Our lab studies the complex interactions of microorganisms. Interactions between microbes, their environment, or their host. We deploy a community systems biology approach that involves both experimental and computational methods to unravel genome organization and community composition, metabolism, and exchanges microbes are engaged in.

Publications

1.      Fei Luo, Yicong Cai, Yujie Cui, Xiangyang He, Jiawang Xu, Wanqiu Tang, Xiaoqing Wang, Yaohui Cai, Hongwei Xie, Wei Chen, Wenzhuo Li, Xia Ding*. Microbiome eco-evolution of cultivated and wild rice species across the genus Oryza and its importance in supporting rice growth. Microbiome, 2026. 14(1):83.

2.      Xia Ding*, Feng Jin, Jiawang Xu, Shulei Zhang, Dongxu Chen, Beijuan Hu, Yijiang Hong. The Impact of Aquaculture System on the Microbiome and Gut Metabolome of Juvenile Chinese Softshell Turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis). iMeta, 2022, e17

3.      Jian Xie, Xiaoqing Wang, Jiawang Xu, Hongwei Xie, Yaohui Cai, Yizheng Liu, Xia Ding*. Strategies and structure feature of the aboveground and belowground microbial community respond to drought in wild rice (Oryza longistaminata). Rice. 2021, 14(1):79.

4.      Xiaojue Peng, Jian Xie, Wenzhuo Li, Hongwei Xie, Yaohui Cai, Xia Ding*. Comparison of wild rice (Oryza longistaminata) tissues identifies rhizome-specific bacterial and archaeal endophytic microbiomes communities and network structures. Plos one. 2021, 16(2): e0246687.

5.      Cong Liu, Lihui Mao, Xiongmin Zheng, Jiangan Yuan, Beijuan Hu, Yaohui Cai, Hongwei Xie, Xiaojue Peng, Xia Ding*. Comparative Proteomic Analysis of  Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus Reveals Methane Formation from H2 and CO2 under Different Temperature Conditions. MicrobiologyOpen. 2019, e715.

6.      Xin Wang, Jie Chen, Changai Liu, Junling Luo, Xin Yan, Aihua Ai, Yaohui Cai, Hongwei Xie, Xia Ding*, Xiaojue Peng*. Over-expression of a protein disulfide isomerase gene from Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus, enhances heat stress tolerance in rice. Gene. 2019, 684(2019): 124-130.

7.      Ding X, Peng X-J, Jin B-S, Xiao M, Chen J-K, Li B, Fang C-M and Nie M*. Spatial distribution of bacterial communities driven by multiple environmental factors in a beach wetland of the largest freshwater lake in China. Front. Microbiol. 2015, 6:129.

• [1]Jiangxi Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Key Program)
• [2]National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
• [3]National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
• [4]National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
• [5]National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)