Areas of Focus
- Food and Environmental Microbial Technology
- Biotechnology of Natural Food Additives and Environmental Pollutant Metabolism
Work Experience
- Former Vice Director at State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University
- Former Head of the Department of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences
- Current Vice Director at State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Academic Background & Achievements
- Former Vice Director at the State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Shandong University
- Former Head of the Department of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences
- Current Vice Director at the State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Publications
- Metabolic characterization and genes for the conversion of biphenyl in Dyella ginsengisoli LA-4, Li A., Qu Y. Y., Pi W. Q., Zhou J. T., Gai Z. H., Xu P., 2012
- One-pot bio-synthesis: N-acetyl-D-neuraminic acid production by a powerful engineered whole-cell catalyst, Tao F., Zhang Y. N., Ma C. Q., Xu P., 2011
- A novel NADH-dependent and FAD-containing hydroxylase is crucial for nicotine degradation by Pseudomonas putida, Tang H. Z., Yao Y. X., Zhang D. K., Meng X. Z., Wang L. J., Yu H., Ma L. Y., Xu P., 2011
- Biotechnological routes based on lactic acid production from biomass, Gao C., Ma C. Q., Xu P., 2011
- Recent advances in biotechnological production of 2-phenylethanol, Hua D. L., Xu P., 2011
- Complete genome sequence of nicotine-degrading Pseudomonas putida strain S16, Yu H., Tang H. Z., Wang L. J., Yao Y. X., Wu G., Xu P., 2011
- Genome sequence of the thermophilic strain Bacillus coagulans 2-6, an efficient producer of high-optical-purity L-lactic acid, Su F., Yu B., Sun J. B., Ou H. Y., Zhao B., Wang L. M., Qin J. Y., Tang H. Z., Tao F., Michael Jarek, Maren Scharfe, Ma C. Q., Ma Y. H., Xu P., 2011
- Chemoenzymatic synthesis of N-acetyl-D-neuraminic acid from N-acetyl-D-glucosamine using the spore surface displayed N-acetyl-D-neuraminic acid aldolase, Gao C., Xu X. M., Zhang X. F., Che B., Ma C. Q., Qiu J. H., Tao F., Xu P., 2011
- The genes coding for the conversion of carbazole to catechol are flanked by IS6100 elements in Sphingomonas sp. strain XLDN2-5, Gai Z. H., Wang X. Y., Liu X. R., Tai C., Tang H. Z., He X. F., Wu G., Deng Z. X., Xu P., 2010
- Lipase immobilization on magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles for application in biodiesel production, Wang X., Dou P. P., Zhao P., Zhao C. M., Ding Y., Xu P., 2009
