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Wen-Tso Liu is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a notable focus on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Building and Construction, Pollution, and Genetics.

Their work covers multiple topics within these domains, particularly concentrating on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Gut microbiota and health, and Water Treatment and Disinfection.

Wen-Tso Liu has published research in various scientific venues. Leading among them are Frontiers in Microbiology, Microbiome, and Water Research. Other frequent venues include Environmental Science & Technology and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Recent publications include the following papers:

  • Metagenomic and Metatranscriptomic Analyses Revealed Uncultured Bacteroidales Populations as the Dominant Proteolytic Amino Acid Degraders in Anaerobic Digesters (2020, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • Catabolism and interactions of uncultured organisms shaped by eco-thermodynamics in methanogenic bioprocesses (2020, Microbiome)
  • Machine learning-aided analyses of thousands of draft genomes reveal specific features of activated sludge processes (2020, Microbiome)
  • Ecology and molecular targets of hypermutation in the global microbiome (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Superior resolution characterisation of microbial diversity in anaerobic digesters using full-length 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing (2020, Water Research)

Frequent coauthors in their collaborations include Ran Mei, Tzu-Yu Lin, Masaru K. Nobu, Takashi Narihiro, and Patrick K. H. Lee.

Best Publications

  • Characterization of microbial diversity by determining terminal restriction fragment length polymorphisms of genes encoding 16S rRNA.

    Wen-Tso Liu;Terence L. Marsh;Hans Cheng;Larry J. Forney

  • Insights into the phylogeny and coding potential of microbial dark matter

    Christian Rinke;Patrick Schwientek;Alexander Sczyrba;Alexander Sczyrba;Natalia N. Ivanova

  • Minimum information about a single amplified genome (MISAG) and a metagenome-assembled genome (MIMAG) of bacteria and archaea

    Robert M. Bowers;Nikos C. Kyrpides;Ramunas Stepanauskas;Miranda Harmon-Smith

  • Nanoparticles and their biological and environmental applications.

    Wen Tso Liu

  • Analysis of BIOLOG GN Substrate Utilization Patterns by Microbial Communities

    Kornelia Smalla;Ute Wachtendorf;Holger Heuer;Wen-tso Liu

  • Microbial dark matter ecogenomics reveals complex synergistic networks in a methanogenic bioreactor.

    Masaru K. Nobu;Takashi Narihiro;Christian Rinke;Yoichi Kamagata

  • Identification of a Novel Group of Bacteria in Sludge from a Deteriorated Biological Phosphorus Removal Reactor

    Alex Toftgaard Nielsen;Wen-Tso Liu;Wen-Tso Liu;Carlos Filipe;Leslie Grady

  • Internal energy-based competition between polyphosphate- and glycogen-accumulating bacteria in biological phosphorus removal reactors—Effect of PC feeding ratio

    Wen Tso Liu;Kazunori Nakamura;Tomonori Matsuo;Takashi Mino

  • Fish gut microbiota analysis differentiates physiology and behavior of invasive Asian carp and indigenous American fish.

    Lin Ye;Jon J. Amberg;Duane C. Chapman;Mark P. Gaikowski

  • Analysis of 16S rRNA Amplicon Sequencing Options on the Roche/454 Next-Generation Titanium Sequencing Platform

    Hideyuki Tamaki;Hideyuki Tamaki;Chris L. Wright;Xiangzhen Li;Qiaoyan Lin;Qiaoyan Lin

  • Chasing the elusive Euryarchaeota class WSA2: genomes reveal a uniquely fastidious methyl-reducing methanogen

    Masaru Konishi Nobu;Masaru Konishi Nobu;Takashi Narihiro;Kyohei Kuroda;Kyohei Kuroda;Ran Mei

  • In situ identification of polyphosphate- and polyhydroxyalkanoate-accumulating traits for microbial populations in a biological phosphorus removal process.

    Wen Tso Liu;Alex T. Nielsen;Jer-Horng Wu;Chin Sun Tsai

  • Glycogen accumulating population and its anaerobic substrate uptake in anaerobic-aerobic activated sludge without biological phosphorus removal

    Wen Tso Liu;Takashi Mino;Kazunori Nakamura;Tomonori Matsuo

  • Biofilm Formation Characteristics of Bacterial Isolates Retrieved from a Reverse Osmosis Membrane

    Chee Meng Pang;Peiying Hong;Huiling Guo;Wen-Tso Liu

  • Identification and occurrence of tetrad-forming Alphaproteobacteria in anaerobic-aerobic activated sludge processes.

    Man Tak Wong;Fea Mein Tan;Wun Jern Ng;Wen Tso Liu

  • Pyrosequencing Reveals Bacterial Communities in Unchlorinated Drinking Water Distribution System: An Integral Study of Bulk Water, Suspended Solids, Loose Deposits, and Pipe Wall Biofilm

    G. Liu;G. L. Bakker;S. Li;S. Li;J. H. G. Vreeburg

  • Microbial community dynamics during start-up of acidogenic anaerobic reactors.

    Wen Tso Liu;On Chim Chan;Herbert H.P. Fang

  • Pyrosequencing Analysis of Bacterial Biofilm Communities in Water Meters of a Drinking Water Distribution System

    Pei Ying Hong;Chiachi Hwang;Fangqiong Ling;Gary L. Andersen

  • Modelling glycogen storage and denitrification capability of microorganisms in enhanced biological phosphate removal processes

    Takashi Mino;Wen Tso Liu;Futoshi Kurisu;Tomonori Matsuo

  • Response of gut microbiota to salinity change in two euryhaline aquatic animals with reverse salinity preference

    Meiling Zhang;Yuhong Sun;Yukun Liu;Fang Qiao

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoichi Kamagata
Yoichi Kamagata National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Pei-Ying Hong
Pei-Ying Hong King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Nikos C. Kyrpides
Nikos C. Kyrpides Joint Genome Institute
Rui Zhang
Rui Zhang National University of Singapore
Tanja Woyke
Tanja Woyke Joint Genome Institute
Steven J. Hallam
Steven J. Hallam University of British Columbia
Mark W. LeChevallier
Mark W. LeChevallier Montana State University
Susannah G. Tringe
Susannah G. Tringe Joint Genome Institute
Ramunas Stepanauskas
Ramunas Stepanauskas Bigelow Laboratory For Ocean Sciences
Gertjan Medema
Gertjan Medema Michigan State University

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