Nianzhi Jiao    PhD
Cheung Kong Chair Professor
 jiao@xmu.edu.cn 
Brief CV
PhD, Ocean University of China (1991)
Post-Doctoral Scholar, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1991-1992)
Post-Doctoral Scholar, University of Tokyo, Japan (1993)
Research Scientist, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (1994-2000)
Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (1996-1997)
Cheung Kong Chair Professor, Xiamen University (2001-)
Adjunct Professor, Center for Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland (2007-)
Research Interests
microbial ecology, picoplankton, biological oceanography
Selected Publications
Jiao NZ* et al., 2009. Significant roles of bacteriochlorphylla supplemental to chlorophylla in the ocean. The ISME Journal (Nature Publishing Group), Doi: 10.1038/ismej.2009.135
Jiao, NZ, Zhang, R, and Zheng, Q, 2009. Coexistence of Two Different Photosynthetic Operons in Citromicrobium bathyomarinum JL354 as Revealed by Whole Genome Sequencing. Journal of Bacteriology. Doi: 10.1128/JB.01504-09
Zhang YY, Jiao NZ*. 2009. A roseophage RDJL1 infecting the aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacterium roseobacter denitrificans Och114. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75 (6): 1745-1749.
Zhao MR, Chen F, Jiao NZ*. 2009. Genetic Diversity and abundance of flavobacteria proteorhodopsin in China seas. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75 (2): 529-533.
Zhang YY, Jiao NZ*, Colquhoun DR, Halden RU, Chen F*. 2009. Protein modifications related to phage resistance in a marine roseobacter. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 55 (2): 203-207.
Zhao YL, Wang K, Jiao NZ*, Chen F*. 2009. Genome sequences of two novel phages infecting marine roseobacters. Environmental Microbiology. 11(8): 2055-2064.
Zhao YL, Wang K, Budinoff C, Buchan A, Lang A, Jiao NZ*, Chen F*. 2009. Gene Transfer Agent (GTA) Genes Reveal Diverse and Dynamic Roseobacter and Rhodobacter Populations in the Chesapeake Bay. ISME J. 3(3): 364-373.
Cai HY, Jiao NZ*. 2008. Diversity and Abundance of Nitrate Assimilation Genes in the Northern South China Sea. Microbial Ecology. 56(4): 751-764.
Shu, QL, Jiao, NZ*, 2008. Different Planctomycetes diversity patterns in latitudinal surface seawater of the open sea and in sediment. Journal of Microbiology. 46(2): 154-159.
Zhang Y, Jiao NZ*, Hong N. 2008. Comparative Study of Picoplankton Biomass and Community Structure in Different Provinces From Subarctic to Subtropical Oceans. Deep-Sea Research Part II-Topical Studies In Oceanography. 55(14-15): 1605-1614.
Jiao NZ*, Zhang Y, Zeng YH, et al. 2007. Distinct distribution pattern of abundance and diversity of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in the global ocean. Environmental Microbiology. 9:3091-3099.
Jiao NZ*, Zhang Y, Zeng YH, et al. 2007. Ecological anomalies in the East China Sea: Impacts of the three gorges dam. Water Research. 41: 1287-1293.
Zeng YH, Jiao NZ*, 2007. Source environment feature related phylogenetic distribution pattern of anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria as revealed by pufM analysis. Journal of Microbiology. 45(3): 205-212.
Zhang Y, Jiao NZ*. 2007. Dynamics of Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria in the East China Sea. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 61(3): 459-469.
Jiao NZ*, Zhang Y, Chen Y. 2006. Time Series Observation Based Infrared Epifluorescence Microscopic (TIREM) Approach for Accurate Enumeration of Bacteriochlorophyll-Containing Microbes in Marine Environments. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 65(3): 442-452.
Jiao NZ*, Zhao YL, Luo TW, and Wang XL, 2006. Natural and Anthropogenic Forcing on the Dynamics of Virioplankton in the Yangtze River Estuary. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 86: 543-550.
Hu YH, Du HL, Jiao NZ*, and Zeng YH, 2006. Abundant presence of the γ-like Proteobacterial pufM gene in oxic seawater. FEMS Microbiology Letter. 263(2): 200-206.
Du HL, Jiao NZ*, Hu YH, Zeng YH. 2006. Diversity and Distribution of Pigmented Heterotrophic Bacteria in Marine Environments. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 57(1): 92-105.
Zhang Y, Jiao NZ*, Cottrell MT, Kirchman DL. 2006. Contribution of Major Bacterial Groups to Bacterial Biomass Production Along a Salinity Gradient in the South China Sea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 43(3): 233-241.
Jiao NZ*, Yang YH, Hong N, Ma Y, Harada S, Koshikawa H, Watanabe M. 2005. Dynamics of Autotrophic Picoplankton and Heterotrophic Bacteria in the East China Sea. Continental Shelf Research. 25(10): 1265-1279.
Jiao NZ*, Yang YJ, Luo TW. 2004. Membrane Potential Based Characterization by Flow Cytometry of Physiological States in an Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacterium. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 37(2): 149-158.
Jiao NZ*, Yang YH, Koshikawa H, Watanabe M. 2002. Influence of Hydrographic Conditions On Picoplankton Distribution in the East China Sea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 30(1): 37-48.
 
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