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Overview

Wen-Sheng Shu is affiliated with South China Normal University in China and has a research profile centered on environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their scholarly output spans multiple fields, with a strong focus on microbial community ecology and physiology as well as genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Their research contributions include work in several subfields such as ecology, molecular biology, environmental chemistry, biomedical engineering, and plant science. These areas reflect an interdisciplinary approach that combines environmental and biological sciences to address complex ecological and molecular questions.

Wen-Sheng Shu's recent publications highlight their ongoing involvement in exploring microbial diversity, environmental impacts on health, and microbial interactions. Notable papers include:

  • Microbial diversity in extreme environments, 2021, Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • Novel phosphate-solubilizing bacteria enhance soil phosphorus cycling following ecological restoration of land degraded by mining, 2020, The ISME Journal
  • Multi-omics analyses of airway host-microbe interactions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identify potential therapeutic interventions, 2022, Nature Microbiology
  • Globally distributed mining-impacted environments are underexplored hotspots of multidrug resistance genes, 2022, The ISME Journal
  • The airway microbiome mediates the interaction between environmental exposure and respiratory health in humans, 2023, Nature Medicine

Wen-Sheng Shu frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors, including Jintian Li, Jie-Liang Liang, Pu Jia, Wen-Jun Li, and Zhang Wang. These partnerships have contributed to a range of studies within their main fields and topics of expertise.

The scientist's publications appear in several venues, with recurrent contributions to journals such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Microbiology, Journal of Hazardous Materials, The ISME Journal, and Nature Communications. This distribution underlines a focus on microbiological and environmental research outputs.

Key areas of research interest for Wen-Sheng Shu encompass:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation

Wen-Sheng Shu's body of work reflects a comprehensive engagement with environmental and microbial sciences, integrating molecular biology with ecological and environmental chemistry questions. Their ongoing research outputs contribute data and insights relevant to both natural ecosystems and applied environmental management contexts.

Best Publications

  • Global exchange and accumulation of non-native plants

    Mark Van Kleunen;Wayne Dawson;Franz Essl;Jan Pergl

  • Genome-wide screening and functional analysis identify a large number of long noncoding RNAs involved in the sexual reproduction of rice

    Yu-Chan Zhang;Jian-You Liao;Ze-Yuan Li;Yang Yu

  • Naturalized alien flora of the world: species diversity, taxonomic and phylogenetic patterns, geographic distribution and global hotspots of plant invasion

    Petr Pyšek;Jan Pergl;Franz Essl;Bernd Lenzner

  • Phytoextraction of Heavy Metals by Eight Plant Species in the Field

    P. Zhuang;Q. W. Yang;H. B. Wang;W. S. Shu

  • Contemporary environmental variation determines microbial diversity patterns in acid mine drainage

    Jia-Liang Kuang;Li-Nan Huang;Lin-Xing Chen;Zheng-Shuang Hua

  • Novel phosphate-solubilizing bacteria enhance soil phosphorus cycling following ecological restoration of land degraded by mining

    Jie-Liang Liang;Jun Liu;Pu Jia;Tao-Tao Yang

  • The Global Naturalized Alien Flora (GloNAF) database

    Mark van Kleunen;Petr Pyšek;Wayne Dawson;Franz Essl

  • Evaluation of major constraints to revegetation of lead/zinc mine tailings using bioassay techniques.

    Z. H. Ye;W. S. Shu;Z. Q. Zhang;C. Y. Lan

  • Comparative metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analyses of microbial communities in acid mine drainage

    Lin-xing Chen;Min Hu;Li-nan Huang;Zheng-shuang Hua

  • Hyperaccumulator Plants from China: A Synthesis of the Current State of Knowledge.

    Jin-Tian Li;Hanumanth Kumar Gurajala;Longhua Wu;Antony van der Ent;Antony van der Ent

  • Ecological roles of dominant and rare prokaryotes in acid mine drainage revealed by metagenomics and metatranscriptomics

    Zheng-Shuang Hua;Yu-Jiao Han;Lin-Xing Chen;Jun Liu

  • Fluoride and aluminium concentrations of tea plants and tea products from Sichuan Province, PR China

    W. S. Shu;Z. Q. Zhang;C. Y. Lan;Ming Hung Wong

  • Lead, zinc and copper accumulation and tolerance in populations of Paspalum distichum and Cynodon dactylon.

    W. S. Shu;Z. H. Ye;C. Y. Lan;Z. Q. Zhang

  • Biotransfer of heavy metals along a soil-plant-insect-chicken food chain: field study.

    Ping Zhuang;Ping Zhuang;Huiling Zou;Wensheng Shu

  • Growth and metal accumulation in vetiver and two Sesbania species on lead/zinc mine tailings.

    Bing Yang;Wensheng Shu;Zhihong Ye;Chongyu Lan

  • Acidification of lead/zinc mine tailings and its effect on heavy metal mobility

    W. S. Shu;Z. H. Ye;C. Y. Lan;Z. Q. Zhang

  • Comparative transcriptome analysis of transporters, phytohormone and lipid metabolism pathways in response to arsenic stress in rice (Oryza sativa)

    Lu-jun Yu;Ying-feng Luo;Bin Liao;Li-juan Xie

  • Lead in paddy soils and rice plants and its potential health risk around Lechang Lead/Zinc Mine, Guangdong, China

    Q. W. Yang;W. S. Shu;Jianwen Qiu;H. B. Wang

  • Microbial communities, processes and functions in acid mine drainage ecosystems

    Lin-xing Chen;Li-nan Huang;Celia Méndez-García;Jia-liang Kuang

  • Shifts in microbial community composition and function in the acidification of a lead/zinc mine tailings.

    Lin‐xing Chen;Jin‐tian Li;Ya‐ting Chen;Li‐nan Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Wen-Jun Li
Wen-Jun Li Sun Yat-sen University
Zhihong Ye
Zhihong Ye Sun Yat-sen University
Ming Hung Wong
Ming Hung Wong Education University of Hong Kong
Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
Marc W. Cadotte
Marc W. Cadotte University of Toronto
Alan J. M. Baker
Alan J. M. Baker University of Queensland
Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Rongliang Qiu
Rongliang Qiu South China Agricultural University
Mark van Kleunen
Mark van Kleunen University of Konstanz
Inderjit
Inderjit University of Delhi

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