General
Dr. Yucheng Wu

Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
71 East Beijing Road, Nanjing 210008, China 
Tel: 025-86881850
Email: ycwu@issas.ac.cn

Research Areas

1. Bioremediation of POPs contaminated soil.
2. Microbial ecology of polluted soil.

Education

Sep, 2004 – Jun, 2007  Ph.D., Institute of Soil Science, CAS, Nanjing, China.
Sep, 2000 – Jun, 2003  M.S., Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China.
Sep, 1994 – Jun, 1998  B.A., Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.

Experience

   
Work Experience
Dec, 2010 – present  Associate professor, Institute of Soil Science, CAS
Apr, 2011 – Oct, 2011  Guest researcher in Max-Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany (AG Conrad)
Dec, 2009 – Dec, 2010 Assistant professor, Institute of Soil Science, CAS
Sep, 2007 – Nov, 2009  Postdoctoral researcher, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, CAS
Aug, 2003 – Jul, 2004  Manager, Bio-field Biotechnology Co. Ltd., Nanjing, China.
Aug, 1998 – Jun, 2000  Engineer, Jiangsu Institute for Food and Fermentation, Nanjing, China.

Publications

   
Papers
1. Yucheng Wu, Liancheng Tan, Wuxing Liu, Baozhan Wang, Jianjun Wang, Yanjun Cai, Xiangui Lin. Profiling bacterial diversity in a limestone cave of the western Loess Plateau of China. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2015, 6:244.
2. Yucheng Wu, Ralf Conrad. Ammonia oxidation dependent growth of group I.1b thaumarchaeota in acidic red soil microcosms. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 2014, 89(1):127-134.
3. Xuanzhen Li, Qian Cheng, Yucheng Wu, Youzhi Feng, Weiwei Liu, Xiangui Lin. Influencing factors and product toxicity of anthracene oxidation by fungal laccase. Pedosphere, 2014, 24(3):359-366.
4. Yongqiang Zhao, Yongqiu Xia, Todd M. Kana, Yucheng Wu, Xiaobo Li, Xiaoyuan Yan. Seasonal variation and controlling factors of anaerobic ammonium oxidation in freshwater river sediments in the Taihu Lake region of China. Chemosphere, 2013, 93(9):2124-2131.
5. Yucheng Wu, Xiubin Ke, Marcela Hernández, Baozhan Wang, Marc G. Dumont, Zhongjun Jia, Ralf Conrad. Autotrophic growth of bacterial and archaeal ammonia oxidizers in freshwater sediment microcosms incubated at different temperatures. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2013, 79(9):3076-3084
6. Jianjun Wang, Ji Shen, Yucheng Wu, Chen Tu, Janne Soininen, James C Stegen, Jizheng He, Xingqi Liu, Lu Zhang, Enlou Zhang. Phylogenetic beta diversity in bacterial assemblages across ecosystems: deterministic versus stochastic processes. The ISME Journal, 2013, 7(7):1310-1321.
7. Yucheng Wu, Yan Xiang, Jianjun Wang, Qinglong L. Wu. Molecular detection of novel anammox bacterial clusters in the sediments of the shallow freshwater Lake Taihu. Geomicrobiology Journal, 2012, 29(9):852-859
8. Baozhan Wang, Caixia Zhang, Jiliang Liu, Xiaowei Zeng, Fengrui Li, Yucheng Wu, Xiangui Lin, Jianguo Zhu, Zhengqin Xiong, Jian Xu, Zucong Cai, Zhongjun Jia. Microbial community changes along a land-use type gradient of desert soil origin. Pedosphere, 2012, 22(5):593-603.
9. Xuanzhen Li*, Yucheng Wu*, Xiangui Lin, Jing Zhang, Jun Zeng. Dissipation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soil microcosms amended with mushroom cultivation substrate. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2012, 47:191-197. (*equal contribution)
10. Rong Huang, Yucheng Wu, Jinbo Zhang, Wenhui Zhong, Zhongjun Jia, Zucong Cai. Nitrification activity and putative ammonia-oxidizing archaea in acidic red soils. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2012, 12(3):420-428.
11. Yucheng Wu, Yun Guo, Xiangui Lin, Wenhui Zhong, Zhongjun Jia. Inhibition of bacterial ammonia oxidation by organohydrazines in soil microcosms. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2012, 3:10.
12. Yucheng Wu, Lu Lu, Baozhan Wang, Xiangui Lin, Jianguo Zhu, Zucong Cai, Xiaoyuan Yan, Zhongjun Jia. Long-term field fertilization significantly alters the community structure of ammonia-oxidizing Bacteria rather than Archaea in a paddy soil. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 2011, 75(4):1431-1439.
13. Yucheng Wu, Yan Xiang, Jianjun Wang, Jicheng Zhong, Jizheng He, Qinglong L. Wu. Heterogeneity of archaeal and bacterial ammonia oxidizing communities in Lake Taihu, China. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 2010, 2(4):569-576.
14. Xuanzhen Li, Xiangui Lin, Jing Zhang, Yucheng Wu, Rui Yin, Youzhi Feng, Yong Wang. Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by crude extracts from spent mushroom substrate and its possible mechanisms. Current Microbiology, 2010, 60:336-342.
15. Xuanzhen Li, Xiangui Lin, Rui Yin, Yucheng Wu, Haiyan Chu, Jun Zeng, Ting Yang. Optimization of laccase-mediated benzo[a]pyrene oxidation and the bioremediation application in aged polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons-contaminated soil. Journal of Health Science, 2010, 56:534-540.
16. Yucheng Wu, Ying Teng, Zhengao Li, Xuewei Liao, Yongming Luo. Oxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by fungal laccase and its potential in remediation of an aged PAHs-contaminated soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2008, 40(3): 789-796.
17. Yucheng Wu, Yongming Luo, Dexun Zou, Jinzhi Ni, Wuxin Liu, Ying Teng, Zhengao Li. Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons contaminated soil with Monilinia sp.: degradation and microbial community analysis. Biodegradation, 2008, 19(2):247-257.
18. Jianjun Wang, Yucheng Wu, Hongchen Jiang, Chunhai Li, Hailiang Dong, Qinglong Wu, Soininen Janne, Ji Shen. High beta diversity of bacteria in the shallow terrestrial subsurface. Environmental Microbiology, 2008,10(10):2537-2549.

Research Interests

1. Bioremediation of soils contaminated by persistent organic pollutants (POPs)
2. Microbial responses to soil pollution