Education

Ph.D. in Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Nanjing Agricultural University, 2006

Current position

Professor, Department of Microbiology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, P. R. of China

Publications (selected)

1. Chen, K., Huang, L., Xu, C., Liu, X., He, J., Zinder, S. H., Li, S. and Jiang, J. (2013). Molecular characterization of the enzymes involved in the degradation of a brominated aromatic herbicide. Mol Microbiol 89(6): 1121-1139.
   
2. Chen, K., Liu, Y., Mao, D. M., Liu, X. M., Li, S. P. and Jiang, J. D. (2013). An essential esterase (BroH) for the mineralization of bromoxynil octanoate by a natural consortium of Sphingopyxis sp. strain OB-3 and Comamonas sp. strain 7D-2. J Agric Food Chem 61(47): 11550-11559.
3. Li, R., Liu, Y., Zhang, J., Chen, K., Li, S. and Jiang, J. (2012). An isofenphos-methyl hydrolase (Imh) capable of hydrolyzing the P-O-Z moiety of organophosphorus pesticides containing an aryl or heterocyclic group. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 94(6): 1553-1564.
4. Liang, B., Jiang, J., Zhang, J., Zhao, Y. and Li, S. (2012). Horizontal transfer of dehalogenase genes involved in the catalysis of chlorinated compounds: evidence and ecological role. Crit Rev Microbiol 38(2): 95-110.
   
5. Liang, B., Wang, G., Zhao, Y., Chen, K., Li, S. and Jiang, J. (2011). Facilitation of bacterial adaptation to chlorothalonil-contaminated sites by horizontal transfer of the chlorothalonil hydrolytic dehalogenase gene. Appl Environ Microbiol 77(12): 4268-4272.
   
6. Chen, K., Liu, X. M., Li, R., Liu, Y., Hu, H., Li, S. P. and Jiang, J. D. (2011). Isolation of a buprofezin co-metabolizing strain of Pseudomonas sp. DFS35-4 and identification of the buprofezin transformation pathway. Biodegradation 22(6): 1135-1142.
   
7. Wang, G. L., Wang, L., Chen, H. H., Shen, B., Li, S. P. and Jiang, J. D. (2011). Lysobacter ruishenii sp. nov., a chlorothalonil-degrading bacterium isolated from a long-term chlorothalonil-contaminated soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 61(Pt 3): 674-679.
8. Wang, G., Li, R., Li, S. and Jiang, J. (2010). A novel hydrolytic dehalogenase for the chlorinated aromatic compound chlorothalonil. J Bacteriol 192(11): 2737-2745.
   
9. Wang, L., Wen, Y., Guo, X., Wang, G., Li, S. and Jiang, J. (2010). Degradation of methamidophos by Hyphomicrobium species MAP-1 and the biochemical degradation pathway. Biodegradation 21(4): 513-523.
   
10. Li, R., Wang, G., Shen, B., Wang, R., Song, Y., Li, S. and Jiang, J. (2009). Random transposon vectors pUTTns for the markerless integration of exogenous genes into gram-negative eubacteria chromosomes. J Microbiol Methods 79(2): 220-226.