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Overview

Dong Zhu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has focused their research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work covers a wide range of topics related to pollution, ecology, and molecular biology, with particular emphasis on environmental impacts related to pharmaceuticals, microplastics, and microbial ecological dynamics.

The scientist has contributed notably to the study of environmental contaminants and their effects on microbial communities and soil health. Key research topics include:

  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Among their recent publications are several papers that address the intersection of soil ecology and contamination:

  • Soil plastispheres as hotspots of antibiotic resistance genes and potential pathogens, 2021, The ISME Journal
  • Long-Term Fertilization History Alters Effects of Microplastics on Soil Properties, Microbial Communities, and Functions in Diverse Farmland Ecosystem, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Dysbiosis in the Gut Microbiota of Soil Fauna Explains the Toxicity of Tire Tread Particles, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • The ecological clusters of soil organisms drive the ecosystem multifunctionality under long-term fertilization, 2022, Environment International
  • Tire wear particles: An emerging threat to soil health, 2022, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Frequent collaborators include Yong-Guan Zhu, Jing Ding, Xiao-Ru Yang, Qing-Lin Chen, and Da Lin, reflecting ongoing partnerships in advancing the understanding of environmental and microbial interactions.

Dong Zhu's work is often published in journals with a strong environmental science focus, such as:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Environmental Sciences
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Rare microbial taxa as the major drivers of ecosystem multifunctionality in long-term fertilized soils

    Qing-Lin Chen;Qing-Lin Chen;Jing Ding;Dong Zhu;Hang-Wei Hu

  • Exposure of soil collembolans to microplastics perturbs their gut microbiota and alters their isotopic composition

    Dong Zhu;Qing-Lin Chen;Xin-Li An;Xiao-Ru Yang

  • Soil plastispheres as hotpots of antibiotic resistance genes and potential pathogens.

    Dong Zhu;Jun Ma;Gang Li;Matthias C. Rillig

  • Effects of polyethylene microplastics on the gut microbial community, reproduction and avoidance behaviors of the soil springtail, Folsomia candida.

    Hui Ju;Dong Zhu;Min Qiao

  • Exposure to nanoplastics disturbs the gut microbiome in the soil oligochaete Enchytraeus crypticus

    Bo-Kai Zhu;Yi-Meng Fang;Dong Zhu;Peter Christie

  • Long-Term Fertilization History Alters Effects of Microplastics on Soil Properties, Microbial Communities, and Functions in Diverse Farmland Ecosystem.

    Hong-Zhe Li;Dong Zhu;Jonathan Hessner Lindhardt;Shao-Min Lin;Shao-Min Lin

  • Soil biota, antimicrobial resistance and planetary health

    Yong-Guan Zhu;Yi Zhao;Dong Zhu;Michael Gillings

  • Exposure to microplastics lowers arsenic accumulation and alters gut bacterial communities of earthworm Metaphire californica

    Hong-Tao Wang;Jing Ding;Chan Xiong;Dong Zhu

  • Antibiotics Disturb the Microbiome and Increase the Incidence of Resistance Genes in the Gut of a Common Soil Collembolan

    Dong Zhu;Xin-Li An;Qing-Lin Chen;Xiao-Ru Yang

  • Trophic predator-prey relationships promote transport of microplastics compared with the single Hypoaspis aculeifer and Folsomia candida.

    Dong Zhu;Qing-Fang Bi;Qian Xiang;Qing-Lin Chen

  • The ecological clusters of soil organisms drive the ecosystem multifunctionality under long-term fertilization.

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  • Geographical variation in arsenic, cadmium, and lead of soils and rice in the major rice producing regions of China.

    Tingting Mu;Tuozheng Wu;Tong Zhou;Zhu Li

  • Tire wear particles: An emerging threat to soil health

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  • Effect of biochar amendment on the alleviation of antibiotic resistance in soil and phyllosphere of Brassica chinensis L.

    Qing-Lin Chen;Xiao-Ting Fan;Dong Zhu;Xin-Li An

  • Dysbiosis in the Gut Microbiota of Soil Fauna Explains the Toxicity of Tire Tread Particles

    Jing Ding;Dong Zhu;Hong-Tao Wang;Simon Bo Lassen;Simon Bo Lassen

  • Long-term application of organic fertilization causes the accumulation of antibiotic resistome in earthworm gut microbiota

    Jing Ding;Dong Zhu;Bin Hong;Hong Tao Wang

  • Effects of Arsenic on Gut Microbiota and Its Biotransformation Genes in Earthworm Metaphire sieboldi.

    Hong-Tao Wang;Dong Zhu;Gang Li;Fei Zheng

  • Trophic Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in a Soil Detritus Food Chain.

    Dong Zhu;Qian Xiang;Xiao-Ru Yang;Xin Ke

  • Impact of Wastewater Treatment on the Prevalence of Integrons and the Genetic Diversity of Integron Gene Cassettes.

    Xin Li An;Qing-Lin Chen;Dong Zhu;Yong Guan Zhu

  • Exposure of a Soil Collembolan to Ag Nanoparticles and AgNO3 Disturbs Its Associated Microbiota and Lowers the Incidence of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Gut

    Dong Zhu;Fei Zheng;Qing-Lin Chen;Xiao-Ru Yang

  • Deciphering Potential Roles of Earthworms in Mitigation of Antibiotic Resistance in the Soils from Diverse Ecosystems.

    Dong Zhu;Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo;Jian-Qiang Su;Jing Ding

  • Phyllosphere of staple crops under pig manure fertilization, a reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes

    Shu-Yi-Dan Zhou;Dong Zhu;Madeline Giles;Xiao-Ru Yang

  • Spatial and temporal distribution of antibiotic resistomes in a peri-urban area is associated significantly with anthropogenic activities

    Qian Xiang;Qing-Lin Chen;Dong Zhu;Xin-Li An

  • Application of biosolids drives the diversity of antibiotic resistance genes in soil and lettuce at harvest

    Lu Yang;Wuxing Liu;Dong Zhu;Jinyu Hou

  • Does nano silver promote the selection of antibiotic resistance genes in soil and plant

    Qing-Lin Chen;Dong Zhu;Xin-Li An;Jing Ding

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong-Guan Zhu
Yong-Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiao-Ru Yang
Xiao-Ru Yang University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peter Christie
Peter Christie Chinese Academy of Sciences
Longhua Wu
Longhua Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jian-Qiang Su
Jian-Qiang Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yongming Luo
Yongming Luo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Michael R. Gillings
Michael R. Gillings Macquarie University
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo Spanish National Research Council
Jun Ma
Jun Ma Harbin Institute of Technology
Hu Li
Hu Li Guizhou University

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