Biography：

Dr. Xiaomi Wang, assistant researcher in Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. My study mainly focuses on soil or rhizosphere microbiome diversity in “sick” soils contaminated with pollutants.

Research Areas：

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

linkage between soil-borne microbiota and bioremediation potential

spatial variability and adaption mechanisms of free-living and rhizosphere diazotrophs in contaminated soils

plant-microbe interactions during bioremediation

Work and Education Experience

2018-to date   Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China

Assistant Researcher

2014-2018   Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China

Ph.D., Environmental Science

2011-2014  Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China

M.S., Biotechnology

Awards and Honours：

2018    Chinese Academy of Sciences

President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Scholarship Excellence Award

2017, 2010 Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China

China National Scholarship for graduate student

 RESEARCH GRANTS

2020-2022   National Science Foundation of China (Youth Fundation)

“The driving mechanism of diazotrophic community in polychlorinated biphenyls transformation in paddy soil”; Principal Investigator

2019-2021   Jiangsu Science and Technology department, China (Youth Fundation)

“Impacts of molybdenum on the biotransformation of polychlorinated biphenyls in paddy soils”; Principal Investigator

Selected Publications：

First-author Publications

(I) Microbial mechanism for rhizoremediation of pollutants by rhizobium-legume symbiosis

1.Xiaomi Wang, Ying Teng*, Chen Tu, Yongming Luo*, Chris Greening, Ning Zhang, Shixiang Dai, Wenjie Ren, Ling Zhao, Zhengao Li (2018) Coupling between nitrogen fixation and tetrachlorobiphenyl dechlorination in a rhizobium-legume symbiosis. Environmental Science & Technology 52, 2217-2224

2.Xiaomi Wang, Ying Teng*, Yongming Luo, Richard P. Dick (2016) Biodegradation of 3,3’,4,4’-tetrachlorobiphenyl by Sinorhizobium meliloti NM. Bioresource Technology 201:261-268

3.Xiaomi Wang, Ying Teng*, Ning Zhang, Peter Christie, Zhengao Li, Yongming Luo, Jun Wang (2017) Rhizobial symbiosis alleviates polychlorinated biphenyls-induced systematic oxidative stress via brassinosteroids signaling in alfalfa. Science of the Total Environment 592:68-77. Doi 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.066

(II)  Role of endophytes in secondary metabolites production in medical plant

4.Xiaomi Wang, Bo Yang, Chengang Ren, Haiwei Wang, Jinyan Wang, Chuanchao Dai* (2015) Involvement of abscisic acid and salicylic acid in signal cascade regulating bacterial endophyte-induced volatile oil biosynthesis in plantlets of Atractylodes lancea. Physiologia Plantarum 153: 30-42

5.Xiaomi Wang, Bo Yang, Haiwei Wang, Teng Yang, Chengang Ren, Hailin Zheng, Chuanchao Dai* (2013) Consequences of antagonistic interactions between endophytic fungus and bacterium on plant growth and defense responses in Atractylodes lancea. Journal of Basic Microbiology 53: 1-12

Other Publications

6.Yeng Teng*, Xiaomi Wang, Lina Li, Zhengao Li, Yongming Luo (2015) Rhizobia and their bio-partners as novel drivers for functional remediation in contaminated soils. Frontiers in Plant Science 6:32

7.Yeng Teng*, Xiaomi Wang, Ye Zhu, Wei Chen, Peter Christie, Zhengao Li, Yongming Luo (2017) Biodegradation of pentachloronitrobenzene by Cupriavidus sp. YNS-85 and its potential for remediation of contaminated soils. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 24:9538-9547. Doi, 10.1007/s11356-017-8640-2

8.Ying Teng*, Yongfeng Xu, Xiaomi Wang, Peter Christie (2019) Function of Biohydrogen Metabolism and Related Microbial Communities in Environmental Bioremediation. Frontiers in Microbiology 10:106

9.Bo Yang, Xiaomi Wang, Haiyan Ma, Teng Yang, Yong Jia, Jun Zhou, Chuanchao Dai* (2015) Fungal endophyte Phomopsis liquidambari affects nitrogen transformation processes and related microorganisms in the rice rhizosphere. Frontiers in Microbiology 6: 00982

10.Bo Yang, Xiaomi Wang, Haiyan Ma, Yong Jia, Xia Li, Chuanchao Dai* (2014) Effects of the fungal endophyte Phomopsis liquidambari on nitrogen uptake and metabolism in rice. Plant Growth Regulation 73:165-179

11.Bo Yang, Haiyan Ma, XiaoMi Wang, Yong Jia, Jing Hu, Xia Li, Chuanchao Dai* (2014) Improvement of nitrogen accumulation and metabolism in rice (Oryza sativa L.) by the endophyte Phomopsis liquidambari. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 82: 172-182

12.Shixiang Dai, Ling Zhao, Ying Teng*, Xiaomi Wang, Wenjie Ren. (2018) Effect of composition and microstructure of humic acid on 3,3’,4,4’-tetrachlorobiphenyl sorption. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 25(15): 14656-14665

13.Ning Zhang, Duo Guo, Ye Zhu, Xiaomi Wang, Lingjia Zhu, Fang Liu, Ying Teng*, Peter Christie, Zhengao Li, Yongming Luo (2017) Microbial remediation of a pentachloronitrobenzene-contaminated soil planted with Panax notoginseng: a field experiment. Pedosphere. Doi, 10.1016/S1002-0160(17)60476-4

14.Ying Teng*, Xiufen Li, Tu Chen, Zhang Manyun, Xiaomi Wang, Zhengao Li, Yongming Luo (2016) Isolation of the PCB-degrading bacteria Mesorhizobium sp. ZY1 and its combined remediation with Astragalus sinicus L. for contaminated soil. International Journal of Phytoremediation 18(2):141-149