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Human microbiome, Anaerobe, Synthetic biology, Microbiology, Microbial ecology, Methanogen, Archaea

Biography

Current interests:
1. Microbiome and host health
2. Methanogenic archaea and methanogenesis
3. Archaea-bacterial interaction

Activities

Employment (6)

North Carolina State University: Raleigh, US

2023-01-01 to present | Assistant Professor of Microbial Physiology (Plant and Microbial Biology)
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ZHE LYU

Baylor College of Medicine: Houston, Texas, US

2022-07-01 to 2022-12-31 | Assistant Professor of Translational Microbiome (Molecular Virology and Microbiology)
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ZHE LYU

Baylor College of Medicine: Houston, Texas, US

2022-07-01 to 2022-12-31 | Director of CMMR Cultivation Labs (Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research)
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ZHE LYU

Baylor College of Medicine: Houston, TX, US

2018-10-24 to 2022-07-01 | Assistant Lab Director (Molecular Virology and Microbiology)
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ZHE LYU

University of Georgia: Athens, GA, US

2012-12-12 to 2018-10-19 | Postdoctoral Research Associate (Microbiology)
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ZHE LYU

Shanghai Jiao Tong University: Shanghai, CN

2006-02 to 2006-05 | Research Internship (School of Life Science & Biotechnology)
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ZHE LYU

Education and qualifications (2)

China Agricultural University: Beijing, CN

2006-09-01 to 2012-12-12 | Ph.D (College of Resources & Environmental Sciences)
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Shandong University: Jinan, Shandong, CN

2002-09-01 to 2006-07-01 | Bachelor of science (Microbiology)
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Professional activities (4)

Frontiers Media SA: Lausanne, VD, CH

2019 to present | Associate Editor (Frontiers in Microbiology | Biology of Archaea)
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American Society for Microbiology: Washington, DC, US

2016 to present | Judge/Abstract Reviewer (Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students)
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American Society for Microbiology: Washington, DC, US

2014 to present
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National Science Foundation: Alexandria, VA, US

2021 to 2022 | Reviewer
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Funding (1)

Microbiome Discovery and Mechanisms to Combat Antibiotic Resistance at Mucosal Surfaces

2021-03-01 to 2026-02-28 | Grant
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (Bethesda, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: U19AI157981
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Works (29)

Editorial: Cross-boundary significance of methanogens - the methane moment and beyond

FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
2024 | Other | Author
Contributors: ZHE LYU; Amelia-Elena Rotaru; Mark Pimentel; Cui-Jing Zhang; Simon K. -M. R. Rittmann; James G. Ferry
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NC State University Libraries

Exploring the link between COVID-19 and gut microbiome at the community level

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PATHOLOGY
2024 | Other | Author
Contributors: B. Li; A. Terwilliger; A. Maresso; R. Britton; Z. Yousefipour; E. Donnachie; ZHE LYU
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NC State University Libraries

Editorial: The methane moment - Cross-boundary significance of methanogens: Preface

Frontiers in Microbiology
2022-11-14 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1664-302X
Contributors: ZHE LYU; Amelia-Elena Rotaru; Mark Pimentel; Cui-Jing Zhang; Simon K.-M. R. Rittmann
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Back to the Source: Molecular Identification of Methanogenic Archaea as Markers of Colonic Methane Production

Digestive Diseases and Sciences
2021-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0163-2116
Part of ISSN: 1573-2568
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ZHE LYU

Tuning Gene Expression by Phosphate in the Methanogenic Archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis

ACS Synthetic Biology
2021-11-19 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2161-5063
Part of ISSN: 2161-5063
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ZHE LYU

Data-Driven Models Reveal Mutant Cell Behaviors Important for Myxobacterial Aggregation

mSystems
2020-08-25 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhaoyang Zhang; Christopher R. Cotter; Zhe Lyu; Lawrence J. Shimkets; Oleg A. Igoshin; Michael Rust
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Crossref

Data-driven models reveal mutant cell behaviors important for myxobacterial aggregation

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2020-02-10 | Preprint
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Posttranslational Methylation of Arginine in Methyl Coenzyme M Reductase Has a Profound Impact on both Methanogenesis and Growth of Methanococcus maripaludis

Journal of Bacteriology
2020-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0021-9193
Contributors: Zhe Lyu; Nana Shao; Chau-Wen Chou; Hao Shi; Ricky Patel; Evert C. Duin; William B. Whitman; Anke Becker
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The Nbp35/ApbC homolog acts as a nonessential [4Fe‐4S] transfer protein in methanogenic archaea

FEBS Letters
2019-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0014-5793
Contributors: Cuiping Zhao; Zhe Lyu; Feng Long; Taiwo Akinyemi; Kasidet Manakongtreecheep; Dieter Söll; William B. Whitman; David J. Vinyard; Yuchen Liu
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Transplanting the pathway engineering toolbox to methanogens

Current Opinion in Biotechnology
2019-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0958-1669
Contributors: Zhe Lyu; William B Whitman
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Diversity and Taxonomy of Methanogens

Biogenesis of Hydrocarbons
2019-07 | Other
Contributors: Zhe Lyu; Yuchen Liu
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Diversity and Taxonomy of Methanogens

Biogenesis of Hydrocarbons
2018 | Other
Part of ISBN: 9783319531144
Contributors: Zhe Lyu; Yuchen Liu
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Methanogenesis

Current Biology
2018-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0960-9822
Contributors: Zhe Lyu; Nana Shao; Taiwo Akinyemi; William B. Whitman
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Assembly of Methyl Coenzyme M Reductase in the Methanogenic Archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis

Journal of Bacteriology
2018-04-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhe Lyu; Chau-Wen Chou; Hao Shi; Liangliang Wang; Robel Ghebreab; Dennis Phillips; Yajun Yan; Evert C. Duin; William B. Whitman; William W. Metcalf
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Metabolic shift at the class level sheds light on adaptation of methanogens to oxidative environments

The ISME Journal
2018-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhe Lyu; Yahai Lu
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An Important Role for Purifying Selection in Archaeal Genome Evolution

mSystems
2017-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Zhe Lyu; Zhi-Gang Li; Fei He; Ziding Zhang; Michael Rust
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Mmp10 is required for post-translational methylation of arginine at the active site of methyl-coenzyme M reductase

2017-10-30 | Other
Contributors: Zhe Lyu; Chau-wen Chou; Hao Shi; Ricky Patel; Evert C. Duin; William B. Whitman
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Williamwhitmania taraxaci gen. nov., sp. nov., a proteolytic anaerobe with a novel type of cytology from Lake Untersee in Antarctica, description of Williamwhitmaniaceae fam. nov., and emendation of the order Bacteroidales Krieg 2012.

International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology
2017-09 | Journal article
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Sanguibacter gelidistatuariae sp. nov., a novel psychrotolerant anaerobe from an ice sculpture in Antarctica, and emendation of descriptions for the family Sanguibacteraceae, the genus Sanguibacter and species S. antarcticus, S. inulinus, S. kedieii, S. marinus, S.soli and S. suarezii.

2017-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Pikuta EV; Lyu Z; Williams MD; Patel NB; Liu Y; Hoover RB; Busse HJ; Lawson PA; Whitman WB
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Raineyella antarctica gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, d-amino-acid-utilizing anaerobe isolated from two geographic locations of the Southern Hemisphere.

2016-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Pikuta EV; Menes RJ; Bruce AM; Lyu Z; Patel NB; Liu Y; Hoover RB; Busse HJ; Lawson PA; Whitman WB
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Evolution of the archaeal and mammalian information processing systems: towards an archaeal model for human disease.

2016-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Lyu Z; Whitman WB
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Engineering the Autotroph Methanococcus maripaludis for Geraniol Production.

2016-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Lyu Z; Jain R; Smith P; Fetchko T; Yan Y; Whitman WB
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Microbiological investigation of two chondrite meteorites: Murchison and Polonnaruwa

Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology XVII
2015-09-04 | Conference paper
Contributors: Elena V. Pikuta; Zhe Lyu; William B. Whitman; Geneviev R. LaBrake; Jamie Wallis; Keerthi Wickramarathne; N. Chandra Wickramasinghe; Richard B. Hoover; Richard B. Hoover; Gilbert V. Levin et al.
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Molecular studies of anaerobic strains from Antarctica and their taxonomic identifications

Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology XVII
2015-09-04 | Conference paper
Contributors: Zhe Lyu; Elena V. Pikuta; Jacob Hagel; Genevieve R. LaBrake; Richard B. Hoover; William B. Whitman; Richard B. Hoover; Gilbert V. Levin; Alexei Yu. Rozanov; Nalin C. Wickramasinghe
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Comparative genomics of three Methanocellales strains reveal novel taxonomic and metabolic features

Environmental Microbiology Reports
2015-02 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1111/1758-2229.12283

Contributors: Zhe Lyu; Yahai Lu
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Response of a paddy soil methanogen to syntrophic growth as revealed by transcriptional analyses

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
2014 | Journal article
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http://aem.asm.org/content/early/2014/05/12/AEM.01259-14.full.pdf+html

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Complete Genome Sequence of a Thermophilic Methanogen, Methanocella conradii HZ254, Isolated from Chinese Rice Field Soil

2012 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1128/jb.00207-12

Part of ISSN:

0021-9193

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Methanocella conradii sp. nov., a Thermophilic, Obligate Hydrogenotrophic Methanogen, Isolated from Chinese Rice Field Soil

2012 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1371/journal.pone.0035279

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1932-6203

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Dynamics of the Methanogenic Archaeal Community during Plant Residue Decomposition in an Anoxic Rice Field Soil

2008 | Journal article
DOI:

10.1128/aem.00070-08

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0099-2240

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Peer review (69 reviews for 28 publications/grants)

Review activity for ACS synthetic biology. (2)
Review activity for Applied and environmental microbiology. (8)
Review activity for Applied microbiology and biotechnology. (1)
Review activity for Archaea. (3)
Review activity for BMC genomics (2)
Review activity for Communications biology. (1)
Review activity for Critical reviews in biotechnology. (1)
Review activity for Current research in biotechnology. (3)
Review activity for Digestive diseases and sciences. (1)
Review activity for Digestive diseases and sciences. (1)
Review activity for Environmental microbiology reports. (1)
Review activity for Environmental science & technology. (1)
Review activity for FEBS letters. (1)
Review activity for FEMS microbes. (1)
Review activity for FEMS microbiology letters. (2)
Review activity for Frontiers in microbiology. (1)
Review activity for Genome biology and evolution. (1)
Review activity for Microbial ecology. (1)
Review activity for Microbial ecology. (1)
Review activity for Microbiology spectrum. (22)
Review activity for Microbiology. (2)
Review activity for MicrobiologyOpen. (1)
Review activity for Microorganisms. (2)
Review activity for MSystems. (2)
Review activity for PLOS genetics (1)
Review activity for PloS one. (4)
Review activity for Sustainability. (1)
Review activity for The ISME journal (1)