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Massey University: Auckland, NZ

2007-08-01 to 2024-04-03 | Associate Professor (School of Natural Sciences)
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Xue-Xian Zhang

University of Auckland: Auckland, NZ

2003-01-01 to 2007-07-31 | Senior Research Fellow (School of Biological Sciences)
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Xue-Xian Zhang

University of Oxford: Oxford, Oxfordshire, GB

2000-01-01 to 2003-01-01 | Senior Research Fellow (Department of Plant Sciences)
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Xue-Xian Zhang

RWTH Aachen University: Aachen, DE

1997-09-01 to 1999-12-31 | Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
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Education and qualifications (2)

Huazhong Agriculture University: Wuhan, Hubei, CN

1988-09-01 to 1993-07-01 | PhD (Microbiology)
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Xue-Xian Zhang

China Agricultural University: Beijing, CN

1984-09-01 to 1988-09-01 | B.Sc. (Microbiology)
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Professional activities (1)

Faculty Opinions: London, GB

2010-03-02 to present | Associate Faculty Member
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Funding (3)

Isolating and evolving microbial communities to reduce nitrate contamination of water

2019-09-01 to 2022-08-31 | Grant
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Wellington, NZ)
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MAUX1810

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Targeting the mechanisms of host recognition to prevent bacterial infections

2015 to 2016 | Grant
Auckland Medical Research Foundation (Auckland, NZ)
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Xue-Xian Zhang

Characterization of a novel mechanism of signal perception and transduction by AasA, an unusually complex histidine protein kinase

2005 to 2010 | Grant
Marsden Fund, the Royal Society of New Zealand (Wellington, NZ)
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Xue-Xian Zhang

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Effect of fermentation conditions on bioactive compounds, physicochemical properties, antimicrobial activities, and cellulosic pellicle formation in black tea Kombucha

Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology
2025-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Boying Wang; Kay Rutherfurd-Markwick; Xue-Xian Zhang; Cheng Xu; Anthony N. Mutukumira
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Dissolved organic matter characteristics linked to bacterial community succession and nitrogen removal performance in woodchip bioreactors

Journal of Environmental Sciences
2025-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Achen Wang; Xiang Li; Xuesong Luo; Guangwen He; Daqing Huang; Qiaoyun Huang; Xue-Xian Zhang; Wenli Chen
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Evolutionary rescue of spherical mreB deletion mutants of the rod-shape bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25

2025-02-18 | Preprint
Contributors: P Richard J Yulo; Nicolas Desprat; Monica L Gerth; Barbara Ritzl- Rinkenberger; Andrew D Farr; Yunhao Liu; Xue-Xian Zhang; Michael Miller; Felipe Cava; Paul B Rainey et al.
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Evolutionary rescue of spherical mreB deletion mutants of the rod-shape bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25

2025-02-18 | Preprint
Contributors: P Richard J Yulo; Nicolas Desprat; Monica L Gerth; Barbara Ritzl- Rinkenberger; Andrew D Farr; Yunhao Liu; Xue-Xian Zhang; Michael Miller; Felipe Cava; Paul B Rainey et al.
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Evaluation of the probiotic potential of yeast isolated from kombucha in New Zealand

Current Research in Food Science
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Boying Wang; Kay Rutherfurd-Markwick; Ninghui Liu; Xue-Xian Zhang; Anthony N. Mutukumira
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Evolutionary rescue of spherical mreB deletion mutants of the rod-shape bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25

2024-12-23 | Preprint
Contributors: P Richard J Yulo; Nicolas Desprat; Monica L Gerth; Barbara Ritzl-Rinkenberger; Andrew D Farr; Yunhao Liu; Xue-Xian Zhang; Michael Miller; Felipe Cava; Paul B Rainey et al.
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Probiotic potential of acetic acid bacteria isolated from kombucha in New Zealand in vitro

The Microbe
2024-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2950-1946
Contributors: Boying Wang; Kay Rutherfurd-Markwick; Ninghui Liu; Xue-Xian Zhang; Anthony N. Mutukumira
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Evolutionary rescue of spherical mreB deletion mutants of the rod-shape bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25

2024-07-10 | Preprint
Contributors: P Richard J Yulo; Nicolas Desprat; Monica L Gerth; Barbara Ritzl-Rinkenberger; Andrew D Farr; Yunhao Liu; Xue-Xian Zhang; Michael Miller; Felipe Cava; Paul B Rainey et al.
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Dynamic Changes in Rhizosphere Microbial Communities of Watermelon During Continuous Monocropping with Gravel Mulch

Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
2024-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Tingting Shen; Xiu Zhang; Li Li; Yuxi Qi; Hongfei Ji; Guoping Yang; Xue-Xian Zhang
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The volatile organic compound acetoin enhances the colonization of Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571 on Sesbania rostrata

Science of The Total Environment
2024-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0048-9697
Contributors: Li Sun; Dandan Wang; Xiaolin Liu; Yanan Zhou; Weiwei Huang; Xin Guan; Xuexian Zhang; Zhihong Xie
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Bioaugmentation of woodchip bioreactors by Pseudomonas nicosulfuronedens D1-1 with functional species enrichment

Bioresource Technology
2023-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0960-8524
Contributors: Achen Wang; Xuesong Luo; Xiang Li; Daqing Huang; Qiaoyun Huang; Xue-Xian Zhang; Wenli Chen
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Microbiological and Physico-Chemical Characteristics of Black Tea Kombucha Fermented with a New Zealand Starter Culture

Foods
2023-06-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Boying Wang; Kay Rutherfurd-Markwick; Naran Naren; Xue-Xian Zhang; Anthony N. Mutukumira
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Integrating pH into the metabolic theory of ecology to predict bacterial diversity in soil

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2023-01-17 | Journal article
Contributors: Lu Luan; Yuji Jiang; Francisco Dini-Andreote; Thomas W. Crowther; Pengfa Li; Mohammad Bahram; Jie Zheng; Qinsong Xu; Xue-Xian Zhang; Bo Sun
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Isolation and characterisation of dominant acetic acid bacteria and yeast isolated from Kombucha samples at point of sale in New Zealand

Current Research in Food Science
2022 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2665-9271
Contributors: Boying Wang; Kay Rutherfurd-Markwick; Xue-Xian Zhang; Anthony N. Mutukumira
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Kombucha: Production and Microbiological Research

Foods
2022-10-31 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2304-8158
Contributors: Xue-Xian Zhang; Boying Wang; Kay Rutherfurd-Markwick; Xue-Xian Zhang; Anthony N. Mutukumira
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Experimental evolution of bacterial survival on metallic copper

Ecology and Evolution
2022-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Feng Xu; Sha Liu; Naran Naren; Lily Li; Luyan Z. Ma; Xue‐Xian Zhang
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Transcriptomic identification of a unique set of NCR peptides expressed in the nitrogen-fixing root nodule of <i>Astragalus sinicus</i>

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions®
2022-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0894-0282
Contributors: Feng Wei; Yuan Liu; Donglai Zhou; Wenlong Zhao; Zhennan Chen; Da-Song Chen; Youguo Li; Xue-Xian Zhang
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Mutations in surface‐sensing receptor WspA lock the Wsp signal transduction system into a constitutively active state

Environmental Microbiology
2021-09-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1462-2912
Contributors: Anming Xu; Di Wang; Yunhao Wang; Li Zhang; Zhensheng Xie; Yifan Cui; Pramod Bhamse; Haiying Yu; Xue‐Xian Zhang; Defeng Li et al.
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Role of a local transcription factor in governing cellular carbon/nitrogen homeostasis in Pseudomonas fluorescens

Nucleic Acids Research
2021-04-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Naran Naren; Xue-Xian Zhang
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Investigating the involvement of cytoskeletal proteins MreB and FtsZ in the origin of legume-rhizobial symbiosis

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
2021-02-17 | Journal article
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In vivo transcriptome analysis provides insights into host-dependent expression of virulence factors by Yersinia entomophaga MH96, during infection of Galleria mellonella.

G3: Genes Genomes & Genetics
2021-01-01 | Journal article
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Plant transcriptome analysis reveals specific molecular interactions between alfalfa and its rhizobial symbionts below the species level

BMC Plant Biology
2020-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1471-2229
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Genotypic and phenotypic analyses reveal distinct population structures and ecotypes for sugar beet‐associated Pseudomonas in Oxford and Auckland

Ecology and Evolution
2020-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Xue‐Xian Zhang; Stephen R. Ritchie; Hao Chang; Dawn L. Arnold; Robert W. Jackson; Paul B. Rainey
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Global regulatory roles of the histidine-responsive transcriptional repressor HutC in Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25

Journal of Bacteriology
2020-04-14 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0021-9193
Part of ISSN: 1098-5530
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NfiR, a New Regulatory Noncoding RNA (ncRNA), Is Required in Concert with the NfiS ncRNA for Optimal Expression of Nitrogenase Genes in Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2019-05-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0099-2240
Part of ISSN: 1098-5336
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Evolutionary rescue of spherical mreB deletion mutants of the rod-shape bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25

2018-02-11 | Preprint | Author
Contributors: Richard Yulo; Nicolas Desprat; Monica Gerth; Barbara Ritzl-Rinkenberger; Andrew Farr; Yunhao Liu; Xue-Xian Zhang; Michael Miller; FELIPE CAVA; Paul Rainey et al.
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Crystal structure of a bicupin protein HutD involved in histidine utilization in Pseudomonas

Proteins
2017 | Journal article
Contributors: Gerth, M. L.; Liu, Y.; Jiao, W.; Zhang, X. X.; Baker, E. N.; Lott, J. S.; Rainey, P. B.; Johnston, J. M.
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Nematode grazing promotes bacterial community dynamics in soil at the aggregate level

ISME J
2017 | Journal article
Contributors: Jiang, Y.; Liu, M.; Zhang, J.; Chen, Y.; Chen, X.; Chen, L.; Li, H.; Zhang, X. X.; Sun, B.
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Unravelling the complexity and redundancy of carbon catabolic repression in Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25

Molecular Microbiology
2017-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Yunhao Liu; Chaitanya S. Gokhale; Paul B. Rainey; Xue‐Xian Zhang
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Small colony variants are more susceptible to copper-mediated contact killing for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus

J Med Microbiol
2016 | Journal article
Contributors: Liu, S.; Zhang, X. X.
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Molecular mechanisms of xylose utilization by Pseudomonas fluorescens: overlapping genetic responses to xylose, xylulose, ribose and mannitol

Mol Microbiol
2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Liu, Y.; Rainey, P. B.; Zhang, X. X.
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Role of the Transporter-Like Sensor Kinase CbrA in Histidine Uptake and Signal Transduction

J Bacteriol
2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhang, X. X.; Gauntlett, J. C.; Oldenburg, D. G.; Cook, G. M.; Rainey, P. B.
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Bacterial diversity in soils subjected to long-term chemical fertilization can be more stably maintained with the addition of livestock manure than wheat straw

Soil Biology and Biochemistry
2015-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Ruibo Sun; Xue-Xian Zhang; Xisheng Guo; Daozhong Wang; Haiyan Chu
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A long- term field experiment of soil transplantation demonstrating the role of contemporary geographic separation in shaping soil microbial community structure

Ecology and Evolution
2014 | Journal article
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WOS:000333809000018

Contributors: Sun, Bo; Wang, Feng; Jiang, Yuji; Li, Yun; Dong, Zhixin; Li, Zhongpei; Zhang, Xue-Xian
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Microbes are not bound by sociobiology: Response to Kummerli and Ross-Gillespie (2013)

Evolution
2014 | Journal article
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WOS:000344379800022

Contributors: Rainey, Paul B.; Desprat, Nicolas; Driscoll, William W.; Zhang, Xue-Xian
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Mini-Tn7 vectors for studying post-transcriptional gene expression in Pseudomonas

Journal of Microbiological Methods
2014 | Journal article
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WOS:000347605900030

Contributors: Liu, Yunhao; Rainey, Paul B.; Zhang, Xue-Xian
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The biosurfactant viscosin produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 aids spreading motility and plant growth promotion

Environmental Microbiology
2014 | Journal article
WOSUID:

WOS:000338983600022

Contributors: Alsohim, Abdullah S.; Taylor, Tiffany B.; Barrett, Glyn A.; Gallie, Jenna; Zhang, Xue-Xian; Altamirano-Junqueira, Astrid E.; Johnson, Louise J.; Rainey, Paul B.; Jackson, Robert W.
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Urocanate as a potential signaling molecule for bacterial recognition of eukaryotic hosts

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
2014 | Journal article
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WOS:000330586500001

Contributors: Zhang, XX; Ritchie, SR; Rainey, PB
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Assessing the Relative Effects of Geographic Location and Soil Type on Microbial Communities Associated with Straw Decomposition

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2013 | Journal article
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WOS:000318611800002

Contributors: Sun, B; Wang, XY; Wang, F; Jiang, YJ; Zhang, XX
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EXPLORING THE SOCIOBIOLOGY OF PYOVERDIN-PRODUCING PSEUDOMONAS

Evolution
2013 | Journal article
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WOS:000325991900007

Contributors: Zhang, XX; Rainey, PB
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Identification and Mutational Activation of Niche-Specific Genes Provide Insight into Regulatory Networks and Bacterial Function in Complex Environments

Molecular Microbial Ecology of the Rhizosphere: Volume 1
2013 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-84886544258

Contributors: Jackson, R.W.; Zhang, X.-X.; Silby, M.W.
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Variation in transport explains polymorphism of histidine and urocanate utilization in a natural Pseudomonas population

Environmental Microbiology
2012 | Journal article
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WOS:000306899900011

Contributors: Zhang, XX; Chang, H; Tran, SL; Gauntlett, JC; Cook, GM; Rainey, PB
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Rice to Vegetables: Short- Versus Long-Term Impact of Land-Use Change on the Indigenous Soil Microbial Community

Microbial Ecology
2011 | Journal article
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ISI:000293964000020

Contributors: Sun, B; Dong, ZX; Zhang, XX; Li, Y; Cao, H; Cui, ZL
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The evolutionary emergence of stochastic phenotype switching in bacteria

Microbial Cell Factories
2011 | Journal article
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WOS:000303913600014

Contributors: Rainey, PB; Beaumont, HJE; Ferguson, GC; Gallie, J; Kost, C; Libby, E; Zhang, XX
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Bet hedging in the underworld

Genome Biology
2010 | Journal article
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ISI:000287378900011

Contributors: Zhang, XX; Rainey, PB
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CbrAB-dependent regulation of pcnB, a poly(A) polymerase gene involved in polyadenylation of RNA in Pseudomonas fluorescens

Environmental Microbiology
2010 | Journal article
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ISI:000278394400023

Contributors: Zhang, XX; Liu, YH; Rainey, PB
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Identification and characterization of microRNAs from porcine skeletal muscle

Animal Genetics
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77951652207

Part of ISSN: 02689146 13652052
Contributors: Xie, S.S.; Huang, T.H.; Shen, Y.; Li, X.Y.; Zhang, X.X.; Zhu, M.J.; Qin, H.Y.; Zhao, S.H.
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Testing temperature-induced proteomic changes in the plant-associated bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25

Environmental Microbiology Reports
2010 | Journal article
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ISI:000279404300006

Contributors: Knight, CG; Zhang, XX; Gunn, A; Brenner, T; Jackson, RW; Giddens, SR; Prabhakar, S; Zitzmann, N; Rainey, PB
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Adaptive Divergence in Experimental Populations of Pseudomonas fluorescens. IV. Genetic Constraints Guide Evolutionary Trajectories in a Parallel Adaptive Radiation

GENETICS
2009 | Journal article
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WOS:000272295800023

Contributors: MCDONALD, MJ; GEHRIG, SM; MEINTJES, PL; ZHANG, XX; RAINEY, PB
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Genomic and genetic analyses of diversity and plant interactions of Pseudomonas fluorescens

GENOME BIOLOGY
2009 | Journal article
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WOS:000267604200010

Contributors: SILBY, MW; CERDENO-TARRAGA, AM; VERNIKOS, GS; GIDDENS, SR; JACKSON, RW; PRESTON, GM; ZHANG, XX; MOON, CD; GEHRIG, SM; GODFREY, SAC et al.
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Peer review (5 reviews for 5 publications/grants)

Review activity for Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. (1)
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Review activity for Microbiology. (1)
Review activity for Nature ecology & evolution. (1)