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Overview

Lijun Hou is affiliated with East China Normal University in China, specializing in Environmental Science. Their research emphasizes various subfields, including Ecology, Pollution, Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's main areas of work focus on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts.

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Min Liu
  • Yanling Zheng
  • Guoyu Yin
  • Ping Han
  • Xia Liang

Key publication venues for this scientist's work are:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Water Research
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Pollution
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Selected recent papers include:

  • "A systematic review of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in estuarine and coastal environments," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Global biogeography and projection of soil antibiotic resistance genes," 2022, Science Advances
  • "Antibiotic resistance genes in biofilms on plastic wastes in an estuarine environment," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Microplastics alter nitrous oxide production and pathways through affecting microbiome in estuarine sediments," 2022, Water Research
  • "N2O and NOy production by the comammox bacterium Nitrospira inopinata in comparison with canonical ammonia oxidizers," 2020, Water Research

Lijun Hou's research contributions include investigations into antibiotic resistance in environmental contexts, the impact of microplastics on sediment microbiomes and greenhouse gas production, as well as the biogeography of soil antibiotic resistance genes. Their work intersects ecological dynamics and biochemical processes in aquatic and terrestrial environments.

Best Publications

  • A systematic review of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes in estuarine and coastal environments

    Dongsheng Zheng;Guoyu Yin;Min Liu;Cheng Chen

  • Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) bacterial diversity, abundance, and activity in marsh sediments of the Yangtze Estuary

    Lijun Hou;Yanling Zheng;Min Liu;Jun Gong

  • Evidence of Nitrogen Loss from Anaerobic Ammonium Oxidation Coupled with Ferric Iron Reduction in an Intertidal Wetland.

    Xiaofei Li;Lijun Hou;Min Liu;Yanling Zheng

  • Characterization, identification of road dust PAHs in central Shanghai areas, China

    M. Liu;S.B. Cheng;D.N. Ou;L.J. Hou

  • Global biogeography and projection of soil antibiotic resistance genes

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  • A Novel Membrane Inlet Mass Spectrometer Method to Measure 15NH4+ for Isotope-Enrichment Experiments in Aquatic Ecosystems

    Guoyu Yin;Lijun Hou;Min Liu;Zhanfei Liu

  • Effects of sulfamethazine on denitrification and the associated N2O release in estuarine and coastal sediments.

    Lijun Hou;Guoyu Yin;Min Liu;Junliang Zhou

  • Occurrence and phase distribution of selected pharmaceuticals in the Yangtze Estuary and its coastal zone.

    Y. Yang;J. Fu;H. Peng;L. Hou

  • Community dynamics and activity of ammonia-oxidizing prokaryotes in intertidal sediments of the Yangtze estuary.

    Yanling Zheng;Lijun Hou;Silvia Newell;Min Liu

  • Dissimilatory nitrate reduction processes and associated contribution to nitrogen removal in sediments of the Yangtze Estuary

    Fengyu Deng;Lijun Hou;Min Liu;Yanling Zheng

  • Microplastics alter nitrous oxide production and pathways through affecting microbiome in estuarine sediments.

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  • Antibiotic resistance genes in biofilms on plastic wastes in an estuarine environment.

    Xing-pan Guo;Xiao-li Sun;Yu-ru Chen;Lijun Hou

  • Organochlorine pesticides in surface sediments and suspended particulate matters from the Yangtze estuary, China.

    Min Liu;Shubo Cheng;Dongni Ou;Yi Yang

  • Seasonal and spatial distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in the sediments along the Yangtze Estuary, China.

    Xing-pan Guo;Xinran Liu;Zuo-shun Niu;Da-pei Lu

  • Effects of silver nanoparticles on nitrification and associated nitrous oxide production in aquatic environments

    Yanling Zheng;Lijun Hou;Min Liu;Silvia E. Newell

  • Effects of multiple antibiotics exposure on denitrification process in the Yangtze Estuary sediments

    Guoyu Yin;Lijun Hou;Min Liu;Yanling Zheng

  • Organic carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes in the intertidal sediments from the Yangtze Estuary, China

    M. Liu;L.J. Hou;S.Y. Xu;D.N. Ou

  • Transformation and fate of nitrate near the sediment–water interface of Copano Bay

    Lijun Hou;Min Liu;Stephen A. Carini;Wayne S. Gardner

  • Anaerobic ammonium oxidation and its contribution to nitrogen removal in China's coastal wetlands.

    Lijun Hou;Yanling Zheng;Min Liu;Xiaofei Li

  • Net anthropogenic nitrogen inputs (NANI) into the Yangtze River basin and the relationship with riverine nitrogen export

    Fei Chen;Lijun Hou;Min Liu;Yanling Zheng

  • Diversity, abundance, and activity of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in Chongming eastern intertidal sediments

    Yanling Zheng;Lijun Hou;Min Liu;Min Lu

  • Prognostic influence and magnetic resonance imaging findings in paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity after severe traumatic brain injury

    Li-Quan Lv;Li-Jun Hou;Ming-Kun Yu;Xiang-Qian Qi

Frequent Co-Authors

Shiyuan Xu
Shiyuan Xu East China Normal University
Min Liu
Min Liu Central South University
Mingyao Liu
Mingyao Liu University Health Network
Michael E. Meadows
Michael E. Meadows University of Cape Town
Wayne S. Gardner
Wayne S. Gardner The University of Texas at Austin
Jinren Ni
Jinren Ni Peking University
Guibing Zhu
Guibing Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
John L. Zhou
John L. Zhou University of Technology Sydney
Michael Wagner
Michael Wagner University of Vienna
Zhanfei Liu
Zhanfei Liu The University of Texas at Austin

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