Ningyi Zhou

Distinguished Professor

  • Tel: +86-21-34204135
  • Email: ningyi.zhou@sjtu.edu.cn

Education and Research Experience

  • Professor Ning-Yi Zhou received his Bachelor’s degree in Microbiology from Wuhan University and PhD in Microbiology from Imperial College London （with Prof. David Leak）.
  • Following postdoctoral training at Imperial College （with Prof. David Leak）and University of Wales, Bangor（ with Prof. Peter Williams）, Prof. Zhou established his own laboratory in Wuhan Institute of Virology of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
  • He then joined Shanghai Jiao Tong University as a distinguished professor.
  • Over the last two decades, his research has been focusing on the genetics and biochemistry of microbial catabolism of aromatics (more recently of pharmaceuticals and plant toxins)，as well as the application of synthetic biology in pollutants control, publishing more than 80 papers in this field.
  • Currently, he serves an editor for “Applied and Environmental Microbiology”（https://journals.asm.org/journal/aem） (2016-2026). （updated on 26th March， 2023）

Selected Publications

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    Li  T, Xu J, Brower  AL, Xu ZJ, Xu Y, Spain JC*, Zhou NY*. 2023. Molecular Basis and Evolutionary Origin of 1-Nitronaphthalene Catabolism in Sphingobium sp. strain JS3065. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 89:e01728-22

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    Li T, Xu ZJ, and Zhou NY*. 2023. Aerobic Degradation of the Antidiabetic Drug Metformin by Aminobacter sp. Strain NyZ550. Environ. Sci. Technol.  57 (3), 1510-1519  DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c07669

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    Yin CF, Xu Y, Li T, Zhou NY*. 2022. Wide distribution of the sad gene cluster for sub-terminal oxidation in alkane utilizers. Environ. Microbiol. 24(12):6307-6319

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    Li T, Gao YZ, Xu J, Zhang ST, Guo Y, Spain JC, Zhou NY*. 2021. A recently assembled degradation pathway for 2,3-dichloronitrobenzene in Diaphorobacter sp.strain JS3051. mBio 12:e02231-21.
     

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    Yin CF, Xu Y, Deng SK, Yue WL, Zhou NY*. 2021. A Novel Esterase, DacApva, from Comamonas sp. Strain NyZ500 with Deacetylation Activity for the Acetylated Polymer Polyvinyl Alcohol.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 87:e03016-20

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    Gao YZ, Palatucci ML, Waidner LA, Li T, Guo Y, Spain, JC*, Zhou NY*. 2021. A Nag-like dioxygenase initiates 3,4-dichloronitrobenzene degradation via 4,5-dichlorocatechol in Diaphorobacter sp. strain JS3050. Environ. Microbiol. 23(2) 1053-1065

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    Guo Y, Li DF, Ji HN, Zheng JT*, Zhou NY*. 2021. Hexachlorobenzene monooxygenase substrate selectivity and catalysis: structural and biochemical insights. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 87: e01965-20. 

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    Liu WW, Pan J, Feng X, Li M, Xu Y, Wang F, Zhou NY*. 2020. Evidences of aromatic degradation dominantly via the phenylacetic acid pathway in marine benthic Thermoprofundales, Environ. Microbiol. 22(1): 329-342. 

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    Gao, YZ, Liu XY, Liu H, Guo Y, Zhou NY*. 2020. A Bph-Like Nitroarene Dioxygenase Catalyzes the Conversion of 3-Nitrotoluene to 3-Methylcatechol by Rhodococcus sp. Strain ZWL3NT. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 86(4): e02517-19. 

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    Zhao H, Xu Y, Lin SJ, Spain JC, Zhou NY*, 2018. The molecular basis for the intramolecular migration (NIH shift) of the carboxyl group during para-hydroxybenzoate catabolism. Mol. Microbiol. 110:411-424

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