Dr Chongxing Zhang

Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Tree Protection Co-operative Programme

Research Interests

Dr ChongXing Zhang

Post-doctoral Research Fellow (Nematology)

Tree Protection Co-operative Programme

Research Interests

1. Research on the genetics of virulence evolution in the nematode Deladenus siricidicola, and assess its potential of influencing ecological interactions and control efficiency.

• Compare sequence data and microsatellite data to characterize the molecular population diversity and structure amongst different strains and different regions.

• Optimize technique to characterize reproductive potential of Deladenus siricidicola on Amylostereum strains and different Amylostereum species.

• Use suppression substractive hybridization followed next generation sequencing methods to compare expression profiles from different phenotypic types strains of Deladenus siricidicola that are most closely related, or alternatively from groups of individuals which has developed into infective and non-infective forms, respectively.

3. Survey of the diversity of native Steinernema and Heterorhabiditis spp. and their bacterial symbionts from forest environments in South Africa.

• Identification of Steinernema and Heterorhabiditis spp. by means of morphology and molecular biology

• Biodiversity of Steinernema and Heterorhabiditis spp. species in South Africa.

Background of myself

1. 1994-1998. B.S. Degree: Biological Education, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, Shandong, China

2. 1998-2004. Biology Teaching, Senior High School of Ningyang County, Shangdong Province, China

3. 2004-2006. M.S. Degree: Plant Pathology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing city, Jiangsu, China

Thesis title: Optimal RAPD-PCR conditions developing and molecular identification marker selecting for pine wood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus.

4. 2006-2009. Ph.D. Degree: Zoology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Dissertation title: Phylogenetic taxonomy of Heterorhabditidoides chongmingensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and its symbiotic bacterium Serratia nematodiphila sp. nov.

5. 2009-2010. Assistant Researcher, the Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Entomology, Nematology, Biocontrol of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes and Pest Insects, Microbiology

6. 2010-Now. Post doctor (Nematolgoy) in FABI, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.

PUBLICATIONS

1. Chong-Xing Zhang, Liu Jingrui, Gao Guofu Lin Maosong, Lai Ren, He Ziyi, Wu Yudong, Zhang Keyun. 2008. Heterorhabditidoides chongmingensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Rhabditida: Rhabditidae), a novel member of the entomopathogenic nematodes. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 98: 153-168.

2. Chong-Xing Zhang, Shouyun Yang, Ren Lai, Keyun Zhang. 2009. Serratia nematodiphila sp. nov., symbiotically associated with entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditidoides chongmingensis (Rhabditida: Rhabditidae). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59: 1603-1608.

3. Rui Liu, Huan Liu, Chong-Xing Zhang, Shou-Yun Yang, Xiu-Hong Liu, Ke-Yun Zhangand Ren Lai. Sphingobacterium siyangense sp. nov., isolated from farm soil. 2008. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58: 1458-1462.

4. Rui Liu, Huan Liu, Hao Feng, Xu Wang, Chong-Xing Zhang, Ke-Yun Zhang and Ren Lai. Pseudomonas duriflava sp. nov., isolated from a desert soil. 2008. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (58): 1404-1408.

5. Huan Liu, Rui Liu, Shou-Yun Yang, Wei-Kai Gao, Chong-Xing Zhang, Ke-Yun Zhang and Ren Lai. Flavobacterium anhuiense sp. nov., isolated from field soil. 2008. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 58: 756-760.

6. Yi Lv, Yufang Ma, Xu Wang, Jianguo Liang, Chongxin-Zhang, Keyun Zhang, Guoqing Lin and Ren Lai. 2008. The first antimicrobial peptide from sea amphibian. Molecular Immunology. 45: 678-681.

7. Keyun Zhang, Hui Liu, Jie Sun, Jingrui Liu, Kan Fei, Chongxing Zhang, Mingxu Xu, Jing Sun, Xiyuan Ma, Ren Lai, Yidong Wu, Maosong Lin. 2008. Molecular Phylogeny of Geographical Isolates of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus: Implications on the Origin and Spread of this Species in China and Worldwide. Journal of Nematology. 40: 127-137.

PUBLICATIONS IN CHINESE:

8. Xv Ming-xv, Gao Guo-fu, Yang Shou-yun, Sun Jie, Zhang Chong-Xing, Xv Chun-hua, Lv Yi, Zhang Ke-yun. 2008. Isolation and purification of antibacterial materials from Protaetia brevitarsis. Life Science Research. 12: 53-56. (in Chinese).

9. Li Zongjie, Li Jianxv, Zhang Chongxing, Ren lai. 2008. Isolation and purification of a novel insulintropic peptide from the skin secretions of Odorranagrahami and the studey of its bioactivities. Journal of Nanjing Agricultural University, (31): 144-148. (in Chinese).

10. Zhang Keyun, Zhang Chongxing, Wang Xv, Lin Maosong. 2006. Optimal RAPD-PCR conditions developing and molecular identification marker selecting for Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, Journal of Nanjing Agricultural University, 29: 10-13 (in Chinese).

11. An Xianhui, Lv Yi, Li Weiguo, Liang Jianguo, Xv Chunhua, Zhang Chongxing, Dong Jing, Lai Ren. 2005. Antimicrobial Peptides Purified from Penus chinensis. Zoological Research, 26: 410–415. (in Chinese).