of Food Science, v. 86, (3), February 2021, p. 1153-1161
     
23. Discovery, Bioactivity Evaluation, Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Identification, and Heterologous Expression of Novel Albofungin Derivatives
    Author(s): Weiyi She, Wenkang Ye, Aifang Cheng, Xin Liu, Jianwei Tang, Yi Lan, Feng Chen, Pei-Yuan Qian*
    Source: Frontiers in microbiology, v. 12, February 2021, 635268
     
24. Expanding our understanding of marine viral diversity through metagenomic analyses of biofilms
    Author(s): Wei Ding, Ruojun Wang, Zhicong Liang, Rui Zhang, Pei-Yuan Qian*, Weipeng Zhang *
    Source: Marine Life Science & Technology, February 2021
     
25. Host–endosymbiont genome integration in a deep-sea chemosymbiotic clam
    Author(s): Jack Chi-Ho Ip, Ting Xu, Jin Sun, Runsheng Li, Chong Chen, Yi Lan, Zhuang Han, Haibin Zhang, Jiangong Wei, Hongbin Wang, Jun Tao, Zongwei Cai, Pei-Yuan Qian, Jian-Wen Qiu*
    Source: Molecular Biology and Evolution, v. 38, (2), February 2021, p. 502–518
     
26. Hydrazine Detection during Ammonia Electro-oxidation Using an Aggregation-Induced Emission Dye
    Author(s): Kumar Siddharth, Parvej Alam, Md Delowar Hossain, Ni Xie, Gabriel Sikukuu Nambafu, Faisal Rehman, Jacky W.Y. Lam, Guohua Chen, Jinping Cheng, Zhengtang Luo, Guanghao Chen, Ben Zhong Tang*, Minhua Shao*
    Source: Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 143, (5), January 2021, p. 2433-2440
     
27. Horseshoe crab genomes reveal the evolution of genes and microRNAs after three rounds of whole genome duplication
    Author(s): Wenyan Nong, Zhe Qu, Yiqian Li, Tom Barton-Owen, Annette Y. P. Wong, Ho Yin Yip, Hoi Ting Lee, Satya Narayana, Tobias Baril, Thomas Swale, Jianquan Cao, Ting Fung Chan, Hoi Shan Kwan, Sai Ming Ngai, Gianni Panagiotou, Pei-Yuan Qian, Jian-Wen Qiu, Kevin Y. Yip, Noraznawati Ismail, Siddhartha Pati, Akbar John, Stephen S. Tobe, William G. Bendena, Siu Gin Cheung, Alexander Hayward, Jerome H. L. Hui*
    Source: Communications Biology, v. 4, (1), January 2021, 83
     
28. Effective ribosomal RNA depletion for single-cell total RNA-seq by scDASH
    Author(s): Danson S.C. Loi, Lei Yu, Angela R. Wu*
    Source: PeerJ, v. 9, January 2021, e10717
     
29. Unexpectedly high mutation rate of a deep-sea hyperthermophilic anaerobic archaeon
    Author(s): Jiahao Gu, Xiaojun Wang, Xiaopan Ma, Ying Sun, Xiang Xiao*, Haiwei Luo*
    Source: The ISME Journal, January 2021
     
30. Kinetically Controlled Synthesis of Pd–Cu Janus Nanocrystals with Enriched Surface Structures and Enhanced Catalytic Activities toward CO2 Reduction
    Author(s): Zhiheng Lyu, Shangqian Zhu, Lang Xu, Zitao Chen, Yu Zhang, Minghao Xie, Tiehuai Li, Shan Zhou, Jingyue Liu, Miaofang Chi, Minhua Shao*, Manos Mavrikakis*, Younan Xia*
    Source: Journal of the American Chemical Society, v. 143, (1), January 2021, p. 149-162
     
31. Nutrient-imbalanced conditions shift the interplay between zooplankton and gut microbiota
    Author(s): Yingdong Li, Zhimeng Xu, Hongbin Liu*
    Source: BMC Genomics, v. 22, January 2021, 37
     
32. Marine natural products as antifouling molecules–a mini-review (2014–2020)
    Author(s): Ling-Li Liu, Chuan-Hai Wu, Pei-Yuan Qian*
    Source: Biofouling, January 2021, p. 1210-1226
     
33. Discovery of Antibiofilm Activity of Elasnin against Marine Biofilms and Its Application in the Marine Antifouling Coatings
    Author(s): Lexin Long, Ruojun Wang, Ho Yin Chiang, Wei Ding, Yong-Xin Li*, Feng Chen*, Pei-Yuan Qian*
    Source: Marine Drugs, v. 19, (1), January 2021, 19
     
34. MINERVA: A Facile Strategy for SARS-CoV-2 Whole-Genome Deep Sequencing of Clinical Samples
    Author(s): Chen Chen, Jizhou Li, Lin Di, Qiuyu Jing, Pengcheng Du, Chuan Song, Jiarui Li, Qiong Li, Yunlong Cao, X. Sunney Xie, Angela R. Wu*, Hui Zeng*, Yanyi Huang*, Jianbin Wang*
    Source: Molecular cell, v. 80, (6), December 2020, p. 1123-1134