Dr. Chang Ding

Curriculum Vitae

Research

My research focuses on anaerobic/anoxic microbial processes that have environmental relevence. The aim is to understand the mechanisms controlling the behaviors of the responsible microorganisms and their interaction with the environment, so as to harness them for contaminant removal. To achieve that, a combination of techniques including anaerobic cultivation, physiological characterization, biochemical assays, proteomics, and digitally controlled reactors are utilized.

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Publications

1. Ude E., Haas J., Kayoum K., Ding C.*, Adrian L. (2023):
   Effects of reducing, stabilizing, and antibiotic agents on “Candidatus Kuenenia stuttgartiensis”.
   Applied Microbialogy and Biotechnology. DOI: 10.1007/s00253-023-12375-w
2. Reino C., Ding C.*, Adrian L. (2023):
   Continuous cultivation of Dehalococcoides mccartyi with brominated tyrosine avoids toxic byproducts and gives tight reactor control.
   Water Research. 229, 119396
   
3. Zhao S., Ding C., Xu G., Rogers M. J. Ramaswamy R., He J. (2022):
   Diversity of organohalide respiring bacteria and reductive dehalogenases that detoxify polybrominated diphenyl ethers in E-waste recycling sites.
   The ISME Journal. 16 (9), 2123-2131
   
4. Zhao S., Rogers M., Cao L., Ding C., He J. (2021):
   Identification of reductive dehalogenases that mediate complete debromination of penta- and tetrabrominated diphenyl ethers in Dehalococcoides spp.
   Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 87 (17), e00602-21
5. Budhraja R., Karande S., Ding C., Ullrich M.K., Wagner S., Reemtsma T., Adrian L. (2021):
   Characterization of membrane-bound metalloproteins in the anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacterium “Candidatus Kuenenia stuttgartiensis” strain CSTR1.
   Talanta. 223, 121711
   
6. Ding C.*, Adrian L. (2020):
   Comparative genomics in “Candidatus Kuenenia stuttgartiensis” reveal high genomic plasticity in the overall genome structure, CRISPR loci and surface proteins.
   BMC Genomics. 21, 851
   
7. Ding C., Rogers M. J., He J. (2020):
   Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain GEO12 has a natural tolerance to chloroform inhibition.
   Environmental Science & Technology. 54 (14), 8750–8759
   
8. Ding C.*, Adrian L., Peng Y., He J.* (2020):
   16S rRNA gene-based primer pair showed high specificity and quantification accuracy in detecting freshwater Brocadiales anammox bacteria.
   FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 96 (3), fiaa013
9. Budhraja R., Ding C., Walter P., Wagner S., Reemtsma T., Sawers, G. R., Adrian L. (2019):
   The impact of species, respiration type, growth phase and genetic inventory on absolute metal content of intact bacterial cells.
   Metallomics, 11, 925-935
10. Ding C.*, Enyi F. O., Adrian L., (2018):
    Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) with planktonic cells in a redox-stable semicontinuous stirred-tank reactor
    Environmental Science & Technology. 52 (10), 5671-5681.
11. Ding C., Alvarez-Cohen L., He J. (2018):
    Growth of Dehalococcoides mccartyi species in an autotrophic consortium producing limited acetate.
    Biodegradation, 29(5), 487-498.
12. Zhao S., Rogers M.J., Ding C., He J. (2018):
    Reductive debromination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers - microbes, pathways and dehalogenase.
    Frontiers in Microbiology. 9, 1292.
13. Wang Q., Ding C., Tao G., He J. (2018):
    Analysis of enhanced nitrogen removal mechanisms in a validation wastewater treatment plant containing anammox bacteria.
    Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 103, 1255–1265
    
14. Ding C., Rogers M.J., Yang K.-L., He J. (2017):
    Loss of the ssrA genome island led to partial debromination in the PBDE respiring Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain GY50
    Environmental Microbiology. 19 (7), 2906 - 2915
15. Zhao S., Ding C., He J. (2017):
    Genomic characterization of Dehalococcoides mccartyi strain 11a5 reveals a circular extrachromosomal genetic element and a new tetrachloroethene reductive dehalogenase gene
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 93 (4), fiw235
    
16. Ding C., Yang K.-L., He J. (2016):
    Biological and fermentative production of hydrogen
    In: Luque, R., Lin, C.S.K., Wilson, K., Clark, J., (eds.)
    Handbook of biofuels production: processes and technologies (Second edition)
    Woodhead Publishing series in energy 98
    Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, p. 303 - 333
17. Zhao S., Ding C., He J. (2015):
    Detoxification of 1,1,2-trichloroethane to ethene by Desulfitobacterium and identification of its functional reductase gene
    PLoS ONE 10 (4), e0119507
18. Ding C., Zhao S., He J. (2014):                                
    A Desulfitobacterium sp. strain PR reductively dechlorinates both 1,1,1-trichloroethane and chloroform
    Environmental Microbiology. 16 (11), 3387-3397
19. Ding C., Chow W. L., He J. (2013):
    Isolation of Acetobacterium sp. strain AG that reductively debrominates octa- and penta- brominated diphenyl ether technical mixtures
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79 (4), 1110-1117
20. Ding C., He J. (2012):
    Molecular techniques in the biotechnological fight against halogenated compounds in anoxic environments
    Microbial Biotechnology 5 (3), 347-367
21. Lee L. K., Ding C., Yang K. L., He J. (2011):
    Complete debromination of tetra- and penta- brominated diphenyl ethers by a coculture consisting of Dehalococcoides and Desulfovibrio species
    Environmental Science & Technology. 45 (19), 8475-8482
22. Ning D., Wang H., Ding C., Lu H. (2010):
    Novel evidence of cytochrome P450-catalyzed oxidation of phenanthrene in Phanerochaete chrysosporium under ligninolytic conditions
    Biodegradation. 21 (6), 889-901
    
23. Ding C., He J. (2010):
    Effect of antibiotics in the environment on microbial populations
    Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 87 (3), 925-941