Areas of Focus
- Biological nitrogen fixation
- Microbial classification
- Gene cloning and expression
- Biological fertilizer
- Microbial fermentation products of wild rice and other gramineous crops
Work Experience
- 2009.06-2009.12: Stanford University, Senior Visiting Scholar
- 2004-2006: Member of trainees of Thousand-Hundred-Ten Program of Guangdong Province
- 2003: South China Agricultural University, Bringing in Talent
- 2002.02-2003.03: University of Bremen, Postdoctoral Research in Molecular Biology
- 1999.02-2001.01: Max Planck Institute MPI, Postdoctoral Research in Microbiology and Genetics
- 1997.09-1999.09: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Postdoctoral Research in Genetics
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1987.09-1994.07: Undergraduate and postgraduate studies at Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University
- 1992.09-1997.07: Postgraduate and doctoral studies at China Agricultural University
Publications
- Genetic diversity of endophytic diazotrophs of the wild rice, Oryza alta and identification of the new diazotroph, Acinetobacter oryzae sp. nov., Zhiyuan Tan, 2012
- Diversity and high nitrogenase activity of endophytic diazotrophs isolated from Oryza rufipogon Griff., Zhiyuan Tan, 2009
- Enterobacter oryzae sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from wild rice Oryza latifolia., Zhiyuan Tan, 2009
- Rhizobium oryzae sp. nov., isolated from wild rice Oryza alta., Zhiyuan Tan, 2008
- Diverse endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacteria isolated from wild rice Oryza rufipogon and description of Phytobacter diazotrophicus gen. nov. sp. nov., Zhiyuan Tan, 2008
- Diverse endophytic bacteria isolated from a leguminous tree Conzattia multiflora grown in Mexico., Zhiyuan Tan, 2006
- Azospirillum melinis sp. nov., a group of diazotrophs isolated from tropical molasses grass., Zhiyuan Tan, 2006
- Effect of Nitrogen fertilization, plant genotype and environmental conditions on nifH gene pools in roots of rice., Zhiyuan Tan, 2003
- Dechlorosoma suillum Achenbach et al. 2001 is a later subjective synonym of Azospira oryzae Reinhold-Hurek & Hurek, 2000., Zhiyuan Tan, 2003
- Specific detection of Bradyrhizobium and Rhizobium strains colonizing rice (Oryza sativa) roots by 16S-23S ribosomal DNA intergenic spacer-targeted PCR., Zhiyuan Tan, 2001
- Novel endophytes of rice form a taxonomically distinct subgroup of Serratia marcescens., Zhiyuan Tan, 2001
- Rhizobium yanglinganum sp. nov. isolated from arid and semi-arid regions in China., Zhiyuan Tan, 2001
- Characterization of bacteria isolated from wild legumes in the north-western regions of China., Zhiyuan Tan, 1999
- Phylogenetic and genetic relationships of Mesorhizobium tianshanense and related rhizobia., Zhiyuan Tan, 1997
- Characterization of rhizobia isolated from legume species within the genera Astragalus and Lespedeza grown in the Loess Plateau of China and description of Rhizobium loessense sp. nov., Zhiyuan Tan, 2003
- Diverse Mesorhizobium plurifarium populations native to Mexican soils., Zhiyuan Tan, 2003
- Sinorhizobium morelense, sp. nov. a Leucaena leucocephala- associating bacterium that is highly resistant to multiple antibiotics., Zhiyuan Tan, 2002
- Identification of isolates from soybean nodules in Xinjiang region as Sinorhizobium xinjiangense and genetic differentiation of S. xinjiangense from S. fredii., Zhiyuan Tan, 2002
- Rhizobium indigoferae sp. nov. and Sinorhizobium kummerowiae sp. nov., respectively isolated from Indigofera spp. and Kummerowia stipulacea., Zhiyuan Tan, 2002
- Mesorhizobium septentrionale sp. nov. and Mesorhizobium temperatum sp. nov., isolated from Astragalus adsurgens growing in the northern regions of China., Zhiyuan Tan, 2004
- Sinorhizobium meliloti associated with Medicago sativa and Melilotus spp. in arid saline soils in Xinjiang, China., Zhiyuan Tan, 2000
- Novel nitrogen-fixing bacteria associated with the roots interior of rice., Zhiyuan Tan, 1999
Awards
- 2007: Excellent Instructor, Tenth National Challenge Cup of National College Extracurricular Academic and Scientific and Technological Works Competition
