LIANG Yantao 梁彦韬
Associate Professor
Ph.D. Environmental Science
Tel: +86 532 82031875
Email: liangyantao@ouc.edu.cn
Add.: College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, Yushan Campus, 5 Yushan Road, 266003, Qingdao, P.R.C.
Research Interests
1. The distributions and environmental control mechanisms of abundances and community structures of marine viruses and picoplankton
2. Viral diversity and evolution
3. Modelling the primary production of marine picophytoplankton
4. Microbial-driven marine carbon sequestration
Academic Qualifications
2001-2005: B.S., Bioengineering, School of Life Science, Shandong University of Technology
2005-2008: M.S., Marine Biology, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China
2011-2014: PhD, Environmental Science, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University
Working Experience
2008-2009: Assistant Engineer, Research and development department, Qingdao Sunrui Corrosion and Fouling Control Company
2009-2010: Research Assistant, Laboratory of Virology, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China
2010-2011: Research Assistant, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute of CAFS (YSFRI)
2014-2016: Postdoctor, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2016-2017: Assistant Professor, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2017-2019: Associate Professor, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2019-current: Associate Professor, College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China
Representative Publications
1. Gu C†, Liang Y†*, Li J†, Shao H†, Jiang Y, Zhou X, Gao C, Li X, Zhang W, Guo C, He H, Wang H, Sung YY, Mok WJ, Wong LL, Suttle CA, McMinn A, Tian J *, and Wang M*. 2021. Saline lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau harbor unique viral assemblages mediating microbial environmental adaption. iScience 24, 103439. (CELLPress)
2. Gao C†, Xia J†, Zhou X†, Liang Y*, Jiang Y, Wang M, Shao H, Shi X, Guo C, He H, Wang H, He J, Hu D, Wang X, Zhao J, Zhang YZ, Sung YY, Mok WJ, Wong LL, McMinn A, Suttle CA, Wang M*. 2021. Viral characteristics of the warm Atlantic and cold Arctic water masses in the Nordic Seas. Appl Environ Microbiol AEM0116021. (Editor’s Highlight)
3. Wang Z†, Zhang F†, Liang Y*, Zheng K, Gu C, Zhang W, Liu Y, Zhang X, Shao H, Jiang Y, Cui G, He H, Wang H, Sung YY, Mok WJ, Wong LL, He J, McMinn A, Wang M*. 2021. Genome and ecology of a novel Alteromonas podovirus, ZP6, representing a new viral genus, Mareflavirus. Microbiology Spectrum 9: e00463-21.
4. Liu Y†, Zheng K†, Liu B†, Liang Y*, You S, Zhang W, Zhang X, Jie Y, Shao H, Jiang Y, Guo C, He H, Wang H, Sung YY, Mok WJ, Wong LL, McMinn A, Wang M*. 2021. Characterization and Genomic Analysis of Marinobacter Phage vB_MalS-PS3, Representing a New Lambda-Like Temperate Siphoviral Genus Infecting Algae-Associated Bacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology 12: 726074.
5. Zhang W, Liang Y*, Zheng K, Gu C, Liu Y, Wang Z, Zhang X, Shao H, Jiang Y, Guo C, He H, Wang H, Sung YY, Mok WJ, Zhang Y, McMinn A, Wang M*. 2021. Characterization and genomic analysis of the first Oceanospirillum phage, vB_OliS_GJ44, representing a novel siphoviral cluster. BMC Genomics 22:675.
6. Zhang X†, Zhang F†, Mi Y, Liu Y, Zheng K, Zhou Y, Jiang T, Wang M-W, Jiang Y, Guo C, Shao H, He H, He J, Liang Y*, Wang M*, McMinn A. 2021. Characterization and genome analysis of phage AL infecting Pseudoalteromonas marina. Virus Research 295:198265.
7. Wang M†, Gao C†, Jiang T, You S, Jiang Y, Guo C, He H, Liu Y, Zhang X, Shao H*, Liu H, Liang Y*, Wang M, McMinn A. 2020. Genomic analysis of Synechococcus phage S-B43 and its adaption to the coastal environment. Virus Research 289:198155.
8. McMinn A†*, Liang Y†, Wang M. 2020. Minireview: The role of viruses in marine photosynthetic biofilms. Marine Life Science & Technology 2:203-208.
9. Liang Y, Zhang Y*, Zhou C, Li H, Kang X, Wang L, Song J, Jiao N. 2019. Cumulative impact of long-term intensive mariculture on total and active bacterial communities in the core sediments of the Ailian Bay, North China. Science of The Total Environment 691:1212-1224.
10. Liang Y†, Wang L†, Wang Z, Zhao J, Yang Q, Wang M, Yang K, Zhang L, Jiao N, Zhang Y*.2019. Metagenomic Analysis of the Diversity of DNA Viruses in the Surface and Deep Sea of the South China Sea. Frontiers in Microbiology 10:1951.
11. Gong Z†, Liang Y†, Wang M*, Jiang Y, Yang Q, Xia J, Zhou X, You S, Gao C, Wang J, He J, Shao H, McMinn A. 2018. Viral Diversity and Its Relationship With Environmental Factors at the Surface and Deep Sea of Prydz Bay, Antarctica. Frontiers in Microbiology 9:2981.
12. Jiao N*, Liang Y, Zhang Y, Liu J, Zhang Y, Zhang R, Zhao M, Dai M, Zhai W, Gao K, Song J, Yuan D, Li C, Lin G, Huang X, Yan H, Hu L, Zhang Z, Wang L, Cao C, Luo Y, Luo T, Wang N, Dang H, Wang D, Zhang S. 2018. Carbon pools and fluxes in the China Seas and adjacent oceans. Science China Earth Sciences 61:1535-1563. (Cover Story)
13. Liang Y, Zhang Y*, Zhang Y, Luo T, Rivkin RB, Jiao N*. 2017. Distributions and relationships of virio- and pico-plankton in the epi-, meso- and bathypelagic zones of the Western Pacific Ocean. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 93: fiw238.
14. Liang Y, Zhang Y*, Wang N, Luo T, Zhang Y, Rivkin RB. 2017. Estimating primary production of picophytoplankton using the carbon-based ocean productivity model: a preliminary study. Frontiers in Microbiology 8:1926.
15. Liang Y†, Bai X†, Jiang Y, Wang M*, He J*, McMinn A. 2016. Distribution of marine viruses and their potential hosts in Prydz Bay and adjacent Southern Ocean, Antarctic. Polar Biology 39:365-378.
