Yang Teng

General Information
Name: Yang Teng
Title: Associate Professor
Work Email: tyang@issas.ac.cn
Work Phone: 025-86881310
Research Fields
(1)Fungal Ecology and Biogeography
(2)Mycobiome: Structure and Function
Education Background
(1)2013 – 2017, Ph.D., Environmental Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
(2)2010 – 2013, Master, Microbiology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China 
(3)2006 – 2010, Bachelor, Aquaculture Science, Huaihai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang, China
Professional Experience
(1)2021 ― Present, Associate Professor, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
(2)2017 ― 2021, Assistant Researcher, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
Social Positions
(1)2022 – Present, Associate Editor, Frontiers in Microbiomes
(2)2022 – Present, Youth Editorial Board, iMeta
(3)2020 – Present, Secretary, Soil Biology and Biochemistry Committee of Soil Science Society of China
Projects
(1)Disentangle the structure and function of ectomycorrhizal network in alpine treeline ecotone at multiple scales, 2023.01-2026.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
(2)The 12th batch of members of Youth Innovation Promotion Association, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2022.01-2025.12, Chinese Academy of Sciences (PI)
(3)Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity of Betula ermanii in Changbai Mountains: spatial pattern, assembly process and ecological functioning, 2020.01-2022.12, National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
Publications
(1)Yang Teng, Tedersoo Leho, Liu Xu, Gao Gui-Feng, Dong Ke, Adams Jonathan M, et al. Fungi stabilize multi‐kingdom community in a high elevation timberline ecosystem. iMeta 2022, e49. https://doi.org/10.1002/imt2.49
(2)Yang Teng, Tedersoo Leho, Soltis Pamela, Soltis Douglas, Sun Miao, Ma Yuying, et al. Plant and fungal species interactions differ between aboveground and belowground habitats in mountain forests of eastern China. SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-022-2174-3
(3)Zou Shuqi, Adams Jonathan, Yu Zhi, Li Na, Kerfahi Dorsaf, …, Yang Teng, et al. Stochasticity dominates assembly processes of soil nematode metacommunities on three Asian mountains. Pedosphere 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedsph.2022.06.059
(4)Wu Di, Ma Yuying, Yang Teng, Gao Guifeng, Wang Daozhong, Guo Xisheng, et al. Phosphorus and Zinc Are Strongly Associated with Belowground Fungal Communities in Wheat Field under Long-Term Fertilization. Microbiology Spectrum, 2022, 10(2): e0011022.
(5)Wang Xiaomi, Teng Ying*, Ren Wenjie, Li Yuntao, Yang Teng, Chen Yan, et al. Variations of bacterial and diazotrophic community assemblies throughout the soil profile in distinct paddy soil types and their contributions to soil functionality. mSystems, 2022, 7(2): e0104721.
(6)Tedersoo Leho*, Bahram Mohammad, Zinger Lucie, Nilsson R Henrik, Kennedy Peter G, Yang Teng, et al. Best practices in metabarcoding of fungi: From experimental design to results. Molecular Ecology, 2022, 31(10):2769-2795.
(7)Song Luyao, Yang Teng, Xia Shangguang, Yin Zhong, Liu Xu, Li Shaopeng, et al. Soil depth exerts stronger impact on bacterial community than elevation in subtropical forests of Huangshan Mountain. Science of Total Environment, 2022, 852:158438.
(8)Liu Xu, Shi Yu, Yang Teng, Gao Gui-Feng, Zhang Liyan, Xu Ruoyu, et al. Distinct co-occurrence relationships and assembly processes of active methane-oxidizing bacterial communities between paddy and natural wetlands of northeast China. Frontiers in microbiology, 2022, 13:809074.
(9)Jing Xin, Prager Case M, Chen Litong, Chu Haiyan, Gotelli Nicholas J, …, Yang Teng, et al. The influence of aboveground and belowground species composition on spatial turnover in nutrient pools in alpine grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2022, 31(3):486-500.
(10)Gao Gui-Feng, Li Huan, Shi Yu, Yang Teng, Gao Chang-Hao, Fan Kunkun, et al. Continental-scale plant invasions reshuffle the soil microbiome of blue carbon ecosystems. Global Change Biology, 2022, 28(14):4423-4438.
(11)Dong Ke, Yu Zhi, Kerfahi Dorsaf, Lee Sang-seob, Li Nan, Yang Teng, et al. Soil microbial co-occurrence networks become less connected with soil development in a high Arctic glacier foreland succession. Science of Total Environment, 2022, 813:152565.
(12)Yang Teng, Tedersoo Leho, Fu Xiao, Zhao Chang, Liu Xu, Gao Guifeng, et al. Saprotrophic fungal diversity predicts ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity along the timberline in the framework of island biogeography theory. ISME Communications, 2021, 1(1):15.
(13)Yang Teng, Shi Yu, Zhu Jun, Zhao Chang, Wang Jianmei, Liu Zhiyong, et al. The spatial variation of soil bacterial community assembly processes affects the accuracy of source tracking in ten major Chinese cities. Science China Life Sciences, 2021, 64(9):1546-1559.
(14)Shi Yu, Li Yuntao, Yang Teng, Chu Haiyan*. Threshold effects of soil pH on microbial co-occurrence structure in acidic and alkaline arable lands. Science of Total Environment, 2021, 800:149592.
(15)P?lme Sergei, Abarenkov Kessy, Nilsson R Henrik, Lindahl Bj?rn D, Clemmensen Karina Engelbrecht, …, Yang Teng, et al. FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles. Fungal Diversity, 2021, 105(1):1-16.
(16)Ni Yingying, Yang Teng, Ma Yuying, Zhang Kaoping, Soltis Pamela S, Soltis Douglas E, et al. Soil pH determines bacterial distribution and assembly processes in natural mountain forests of eastern China. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2021, 30(11):2164-2177.
(17)Ma Yuying, Zhang Huangchao, Wang Daozhong, Guo Xinsheng, Yang Teng, Xiang Xingjia, et al. Differential responses of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities to long-term fertilization in the wheat rhizosphere and root endosphere. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2021, 87(17): e0034921.
(18)Ma Yuying, Weisenhorn Pamela, Guo Xisheng, Wang Daozhong, Yang Teng, Shi Yu, et al. Effect of long-term fertilization on bacterial communities in wheat endosphere. Pedosphere, 2021, 31(4):538-548.
(19)Liu Xu, Yang Teng, Shi Yu, Zhu Yichen, He Mulin, Zhao Yunke, et al. Strong partitioning of soil bacterial community composition and co-occurrence networks along a small-scale elevational gradient on Zijin Mountain. Soil Ecology Letters, 2021, 3(4):290-302.
(20)Yang Teng, Tedersoo Leho, Lin Xingwu, Fitzpatrick Matthew C, Jia Yunsheng, Liu Xu, et al. Distinct fungal successional trajectories following wildfire between soil horizons in a cold-temperate forest. New Phytologist, 2020, 227(2):572-587.
(21)Yang Teng, Tedersoo Leho, Soltis Pamela S, Soltis Douglas E, Gilbert Jack A, Sun Miao, et al. Phylogenetic imprint of woody plants on the soil mycobiome in natural mountain forests of eastern China. The ISME Journal, 2019, 13(3):686-697.
(22)Xie Xing-Guang, Zhang Feng-Min, Yang Teng, Chen Yan, Li Xiao-Gang, Dai Chuan-Cao*. Endophytic fungus drives nodulation and N2 fixation attributable to specific root exudates. mBio, 2019, 10(4): e00728-00719.
(23)Song Na, Xu Huacheng, Yan Zaisheng, Yang Teng, Wang Changhui, Jiang He-Long*. Improved lignin degradation through distinct microbial community in subsurface sediments of one eutrophic lake. Renewable Energy, 2019, 138:861-869.
(24)Song Ho-Kyung, Shi Yu, Yang Teng, Chu Haiyan, He Jin-Sheng, Kim Hyoki, et al. Environmental filtering of bacterial functional diversity along an aridity gradient. Scientific reports, 2019, 9(1):866.
(25)Shi Yu, Fan Kunkun, Li Yuntao, Yang Teng, He Jin-Sheng, Chu Haiyan*. Archaea enhance the robustness of microbial co-occurrence networks in Tibetan Plateau soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 2019, 83(4):1093-1099.
(26)Shi Yu, Li Yuntao, Xiang Xingjia, Sun Ruibo, Yang Teng, He Dan, et al. Spatial scale affects the relative role of stochasticity versus determinism in soil bacterial communities in wheat fields across the North China Plain. Microbiome, 2018, 6(1):27.
(27)Ni Yingying, Yang Teng, Zhang Kaoping, Shen Congcong, Chu Haiyan*. Fungal communities along a small-scale elevational gradient in an alpine tundra are determined by soil Carbon nitrogen ratios. Frontiers in microbiology, 2018, 9:1815.
(28)Yang Teng, Adams Jonathan M, Shi Yu, Sun Huaibo, Cheng Liang, Zhang Yangjian, et al. Fungal community assemblages in a high elevation desert environment: Absence of dispersal limitation and edaphic effects in surface soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2017, 115:393-402.
(29)Yang Teng, Adams Jonathan M, Shi Yu, He Jin-sheng, Jing Xin, Chen Litong, et al. Soil fungal diversity in natural grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau: associations with plant diversity and productivity. New Phytologist, 2017, 215(2):756-765.
(30)Zhang Kaoping, Adams Jonathan M, Shi Yu, Yang Teng, Sun Ruibo, He Dan, et al. Environment and geographic distance differ in relative importance for determining fungal community of rhizosphere and bulk soil. Environmental microbiology, 2017, 19(9):3649-3659.
(31)Shen Congcong, Ge Yuan, Yang Teng, Chu Haiyan*. Verrucomicrobial elevational distribution was strongly influenced by soil pH and carbon/nitrogen ratio.  Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2017, 17(10):2449-2456.
Awards & Honors
(1)2021, Second prize of Jiangsu Science and Technology Award (Rank 2nd), Jiangsu Provincial People's Government, China
(2)2021, First prize of the 16th Science and Technology Award of Soil Science Society of China (Rank 4th), Soil Science Society of China, China
(3)2018, Excellent PhD Thesis of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Degree Committee, China
(4)2017, Dean's Award for Excellence, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

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