2012
Zhang C.L. Wang. J., Wei Y., Zhu C., Huang L., Dong H. 2012. Production of branched tetraether lipids in the lower Pearl River and estuary: effects of extraction methods and impact on bGDGT proxies. Front. Terrestr. Microbiol. 2: doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00274. PDF
Jiang H., Zhang Q., Dong R. M., Xiao H., Wang S., Jiao L., Huang L., Dong C. Z., Zhang C.L., Dong H. L. 2012. The planktonic actinobacterial response to the construction of the Three Gorges Dam of the Yangtze River, China. Geomicrobiol. J. 29:114–123. (contributing author 10%, IF 2.52). PDF
He L., Zhang C.L., Dong H., Fang B., Wang G. Distribution of glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraethers in Tibetan hot springs. Geoscience Frontier (in press). (Corresponding author). PDF
Jia G., Zhang J., Chen J., Peng P., Zhang C.L. Subsurface water temperatures recorded by archaeal tetraether lipids in the South China Sea. Organic Geochem. (in review)
2011
Zheng Y., Zhou W., Liu X., Zhang C.L. 2011. n-Alkan-2-one distributions in a northeastern China peat core spanning the last 16 kyr. Org. Geochem. 42: 25–30. (contributing author 15%, IF 2.67) PDF
Yang H., Ding W., Zhang C.L., Wu X., Ma X., He G., Huang J., Hu C., Xie S. 2011. Occurrence of tetraether lipids in stalagmites: Implications for sources and GDGT-based proxies. Org. Geochem. 42: 108–115. (contributing author 10%, IF 2.67) PDF
Zhao W., Song Z., Jiang H., Li W., Mu X., Wiegel J., Romanek C., Dong H., Zhang C.L. 2010. Ammonia-oxidizing archaea in Kamchatka hot springs. Geomicrobiol. J. (in press). (corresponding author; IF: 2.52).
Wang S., Dong R. M., Huang L., Jiang H., Wei Y., Feng L., Liu D., Yang G., Zhang C.L. Microbial response to the environmental changes related to the construction of the Three Gorges Dam of the Yangtze River, China. Geomicrobiol. J. (accepted) (contributing author 20%, IF 2.52).
Zhang Y.G., Zhang C.L., Liu X., Li L., Hinrichs K-U., Noakes J.E. 2011. Methane Index: a tetraether archaeal lipid biomarker proxy for detecting the instability of marine gas hydrates. EPSL 307: 525-534 PDF
Jiang H., Zhang Q., Dong R. M., Xiao H., Wang S., Jiao L., Huang L., Dong C. Z., Zhang C. L., Dong H. L. The planktonic actinobacterial response to the construction of the Three Gorges Dam of the Yangtze River, China. Geomicrobiol. J. (in review) (contributing author 10%, IF 2.52).
Hu A.Y., Jiao N., Zhang C.L. Community structure and function of planktonic Crenarchaeota: Changes with depth in the South China Sea. FEMS ME. (in review).
2010
Song Z., Chen J., Zhou E., Tang S., Zhi X., Zhang L., Zhang C. L., Li W. 2010. Diversity of Crenarchaeota in Terrestrial Hot Springs in Tengchong, China. Extremophiles 14:287–296. (Contributing author; 15%; IF: 2.42). PDF
Jiang H., Huang Q., Dong H., Wang P., Li W., Zhang C.L. 2010. RNA-Based Investigation of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea in Hot Springs of Yunnan Province, China. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76: 4538–4541. (co-corresponding author; IF: 4.72). PDF
Wang P., Li T., Hu A., Wei Y., Guo W., Jiao N., Zhang C.L. 2010 Community structure of archaea from deep-sea sediments of the South China Sea. Microbiol. Ecol. 4:796-806. (co-corresponding author, IF 3.73) PDF
Boyd E. S., Pearson A., Pi Y., Li W., Zhang Y., He L., Zhang C.L., Geesey G.G. Temperature and pH Controls on Glycerol Dialkyl Glycerol Tetraether Lipid Composition in the Hyperthermophilic Crenarchaeote Acidilobus sulfurireducens. Extremophiles (in press). (contributing author 10%, IF 2.43)
2009
Ye G., Wang S., Jiang L., Xiao X., Noakes J., Zhang C.L., Wang F. 2009. Distribution and diversity of bacteria and archaea affected by gas hydrates at MC 118 in the Gulf of Mexico. Geomicrobiol. J. 26: 370-381. (Co-corresponding author; IF: 2.52). PDF
Liu B., Ye G., Wang F., Bell R., Short T., Noakes J., Zhang C.L. 2009. Planktonic archaeal community structure of water column in the Gulf of Mexico MC 118. Geomicrobiol. J. 26: 363-369. (Corresponding author; IF: 2.52). PDF
Pi Y., Ye Q., Jiang H., Li S., Wang P., Noakes J., Culp R., Dong H., Zhang C.L. 2009. Lipids and phylogenetic characterization of Archaea associated with gas hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico. Geomicrobiol. J.26: 227-237. (Corresponding author; IF: 2.52). PDF
Costa K.C., Navarro J.B., Shock E.L., Zhang C.L., Soukup D., Hedlund B.P. 2009. Microbiology and Geochemistry of Great Boiling and Mud Hot Springs in the United States Great Basin. Extremophiles. 13:447-459. (Contributing author, 5%; IF: 2.42) PDF
Wagner D., Ahmed S., Zhao W., Zhang C.L., Romanek C.S., Rohde M., Wiegel J. 2009. Caldanaerovirga acetigignens gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic xylanolytic, alkalithermophilic bacterium isolated from Trego Hot Spring, Nevada, USA. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 59: 2685-2691. (Contributing author, 10%; IF: 2.92)
Wang F., Zhou H., Meng J., Peng X., Jiang L., Sun P., Zhang C.L., Van Nostrand J., Deng Y., He Z., Wu L., Zhou J., Xiao X. 2009. GeoChip-based analysis of metabolic diversity of microbial communities at the Juan de Fuca Ridge hydrothermal vent. Proc. Nat’l Acad. Sci. USA 106: 4840–4845. (Contributing author, 10%; IF: 10.37) PDF
Jiang L.J., Zheng Y.P., Peng X.T., Zhou H.Y., Zhang C.L., Xiao X., Wang F.P. 2009. Vertical distribution and diversity of sulfate-reducing prokaryotes in the Pearl River estuarine sediments, Southern China. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 70: 93-106. (Contributing author, 5%; IF: 3.73) PDF
Bagwell C.E., Qi Y., Formolo M., Lyons T., Zhang C.L. 2009. Direct analysis of sulfate reducing bacterial communities in the environment by PCR and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). J. Basic Microbiol. 49: 1-6. (Contributing author, 15%; IF: 1.07).
Song Z., Jiang H., Zhi X., Chen J., Xu L., Zhang C.L., and Li W.-J. 2009. Molecular diversity and geographic isolation of Actinobacteria in hot springs. Geomicrobiol. J. 26:256–263 (Contributing author, 15%; IF: 2.52). PDF
2008
Jiang, H., Dong, H., Yu, B., Ye, Q., Ji, S., Liu, Y., Shen, J., and Zhang C.L. 2008. Dominance of putative marine benthic archaea in sediments from an inland lake: Qinghai Lake, northwestern China. Environ. Microbiol.doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01661.x. PDF
Pearson A., Pi Y., Zhao W., Li W., Li Y., Inskeep W., Bonch-Osmolavskaya L., Romanek C., Li S., and Zhang C.L. 2008. Factors controlling the distribution of archaeal tetraethers in terrestrial hot springs. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74: 3523–3532. PDF
Smith J. L., Campbell B. J., Hanson T. E., Zhang C. L., and Cary S. C. 2008. Nautilia profundicola sp. nov., a thermophilic, sulfur-reducing epsilonproteobacterium from deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Intl’ J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 58, 1598–1602. PDF
Zhang C.L., Ye Q., Huang Z., Li W., Chen J., Song Z., Hedlund B. P., Zhao W., Gao L., Bagwell C., Inskeep B., Wiegel J., Romanek C.S. 2008 Global occurrence and biogeographic patterning of putative archaeal amoA genes from terrestrial hot springs. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74: 6417–6426. PDF
Zhao W., Zhang C.L., Romanek C., Wiegel J. 2008. Description of Caldalkalibacillus uzonensis sp. nov. and emended description of the genus Caldalkalibacillus. Int’l. J. System. Evol. Microbiol. 58: 1106–1108. PDF
2007
Boyd E. S., Jackson R. A., Encarnacion G., Zahn J. A., Beard T., Leavitt W.D., Pi Y., Zhang C. L., Pearson A., D’Imperio S., McDermott T. R., and Geesey G. G. 2007. Isolation, characterization, and ecology of sulfur-respiring Crenarchaea inhabiting acid-sulfate-chloride geothermal springs in Yellowstone National Park. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.73: 6669-6677. PDF
Huang Z., Wiegel J., Zhou J., Hedlund B., Zhang C.L. 2007. Molecular phylogeny of uncultivated Crenarchaeota in hot springs of moderately elevated temperatures. Geomicrobiol. J. 24: 535-542. PDF
Jiang H., Dong H., Yu B., Li Y., Ji S., Liu X., and Zhang C.L. 2007. Microbial response to salinity change in Lake Chaka, a hypersaline lake on the Tibetan Plateau. Environ. Microbiol. 9: 2603-2621. PDF
Li Y.-L., Peacock A., White D.C., Geyer R., Zhang C.L. 2007. Spatial patterns of bacterial signature lipid biomarkers in marine sediments of the Gulf of Mexico. Chem. Geol. 238: 168-179. PDF
Zhang C.L., Huang Z., Li Y.-L., Romanek C. S., Mills G., Wiegel J., Culp R., Noakes J., and White D. C. 2007. Lipid biomarkers and carbon-isotope signatures of bacteria in Nevada hot springs. Geomicrobiol. J. 24: 519-534. PDF
2006
Li Y.-L., Vali H., Yang J., Phelps T. J., and Zhang C. L. 2006. Reduction of iron oxides enhanced by a sulfate-reducing bacterium and biogenic H2S. Geomicrobiol. J. 23: 103-117. PDF
Williams T.J., Zhang C.L., Scott J.H., and Bazylinski D.A. 2006. Evidence for autotrophy via the reverse tricarboxylic acid cycle in the marine magnetotactic coccus strain MC-1. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 1322-1329. PDF
Yan T., Ye Q., Zhou J., and Zhang C.L. 2006. New functional genes for methanotrophs in gas-hydrate and hydrocarbon-seep environments in the Gulf of Mexico. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 57: 251-259. PDF
Zhang C.L., Pearson A., Li Y.-L., Mills G., Wiegel J. 2006. A thermophilic temperature optimum for crenarchaeol and its implication for archaeal evolution. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 4419-4422. PDF
Zhao W., Wiegel J., Zhang C.L., Romanek C.S., Mills G., King G. 2006. Thermalkaliphus uzonensis gen. nov. sp. nov, a new aerobic thermophilic carbon-monoxide-tolerant bacterium isolated from a hot spring in Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka. Extremophiles. 10: 337-345. PDF
2005
Pancost R.D., Zhang C.L., Tavacoli J., Talbot H.M., Farrimond P., Schouten S., Damste J.S.S., Sassen R. 2005. Lipid biomarkers preserved in hydrate-associated authigenic carbonate rocks of the Gulf of Mexico. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 227: 48-66. PDF
Tuo J., Chen J., Yao S., Li Y.-L., Ji J., and Zhang C.L. 2005. Qinghai Lake: A natural laboratory for geomicrobiological research. Geosci. J. China Univ. 2: 187-193. PDF (in Chinese)
Wang Y., Huang Z., and Zhang C.L. 2005. Knowing the unknown: Statistical approaches towards understanding microbial diversity. Geosci. J. China Univ. 2: 224-233. PDF
Zhang C.L., Huang Z., Cantu J., Pancost R. D, Brigmon, R. L., Lyons T. W., and Sassen R. 2005. Lipid Biomarkers and Carbon-Isotope Signatures of a Microbial (Beggiatoa) Mat Associated with Gas Hydrates in the Gulf of Mexico. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 2106-2112. PDF
