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Li Xuanji
Life Science
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang
Language: Chinese, English
Infant
Gut Microbiome
Development
Establishment
Horizontal Gene Transfer
Antibiotic Resistance
Environmental Factors
Health
Breastfeeding
Pollution
Areas of Focus
- Development and establishment of the gut microbiome in early human life (infants)
- Horizontal transfer of key functional genes in the human gut microbiome (e.g., antibiotic resistance genes, virulence genes)
- Influence of environmental factors (e.g., antibiotics, breastfeeding, environmental pollution) on the gut microbiome
- Relationship between the gut microbiome and health
Work Experience
- 2024.03-present Researcher at Zhejiang University, Institute of Microbiology, Life Sciences College
- 2022.07-2024.02 Assistant Professor at University of Copenhagen, Department of Microbiology
- 2019.07-2022.06 Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Copenhagen, Department of Microbiology
- 2019.05-2019.06 Research Assistant at University of Copenhagen, Department of Microbiology
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2014.12-2019.06 PhD in Microbiology, University of Copenhagen
- 2011.09-2014.06 Master's in Bioengineering, Shandong University, Microbial Technology National Key Laboratory
Publications
- Co-localization of antibiotic resistance genes is widespread in the infant gut and associates with an immature gut composition, Li, X., Brejnrod, A., Trivedi, U., Jonathan, T., Russel, J., & Sørensen, S. J., 2024
- Interspecific interactions sustain structural keystone species in a multispecies biofilm benefitting plant growth, Yang, N., Røder, H.L., Wicaksono,W.A., Wassermann, B., Russsel, J., Li, X., Nesme, J., Berg, G., Sørensen, S.J.# and Burmølle, M.#, 2024
- Fungi and bacteria in the beds of rural and urban infants correlate with later risk of atopic diseases, Lehtimäki, J., Gupta, S., Hjelmsø, M., Shah, S., Thorsen, J., Rasmussen, M.A., Soverini, M., Li, X., Russel, J., Trivedi, U. and Brix, S., 2023
- Differential responses of the gut microbiome and resistome to antibiotic exposures in infants and adults, Li, X., Brejnrod, A., Thorsen, J., Zachariasen, T., Trivedi, U., Russel, J., Vestergaard, G.A., Stokholm, J., Rasmussen, M.A.# and Sørensen, S.J.#, 2023
- The airway microbiota of neonates colonized with asthma-associated pathogenic bacteria, Thorsen, J., Li, X., Peng, S., Sunde, R. B., Shah, S. A., Bhattacharyya, M., ... & Stokholm, J.#, 2023
- Metagenomic evidence for co-occurrence of antibiotic, biocide and metal resistance genes in pigs, Li, X., Rensing, C., Vestergaard, G., Arumugam, M., Nesme, J., Gupta, S., Brejnrod, A.D.# and Sørensen, S.J.#, 2022
- The infant gut resistome associates with E. coli, environmental exposures, gut microbiome maturity, and asthma-associated bacterial composition, Li, X., Stokholm, J., Brejnrod, A., Vestergaard, G. A., Russel, J., Trivedi, U., ... & Sørensen, S.J.#, 2021
- Co-selection of antibiotic resistance genes, and mobile genetic elements in the presence of heavy metals in poultry farm environments, Mazhar, S.H.*, Li, X.*, Rashid, A., Su, J., Xu, J., Brejnrod, A.D., Su, J.Q., Wu, Y., Zhu, Y.G., Zhou, S.G. and Feng, R., Rensing, C.#, 2021
- The microbiome of captive hamadryas baboons, Li, X., Trivedi, U., Brejnrod, A.D., Vestergaard, G., Mortensen, M.S., Bertelsen, M.F. and Sørensen, S.J.#, 2020
- Heavy metal exposure causes changes in the metabolic health-associated gut microbiome and metabolites, Li, X., Brejnrod, A.D.*, Ernst, M., Rykær, M., Herschend, J., Olsen, N.M.C., Dorrestein, P.C., Rensing, C.# and Sørensen, S.J.#, 2019
- Papio spp. Colon microbiome and its link to obesity in pregnancy, Li, X., Rensing, C., Taylor, W.L., Costelle, C., Brejnrod, A.D., Ferry Jr, R.J., Higgins, P.B., Folli, F., Kottapalli, K.R., Hubbard, G.B., Dick Jr, E.J., Schlabritz‐Loutsevitch, N.#, 2018
- Bacterial resistance to arsenic protects against protist killing, Hao, X*., Li, X.*, Pal, C.*, Hobman, J., Larsson, D.G., Saquib, Q., Alwathnani, H.A., Rosen, B.P., Zhu, Y.G. and Rensing, C.#, 2017
- Emergent bacterial community properties induce enhanced drought tolerance in Arabidopsis, Yang, N., Nesme, J., Røder, H.L., Li, X., Zuo, Z., Petersen, M., Burmølle, M.# and Sørensen, S.J.#, 2021
- Antimicrobial activity of metals and metalloids, Li, Y.P., Ben Fekih, I., Chi Fru, E., Moraleda-Munoz, A., Li, X., Rosen, B.P., Yoshinaga, M. and Rensing, C.#, 2021
- A community resource for paired genomic and metabolomic data mining, Schorn MA, Verhoeven S, Ridder L, Huber F, Acharya DD, Aksenov AA, ... Li X,.. van der Hooft JJ.#, 2021
- Efficient Production of Pyruvate Using Metabolically Engineered Lactococcus lactis, Suo, F., Liu, J., Chen, J., Li, X., Solem, C. and Jensen, P.R.#, 2021
- Environmental shaping of the bacterial and fungal community in infant bed dust and correlations with the airway microbiota, Gupta, S., Hjelmsø, M.H., Lehtimäki, J., Li, X., Mortensen, M.S., Russel, J., Trivedi, U., Rasmussen, M.A., Stokholm, J., Bisgaard, H. and Sørensen, S.J.#, 2020
- A role for copper in protozoan grazing–two billion years selecting for bacterial copper resistance, Hao, X., Lüthje, F., Rønn, R., German, N.A., Li, X., Huang, F., Kisaka, J., Huffman, D., Alwathnani, H.A., Zhu, Y.G. and Rensing, C.#, 2016
- Draft genome sequence of Se (IV)-reducing bacterium Pseudomonas migulae ES3-33, Li, X., Kot, W., Wang, D., Zheng, S., Wang, G., Hansen, L.H. and Rensing, C.#, 2015
