World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
90
Citations
26819
World Ranking
692
National Ranking
322

Overview

Liyou Wu is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States. Their primary research spans environmental science, biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, and agricultural and biological sciences. Through this multidisciplinary approach, they have contributed extensively to the understanding of microbial ecology, soil science, atmospheric science, and plant science.

The scientist's main topics of research include microbial community ecology and physiology, gut microbiota and health, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, polar research and ecology, evolutionary game theory and cooperation, evolution and genetic dynamics, and genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Major recent papers authored or co-authored by Liyou Wu include the following:

  • Climate warming enhances microbial network complexity and stability, 2021, published in Nature Climate Change
  • Reduction of microbial diversity in grassland soil is driven by long-term climate warming, 2022, published in Nature Microbiology
  • Gene-informed decomposition model predicts lower soil carbon loss due to persistent microbial adaptation to warming, 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • Environmental stress mediates groundwater microbial community assembly, 2024, published in Nature Microbiology
  • Biogeographic patterns of microbial co-occurrence ecological networks in six American forests, 2020, published in Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Liyou Wu frequently collaborates with a core group of researchers, which includes:

  • Jizhong Zhou
  • Daliang Ning
  • Mengting Yuan
  • Yunfeng Yang
  • Xue Guo

The scientist publishes predominantly in several high-impact and specialized venues, demonstrating a strong focus on microbial and environmental research. Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The ISME Journal
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Nature Microbiology
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Best Publications

  • Climate warming enhances microbial network complexity and stability

    Mengting Maggie Yuan;Mengting Maggie Yuan;Xue Guo;Xue Guo;Linwei Wu;Ya Zhang

  • Stochasticity, succession, and environmental perturbations in a fluidic ecosystem

    Jizhong Zhou;Jizhong Zhou;Jizhong Zhou;Ye Deng;Ye Deng;Ping Zhang;Kai Xue

  • Spatial and Resource Factors Influencing High Microbial Diversity in Soil

    Jizhong Zhou;Beicheng Xia;David S. Treves;L.-Y. Wu;L.-Y. Wu

  • Global diversity and biogeography of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants

    Linwei Wu;Daliang Ning;Bing Zhang;Yong Li

  • GeoChip: a comprehensive microarray for investigating biogeochemical, ecological and environmental processes

    Zhili He;Terry J Gentry;Terry J Gentry;Christopher W Schadt;Liyou Wu;Liyou Wu

  • Nitrite reductase genes (nirK and nirS) as functional markers to investigate diversity of denitrifying bacteria in pacific northwest marine sediment communities.

    Gesche Braker;Jizhong Zhou;Liyou Wu;Allan H. Devol

  • Microbial mediation of carbon-cycle feedbacks to climate warming

    Jizhong Zhou;Kai Xue;Jianping Xie;Jianping Xie;Ye Deng

  • Temperature mediates continental-scale diversity of microbes in forest soils

    Jizhong Zhou;Jizhong Zhou;Jizhong Zhou;Ye Deng;Ye Deng;Lina Shen;Chongqing Wen

  • Development and Evaluation of Functional Gene Arrays for Detection of Selected Genes in the Environment

    Liyou Wu;Liyou Wu;Dorothea K. Thompson;Guangshan Li;Richard A. Hurt

  • Simultaneous Recovery of RNA and DNA from Soils and Sediments

    Richard A. Hurt;Xiaoyun Qiu;Liyou Wu;Liyou Wu;Yul Roh

  • Evaluation of PCR-Generated Chimeras, Mutations, and Heteroduplexes with 16S rRNA Gene-Based Cloning

    Xiaoyun Qiu;Liyou Wu;Liyou Wu;Heshu Huang;Patrick E. McDonel

  • Reproducibility and quantitation of amplicon sequencing-based detection

    Jizhong Zhou;Jizhong Zhou;Jizhong Zhou;Liyou Wu;Ye Deng;Xiaoyang Zhi

  • Transcriptome dynamics of Deinococcus radiodurans recovering from ionizing radiation

    Yongqing Liu;Jizhong Zhou;Marina V. Omelchenko;Alex S. Beliaev

  • Methylated arsenic species in plants originate from soil microorganisms

    Charlotte Lomax;Wen-Ju Liu;Wen-Ju Liu;Liyou Wu;Kai Xue

  • Reduction of microbial diversity in grassland soil is driven by long-term climate warming

    Unknown

  • Detection of Genes Involved in Biodegradation and Biotransformation in Microbial Communities by Using 50-Mer Oligonucleotide Microarrays

    Sung-Keun Rhee;Xueduan Liu;Liyou Wu;Song C. Chong

  • Metagenomic insights into evolution of a heavy metal-contaminated groundwater microbial community

    Christopher L Hemme;Ye Deng;Terry J Gentry;Terry J Gentry;Matthew W Fields

  • GeoChip 3.0 as a high-throughput tool for analyzing microbial community composition, structure and functional activity

    Zhili He;Ye Deng;Joy D Van Nostrand;Qichao Tu

  • Tundra soil carbon is vulnerable to rapid microbial decomposition under climate warming

    Kai Xue;Kai Xue;Mengting M. Yuan;Zhou J. Shi;Yujia Qin

  • Climate warming leads to divergent succession of grassland microbial communities

    Xue Guo;Jiajie Feng;Zhou Shi;Xishu Zhou;Xishu Zhou

  • Stochastic assembly leads to alternative communities with distinct functions in a bioreactor microbial community.

    Jizhong Zhou;Jizhong Zhou;Jizhong Zhou;Wenzong Liu;Wenzong Liu;Ye Deng;Yi-Huei Jiang

  • Microarray-Based Analysis of Subnanogram Quantities of Microbial Community DNAs by Using Whole-Community Genome Amplification

    Liyou Wu;Xueduan Liu;Xueduan Liu;Xueduan Liu;Christopher W. Schadt;Jizhong Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
Zhili He
Zhili He Sun Yat-sen University
Ye Deng
Ye Deng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Joy D. Van Nostrand
Joy D. Van Nostrand University of Oklahoma
James M. Tiedje
James M. Tiedje Michigan State University
Yiqi Luo
Yiqi Luo Cornell University
Kai Xue
Kai Xue Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yunfeng Yang
Yunfeng Yang Tsinghua University
Terry C. Hazen
Terry C. Hazen University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Matthew W. Fields
Matthew W. Fields Montana State University

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

For students studying Microbiology in the USA, exploring related online degrees can open diverse career opportunities within the healthcare and information management sectors. One such pathway is becoming a Certified Professional Coder, which involves specialized training and certification to manage medical coding efficiently. Understanding the certified professional coder salary and job outlook can help you assess the financial benefits of this career choice.

Another growing field is Health Information Management. Earning a bachelor's degree in this area prepares students to oversee patient data systems, ensuring accuracy and compliance. The health information management bachelor degree salary reflects increasing demand as healthcare digitizes.

Quality education is essential, and programs that are best online health information management degree cahiim accredited provide the assurance of meeting industry standards. These accredited courses often enhance employability and career growth.

For those seeking quicker entry into the workforce, fast online medical billing and coding certification programs offer accelerated learning paths. These certificates complement microbiology backgrounds by adding valuable medical coding expertise, helping to diversify career options in healthcare administration.

Best Scientists Citing Liyou Wu

Trending Scientists