Zhe Lyu
Human microbiome, Anaerobe, Synthetic biology, Microbiology, Microbial ecology, Methanogen, Archaea
Current interests: 1. Microbiome and host health 2. Methanogenic archaea and methanogenesis 3. Archaea-bacterial interaction
Works (31)
2025 article
Erratum for Nachman et al., “Increased fungal burden in the gastrointestinal tract of brain-dead organ donors”
Nachman, E. J., Ardis, C. K., Ardis, A. K. B., Nieto, J., Bresson, M. M., Robertson, C. M., … Britton, R. A. (2025, November 25). Erratum for Nachman et al., “Increased fungal burden in the gastrointestinal tract of brain-dead organ donors.” Microbiology Spectrum.
2025 article
Increased fungal burden in the gastrointestinal tract of brain-dead organ donors
Nachman, E. J., Ardis, C. K., Ardis, A. K. B., Nieto, J., Bresson, M. M., Robertson, C. M., … Britton, R. A. (2025, June 18). (J. B. Konopka, Ed.). Microbiology Spectrum.
Contributors: C. Clancy
Ed(s): J. Konopka
2024 article
Editorial: Cross-boundary significance of methanogens - the methane moment and beyond
Lyu, Z., Rotaru, A.-E., Pimentel, M., Zhang, C.-J., Rittmann, S. K.-M. R., & Ferry, J. G. (2024, June 24). Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol. 15.
2024 article
Exploring the link between COVID-19 and gut microbiome at the community level
Li, B., Terwilliger, A., Maresso, A., Britton, R., Yousefipour, Z., Donnachie, E., & Lyu, Z. (2024, October 1). American Journal of Clinical Pathology, Vol. 162, pp. S128–S129.
2022 article
Editorial: The methane moment - Cross-boundary significance of methanogens: Preface
Lyu, Z., Rotaru, A.-E., Pimentel, M., Zhang, C.-J., & Rittmann, S. K.-M. R. (2022, November 14). Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol. 13.
2021 article
Back to the Source: Molecular Identification of Methanogenic Archaea as Markers of Colonic Methane Production
Lyu, Z. (2021, January 19). Digestive Diseases and Sciences, Vol. 66, pp. 3661–3664.
2021 article
Tuning Gene Expression by Phosphate in the Methanogenic Archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis
Akinyemi, T. S., Shao, N., Lyu, Z., Drake, I. J., Liu, Y., & Whitman, W. B. (2021, October 19). ACS Synthetic Biology, Vol. 10, pp. 3028–3039.
2020 article
Data-Driven Models Reveal Mutant Cell Behaviors Important for Myxobacterial Aggregation
Zhang, Z., Cotter, C. R., Lyu, Z., Shimkets, L. J., & Igoshin, O. A. (2020, July 13). (M. Rust, Ed.). MSystems, Vol. 5.
Ed(s): M. Rust
2020 article
Data-driven models reveal mutant cell behaviors important for myxobacterial aggregation
Zhang, Z., Cotter, C. R., Lyu, Z., Shimkets, L. J., & Igoshin, O. A. (2020, February 10). [], Vol. 2.
2019 article
Diversity and Taxonomy of Methanogens
Lyu, Z., & Liu, Y. (2019, January 1). Biogenesis of Hydrocarbons, pp. 19–77.
2019 article
Posttranslational Methylation of Arginine in Methyl Coenzyme M Reductase Has a Profound Impact on both Methanogenesis and Growth of Methanococcus maripaludis
Lyu, Z., Shao, N., Chou, C.-W., Shi, H., Patel, R., Duin, E. C., & Whitman, W. B. (2019, November 14). (A. Becker, Ed.). Journal of Bacteriology, Vol. 202.
Ed(s): A. Becker
2019 article
The Nbp35/ApbC homolog acts as a nonessential [4Fe‐4S] transfer protein in methanogenic archaea
Zhao, C., Lyu, Z., Long, F., Akinyemi, T., Manakongtreecheep, K., Söll, D., … Liu, Y. (2019, November 11). FEBS Letters, Vol. 594, pp. 924–932.
2019 article
Transplanting the pathway engineering toolbox to methanogens
Lyu, Z., & Whitman, W. B. (2019, March 12). Current Opinion in Biotechnology, Vol. 59, pp. 46–54.
2018 article
Assembly of Methyl Coenzyme M Reductase in the Methanogenic Archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis
Lyu, Z., Chou, C.-W., Shi, H., Wang, L., Ghebreab, R., Phillips, D., … Whitman, W. B. (2018, January 11). (W. W. Metcalf, Ed.). Journal of Bacteriology, Vol. 200.
Ed(s): W. Metcalf
2018 article
Diversity and Taxonomy of Methanogens
Lyu, Z., & Liu, Y. (2018, January 1). Biogenesis of Hydrocarbons, pp. 1–59.
2018 article
Methanogenesis
Lyu, Z., Shao, N., Akinyemi, T., & Whitman, W. B. (2018, July 1). Current Biology, Vol. 28, pp. R727–R732.
2017 article
An Important Role for Purifying Selection in Archaeal Genome Evolution
Lyu, Z., Li, Z.-G., He, F., & Zhang, Z. (2017, October 25). (M. Rust, Ed.). MSystems, Vol. 2, pp. e00112–17.
Ed(s): M. Rust
2017 article
Metabolic shift at the class level sheds light on adaptation of methanogens to oxidative environments
Lyu, Z., & Lu, Y. (2017, November 14). The ISME Journal.
2017 article
Mmp10 is required for post-translational methylation of arginine at the active site of methyl-coenzyme M reductase
Lyu, Z., Chou, C.-wen, Shi, H., Patel, R., Duin, E. C., & Whitman, W. B. (2017, October 30). (Vol. 10). Vol. 10.
2017 article
Sanguibacter gelidistatuariae sp. nov., a novel psychrotolerant anaerobe from an ice sculpture in Antarctica, and emendation of descriptions of the family Sanguibacteraceae, the genus Sanguibacter and species S. antarcticus, S. inulinus, S. kedieii, S. marinus, S. soli and S. suarezii
Pikuta, E. V., Lyu, Z., Williams, M. D., Patel, N. B., Liu, Y., Hoover, R. B., … Whitman, W. B. (2017, February 2). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY.
2017 article
Williamwhitmania taraxaci gen. nov., sp. nov., a proteolytic anaerobe with a novel type of cytology from Lake Untersee in Antarctica, description of Williamwhitmaniaceae fam. nov., and emendation of the order Bacteroidales Krieg 2012
Pikuta, E. V., Lyu, Z., Hoover, R. B., Liu, Y., Patel, N. B., Busse, H. J., & Lawson, P. A. (2017, September 14). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, Vol. 9.
2016 journal article
Engineering the Autotroph Methanococcus maripaludis for Geraniol Production.
ACS Synthetic Biology. http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/26886063
2016 journal article
Evolution of the archaeal and mammalian information processing systems: towards an archaeal model for human disease.
http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/27261368
2016 article
Raineyella antarctica gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, d-amino-acid-utilizing anaerobe isolated from two geographic locations of the Southern Hemisphere
Pikuta, E. V., Menes, R. J., Bruce, A. M., Lyu, Z., Patel, N. B., Liu, Y., … Whitman, W. B. (2016, October 13). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, Vol. 66, pp. 5529–5536,
2015 article
Comparative genomics of three M ethanocellales strains reveal novel taxonomic and metabolic features
Lyu, Z., & Lu, Y. (2015, February 27). Environmental Microbiology Reports, Vol. 2, pp. n/a-n/a.
2015 article
Microbiological investigation of two chondrite meteorites: Murchison and Polonnaruwa
Pikuta, E. V., Lyu, Z., Whitman, W. B., LaBrake, G. R., Wallis, J., Wickramarathne, K., … Hoover, R. B. (2015, September 11). (R. B. Hoover, G. V. Levin, A. Y. Rozanov, & N. C. Wickramasinghe, Eds.). Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE.
Ed(s): R. Hoover*, G. Levin, A. Rozanov & N. Wickramasinghe *
2015 article
Molecular studies of anaerobic strains from Antarctica and their taxonomic identifications
Lyu, Z., Pikuta, E. V., Hagel, J., LaBrake, G. R., Hoover, R. B., & Whitman, W. B. (2015, September 11). (R. B. Hoover, G. V. Levin, A. Y. Rozanov, & N. C. Wickramasinghe, Eds.). Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE.
Ed(s): R. Hoover*, G. Levin, A. Rozanov & N. Wickramasinghe
2014 article
Response of a Rice Paddy Soil Methanogen to Syntrophic Growth as Revealed by Transcriptional Analyses
Liu, P., Yang, Y., Lü, Z., & Lu, Y. (2014, May 17). Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 5.
2012 article
Complete Genome Sequence of a Thermophilic Methanogen, Methanocella conradii HZ254, Isolated from Chinese Rice Field Soil
Lü, Z., & Lu, Y. (2012, April 9). Journal of Bacteriology, Vol. 194, pp. 2398–2399.
2012 article
Methanocella conradii sp. nov., a Thermophilic, Obligate Hydrogenotrophic Methanogen, Isolated from Chinese Rice Field Soil
Lü, Z., & Lu, Y. (2012, April 17). PLoS ONE.
2008 article
Dynamics of the Methanogenic Archaeal Community during Plant Residue Decomposition in an Anoxic Rice Field Soil
Peng, J., Lü Zhe, Rui, J., & Lu, Y. (2008, March 15). Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 74, pp. 2894–2901.
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Funding History
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