Research Interests

·   Biogeochemical processes involving microorganisms in cold seeps and hydrothermal sediments

·   Environmental adaptation mechanism of microorganisms in extreme environments

Publications

·   Su L, Teske AP, MacGregor BJ, McKay LJ, Mendlovitz H, Albert D, Ma Z, Li J. Thermal Selection of Microbial Communities and Preservation of Microbial Function in Guaymas Basin Hydrothermal Sediments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2023 Mar 29;89(3):e0001823.

·  Li J, Su L, Wang F, Yang J, Gu L, Sun M, Li Q, Zhou H, Fang J. Elucidating the biomineralization of low-temperature hydrothermal precipitates with varying Fe, Si contents: Indication from ultrastructure and microbiological analyses. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 2020, 157: 103208.

·  Niu M, Deng L, Su L, Ruff SE, Yang N, Luo M, Qi Q, Li J, Wang F. Methane supply drives prokaryotic community assembly and networks at cold seeps of the South China Sea. Mol Ecol. 2023 Feb;32(3):660-67.

·  Li J, Yang J, Sun M, Su L, Wang H, Gao J, Bai S. Distribution and succession of microbial communities along the dispersal pathway of hydrothermal plumes on the Southwest Indian Ridge. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2020, 7: 581381.

·  Li J, Gu L, Bai S, Wang J, Su L, Wei B, Zhang L, Fang J. Characterization of particle-associated and free-living bacterial and archaeal communities along the water columns of the South China Sea. Biogeosciences, 2021, 18(1): 113-133.

·  Gong X, Del Río ÁR, Xu L, Chen Z, Langwig M, Su L, Sun M, Huerta-Cepas J, De Anda V, Baker BJ. New globally distributed bacterial phyla within the FCB superphylum. Nature Communications, 2022, 13(1): 7516.

·  Sun M, Su L, Li J. Diversity, biomineralization, and metabolic characteristics of neutrophilic microaerophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria in seafloor hydrothermal environments. Acta Microbiologica Sinica, 62(6): 2119-2135.

·  Li Q, Su L, Yang T, Zhang Z, Yu M, Deng X, Ma Z, Yao H, Li J. Prokaryotic community composition in Makran cold seep sediments and the response to environment. Acta Microbiologica Sinica, 2022, 62(6): 2021-2037.