Publications of Hao Zheng

Mies, U. S.; Zheng, H.; Meuser, K.; Radek, R.; Paczia, N.; Treitli, S. C.; Brune, A.: Comparative genomics of Elusimicrobiaceae (phylum Elusimicrobiota) and description of the isolates Elusimicrobium simillimum sp. nov., Elusimicrobium posterum sp. nov., and Parelusimicrobium proximum gen. nov. sp. nov. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 48 (3), 126606 (2025)

Song, Y.; Herve, V.; Radek, R.; Pfeiffer, F.; Zheng, H.; Brune, A.: Characterization and phylogenomic analysis of Breznakiella homolactica gen. nov. sp. nov. indicates that termite gut treponemes evolved from non-acetogenic spirochetes in cockroaches. Environmental Microbiology 23 (8), pp. 4228 - 4245 (2021)

Mikaelyan, A.; Thompson, C.; Meuser, K.; Zheng, H.; Rani, P.; Plarre, R.; Brune, A.: High-resolution phylogenetic analysis of Endomicrobia reveals multiple acquisitions of endosymbiotic lineages by termite gut flagellates. Environmental Microbiology Reports 9 (5), pp. 477 - 483 (2017)

Zheng, H.; Dietrich, C.; Brune, A.: Genome Analysis of Endomicrobium proavitum Suggests Loss and Gain of Relevant Functions during the Evolution of Intracellular Symbionts. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 83 (17), e00656-17 (2017)

Zheng, H.; Dietrich, C.; Hongoh, Y.; Brune, A.: Restriction-Modification Systems as Mobile Genetic Elements in the Evolution of an Intracellular Symbiont. Molecular Biology and Evolution 33 (3), pp. 721 - 725 (2016)

Zheng, H.; Dietrich, C.; Radek, R.; Brune, A.: Endomicrobium proavitum, the first isolate of Endomicrobia class. nov. (phylum Elusimicrobia) – an ultramicrobacterium with an unusual cell cycle that fixes nitrogen with a Group IV nitrogenase. Environmental Microbiology 18 (1), pp. 191 - 204 (2016)

Zheng, H.; Brune, A.: Complete genome sequence of Endomicrobium proavitum, a free-living relative of the intracellular symbionts of termite gut flagellates (phylum Elusimicrobia). Genome Announcements 3, e00679-15 (2015)

Zheng, H.; Dietrich, C.; Thompson, C.; Meuser, K.; Brune, A.: Population Structure of Endomicrobia in Single Host Cells of Termite Gut Flagellates (Trichonympha spp.). Microbes and Environments 30 (1), pp. 92 - 98 (2015)

Zheng, H.: Genome evolution of endomicrobia: From free-living bacteria to intracellular symbionts of termite gut flagellates. Dissertation, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg (2015)