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Name:
 LI Wenjun
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Academic title:
 Professor
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 13926435118
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 liwenjun@ms.xjb.ac.cn
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Direction:
[1] Microbial resources and microbial ecology

[2] Taxonomy and phylogeny of microorganisms
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Achievements:

Excellent teacher award by Yunnan University in 2003.

The first-class Award for Natural Science on Actinobacterial Resources was awarded by Yunnan Provincial government, China in 2005.

New Century Excellent Talent in University (NCET) was awarded by Ministry of Education, P R China in 2005.

WFCC (The World Federation for Culture Collections) Skerman Award for Microbial Taxonomy for 2007.

The Youth Scientific and Technical Award of Yunnan Province, China, 2007.

The first-class award for Natural Science on Actinobacterial Systematics was awarded by Yunnan Provincial government, China in 2009.

The second-class award for Natural Science on Halophilic Actinobacteria was awarded by Ministry of Education, P. R. China in 2010.

The Outstanding Scientist award for Natural Science was awarded by Yunnan Provincial government, China in 2012.

The third-class award for Natural Science on Endophytic Microorganisms and Their Metabolites was awarded by Yunnan Provincial government, China in 2013.

The second-class award for Natural Science on halophilic and thermophilic Microorganisms in western China was awarded by Yunnan Provincial government, China in 2018.

The Most Cited Chinese Researchers in the field of Microbiology and Immunology in China in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, respectively.
Article:
1. Nimaichand Salam, Wen-Dong Xian, Mipeshwaree Devi Asem, Min Xiao, Wen-Jun Li*. From cophysiology to Cultivation Methodology: filling the knowledge gap between uncultured and cultured microbes. Marine Life Science & Technology. 2020 Sep. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42995-020-00064-w

2. Yi-Rui Yin？, Tao Li？, Peng Sang？, Run-Fen Yang, Hong-Yan Liu, Min Xiao, Shuai Li, Li-Quan Yang*, Wen-Jun Li*. Characterization of an alkali-tolerant, thermostable, and multifunctional GH5 family endoglucanase from Thermoactinospora rubra YIM 77501T for prebiotic production. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery. 2020, July 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-020-00848-1

3. Jian-Yu Jiao, Lan Liu, Zheng-Shuang Hua, Bao-Zhu Fang, En-Min Zhou, Nimaichand Salam, Brian P. Hedlund & Wen-Jun Li*. Microbial dark matter coming to light: challenges and opportunities. National Science Review. 2020, Dec 8. nwaa280, https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaa280

4. Hongchen Jiang*, Jianrong Huang, Li Li, Liuqin Huang, Mehvish Manzoor, Jian Yang, Geng Wu, Xiaoxi Sun, Beichen Wang, Dilfuza Egamberdieva*, Hovik Panosya, Nils-K？re Birkeland, Zihua Zhu, Wenjun Li*. Onshore soil microbes and endophytes respond differently to geochemical and mineralogical changes in the Aral Sea. Sci Total Environ.  2020 Oct 5:142675. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142675. (IF=6.55)

5. Lan Liu; Ai-Ping Lv; Yu-Zhen Ming; Jian-Yu Jiao; Bao-Zhu Fang; Wen-Dong Xian; Min Xiao; Nimaichand Salam* & Wen-Jun Li*. Seramator thermalis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel cellulose- and xylan-degrading member of the family Dysgonamonadaceae isolated from a hot spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2020 70(11):5717-5724. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004469. 

6. Nayfach S, Roux S, Seshadri R, Udwary D, Varghese N, Schulz F, Wu D, Paez-Espino D, Chen IM, Huntemann M, Palaniappan K, Ladau J, Mukherjee S, Reddy TBK, Nielsen T, Kirton E, Faria JP, Edirisinghe JN, Henry CS, Jungbluth SP, Chivian D, Dehal P, Wood-Charlson EM, Arkin AP, Tringe SG, Visel A; IMG/M Data Consortium, Woyke T, Mouncey NJ, Ivanova NN, Kyrpides NC, Eloe-Fadrosh EA. A genomic catalog of Earth's microbiomes. Nat Biotechnol. 2020 Nov 9. doi: 10.1038/s41587-020-0718-6.

7. Rui-Rui Liu？, Ye Tian？, En-Min Zhou, Meng-Jie Xiong, Min Xiao, Wen-Jun Li*. Distinct expression of the two NO-forming nitrite reductases in Thermus antranikianii DSM 12462T improved environmental adaptability. Microbial Ecology. 2020 Oct;80(3):614-626. doi: 10.1007/s00248-020-01528-3. 

8. Jialing Li？, Pandeng Wang？, Nimaichand Salam？, Xin Li, Manzoor Ahmad, Ye Tian, Li Duan, Linan Huang, Min Xiao, Xiaozhen Mou* and Wenjun Li*. Unraveling bacteria-mediated degradation of lignin-derived aromatic compounds in a freshwater environment. Science of the Total Environment. 2020, 749, 141236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141236  (IF=6.55)

9. Liu ZT？, Xian WD？, Li MM, Liu L, Ming YZ, Jiao JY, Fang BZ, Xiao M, Li WJ*. Microvirga arsenatis sp. nov., an arsenate reduction bacterium isolated from Tibet hot spring sediments. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 2020, Aug;113(8):1147-1153. doi: 10.1007/s10482-020-01421-6.

10. Ya-Xi Zhang; Fang-Ling Li; Su-Chen Ma; Guo-Di Zheng; Wen-Feng Chen; Wen-Jun Li*; Lei Wang*. Frigidibacter oleivorans sp. nov., a novel bacterium species isolated from Deep well with oil reservoir water. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2020 Jul;70(7):4339-4344. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004294.

11. Lan Liu, Jian-Yu Jiao, Bao-Zhu Fang, Ai-Ping Lv, Yu-Zhen Ming, Meng-Meng Li, Nimaichand Salam* and Wen-Jun Li*. Isolation of Clostridium from Yunnan-Tibet hot springs and description of Clostridium thermarum sp. nov. with lignocellulosic ethanol production. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 2020 Jun 21;43(5):126104. doi: 10.1016/j.syapm.2020.126104.

12. Alison E Murray*, John Freudenstein, Simonetta Gribaldo, Roland Hatzenpichler, Philip Hugenholtz, Peter K？mpfer, Konstantinos T Konstantinidis, Christopher E Lane, R Thane Papke, Donovan H Parks, Ramon Rossello-Mora, Matthew B Stott, Iain C Sutcliffe, J Cameron Thrash, Stephanus N Venter, William B Whitman, Silvia G Acinas, Rudolf I Amann, Karthik Anantharaman, Jean Armengaud, Brett J Baker, Roman A Barco, Helge B Bode, Eric S Boyd, Carrie L Brady, Paul Carini, Patrick SG Chain, Daniel R Colman, Kristen M DeAngelis, Maria Asuncion de los Rios, Paulina Estrada de los Santos, Christopher A Dunlap, Jonathan A Eisen, David Emerson, Thijs JG Ettema, Damien Eveillard, Peter R Girguis, Ute Hentschel, James T Hollibaugh, Laura A Hug, William P Inskeep, Elena P Ivanova, Hans-Peter Klenk, Wen-Jun Li, Karen G Lloyd, Frank E L？ffler, Thulani Makhalanyane, Duane P Moser, Takuro Nunoura, Marike Palmer, Victor Parro, Carlos Pedrós-Alió, Alexander J Probst, Theo HM Smits, Andrew D Steen, Emma T Steenkamp, Anja Spang, Frank J Stewart, James M Tiedje, Peter Vandamme, Michael Wagner, Feng-Ping Wang, Brian P Hedlund*, Anna-Louise Reysenbach*. Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria. Nat Microbiol. 2020 Jun 8. doi: 10.1038/s41564-020-0733-x. 

13. Wen-Dong Xian？, Nimaichand Salam？, Meng-Meng Li？, En-Min Zhou, Yi-Rui Yin, Ze-Tao Liu, Yu-Zhen Ming, Xiao-Tong Zhang, Geng Wu, Lan Liu, Min Xiao, Hong-Chen Jiang, Wen-Jun Li*. Network-directed efficient isolation of previously uncultivated Chloroflexi and related bacteria in hot spring microbial mats. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes. 2020 Apr 29;6(1):20. doi: 10.1038/s41522-020-0131-4. (IF=7.067)

14. Zulpiya Musa？, Jinbiao Ma？, Dilfuza Egamberdieva, Osama Abdalla Abdelshafy Mohamad？, Gulsumay Abaydulla, Yong-Hong Liu, Wen-Jun Li* & Li Li*. Diversity and antimicrobial potential of cultivable endophytic actinobacteria associated with medicinal plant Thymus roseus. Front Microbiol, 2020, Mar 12. 11:191.　doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00191.

15. Nimaichand Salam？, Jian-Yu Jiao？, Xiao-Tong Zhang？, Wen-Jun Li*. Update in the classification of higher ranks in the phylum Actinobacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2020 Feb;70(2):1331-1355. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003920.

16. Abdelshafy Mohamad OA*, Ma J-B, Liu Y-H, Zhang D, Hua S, Bhute S, Hedlund BP, Li W-J* and Li L*. Beneficial Endophytic Bacterial Populations Associated With Medicinal Plant Thymus vulgaris Alleviate Salt Stress and Confer Resistance to Fusarium oxysporum. Front. Plant Sci. 2020, 11:47. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00047

17. Dai-Di Chen, Ye Tian, Jian-Yu Jiao, Xiao-Tong Zhang, Yong-Guang Zhang, Zhou-Yan Dong, Meng-Jie Xiong, Min Xiao, Wen-Sheng Shu*, Wen-Jun Li*. Comparative genomics analysis of Nitriliruptoria reveals the genomic differences and salt adaptation strategies. Extremophiles. 2020. 24(2), 249-264. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-019-01150-3

18. Al-Shayeb B？, Sachdeva R？, Chen LX, Ward F, Munk P, Devoto A, Castelle CJ, Olm MR, Bouma-Gregson K, Amano Y, He C, Méheust R, Brooks B, Thomas A, Lavy A, Matheus-Carnevali P, Sun C, Goltsman DSA, Borton MA, Sharrar A, Jaffe AL, Nelson TC, Kantor R, Keren R, Lane KR, Farag IF, Lei S, Finstad K, Amundson R, Anantharaman K, Zhou J, Probst AJ, Power ME, Tringe SG, Li WJ, Wrighton K, Harrison S, Morowitz M, Relman DA, Doudna JA, Lehours AC, Warren L, Cate JHD, Santini JM, Banfield JF*. Clades of huge phages from across Earth's ecosystems. Nature. 2020 Feb;578(7795):425-431. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-2007-4. Epub 2020 Feb 12.

19. En-Min Zhou, Arinola L. Adegboruwa, Chrisabelle C. Mefferd, Shrikant S. Bhute, Senthil K. Murugapiran, Jeremy A. Dodsworth, Scott C. Thomas, Amanda J. Bengtson, Lan Liu, Wen？Dong Xian, Wen-Jun Li* & Brian P. Hedlund*. Diverse respiratory capacity among Thermus strains from US Great Basin hot springs. Extremophiles. 2020 Jan;24(1):71-80. doi: 10.1007/s00792-019-01131-6.

20. Bao-Zhu Fang？*, Ming-Xian Han, Jian-Yu Jiao, Yuan-Guo Xie, Xiao-Tong Zhang, Lan Liu, Zi-Tong Zhang, Min Xiao, Wen-Jun Li*. Streptomyces cavernae sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from a karst cave sample. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2020 Jan;70(1):120-125. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003724

21. Manik prabhu, Deene; Dong, Zhou-Yan, Liu, Guohong, Li, Li, Xiao, Min, Li, Wen-Jun*. Reclassification of Bacillus aryabhattai Shivaji et al. 2009 as a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus megaterium de Bary 1884 (Approved Lists 1980). FEMS Microbiology Letters. 2020 Jan 8. pii: fnz258. doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnz258.

22. Qiyun Zhu？, Uyen Mai？, Wayne Pfeiffer, Stefan Janssen, Francesco Asnicar, Jon G. Sanders, Pedro Belda-Ferre, Gabriel A. Al-Ghalith, Evguenia Kopylova, Daniel McDonald, Tomasz Kosciolek, John B. Yin, Shi Huang, Nimaichand Salam, Jian-Yu Jiao, Zijun Wu, Zhenjiang Z. Xu, Kalen Cantrell, Yimeng Yang, Erfan Sayyari, Maryam Rabiee, James T. Morton, Sheila Podell1, Dan Knights, Wen-Jun Li, Curtis Huttenhower, Nicola Segata, Larry Smarr, Siavash Mirarab, Rob Knight*. Phylogenomics of 10,575 genomes reveals evolutionary proximity between domains Bacteria and Archaea. Nat Commun. 2019 Dec 2;10(1):5477. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-13443-4.

23. Meng-Meng Li？, Wen-Dong Xian？, Xiao-Tong Zhang, Yi-Rui Yin, En-Min Zhou, Yi-Ping Ding, Lan Liu, Bao-Zhu Fang, Wen-Jun Li*. Thermus caldilimi sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from a geothermal area. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.  2019 Dec;112(12):1767-1774. doi: 10.1007/s10482-019-01309-0.

24. Quang Huy Nguyen, Hai Van Nguyen, Thi Hanh-Nguyen Vu, Son Chu-Ky*, Thu Trang Vu, Ha Hoang, Ngoc Tung Quach, Thi Lien Bui, Hoang Ha Chu, Thi Nhan Khieu, Samira Sarter, Wen-Jun Li and Quyet-Tien Phi*. Characterization of Endophytic Streptomyces griseorubens MPT42 and Assessment of Antimicrobial Synergistic Interactions of Its Extract and Essential Oil from Host Plant Litsea cubeba. Antibiotics (Basel). 2019 Oct 28;8(4). pii: E197. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics8040197.

25. Juan Wang, Min-Ling Zheng, Jian-Yu Jiao, Wei-Jia Wang, Shuai Li, Min Xiao, Cha Chen, Ping-Hua Qu* & Wen-Jun Li*. Serratia microhaemolytica sp. nov., isolated from an artificial lake in Southern China. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 2019, 112:1447–1456. doi: 10.1007/s10482-019-01273-9. 

26. Zhou-Yan Dong？, Manik Prabhu Narsing Rao？, Hong-Fei Wang？, Bao-Zhu Fang, Yong-Hong Liu, Li Li, Min Xiao* and Wen-Jun Li*. Transcriptomic analysis of two endophytes involved in enhancing salt stress ability of Arabidopsis thaliana. Science of the Total Environment. 2019 Oct 10; 686:107-117. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.483

27. Zheng-Shuang Hua？, Yu-Lin Wang？, Paul N Evans？, Yan-Ni Qu, Kian Mau Goh, Yang-Zhi Rao, Yan-Ling Qi, Yu-Xian Li, Min-Jun Huang, Jian-Yu Jiao, Ya-Ting Chen, Yan-Ping Mao, Wen-Sheng Shu, Wael Hozzein, Brian P. Hedlund, Gene W Tyson*, Tong Zhang*, Wen-Jun Li*. Insights into the ecological roles and evolution of methyl-coenzyme M reductase containing hot spring Archaea. Nature Communications. 2019 Oct 8;10(1):4574. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-12574-y.