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• 1. Jiang XL, Liu H, Xiong ZQ*, Xiong X*, Liu WZ. 2025. Stochastic processes structure both abundant and rare microbial communities involved in riverine nitrification and denitrification across China. Freshwater Biology, 70: e70157.
  2. Xiong X^#, Liu S^#, Huang JY, Feng L, Liu WZ*. 2025. 236 metagenome-assembled microbial genomes from rivers along a latitudinal gradient. Scientific Data, 12: 1516.
  3. Xiong X, Feng L, Huang JY, Wan WJ, Yang YY, Liu WZ*. 2024. Species pool and local assembly processes drive β diversity of ammonia-oxidizing and denitrifying microbial communities in rivers along a latitudinal gradient. Molecular Ecology, 26: e17516.
  4. Deng DL, Yang ZJ, Yang YY, Wan WJ, Liu WZ*, Xiong X*. 2024. Metagenomic insights into nitrogen-cycling microbial communities and their relationships with nitrogen removal potential in the Yangtze River. Water Research, 265: 122229.
  5. Deng DL, He G, Yang ZJ, Xiong X*, Liu WZ*. 2024. Activity and community structure of nitrifiers and denitrifiers in nitrogen-polluted rivers along a latitudinal gradient. Water Research, 254: 121317.
  6. Xiong X, Wan WJ, Ding BJ, Cai MM, Lu MZ, Liu WZ*. 2024. Type VI secretion system drives bacterial diversity and functions in multispecies biofilms. Microbiological Research, 279: 127570.
  7. Xiong X, Wan WJ*. 2022. Distinct distribution patterns of rare and abundant alkaline phosphatase-harboring bacteria in plateau wetlands. Ecological Indicators, 146: 109803.
  8. Xiong X, Wang WJ, Xing YF, Chen HZ, Luo XS, Chen WL*, Huang QY*. 2022. Niche overlap is a predictor of the interspecies correlations detected by microbial network analysis in soil micro-aggregates. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 22: 1521-1529.
  9. Xiong X, Liao H, Xing YF, Han XK, Wang WL, Wan WJ, Huang QY*, Chen WL*. 2022. Soil aggregates and fertilizer treatments drive bacterial interactions via interspecies niche overlap. Microbiology Spectrum, 10: e0252421.
  10. Xiong X, Xing YF, He JZ, Wang L, Shen ZZ, Chen WL*, Huang QY*. 2021. Keystone species determine the "selection mechanism" of multispecies biofilms for bacteria from soil aggregates. Science of the Total Environment, 773: 145069.