General Information
Name: Wu Yucheng
Title: Associate Professor
Work Email: ycwu@issas.ac.cn
Work Phone: 025-86881339
Research Fields
(1)Microbial degradation of persistent organic pollutants in soil
(2)Ecological impacts of environmental pollutants
Education Background
(1)2004 – 2007, Ph.D., Soil Science, Institute of Soil Science, CAS, Nanjing, China
(2)2000 – 2003, Master, Cell Biology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
(3)1994 – 1998, Bachelor, Fermentation Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
Professional Experience
(1)2011 – present, Associate professor, Institute of Soil Science, CAS, Nanjing, China
(2)2013 –2014, Postdoctoral Fellow, MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
(3)2011, Visiting Scholar, MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
(4)2007 – 2009, Postdoctoral Fellow, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, CAS, Nanjing, China
Social Positions
(1)2021 – Present, Member, the Chinese Society for Microbiology, Professional Committee of Environmental Microbiology
Projects
(1)Chemical and biological transformation mechanisms of persistent organic pollutants in contaminated industrial sites, 2020.01-2023.12, National Key Research and Development Program of China (PI)
(2)Microbial co-metabolism mechanisms underlying the lignin-enhanced transformation of high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil, 2020.01-2023.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
(3)Effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on agricultural soil nitrification and the underlying microbial mechanisms, 2017.01-2020.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
(4)Microbial mechanisms of remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons-contaminated soil by spent mushroom substrate, 2014.01-2017.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
(5)Ammonia-oxidizing community and activity in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons-contaminated agricultural soils, 2014.01-2016.12, Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, (PI)
(6)Relative contributions of archaea and bacteria to and environmental controls on ammonia oxidation in eutrophic lake sediment, 2010.01-2012.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
Patents
(1)Yucheng Wu, Yongming Luo, Zhengao Li, Ying Teng. A novel approach to screen for laccase-producing soil fungi: ZL 2006 1 0039351.9, 2006-04-07
Publications
(*denotes corresponding author)
(1)Decheng Gu, Xingjia Xiang, Yucheng Wu*, Jun Zeng, Xiangui Lin. Synergy between fungi and bacteria promotes polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon cometabolism in lignin-amended soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022, 425:127958.
(2)Jinyu Hou, Yun Zhang, Xianghua Wu, Linmeng Liu, Yucheng Wu*, Wuxing Liu, Peter Christie. Zero-valent iron-induced successive chemical transformation and biodegradation of lindane in historically contaminated soil: an isotope-informed metagenomic study. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022, 433: 128802.
(3)Pengfei Shao, Yuzhu Chen, Decheng Gu, Jun Zeng, Shimin Zhang, Yucheng Wu*, Xiangui Lin. Resistance and resilience of soil bacterial community to zero-valent iron disposal of lindane contamination. Chemosphere, 2022, 306:135612.
(4)Yeliang Dai, Yanshuo Pan, Yue Sun, Jun Zeng, Guangming Liu, Wenhui Zhong, Xuanzhen Li, Yucheng Wu*, Xiangui Lin. Moisture effects on the soil microbiome unraveled by 18O-informed metagenomics. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2021, 21:430-440.
(5)Yue Sun, Linmeng Liu, Jun Zeng, Yucheng Wu*, Xiangui Lin. Enhanced cometabolism of benzo(a)anthracene by the lignin monomer vanillate is related to structural and functional responses of the soil microbiome. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2020, 149:107908.
(6)Yucheng Wu, Yuliang Dai, Guangming Liu, Jun Zeng, Xiangui Lin. Assessment of two whole genome amplification techniques in terms of soil community profiles. Applied Soil Ecology, 2020, 150:103455.
(7)Yanshuo Pan, Yucheng Wu*, Xuanzhen Li, Jun Zeng, Xiangui Lin. Continuing impacts of selective inhibition on bacterial and fungal communities in an agricultural soil. Microbial Ecology, 2019, 78: 927-935.
(8)Yucheng Wu, Qingmin Ding, Qinghe Zhu, Jun Zeng, Rong Ji, Marc G Dumont, Xiangui Lin*. Contributions of ryegrass, lignin and rhamnolipid to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon dissipation in an arable soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2018, 118:27-34.
(9)Yucheng Wu, Jun Zeng, Qinghe Zhu, Zhenfa Zhang, Xiangui Lin*. pH is the primary determinant of the bacterial community structure in agricultural soils impacted by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon pollution. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7: 40093.
(10)Yucheng Wu, Qinghe Zhu, Jun Zeng, Qingmin Ding, Yi Gong, Peng Xing, Xiangui Lin*. Effects of pH and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons pollution on thaumarchaeotal community in agricultural soils. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2016, 16:1960-1969.
(11)Yucheng Wu, Ying Teng, Zhengao Li, Xuewei Liao, Yongming Luo*. Oxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) by fungal laccase and its potential in remediation of an aged PAHs-contaminated soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2008, 40(3): 789-796.
(12)Yucheng Wu, Yongming Luo*, Dexun Zou, Jinzhi Ni, Wuxin Liu, Ying Teng, Zhengao Li. Bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons contaminated soil with Monilinia sp.: degradation and microbial community analysis. Biodegradation, 2008, 19(2):247-257.
Awards & Honors
(1)2016, Science and Technology Award of Soil Science Society of China (Rank 5th)
(2)2012, Science and Technology Award of Jiangsu Province (Rank 8th)
