Xiao, X.,*#,  Zhao, W.,*#,...  Xu, X.,* and Liu, S., * Microbial ecosystems and ecological driving forces in the deepest ocean sediments. Cell, 188(5), 1363-1377 (2025). https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(24)01479-X （共一共通讯）

Zhao, W.,# Zhong, B.,# Zheng, L., Tan, P., Wang, Y., Leng, H., Souza, N., Liu, Z., Hong, L.,* &  Xiao, X.,* Proteome-wide 3D structure prediction provides insights into the ancestral metabolism of ancient archaea and bacteria. Nature Communications 13, 7861 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35523-8. （共同第一作者）

Liu, Y., Zhang, Z., Ji, M., Hu, A., Wang, J., Jing, H., Liu, K., Xiao, X.*, Zhao, W.*. Comparison of prokaryotes between Mount Everest and the Mariana Trench. Microbiome 10, 215 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-022-01403-y. （共同通讯作者）

Hu, A.,#  Zhao, W.,# Wang, J., Qi, Q.,  Xiao, X.,  Jing, H.,*. Microbial communities reveal niche partitioning across the slope and bottom zones of the Challenger Deep. Environmental Microbiology Reports 16(4): e13314 (2024).   
https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.13314

Zhang, K.,# Zhao, W.,# Rodionov, D., Rubinstein, G., Nguyen, D., Tanwee, T., Crosby, J., Bing, R., Kelly, R., Adams, M., Zhang, Y., Genome-Scale Metabolic Model of Caldicellulosiruptor bescii Reveals Optimal Metabolic Engineering Strategies for Bio-based Chemical Production. mSystems. 6(3): e0135120. (2021) 10.1128/mSystems.01351-20. （共同第一作者）

Ye, Y.,#  Chen, X., # ...Xiao, X., Zhao, W.,* Hong, L.,* and Liu, Z.*  Dynamic entity formed by protein and its hydration water. Physical Review Research, 6(3):033316 (2024).  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.033316（共同通讯）

Wang, X., Yang, Y., Lv, Y., Xiao, X., Zhao, W., * The capability of utilizing abiotic enantiomers of amino acids by Halomonas sp. LMO_D1 derived from the Mariana Trench. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences (2021). https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2021.741053

Yang, Y., Zhao, W*., Xiao, X. The upper temperature limit of life under high hydrostatic pressure in the deep biosphere, Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers (2021) 176,103604, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103604. （通讯作者）

Zhao, W., Ma, X., Liu, X., Jian, H., Zhang, Y., Xiao, X.* Cross-stress adaptation in a piezophilic and hyperthermophilic archaeon from deep sea hydrothermal vent. Frontiers in Microbiology,  11(2081) .(2020). doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.02081. (一作)

Zhao, W.,  Zeng., Xiao, X.,* Thermococcus eurythermalis sp. nov., a conditional piezophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon with a wide temperature range for growth, isolated from an oil-immersed chimney in the Guaymas Basin. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 65(Pt_1): 30-35 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.067942-0（唯一一作）