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Overview

Zhilong Xiu is affiliated with Dalian University of Technology in China and has contributed extensively to research primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, engineering, and medicine. Their work spans several specialized subfields including molecular biology, biomedical engineering, pharmacology, food science, and plant science.

The scientist's research covers diverse topics, with significant focus on microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, biofuel production and bioconversion, enzyme catalysis and immobilization, extraction and separation processes, catalysis for biomass conversion, natural antidiabetic agent studies, and ionic liquids properties and applications.

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Yaqin Sun
  • Yuesheng Dong
  • Yan Xing
  • Wenzhong Hu
  • Xiaozhe Yang

Key publication venues where Zhilong Xiu has multiple contributions are:

  • Molecules
  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts
  • Bioresources and Bioprocessing
  • Process Biochemistry

Selected recent papers by Zhilong Xiu include:

  • Effect of atmospheric cold plasma treatment on antioxidant activities and reactive oxygen species production in postharvest blueberries during storage, 2020, Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
  • Comparison of northeast sauerkraut fermentation between single lactic acid bacteria strains and traditional fermentation, 2020, Food Research International
  • Ethanol vapor delays softening of postharvest blueberry by retarding cell wall degradation during cold storage and shelf life, 2021, Postharvest Biology and Technology
  • Reducing the intestinal side effects of acarbose by baicalein through the regulation of gut microbiota: An in vitro study, 2022, Food Chemistry
  • Microbial Community Dynamics and Metabolome Changes During Spontaneous Fermentation of Northeast Sauerkraut From Different Households, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology

Zhilong Xiu's multidisciplinary research integrates experimental molecular biology approaches with engineering principles to investigate biological and biochemical processes relevant to food science, biofuel production, and medicine.

Best Publications

  • Present state and perspective of downstream processing of biologically produced 1,3-propanediol and 2,3-butanediol

    Zhi-Long Xiu;An-Ping Zeng

  • Microbial production of 1,3-propanediol by Klebsiella pneumoniae using crude glycerol from biodiesel preparations.

    Ying Mu;Hu Teng;Dai-Jia Zhang;Wei Wang

  • Dietary Flavonoids and Acarbose Synergistically Inhibit α-Glucosidase and Lower Postprandial Blood Glucose

    Bo-wei Zhang;Xia Li;Wen-long Sun;Yan Xing

  • Microbial fed-batch production of 1,3-propanediol by Klebsiella pneumoniae under micro-aerobic conditions.

    X. Chen;D.-J. Zhang;W.-T. Qi;S.-J. Gao

  • Anti-diabetic effect of baicalein is associated with the modulation of gut microbiota in streptozotocin and high-fat-diet induced diabetic rats

    Bowei Zhang;Wenlong Sun;Na Yu;Jin Sun

  • Aqueous two-phase extraction of 2,3-butanediol from fermentation broths using an ethanol/phosphate system

    Bo Jiang;Zhi-Gang Li;Jian-Ying Dai;Dai-Jia Zhang

  • Calcined sodium silicate as solid base catalyst for biodiesel production

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  • Microbial production of 2,3-butanediol from Jerusalem artichoke tubers by Klebsiella pneumoniae.

    Li-Hui Sun;Xu-Dong Wang;Jian-Ying Dai;Zhi-Long Xiu

  • Stoichiometric analysis of biological hydrogen production by fermentative bacteria

    Xi Chen;Yaqin Sun;ZhiLong Xiu;Xiaohui Li

  • Extraction of 1,3-propanediol from glycerol-based fermentation broths with methanol/phosphate aqueous two-phase system

    Zhigang Li;Hu Teng;Zhilong Xiu

  • Pentacyclic triterpenes as α-glucosidase and α-amylase inhibitors: Structure-activity relationships and the synergism with acarbose.

    Bo-wei Zhang;Yan Xing;Chen Wen;Xiao-xia Yu

  • Mathematical modeling of glycerol fermentation by Klebsiella pneumoniae: Concerning enzyme-catalytic reductive pathway and transport of glycerol and 1,3-propanediol across cell membrane

    Ya Qin Sun;Wen Tao Qi;Hu Teng;Zhi Long Xiu

  • Stoichiometric analysis and experimental investigation of glycerol bioconversion to 1,3-propanediol by Klebsiella pneumoniae under microaerobic conditions

    Xi Chen;Zhilong Xiu;Jianfeng Wang;Daijia Zhang

  • Aqueous two-phase extraction of 2,3-butanediol from fermentation broths using an ethanol/ammonium sulfate system

    Zhigang Li;Hu Teng;Zhilong Xiu

  • Synthesis of biodiesel from acidified soybean soapstock using a lignin-derived carbonaceous catalyst

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  • Advances in bioconversion of glycerol to 1,3-propanediol: Prospects and challenges

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  • Multiplicity and stability analysis of microorganisms in continuous culture: effects of metabolic overflow and growth inhibition

    Zhi-Long Xiu;An-Ping Zeng;Wolf-Dieter Deckwer

  • Biotransformation of piceid in Polygonum cuspidatum to resveratrol by Aspergillus oryzae

    H. Wang;L. Liu;Y.-X. Guo;Y.-S. Dong

  • Optimization of dissimilation of glycerol to 1,3-propanediol by Klebsiella pneumoniae in one- and two-stage anaerobic cultures

    Zhi-Long Xiu;Bing-Hui Song;Zong-Tao Wang;Li-Hua Sun

  • Molecular modeling study of β-cyclodextrin complexes with (+)-catechin and (−)-epicatechin

    Chunli Yan;Zhilong Xiu;Xiaohui Li;Ce Hao;Ce Hao

  • Effect of atmospheric cold plasma treatment on antioxidant activities and reactive oxygen species production in postharvest blueberries during storage

    Yaru Ji;Yaru Ji;Wenzhong Hu;Wenzhong Hu;Jia Liao;Jia Liao;Aili Jiang;Aili Jiang

  • Comparison of northeast sauerkraut fermentation between single lactic acid bacteria strains and traditional fermentation.

    Xiaozhe Yang;Wenzhong Hu;Wenzhong Hu;Zhilong Xiu;Aili Jiang

  • A combined bioprocess of biodiesel production by lipase with microbial production of 1,3-propanediol by Klebsiella pneumoniae

    Ying Mu;Zhi-Long Xiu;Dai-Jia Zhang

  • Separation of bio-based chemicals from fermentation broths by salting-out extraction.

    Jian-Ying Dai;Ya-Qin Sun;Zhi-Long Xiu

  • A novel strategy for integrated utilization of Jerusalem artichoke stalk and tuber for production of 2,3-butanediol by Klebsiella pneumoniae.

    Dan Li;Jian-Ying Dai;Zhi-Long Xiu

Frequent Co-Authors

Ce Hao
Ce Hao Dalian University of Technology
An-Ping Zeng
An-Ping Zeng Hamburg University of Technology
Jieshan Qiu
Jieshan Qiu Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Fengwu Bai
Fengwu Bai Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Kok Lay Teo
Kok Lay Teo Sunway University
Shang-Tian Yang
Shang-Tian Yang The Ohio State University
Zhiguo Su
Zhiguo Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chang-Guo Zhan
Chang-Guo Zhan University of Kentucky
Jingwen Chen
Jingwen Chen Dalian University of Technology
Tao Zhou
Tao Zhou University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

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