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  1. Chronic and acute acrylamide exposure on cell-type-specific neurotoxicity in bumblebee brain

    Article • Food Science and Human Wellness, January 2026, Tsinghua University Press

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  2. The honeybee gut resistome and its role in antibiotic resistance dissemination

    Article • Integrative Zoology, April 2023, Wiley

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  3. Stably transmitted defined microbial community in honeybees preserves Hafnia alvei inhibition by regulating the immune system

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, December 2022, Frontiers

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  4. Nano- and micro-polystyrene plastics disturb gut microbiota and intestinal immune system in honeybee

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, October 2022, Elsevier

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  5. Strain-level profiling with picodroplet microfluidic cultivation reveals host-specific adaption of honeybee gut symbionts

    Article • Microbiome, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  6. Inflammatory bowel disease-associated Escherichia coli strain LF82 in the damage of gut and cognition of honeybees

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, August 2022, Frontiers

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  7. Dietary Polyphenol, Gut Microbiota, and Health Benefits

    Article • Antioxidants, June 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  8. Bumblebees with the socially transmitted microbiome: A novel model organism for gut microbiota research

    Article • Insect Science, May 2022, Wiley

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  9. Geographical resistome profiling in the honeybee microbiome reveals resistance gene transfer conferred by mobilizable plasmids

    Article • Microbiome, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  10. Amplicon Sequencing of Single-Copy Protein-Coding Genes Reveals Accurate Diversity for Sequence-Discrete Microbiome Populations

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, April 2022, ASM Journals

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  11. Distinct Roles of Honeybee Gut Bacteria on Host Metabolism and Neurological Processes

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, April 2022, ASM Journals

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  12. Honeybee gut Lactobacillus modulates host learning and memory behaviors via regulating tryptophan metabolism

    Article • Nature Communications, April 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  13. Impacts of Imidacloprid and Flupyradifurone Insecticides on the Gut Microbiota of Bombus terrestris

    Article • Agriculture, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  14. Specific Strains of Honeybee Gut Lactobacillus Stimulate Host Immune System to Protect against Pathogenic Hafnia alvei

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, February 2022, ASM Journals

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  15. Precise Thermal Regulation of Engineered Bacteria Secretion for Breast Cancer Treatment In Vivo

    Article • ACS Synthetic Biology, February 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  16. Honey bee genetics shape the strain-level structure of gut microbiota in social transmission

    Article • Microbiome, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  17. Strain-level analysis reveals the vertical microbial transmission during the life cycle of bumblebee

    Article • Microbiome, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  18. Amplicon Sequencing of Single-copy Protein-coding Genes Reveals Accurate Diversity for Sequence-discrete Microbiome Populations

    Article • October 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  19. Characterization of Bifidobacterium apousia sp. nov., Bifidobacterium choladohabitans sp. nov., and Bifidobacterium polysaccharolyticum sp. nov., three novel species of the genus Bifidobacterium from honey bee gut

    Article • Systematic and Applied Microbiology, September 2021, Elsevier

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  20. Characterization and phylogenomic analysis of Breznakiella homolactica gen. nov. sp. nov. indicate that termite gut treponemes evolved from non‐acetogenic spirochetes in cockroaches

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, June 2021, Wiley

    Prof. Hao Zheng, Andreas Brune, Vincent HERVE

  21. Genomic features underlying the evolutionary transitions of Apibacter to honey bee gut symbionts

    Article • Insect Science, April 2021, Wiley

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  22. High-Fat Diets with Differential Fatty Acids Induce Obesity and Perturb Gut Microbiota in Honey Bee

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  23. Honeybee gut microbiota modulates host behaviors and neurological processes

    Article • December 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  24. Honeybee genetics shape the strain-level structure of gut microbiota in social transmission

    Article • December 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  25. Genomic features underlying the evolutionary transitions of Apibacter to honey bee gut symbionts

    Article • October 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  26. Diversity and functional analysis of Chinese bumblebee gut microbiota reveal the metabolic niche and antibiotic resistance variation of Gilliamella

    Article • Insect Science, September 2020, Wiley

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  27. Entomomonas moraniae gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Pseudomonadaceae isolated from Asian honey bee gut, possesses a highly reduced genome

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, January 2020, Society for General Microbiology

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  28. Evolution of satellite plasmids can prolong the maintenance of newly acquired accessory genes in bacteria

    Article • Nature Communications, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  29. Division of labor in honey bee gut microbiota for plant polysaccharide digestion

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, November 2019, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Susannah Green Tringe, Prof. Hao Zheng

  30. Evolution of satellite plasmids can stabilize the maintenance of newly acquired accessory genes in bacteria

    Article • June 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  31. A curated 16S rRNA reference database for the classification of honeybee and bumblebee gut microbiota

    Article • Biodiversity Science, January 2019, Biodiversity Science

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  32. Honey bees as models for gut microbiota research

    Article • Lab Animal, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  33. Author Correction: Convergent evolution of a modified, acetate-driven TCA cycle in bacteria

    Article • Nature Microbiology, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  34. Honey bee as a model organism to study gut microbiota and diseases

    Article • Drug Discovery Today Disease Models, January 2018, Elsevier

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  35. High-resolution phylogenetic analysis of Endomicrobia reveals multiple acquisitions of endosymbiotic lineages by termite gut flagellates

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, July 2017, Wiley

    Aram Mikaelyan, Andreas Brune, Prof. Hao Zheng

  36. Genome Analysis of Endomicrobium proavitum Suggests Loss and Gain of Relevant Functions during the Evolution of Intracellular Symbionts

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2017, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune, Prof. Hao Zheng

  37. Convergent evolution of a modified, acetate-driven TCA cycle in bacteria

    Article • Nature Microbiology, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  38. Honeybee gut microbiota promotes host weight gain via bacterial metabolism and hormonal signaling

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Prof. Hao Zheng

  39. Metabolism of Toxic Sugars by Strains of the Bee Gut Symbiont Gilliamella apicola

    Article • mBio, November 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr. Hao Zheng, Dr. Hao Zheng, Prof. Hao Zheng

  40. Restriction-Modification Systems as Mobile Genetic Elements in the Evolution of an Intracellular Symbiont

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, November 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Carsten Dietrich, Dr. Hao Zheng, Dr. Hao Zheng, Andreas Brune, Prof. Hao Zheng

  41. Endomicrobium proavitum, the first isolate ofEndomicrobiaclass. nov. (phylumElusimicrobia) - an ultramicrobacterium with an unusual cell cycle that fixes nitrogen with a Group IV nitrogenase

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, July 2015, Wiley

    Andreas Brune, Dr Carsten Dietrich, Dr. Hao Zheng, Dr. Hao Zheng, Prof. Hao Zheng

  42. Complete Genome Sequence of Endomicrobium proavitum , a Free-Living Relative of the Intracellular Symbionts of Termite Gut Flagellates (Phylum Elusimicrobia )

    Article • Genome Announcements, July 2015, ASM Journals

    Andreas Brune, Dr. Hao Zheng, Dr. Hao Zheng, Prof. Hao Zheng

  43. Population Structure of Endomicrobia in Single Host Cells of Termite Gut Flagellates (Trichonympha spp.)

    Article • Microbes and Environments, January 2015, Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology

    Andreas Brune, Dr Carsten Dietrich, Dr. Hao Zheng, Dr. Hao Zheng, Prof. Hao Zheng