Publications

2009-present

2021

  • Zhao, K., Ma, B., Xu, Y., Stirling, E. & Xu, J. Light exposure mediates circadian rhythms of rhizosphere microbial communities. ISME J 15, 2655–2664 (2021).
  • Zhang, L. et al. Habitat heterogeneity induced by pyrogenic organic matter in wildfire-perturbed soils mediates bacterial community assembly processes. ISME J 15, 1943–1955 (2021).
  • Xue, R. et al. Deciphering sample size effect on microbial biogeographic patterns and community assembly processes at centimeter scale. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 156, 108218 (2021).
  • Ma, B. et al. Soil Biogeochemical Cycle Couplings Inferred from a Function-Taxon Network. Research 2021, 1–10 (2021).
  • Liu, H. et al. FACS-iChip: a high-efficiency iChip system for microbial ‘dark matter’ mining. Mar Life Sci Technol 3, 162–168 (2021).

2020

  • Ma, B. et al. Earth microbial co-occurrence network reveals interconnection pattern across microbiomes. Microbiome 8, 82 (2020).
  • Lv, X., Ma, B., Lee, K. & Ulrich, A. Potential syntrophic associations in anaerobic naphthenic acids biodegrading consortia inferred with microbial interactome networks. Journal of Hazardous Materials 397, 122678 (2020).
  • Lv, X., Ma, B., Cologgi, D., Lee, K. & Ulrich, A. Naphthenic acid anaerobic biodegrading consortia enriched from pristine sediments underlying oil sands tailings ponds. Journal of Hazardous Materials 394, 122546 (2020).

2019

  • Dai, Z., Liu, G., Chen, H., Chen, C., Wang, J., Ai, S., Wei, D., Li, D., Ma, B., Tang, C., Brookes, P.C., Xu, J., 2019. Long-term nutrient inputs shift soil microbial functional profiles of phosphorus cycling in diverse agroecosystems. The ISME Journal. doi:10.1038/s41396-019-0567-9
  • Deng, Y., Ruan, Y., Ma, B., Timmons, M.B., Lu, H., Xu, X., Zhao, H., Yin, X., 2019. Multi-omics analysis reveals niche and fitness differences in typical denitrification microbial aggregations. Environment International 132, 105085. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2019.105085
  • Feng, J., Xu, Y., Ma, B., Tang, C., Brookes, P.C., He, Y., Xu, J., 2019. Assembly of root-associated microbiomes of typical rice cultivars in response to lindane pollution. Environment International 131, 104975. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2019.104975
  • Lv, X., Zhao, K., Xue, R., Liu, Y., Xu, J., Ma, B., 2019. Strengthening Insights in Microbial Ecological Networks from Theory to Applications. MSystems 4, e00124-19. doi:10.1128/mSystems.00124-19

2018

  • Lv, X.; Kankan, Z.; Li, H.; Ma, B. Niche Partition of Phenanthrene-Degrading Bacteria along a Phragmites Australis Rhizosphere Gradient. Biology and Fertility of Soils 2018, 54 (5), 607–616. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-018-1287-4
  • Ma, B.; Cai, Y.; Bork, E. W.; Chang, S. X. Defoliation Intensity and Elevated Precipitation Effects on Microbiome and Interactome Depend on Site Type in Northern Mixed-Grass Prairie. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2018, 122, 163–172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.04.015
  • Ma, B.; Lv, X.; Cai, Y.; Chang, S. X.; Dyck, M. F. Liming Does Not Counteract the Influence of Long-Term Fertilization on Soil Bacterial Community Structure and Its Co-Occurrence Pattern. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 2018, 123, 45–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.05.003
  • Ma, B.; Zhao, K.; Lv, X.; Su, W.; Dai, Z.; Gilbert, J. A.; Brookes, P. C.; Faust, K.; Xu, J. Genetic Correlation Network Prediction of Forest Soil Microbial Functional Organization. The ISME Journal 2018, 12 (10), 2492–2505. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0232-8
  • Mamet, S. D.; Ma, B.; Ulrich, A.; Schryer, A.; Siciliano, S. D. Who Is the Rock Miner and Who Is the Hunter? The Use of Heavy-Oxygen Labeled Phosphate (P 18 O 4 ) to Differentiate between C and P Fluxes in a Benzene-Degrading Consortium. Environmental Science & Technology 2018, 52 (4), 1773–1786. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b05773
  • Yu, X.; Lee, K.; Ma, B.; Asiedu, E.; Ulrich, A. C. Indigenous Microorganisms Residing in Oil Sands Tailings Biodegrade Residual Bitumen. Chemosphere 2018, 209, 551–559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.06.126

2017

  • Ma, B.; Dai, Z.; Wang, H.; Dsouza, M.; Liu, X.; He, Y.; Wu, J.; Rodrigues, J. L. M.; Gilbert, J. A.; Brookes, P. C.; et al. Distinct Biogeographic Patterns for Archaea, Bacteria, and Fungi along the Vegetation Gradient at the Continental Scale in Eastern China. mSystems 2017, 2 (1), e00174-16. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00174-16
  • Ma, B.; Li, X.; Chang, S. X. Capping Material Type Affects Rhizosphere Bacteria Community Structure in the Cover Soil in Oil Sands Reclamation. Journal of Soils and Sediments 2017, 17 (10), 2516–2523. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-017-1696-2

2016

  • Cai, Y.; Chang, S. X.; Ma, B.; Bork, E. W. Watering Increased DOC Concentration but Decreased N2O Emission from a Mixed Grassland Soil under Different Defoliation Regimes. Biol Fertil Soils 2016, 52 (7), 987–996. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-016-1135-3
  • Li, H.; Dietrich, C.; Zhu, N.; Mikaelyan, A.; Ma, B.; Pi, R.; Liu, Y.; Yang, M.; Brune, A.; Mo, J. Age Polyethism Drives Community Structure of the Bacterial Gut Microbiota in the Fungus-Cultivating Termite O Dontotermes Formosanus: Gut Microbiota of Odontotermes Formosanus. Environmental Microbiology 2016, 18 (5), 1440–1451. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13046
  • Ma, B.; Lv, X.; He, Y.; Xu, J. Assessing Adsorption of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Rhizopus Oryzae Cell Wall Components with Water–methanol Cosolvent Model. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 2016, 125, 55–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.11.032
  • Ma, B.; Wang, H.; Dsouza, M.; Lou, J.; He, Y.; Dai, Z.; Brookes, P. C.; Xu, J.; Gilbert, J. A. Geographic Patterns of Co-Occurrence Network Topological Features for Soil Microbiota at Continental Scale in Eastern China. The ISME Journal 2016, 10 (8), 1891–1901. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.261

2015 and before

  • Ma, B.; Zhou, Z.-Y.; Zhang, C.-P.; Zhang, G.; Hu, Y.-J. Inorganic Phosphorus Fractions in the Rhizosphere of Xerophytic Shrubs in the Alxa Desert. Journal of Arid Environments 2009, 73 (1), 55–61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.08.006
  • Wu, Y.; Ma, B.; Zhou, L.; Wang, H.; Xu, J.; Kemmitt, S.; Brookes, P. C. Changes in the Soil Microbial Community Structure with Latitude in Eastern China, Based on Phospholipid Fatty Acid Analysis. Applied Soil Ecology 2009, 43 (2–3), 234–240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2009.08.002
  • Ma, B.; Chen, H.; He, Y.; Wang, H.; Xu, J. Evaluation of Toxicity Risk of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Crops Rhizosphere of Contaminated Field with Sequential Extraction. Journal of Soils and Sediments 2010, 10 (5), 955–963. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-010-0212-8
  • Ma, B.; Chen, H.; Xu, M.; Hayat, T.; He, Y.; Xu, J. Quantitative Structure–activity Relationship (QSAR) Models for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) Dissipation in Rhizosphere Based on Molecular Structure and Effect Size. Environmental Pollution 2010, 158 (8), 2773–2777. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2010.04.011
  • Ma, B.; He, Y.; Chen, H.; Xu, J.; Rengel, Z. Dissipation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Rhizosphere: Synthesis through Meta-Analysis. Environmental Pollution 2010, 158 (3), 855–861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2009.09.024
  • Hayat, T.; Ding, N.; Ma, B.; He, Y.; Shi, J.; Xu, J. Dissipation of Pentachlorophenol in the Aerobic–Anaerobic Interfaces Established by the Rhizosphere of Rice ( L.) Root. Journal of Environment Quality 2011, 40 (6), 1722. https://doi.org/10.2134/jeq2010.0347
  • Ma, B.; Xu, M.; Wang, J.; Chen, H.; He, Y.; Wu, L.; Wang, H.; Xu, J. Adsorption of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) on Rhizopus Oryzae Cell Walls: Application of Cosolvent Models for Validating the Cell Wall-Water Partition Coefficient. Bioresource Technology 2011, 102 (22), 10542–10547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2011.08.013
  • Ma, B.; Wang, J.; Xu, M.; He, Y.; Wang, H.; Wu, L.; Xu, J. Evaluation of Dissipation Gradients of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Rice Rhizosphere Utilizing a Sequential Extraction Procedure. Environmental Pollution 2012, 162, 413–421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.10.034
  • Ma, B.; Gong, J. A Meta-Analysis of the Publicly Available Bacterial and Archaeal Sequence Diversity in Saline Soils. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2013, 29 (12), 2325–2334. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11274-013-1399-9
  • Ma, B.; Lv, X.; Warren, A.; Gong, J. Shifts in Diversity and Community Structure of Endophytic Bacteria and Archaea across Root, Stem and Leaf Tissues in the Common Reed, Phragmites Australis, along a Salinity Gradient in a Marine Tidal Wetland of Northern China. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2013, 104 (5), 759–768. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-013-9984-3
  • Song, Y.; Zhang, X.; Ma, B.; Chang, S. X.; Gong, J. Biochar Addition Affected the Dynamics of Ammonia Oxidizers and Nitrification in Microcosms of a Coastal Alkaline Soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils 2014, 50 (2), 321–332. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-013-0857-8
  • Gong, J.; Shi, F.; Ma, B.; Dong, J.; Pachiadaki, M.; Zhang, X.; Edgcomb, V. P. Depth Shapes α- and β-Diversities of Microbial Eukaryotes in Surficial Sediments of Coastal Ecosystems: Diversity and Biogeography of Benthic Microeukaryotes. Environmental Microbiology 2015, 17 (10), 3722–3737. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.12763
  • Ma, B.; Lyu, X.-F.; Zha, T.; Gong, J.; He, Y.; Xu, J.-M. Reconstructed Metagenomes Reveal Changes of Microbial Functional Profiling during PAHs Degradation along a Rice (Oryza Sativa) Rhizosphere Gradient. Journal of Applied Microbiology 2015, 118 (4), 890–900. https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.12756