1. Kuang JL*, Deng DM, Han S, Bates CT, Ning DL, Shu WS, Zhou JZ. (2022). Resistance potential of soil bacterial communities along a biodiversity gradient in forest ecosystems. mLife (accepted)
2. Bates CT, Escalas A, Kuang JL, Hale L, Wang Y, Herman D, Nuccio EE, Wan XL, Bhattacharyya A, Fu Y, Tian RM, Wang GS, Ning DL, Yang YF, Wu LY, Pett-Ridge J, Saha M, Craven K, Brodie EL, Firestone M, Zhou JZ*. (2022). Conversion of marginal land into switchgrass conditionally accrues soil carbon but reduces methane consumption. ISME J. 16: 10-25.
3. Kuang JL*, Bates CT, Wan XL, Ning DL, Deng DM, Shu WS, Zhou JZ. (2021). High historical variability weakens the effects of current climate differentiation on microbial community dissimilarity and assembly. Glob. Chang. Biol. 27: 5963-5975.
4. Kuang JL*, Han S, Chen YJ, Bates CT, Wang PD, Shu WS*. (2021). Root-associated fungal community reflects host spatial co-occurrence patterns in a subtropical forest. ISME Commun. 1: 65.
5. Liang YY, Lu QH, Liang ZW, Liu XK, Fang WW, Liang DW, Kuang JL, Qiu RL, He ZL, Wang SQ*. (2021). Substrate-dependent competition and cooperation relationships between Geobacter and Dehalococcoides for their organohalide respiration. ISME Commun. 1: 23.
6. Chen YJ#, Kuang JL#, Wang PD, Shu WS, Barberán A. (2020). Associations between human impacts and forest soil microbial communities. Elementa 8: 005.
7. Liu WX, Jiang L, Yang S, Wang Z, Tian R, Peng ZY, Chen YL, Zhang XX, Kuang JL, Ling N, Wang SP, Liu LL*. (2020). Critical transition of soil bacterial diversity and composition triggered by nitrogen enrichment. Ecology 101: e03053.
8. Wang PD, Chen YJ, Sun YT, Tan S, Zhang SY, Wang ZH, Zhou JZ, Zhang G, Shu WS, Luo CL*, Kuang JL*. (2019). Distinct biogeography of different fungal guilds and their association with plant species richness in forest ecosystems. Front. Ecol. Evol. 7: 216.
9. Liang ZW, Hua ZS, Jia P, Liu J, Luo ZH, Chen WC, Kuang JL, Liao B, Shu WS, Li JT*. (2018). Strong associations between biogeochemical factors and Sb species in sediments of the world's largest Sb mine (xikuangshan) in China. J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci. 123: 1548-1556.
10. Kuang JL, Cadotte MC, Chen YJ, Shu HY, Liu J, Chen LX, Hua ZS, Shu WS, Zhou JZ, Huang LN*. (2017). Conservation of species-and trait-based modeling network interactions in extremely acidic microbial community assembly. Front. Microbiol. 8: 1486.
11. Chen YJ#, Kuang JL#, Jia P#, Cadotte MW, Huang LN, Li JT, Liao B, Wang PD, Shu WS. (2017). Effect of environmental variation on estimating the bacterial species richness. Front. Microbiol. 8: 690.
12. Liang JL, Li XJ, Shu HY, Wang PD, Kuang JL, Liu J, Zhang MM, Shu WS, Huang LN*. (2017). Fine-scale spatial patterns in microbial community composition in an acid mine drainage. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 93: fix124.
13. Yang CY, Wang Q, Simon PN, Liu JY, Liu LC, Dai XZ, Zhang XH, Kuang JL, Igarashi Y, Pan XJ, Luo F*. (2017). Distinct network interactions in particle-associated and free-living bacterial communities during a Microcystis aeruginosa bloom in a Plateau lake. Front. Microbiol. 8: 1202.
14. Li JT, Liang ZW, Jia P, Liu J, Xu YJ, Chen YJ, Shu HY, Kuang JL, Liao B, Shu WS*. (2017). Effects of a bacterial consortium from acid mine drainage on cadmium phytoextraction and indigenous soil microbial community. Plant Soil 415: 347-358.
15. Kuang JL, Huang LN, He ZL, Chen LX, Hua ZS, Jia P, Li SJ, Liu J, Li JT, Zhou JZ, Shu WS*. (2016). Predicting taxonomic and functional structure of microbial communities in acid mine drainage. ISME J. 10: 1527-1539.
16. Huang LN, Kuang JL, Shu WS*. (2016). Microbial ecology and evolution in the acid mine drainage model system. Trends Microbiol. 24: 581-593.
17. Chen LX, Huang LN, Méndez-García C, Kuang JL, Hua ZS, Liu J, Shu WS*. (2016). Microbial communities, processes and functions in acid mine drainage ecosystems. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 38: 150-158.
18. Chen LX, Hu M, Huang LN, Hua ZS, Li SJ, Kuang JL, Liu J, Shu WS*. (2015). Comparative metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analyses of microbial communities in acid mine drainage. ISME J. 9: 1579-1592.
19. Hua ZS, Han YJ, Chen LX, Liu J, Hu M, Li SJ, Kuang JL, Huang LN, Shu WS*. (2015). Ecological roles of dominant and rare prokaryotes in acid mine drainage revealed by metagenomics and metatranscriptomics. ISME J. 9: 1280-1294.
20. Li SP, Guo T, Cadotte MW, Chen YJ, Kuang JL, Hua ZS, Zeng Y, Song Y, Liu Z, Shu WS, Li JT*. (2015). Contrasting effects of phylogenetic relatedness on plant invader success in experimental grassland communities. J. Appl. Ecol. 52: 89-99.
21. Niu LQ, Jia P, Li SP, Kuang JL, He XX, Zhou WH, Liao B, Shu WS, Li JT*. (2015). Slash-and-char: An ancient agricultural technique holds new promise for management of soils contaminated by Cd, Pb and Zn. Environ. Pollut. 205: 333-339.
22. Li SJ, Hua ZS, Huang LN, Li J, Shi SH, Chen LX, Kuang JL, Liu J, Hu M, Shu WS*. (2014). Microbial communities evolve faster in extreme environments. Sci. Rep. 4: 6205.
23. Liu J, Hua ZS, Chen LX, Kuang JL, Li SJ, Shu WS, Huang LN*. (2014). Correlating microbial diversity patterns with geochemistry in an extreme and heterogeneous mine tailings environment. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 80: 3677-3686.
24. Kuang JL#, Huang LN#, Hua ZS, Chen LX, Li SJ, Hu M, Li JT, Shu WS*. (2013). Contemporary environmental variation determines microbial diversity patterns in acid mine drainage. ISME J. 7: 1038-1050.
25. Li SP, Li JT, Kuang JL, Duan HN, Zeng Y, Shu WS*. (2012). Effects of species richness on cadmium removal efficiencies of algal microcosms. J. Appl. Ecol. 49: 261-267.
26. Li JT, Duan HN, Li SP, Kuang JL, Zeng Y, Shu WS*. (2010). Cadmium pollution triggers a positive biodiversity-productivity relationship: evidence from a laboratory microcosm experiment. J. Appl. Ecol. 47: 890-898.