Guang Xu | Department of Microbiology at UMass Amherst

Research Professor

Phone:

413-545-1039

Email:

gxu@umass.edu

Office:

209D Fernald

Mailing address:

Guang Xu, Ph.D.
Department of Microbiology
418 Morrill Science Center IVN
University of Massachusetts
639 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01003-9298

Research Interests

Blanco M B, Elfawal MA, Durden LA, Beati L, Xu G, Godfrey LR, Rich SM. 2012. Genetic diversity of ixodid ticks parasitizing eastern mouse and dwarf lemurs in Madagascar, with descriptions of the larva, nymph and male of Ixodes lemuris (Acari: Ixodidae).. J Parasitol.

Rich SM, Xu G. 2011. Resolving the phylogeny of malaria parasites.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 108(32):12973-4.

Rich SM, Leendertz FH, Xu G, LeBreton M, Djoko CF, Aminake MN, Takang EE, Diffo JLD, Pike BL, Rosenthal BM et al.. 2009. The origin of malignant malaria.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 106(35):14902-7.

Walk ST, Xu G, Stull JW, Rich SM. 2009. Correlation between tick density and pathogen endemicity, New Hampshire.. Emerg Infect Dis. 15(4):585-7.

Selected Publications

Zhou E, Li F, Zhang D, Xu D, Li Z, Jia R, Jin Y, Song H, Li H, Wang Q et al.. 2022. Direct microbial electron uptake as a mechanism for stainless steel corrosion in aerobic environments.. Water Res. 219:118553.

Lekbach Y, Liu T, Li Y, Moradi M, Dou W, Xu D, Smith JA, Lovley DR. 2021. Microbial corrosion of metals: The corrosion microbiome.. Adv Microb Physiol. 78:317-390.

Tang H-Y, Yang C, Ueki T, Pittman CC, Xu D, Woodard TL, Holmes DE, Gu T, Wang F, Lovley DR. 2021. Stainless steel corrosion via direct iron-to-microbe electron transfer by Geobacter species.. ISME J. 15(10):3084-3093.

Rich SM, Xu G. 2011. Resolving the phylogeny of malaria parasites.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 108(32):12973-4.

Rich SM, Leendertz FH, Xu G, LeBreton M, Djoko CF, Aminake MN, Takang EE, Diffo JLD, Pike BL, Rosenthal BM et al.. 2009. The origin of malignant malaria.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 106(35):14902-7.

Walk ST, Xu G, Stull JW, Rich SM. 2009. Correlation between tick density and pathogen endemicity, New Hampshire.. Emerg Infect Dis. 15(4):585-7.

Haveman SA, Didonato RJ, Villanueva L, Shelobolina ES, Postier BL, Xu B, Liu A, Lovley DR. 2008. Genome-wide gene expression patterns and growth requirements suggest that Pelobacter carbinolicus reduces Fe(III) indirectly via sulfide production.. Appl Environ Microbiol. 74(14):4277-84.

Shelobolina ES, Coppi MV, Korenevsky AA, DiDonato LN, Sullivan SA, Konishi H, Xu H, Leang C, Butler JE, Kim B-C et al.. 2007. Importance of c-Type cytochromes for U(VI) reduction by Geobacter sulfurreducens.. BMC Microbiol. 7:16.

Widmer G, Akiyoshi D, Buckholt MA, Feng X, Rich SM, Deary KM, Bowman CA, Xu P, Wang Y, Wang X et al.. 2000. Animal propagation and genomic survey of a genotype 1 isolate of Cryptosporidium parvum.. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 108(2):187-97.

Liu J, Xu L, Sandler SJ, Marians KJ. 1999. Replication fork assembly at recombination intermediates is required for bacterial growth.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 96(7):3552-5.

Research interests - short:

Research Professor