研究兴趣
1.深海病毒及其宿主的相互作用机制
2. 冷水珊瑚共生微生物的分馏效应
科研项目
1.海绵动物共生微生物研究，2024-2026，上海市海外青年人才项目，负责人。
研究成果
近五年文章发表 (#co-first author，*corresponding author)
1.Zhou K, Zhang T, Chen X-W, Xu Y*, Zhang R*, Qian P-Y*. Viruses in Marine Invertebrate Holobionts: Complex Interactions Between Phages and Bacterial Symbionts. Annual Review of Marine Science 2024, 16: 467-485. (impact factor= 17.3)
2.Zhou K, Wong T-Y, Long L, Anantharaman K, Zhang W, Wong W-C, Zhang R*, Qian P-Y*. Genomic and transcriptomic insights into complex virus–prokaryote interactions in marine biofilms. The ISME Journal 2023, 17(12): 2303-2312. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-023-01546-2 (impact factor= 11.0)
3.Zhou, K, Xu, Y*, Zhang, R* and Qian, P-Y*. Phages associated with animal holobionts in deep-sea hydrothermal vents and cold seeps. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 2022, p.103900. (封面文章).
4.Zhou K, Xu Y*, Zhang R*, Qian P-Y*. Arms race in a cell: Genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic insights into intracellular phage–bacteria interplay in deep-sea snail holobionts. Microbiome 2021, 9(1): 1-13. (impact factor= 16.837)
5.Zhou K, Qian P-Y, Zhang T, Xu Y*, Zhang R*. Unique phage-bacterium interplay in sponge holobionts from the southern Okinawa Trough hydrothermal vent. Environmental Microbiology Reports 2021, 13(5): 675-683. (被Microbiologist杂志列为必读文章)
6.Zhou K#, Zhang R#, Sun J, Zhang W, Tian R-M, Chen C, Kawagucci S, Xu Y*. Potential interactions between clade SUP05 sulfur-oxidizing bacteria and phages in hydrothermal vent sponges. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2019, 85(22): e00992-00919. (被选为Spotlight文章)
7.Zhang T#, Zhou K#, Wang Y, Xu J, Zheng Q, Luo T*, Jiao N*. Genomic insights into the adaptation of Synechococcus to the coastal environment of Xiamen. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2023, 14.
8.Rong C, Zhou K, Li S, Xiao K, Xu Y, Zhang R, Yang Y*, Zhang Y*. Isolation and characterization of a novel cyanophage encoding multiple auxiliary metabolic genes. Viruses. 2022, 14(5): 887.
9.Lan Y, Sun J, Chen C, Sun Y, Zhou Y, Yang Y, Zhang W, Li R, Zhou K, Wong W-C, Kwan, Y-H, Cheng A, Bougouffa S, Van Dover C-L, Qiu, J-W, Qian, P-Y*. Hologenome analysis reveals dual symbiosis in the deep-sea hydrothermal vent snail Gigantopelta aegis. Nature Communications 2021, 12(1): 1165.
10.Yan W*, Feng X, Lin T-H, Huang X, Xie L, Wei S, Zhou K, Chen Y-L, Luo W, Xu W, Zhang W, Nawaz M-Z, Luo, Y-W, Zeng Q-L, Zhang R*, Jiao N-Z*. Diverse subclade differentiation attribute to the ubiquity of Prochlorococcus high-light adapted clade II. mBio 2022, https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.03027-21
11.Song Z-M, Wang K-L, Zhou K, Zhang J-L, Liang J-Y, Yue L-M, Zhang Y, Xu Y*. Anthraquinones as potential anti-biofilm agents against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Frontiers in Microbiology 2021, 12: 709826.