Journal and Review Papers
- Lu, CY, Chang YP, Piñon-Gonzalez VM, Lewin TD, Shih KN, Chuang PS, Wada N, Yu SP, Yu ZR, Chen YH, Chen M, Chin C-H, Chiou YJ, Chiu YL, Liao JY, Chang HF, Yen JH, Lu MY, Luo YJ* and Tang SL*Endozoicomonas acroporae enhances coral thermal resilience through host–microbe coordination2026, ISME J, in press (https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrag173)
- Po-Shun Chuang†, Mo Chen†, Pei-Wen Chiang†, Hsing-Ju Chen†, Feng-Chi Wang, Yu-Hsiang Chen, Sheng-Ping Yu, Fu-Chi Chen, Yong-Pei Chang, Sim Lin Lim, Hsin-Feng Chang, Wann-Neng Jane, Sen-Lin Tang*, Novel early-branching phages constituting a model to study the Endozoicomonas-phage interaction in corals, 2026, (submission, bioRxiv)
- Chen YF, Chiang PW, Lim SL, Rogozin D., Zykov V., Ye CH, Tang SL*, Resilience and reassembly of redox-structured microbial functional networks after rare holomixis in a meromictic lake, 2026, (Review in Microbiome, second revision)
- Kao JM, Lu CY, Tang SL, Shikina S., Yang SY**, Yang SH*, Diurnal temperature fluctuations drive compartment-specific microbial dynamics in tissue and skeleton of Stylophora pistillata from marginal reefs, Marine Environmental Research 2026, 218:108018
- Nakayama K, Hung MC, Chiu CY, Tang SL, Hsueh ML, Wu CC, Hung IH, Liu YH, Tsai JW*, Optical properties of dissolved organic matter play pivotal roles in mediating trace metal forms in a mangrove-dominated tidal estuary. 2026, Mar Pollut Bull. 2026, 222:118594. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.118594.
- Chuang PS†, Hsu TC †, Lu CY, Yu SP, Liu PY, Lim SL, Chen YH, Chiou YJ, Yang SH, Wang PL, Tang SL *, Metabolic interactions between coral animal and endolithic bacterial communities, 2025, ISME communication, 5:ycaf193
- Ramen Das R*, Tavakoli-Kolour P, Tang SL, Reimer JD, Does Shading reverses Cyanobacterial patch to Black Band Disease (CP like to BBD) transition on Montipora? 2025, Diversity, 17:732
- Iwaki Y*, Hamamoto K, Gösser F., Li C, Jolly J, Tang SL, Ravasi T, Reimer JD, Bacterial community formation on plastic and glass in coral reefs, 2025, Coral Reefs, 44:2117-2134
- Lim SL, Chin CH, Chiou YJ, Hsu MT, Chiang PW, Chen HJ, Tu YC, and Tang SL*, Unveiling the Special Ecofunctional Traits of Endozoicomonas: A Pan-Genome Perspective, 2025, Environmental Microbiology, 27: e70191.
- Jeon HB, Won H, Lim HJ, Kim SH, Chen Y, Long J, Tang SL, Bathigae S, Park KI*, Microbiome of wild oysters: assessing diversity and detecting potential pathogens using a metabarcoding approach, BMC Microbiology, 2025 25:700.
- Buttari F, Arah N, Tsai S, Huang CL, Zhi-Hong Wen, Tang SL, Lin C*, Induced Bleaching Enhances Cold Tolerance in Coral Larvae: A Potential Strategy for Cryopreservation Optimization 2025, Coral Reefs 44:2083-2099.
- Liu PY #, Chiu WC #, Lim SL, Chen HJ, Chen YH, Wang HI, Yang CY, Chen CC, Nozawa Y, Yamashiro H, Sakai K and Tang SL*, Genomic analysis reveals broad adaptability of coral-killing sponge (Terpios hoshinota) under environmental stress, BMC Genomics, 2025, 26: 830
- Chen Y, Kim SH, Long J, Bathige S.D.N.K., Kim HJ, Tang SL, Park KI*, 2025, First report of Thraustochytrium caudivorum isolated from the undulated surf clam (Paratapes undulatus): Morphological, molecular, and ecological insights under climate change, Protist, 126128
- Nakayama K, Hung MC, Chiu CY, Tang SL, Hsueh ML, Wu CC, Hung IH, Liu YH, Tsai JW*, 2025, Optical properties of dissolved organic matter play pivotal roles in mediating trace metal forms in a mangrove-dominated tidal estuary. Mar Pollut Bull. 222:118594. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.118594.
- Chen CC, Hsu TH, Lu HY, Tang SL, Ho YN * 2025, High-quality chromosome-level genome of three Meretrix species using Nanopore and Hi-C technologies. Sci Data 12, 1141. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05454-2
- Hsieh YE.; Yang SY., Liu SL., Wang SW., Wang WL., Tang SL, Yang SH.*, 2025, Microbial Community Shifts and Nitrogen Utilization in Peritidal Microbialites: The Role of Salinity and pH in Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation, Microbial Ecology, 88(1):31
- Chuang PS, Kao WC, Yu ZR, Lin TC, Shih KN, Yang WY, Leung YY, Hsu MT, Chen TY, Shikina S*, Tang SL *, Cheng JY*, Innovative Microfluidic Chips for Coral Cultivation: Enhanced Flexibility and Experimental Applications, Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2025. 16(4):707-714
- Chen, C.C., Xie QY., Chuang PS, Darnajoux R., Chien YY, Wang WH, Tian X, Tu CH, Chen BC, Tang SL, and Chen KH *, A thallus-forming N-fixing fungus-cyanobacterium symbiosis from subtropical forests. Science Advances, 2025.doi:10.1126/sciadv.adt4093
- Kamata M, Kitano YF, Iguchi, A, Nozawa Y, Nagai S, Chen C.; Wada, N, Tang, SL; Yamakita, T Taninaka H, Yasuda N.*. Genetic divergence of pocillopora damicornis between temperate and subtropical regions: the need to monitor hidden genetic lineage distribution with regard to migration-load risks under climate change. Bulletin of Marine Science, 2025. 101: 91-104.
- Vidanaarachchi R., Tang SL., Halgamuge S.: CoPR: Collective Pattern Recognition-a Framework for Microbial Community Activity Analysis, bioRxiv, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.30.601456doi.
- Chuang P.S., Wang TH, Lu CY, Tandon K, Shikina S., Tang SL*: Microbiome heterogeneity in tissues of the coral, Fimbriaphyllia (Euphyllia) ancora, Environmental Microbiology Reports, 2024. 16 (4), e13310
- Mason B., Hayward D. C, Myoya A., Cook I., Sorenson A., Brunner R., Andrade N., Huerlimann R., Bourne D., Schaeffer P., Grinblat M., Ravasi T., Ueda N., Tang SL, Ball EE., Miller DJ, Microbiome manipulation by corals and other Cnidaria via quorum quenching, Current Biology, 2024. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.05.073.
- Hirose Y, Tang SL, Yamashiro H., Arrangement and development of spicules in the coral-killing sponge, Terpios hoshinota, Zoological Studies 2024, 63
- Suraphan P, Wu WK, Chang CT, Wada N, Ho HC.,..Tang SL,…et al., 2023, Reassessing the safety of dietary emulsifiers through the lens of gut microbiota, Communication Biology, 2024 https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2731923/v1.
- Chuang PS, Yu SP, Liu PY, Hsu, MT, Chiou YJ., Lu CY, Tang SL*, A gauge of coral physiology: re-examining temporal changes in Endozoicomonas abundance correlated with natural coral bleaching, 2024 ISME Communication, ycae001
- Yamashiro H.* and Tang SL, Rediscovery of Seriatopora corals in shallow reefs of Okinawa Island, Japan, Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2024 doi: 10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103352
- Shikina S, Lin TC, Chu YL, Cheng YC, Chang YE, Wada N., Tang SL, Iizuka Y, Chiu YL, Culturing reef-building corals on a laboratory dish: a simple experimental platform for stony corals, Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023, DOI=10.3389/fmars.2023.1149495
- Chan YF, Chen YH, Yu SP, Chen HJ., Nozawa Y, and Tang SL*, 2023, Reciprocal transplant experiment reveals multiple factors influencing changes in coral microbial communities across climate zones, Science of The Total Environment, 907: 167929
- Chiou YJ, Chan YF, Yu SP, Lu CY, Hsiao S SY, Chiang PW, Hsu TC, Liu PY, Wada N, Lee Y, Jane WN, Lee DC, Huang YW, Tang SL*, 2023, Similar but different: characterization of dddD gene mediated dimethylsulfoniopropionate metabolism among Coral-Associated Endozoicomonas dddD-gene mediated DMSP metabolism in Endozoicomonas, Science Advances, 9: doi=10.1126/sciadv.adk1910
- Shikina S, Lin TC, Chu YL, Cheng YC, Chang YE, Wada N, Tang SL, Iizuka Y, Chiu YL, Culturing reef-building corals on a laboratory dish: a simple experimental platform for stony corals, Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023, DOI=10.3389/fmars.2023.1149495
- Chuang PS*, Yamada Y, Liu PY, Tang SL, Mitarai S, Bacterial community shifts during polyp bail-out induction in Pocillopora corals, 2023, Microbiology Spectrum, e00257-23
- Wada W, Iguchi A, Urabe Y, Yoshioka Y, Abe N, Takase K, Hayashi S, Kawanabe S, Sato Y, Tang SL*, Mano* N, Microbial mat compositions and localization patterns explain the virulence of black band disease in corals. NJP Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2023, 9:15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-023-00381-9
- Chou† PH, Hu MY†, Guh YJ, Wu GC, Yang SH, Tandon K, Shao YT, Lin LY, Chen C, Tseng KY, Wang MC, Zhang CM, Han BC, Lin CC, Tang SL, Jeng MS, Chang CF, Tseng YC*: Cellular mechanisms underlying extraordinary sulfide tolerance in a crustacean holobiont from hydrothermal vents, Proceedings of the Royal Society B 2023, https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1973
- Enkhee B., Chuluun B., Baatar B, Nyamdorj S, Tang SL, Oyuntsetseg B*, Seasonal variation of physico-chemical characteristics in water of meromictic Lake Oigon, Hydrological Research Letters, 2023, 17 (2), 49-55
- Chiou YJ, Chen YH, Chiang PW, Chen HJ, Tang SL*, High-quality genome sequences of two octocoral-associated bacteria, Endozoicomonas euniceicola EF212T and Endozoicomonas gorgoniicola PS125T, Microbiology Resource Announcements 2023, doi: 10.1128/mra.00877-22.
- Wang CW, Michelle Wong JW, Yeh SS, Eric Hsieh Y, Tseng CH, Yang SH, Tang SL*, Soil bacterial community may offer solutions for ginger cultivation. Microbiology Spectrum 2022, 13:e0180322. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01803-22.
- Parkinson JE, Tang SL, Denis V.: Editorial: Variance matters: Individual differences and their consequences for natural selection within and among coral holobionts, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2022, 10: DOI=10.3389/fevo.2022.977844
- Tuyet DTA, Hiep LM, Binh HT, Huyen LT, Tang SL, Chiang P-W, Hao DM, A multistep nitrifying microbial enrichment to remove ammonia and nitrite in brackish aquaculture systems, Biodegradation 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10532-022-09988-9
- Wang JT, Wang YT, Chen CA, Meng PJ, Tew KS, Chiang PW, Tang SL*: Extra high superoxide dismutase in host tissue is associated with improving bleaching resistance in “thermal adapted” and Durusdinium trenchii-associating coral. Peer J 2022, 10:e12746.
- Wang CW, Michelle Wong JW, Yeh SS, Eric Hsieh Y, Tseng CH, Yang SH, Tang SL*: Soil bacterial community may offer solutions for ginger cultivation. Microbiology Spectrum 2022, 10:e0180322.
- Wada N, Hsu MT, Tandon K, Hsiao SS, Chen HJ, Chen YH, Chiang PW, Yu SP, Lu CY, Chiou YJ,…Tang SL*: High-resolution spatial and genomic characterization of coral-associated microbial aggregates in the coral Stylophora pistillata. Science Advances, 2022, 8:eabo2431.
- Tuyet DTA, Hiep LM, Binh HT, Huyen LT, Tang SL, Chiang PW, Hao DM: A multi-step nitrifying microbial enrichment to remove ammonia and nitrite in brackish aquaculture systems. Biodegradation 2022, 33:373-388.
- Tandon K, Chiou YJ, Yu SP, Hsieh HJ, Lu CY, Hsu MT, Chiang PW, Chen HJ, Wada N, Tang SL*: Microbiome restructuring: dominant coral Bacterium Endozoicomonas species respond differentially to environmental changes. mSystems 2022, 7:e0035922.
- Liu PY, Yang SY, Lu CY, Wada N, De Palmas S, Yeh SS, Yamashiro H, Tang SL, Yang SH*: Ocean currents may influence the endolithic bacterial composition in coral skeletons. Frontiers in Marine Science 2022, 9.
- Hoh DZ, Lee HH, Wada N, Liu WA, Lu MR, Lai CK, Ke HM, Sun PF, Tang SL, Chung WH, et al: Comparative genomic and transcriptomic analyses of trans-kingdom pathogen Fusarium solani species complex reveal degrees of compartmentalization. BMC Biolology 2022, 20:236.
- Hara S, Wada N, Hsiao SS, Zhang M, Bao Z, Iizuka Y, Lee DC, Sato S, Tang SL*, Minamisawa K*: In vivo evidence of single (13)C and (15)N isotope-labeled methanotrophic nitrogen-fixing bacterial cells in rice roots. mBio 2022, 13:e0125522.
- Das RR, Wada H, Masucci GD, Singh T, Tavakoli-Kolour P, Wada N, Tang SL, Yamashiro H, Reimer JD: Four-year field survey of black band disease and skeletal growth anomalies in encrusting Montipora spp. corals around Sesoko Island, Okinawa. Diversity 2022, 14:32.
- Chow SW, Keshavmurthy S, Reimer JD, de Voogd N, Huang H, Wang JT, Tang SL, Schupp PJ, Tan CH, Liew HC, et al: Population genetics and demography of the coral-killing cyanobacteriosponge, Terpios hoshinota, in the Indo-West Pacific. PeerJ 2022, 10:e13451.
- Chen YH, Chen HJ, Yang CY, Shiu JH, Hoh DZ, Chiang PW, Chow WS, Chen CA, Shih TH, Lin SH,…Tang SL*: Prevalence, complete genome, and metabolic potentials of a phylogenetically novel cyanobacterial symbiont in the coral-killing sponge, Terpios hoshinota. Environmental Microbiology 2022, 24:1308-1325
- Chan YF, Chen CY, Lu CY, Tu YC, Tandon K, Shikina S, Tang SL*: A first insight into the heat-induced changes in proteomic profiles of the coral symbiotic bacterium Endozoicomonas montiporae. Frontiers in Marine Science 2022, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.808132
- Yang S-H*, Chen C, Hsieh YE, Yang SY, Li HW, Ching TY, Wang CH, Chang CF, Tang SL*, Wu GC*: Bacterial dynamics in the accessory nidamental gland of Sepioteuthis lessoniana throughout maturation. Microbes and Environments 2021, 36.
- Wu YT, Chiang PW, Tandon K, Rogozin DY, Degermendzhy AG, Tang SL*: Single-cell genomics-based analysis reveals a vital ecological role of Thiocapsa sp. LSW in the meromictic Lake Shunet, Siberia. Microbial genomics 2021, 7:000712.
- Wang CW, Yu YH, Wu CY, Feng RY, Tandon K, Chen Y-L, Tang SL*: Detection of pathogenic and beneficial microbes for roselle wilt disease. Frontiers in Microbiology 2021, 12:756100-756100.
- Teng CH, Wu PC, Tang SL, Chen YC, Cheng MF, Huang PC, Ko WC, Wang JL*: A Large Spatial Survey of Colistin-Resistant Gene mcr-1-Carrying E. coli in Rivers across Taiwan. Microorganisms 2021, 9:722.
- Taninaka H, Maggioni D, Seveso D, Huang D, Townsend A, Richards ZT, Tang SL, Wada N, Kikuchi T, Yuasa H, et al: Phylogeography of blue corals (Genus Heliopora) across the Indo-West Pacific. Frontiers in Marine Science 2021, 8.
- Tandon K, Wan MT, Yang CC, Yang SH, Baatar B, Chiu CY, Tsai JW, Liu WC, Ng CS, Tang SL*: Aquatic microbial community is partially functionally redundant: Insights from an in situ reciprocal transplant experiment. Science of The Total Environment 2021, 786:147433.
- Luo D, Wang X, Feng X, Tian M, Wang S, Tang SL, Ang P, Yan A, Luo H:* Population differentiation of Rhodobacteraceae along with coral compartments. The ISME Journal 2021, 15:3286-3302.
- Huang CY, Hwang JS, Yamashiro H, Tang SL*: Spatial and cross-seasonal patterns of coral diseases in reefs of Taiwan: high prevalence and regional variation. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 2021, 146:145-156.
- Dyall-Smith M*, Pfeiffer F, Chiang PW, Tang SL, Stedman KM: Genome sequence of Hardyhisp2, a Gammapleolipovirus infecting Haloarcula hispanica. Microbiology Resource Announcements 2021, 10:e00226-00221.
- Dyall-Smith M, Pfeiffer F, Chiang P-W, Tang SL*: The novel halovirus Hardycor1, and the presence of active (induced) proviruses in four Haloarchaea. Genes 2021, 12:149.
- Chen YH, Yang SH, Tandon K, Lu CY, Chen HJ, Shih CJ, Tang SL*: Potential syntrophic relationship between coral-associated Prosthecochloris and its companion sulfate-reducing bacterium unveiled by genomic analysis. Microbial genomics 2021, 7:000574.
- Chen YH, Chiang PW, Rogozin DY, Degermendzhy AG, Chiu HH, Tang SL*: Salvaging high-quality genomes of microbial species from a meromictic lake using a hybrid sequencing approach. Communications Biology 2021, 4:996.
- Chan YF, Chiang PW, Tandon K, Rogozin D, Degermendzhi A, Zykov V, Tang SL*: Spatiotemporal changes in the bacterial community of the meromictic Lake Uchum, Siberia. Microbial Ecology 2021, 81:357-369.
- Aini SN, Tang SL, Yamashiro H*: Monthly progression rates of the coral-killing sponge Terpios hoshinota in Sesoko Island, Okinawa, Japan. Coral Reefs 2021, 40:973-981.
- Yang SY, Lu CY, Tang SL, Das RR, Sakai K, Yamashiro H, Yang SH*: Effects of ocean acidification on coral endolithic bacterial communities in Isopora palifera and Porites lobata. Frontiers in Marine Science 2020, 7.
- Yang SH, Tseng CH, Lo HP, Chiang PW, Chen HJ, Shiu JH, Lai HC, Tandon K, Isomura N, Mezaki T,… Tang SL*: Locality effect of coral-associated bacterial community in the Kuroshio Current from Taiwan to Japan. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2020, 8.
- Wu WK, Panyod S, Liu PY, Chen CC, Kao HL, Chuang HL, Chen YH, Zou HB, Kuo HC, Kuo CH,..Tang SL,…et al: Characterization of TMAO productivity from carnitine challenge facilitates personalized nutrition and microbiome signatures discovery. Microbiome 2020, 8:162.
- Wada N, Yuasa H, Kajitani R, Gotoh Y, Ogura Y, Yoshimura D, Toyoda A, Tang SL, Higashimura Y, Sweatman H, et al: A ubiquitous subcuticular bacterial symbiont of a coral predator, the crown-of-thorns starfish, in the Indo-Pacific. Microbiome 2020, 8:123.
- Vidanaarachchi R, Shaw M, Tang SL, Halgamuge S: IMPARO: inferring microbial interactions through parameter optimisation. BMC Molecular and Cell Biology 2020, 21:34.
- Thinesh T*, Meenatchi R, Lipton AN, Anandham R, Jose PA, Tang SL, Seghal Kiran G, Selvin J: Metagenomic sequencing reveals altered bacterial abundance during coral-sponge interaction: Insights into the invasive process of coral-killing sponge Terpios hoshinota. Microbiological Research 2020, 240:126553.
- Tandon K, Lu C-Y, Chiang P-W, Wada N, Yang SH, Chan YF, Chen PY, Chang HY, Chiou YJ, Chou M-S,…Tang SL*: Comparative genomics: Dominant coral-bacterium Endozoicomonas acroporae metabolizes dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP). The ISME Journal 2020, 14:1290-1303.
- Tandon K, Baatar B, Chiang P-W, Dashdondog N, Oyuntsetseg B, Tang SL*: A large-scale survey of the bacterial communities in lakes of Western Mongolia with varying salinity regimes. Microorganisms 2020, 8:1729.
- Shiu JH, Yu SP, Fong CL, Ding JY, Tan CJ, Fan TY, Lu CY, Tang SL*: Shifting in the dominant bacterial group Endozoicomonas is independent of the dissociation with coral symbiont algae. Frontiers in Microbiology 2020, 11.
- Shen Y, Chen SC, Lai MC*, Huang HH, Chiu HH, Tang SL, Rogozin DY, Degermendzhy AG: Methanolobus halotolerans sp. nov., isolated from the saline Lake Tus in Siberia. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2020, 70:5586-5593.
- Lee STM, Ding JY, Chiang PW, Dyall-Smith M, Tang SL*: Insights into gene regulation of the halovirus His2 infecting Haloarcula hispanica. MicrobiologyOpen 2020, 9:e1016.
- Dyall-Smith M, Tang SL, Russ B, Chiang PW, Pfeiffer F*: Comparative genomics of two new HF1-like haloviruses. Genes 2020, 11:405.
- Chiu CY, Jones JR, Rusak JA, Lin HC, Nakayama K, Kratz TK, Liu WC, Tang SL, Tsai JW*: Terrestrial loads of dissolved organic matter drive inter-annual carbon flux in subtropical lakes during times of drought. Science of The Total Environment 2020, 717:137052.
- Yang SH, Tandon K, Lu CY, Wada N, Shih CJ, Hsiao SSY, Jane WN, Lee TC, Yang CM, Liu CT,…Tang SL*: Metagenomic, phylogenetic, and functional characterization of predominant endolithic green sulfur bacteria in the coral Isopora palifera. Microbiome 2019, 7:3.
- Wada N, Ishimochi M, Matsui T, Pollock FJ, Tang SL, Ainsworth TD, Willis BL, Mano N, Bourne DG*: Characterization of coral-associated microbial aggregates (CAMAs) within tissues of the coral Acropora hyacinthus. Scientific Reports 2019, 9:14662.
- Jayasundara D, Herath D, Senanayake D, Saeed I, Yang CY, Sun Y, Chang BC, Tang SL*, Halgamuge SK: ENVirT: inference of ecological characteristics of viruses from metagenomic data. BMC Bioinformatics 2019, 19:377.
- Jaspers C, Fraune S,…Tang SL…Arnold AE, Miller DJ, Bosch TCG, Voolstra CR: Resolving structure and function of metaorganisms through a holistic framework combining reductionist and integrative approaches. Zoology 2019, 133:81-87.
- Dyall-Smith M*, Tang SL, Pfeiffe F: Haloviruses: the bad, the worse and the surprising. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Biologia 2019, 64:p51-51.
- Chen CY*, Tang SL, Chou SCT: Taxonomy based performance metrics for evaluating taxonomic assignment methods. BMC Bioinformatics 2019, 20:310.
- Yang SY, Chen HJ, Ho MJ, Chen YJ, Huang YY, Chow WS, Tang SL, Jeng MS, Chen CAJ, BoMS: Outbreak of coral-killing cyanobacteriasponge, Terpios hoshinota, in Taiping Island (Itu Aba), Spratly, South China Sea. Bulletin of Marine Science 2018, 94:1543-1544.
- Wu YT, Yang CY, Chiang PW, Tseng CH, Chiu HH, Saeed I, Baatar B, Rogozin D, Halgamuge S, Degermendzhi A, Tang SL*: Comprehensive insights into composition, metabolic potentials, and interactions among archaeal, bacterial, and viral assemblages in meromictic Lake Shunet in Siberia. Frontiers in Microbiology 2018, 9.
- Tandon K, Yang S-H, Wan M-T, Yang C-C, Baatar B, Chiu C-Y, Tsai J-W, Liu W-C, Tang SL*: Bacterial Community in Water and Air of Two Sub-Alpine Lakes in Taiwan. Microbes and Environments 2018, advpub.
- Tandon K, Chiang P-W, Chen WM, Tang SL*: Draft genome sequence of Endozoicomonas acroporae strain Acr-14T, isolated from Acropora coral. Genome Announcements 2018, 6:e01576-01517.
- Shiu JH, Ding JY, Tseng CH, Lou SP, Mezaki T, Wu YT, Wang HI, Tang SL*: A newly designed primer revealed high phylogenetic diversity of Endozoicomonas in coral reefs. Microbes and Environments 2018, advpub.
- Shiau YJ, Pai CW, Tsai JW, Liu WC, Yam RSW, Chang SC, Tang SL, Chiu CY*: Characterization of phosphorus in a toposequence of subtropical perhumid forest soils facing a subalpine lake. Forests 2018, 9:294.
- Sheu SY, Xie PB, Sheu DS, Tang SL, Chen WM*: Litoribrevibacter euphylliae sp. nov., isolated from the torch coral Euphyllia glabrescens. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2018, 68:432-437.
- Hsieh CJ, Zhan SH, Liao CP, Tang SL, Wang LC, Watanabe T, Geraldino PJL, Liu SL*: The effects of contemporary selection and dispersal limitation on the community assembly of acidophilic microalgae. Journal of Phycology 2018, 54:720-733.
- Chen WM, Xie PB, Tang SL, Sheu SY: Coralloluteibacterium stylophorae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Lysobacteraceae isolated from the reef-building coral Stylophora sp. Arch Microbiol 2018, 200:473-481.
- Chen SC, Huang HH, Lai MC*, Weng CY, Chiu HH, Tang SL, Rogozin DY, Degermendzhy AG: Methanolobus psychrotolerans sp. nov., a psychrotolerant methanoarchaeon isolated from a saline meromictic lake in Siberia. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2018, 68:1378-1383.
- Yang SH, Tseng CH, Huang CR, Chen CP, Tandon K, Lee STM, Chiang PW, Shiu JH, Chen CA, Tang SL*: Long-term survey is necessary to reveal various shifts of microbial composition in corals. Frontiers in Microbiology 2017, 8.
- Woo S, Yang SH, Chen HJ, Tseng YF, Hwang SJ, De Palmas S, Denis V, Imahara Y, Iwase F, Yum S, Tang SL*: Geographical variations in bacterial communities associated with soft coral Scleronephthya gracillimum. PLOS ONE 2017, 12:e0183663.
- Song J, Mujahid A, Lim PT, Samah AA, Quack B, Pfeilsticker K, Tang SL, Ivanova E, Müller MJMJoM*: Shotgun metagenomic analysis of microbial communities in the surface waters of the Eastern South China Sea. Malaysian Journal of Microbiology 2017, 13(4):350-362.
- Shiu JH, Keshavmurthy S, Chiang PW, Chen HJ, Lou SP, Tseng CH, Justin Hsieh H, Allen Chen C, Tang SL*: Dynamics of coral-associated bacterial communities acclimated to temperature stress based on recent thermal history. Scientific Reports 2017, 7:14933.
- Sheu SY, Lin KR, Hsu MY, Sheu DS, Tang SL, Chen WM*: Endozoicomonas acroporae sp. nov., isolated from Acropora coral. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2017, 67:3791-3797.
- Lee STM, Davy SK, Tang SL*, Kench PS: Water flow buffers shifts in bacterial community structure in heat-stressed Acropora muricata. Scientific Reports 2017, 7:43600.
- Herath D*, Tang SL, Tandon K, Ackland D, Halgamuge SK: CoMet: a workflow using contig coverage and composition for binning a metagenomic sample with high precision. BMC Bioinformatics 2017, 18:571.
- Herath D*, Jayasundara D, Ackland D, Saeed I, Tang SL, Halgamuge S: Assessing species diversity using metavirome data: methods and challenges. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 2017, 15:447-455.
- Bayanmunkh B, Tang SL, Narangarvuu D, Ochirkhuyag B, Bolormaa O*: Physico-chemical composition of saline lakes of the Gobi Desert Region, Western Mongolia. Journal of Earth Science & Climatic Change 2017, 8:1-7.
- Baatar B, Chuluun B, Tang SL, Bayanjargal O, Oyuntsetseg B*: Vertical distribution of physical–chemical features of water and bottom sediments in four saline lakes of the Khangai mountain region, Western Mongolia. Environmental Earth Sciences 2017, 76:130.
- Yang SH, Lee STM, Huang CR, Tseng CH, Chiang PW, Chen CP, Chen HJ, Tang SL*: Prevalence of potential nitrogen-fixing, green sulfur bacteria in the skeleton of reef-building coral Isopora palifera. Limnology and Oceanography 2016, 61:1078-1086.
- Yang SH, Chiang PW, Hsu TC, Kao SJ, Tang SL*: Bacterial community associated with organs of shallow hydrothermal vent crab Xenograpsus testudinatus near Kuishan Island, Taiwan. PLOS ONE 2016, 11:e0150597.
- Yang FC, Chen YL, Tang SL, Yu CP, Wang PH, Ismail W, Wang CH, Ding JY, Yang CY, Yang CY, Chiang YR*: Integrated multi-omics analyses reveal the biochemical mechanisms and phylogenetic relevance of anaerobic androgen biodegradation in the environment. The ISME Journal 2016, 10:1967-1983.
- Tseng CH, Lin JT, Ho HJ, Lai ZL, Wang CB, Tang SL*, Wu C-Y*: Gastric microbiota and predicted gene functions are altered after subtotal gastrectomy in patients with gastric cancer. Scientific Reports 2016, 6:20701.
- Tsai JW, Kratz TK, Rusak JA, Shih WY, Liu WC, Tang SL, Chiu CY*: Absence of winter and spring monsoon changes water level and rapidly shifts metabolism in a subtropical lake. Inland Waters 2016, 6:436-448.
- Sheu SY, Liu LP, Tang SL, Chen WM*: Thalassotalea euphylliae sp. nov., isolated from the torch coral Euphyllia glabrescens. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2016, 66:5039-5045.
- Lee STM, Davy SK, Tang SL*, Kench PS: Mucus sugar content shapes the bacterial community structure in thermally stressed Acropora muricata. Frontiers in Microbiology 2016, 7.
- Fan LF, Chen HJ, Hsieh HL, Lin HJ, Tang SL*: Comparing abundance, composition and environmental influences on prokaryotic ammonia oxidizers in two subtropical constructed wetlands. Ecological Engineering 2016, 90:336-346.
- Ding JY, Shiu JH, Chen WM, Chiang YR, Tang SL*: Genomic insight into the host–endosymbiont relationship of Endozoicomonas montiporae CL-33T with its coral host. Frontiers in Microbiology 2016, 7.
- Baatar B, Chiang PW, Rogozin DY, Wu YT, Tseng CH, Yang CY, Chiu HH, Oyuntsetseg B, Degermendzhy AG, Tang SL*: Bacterial Communities of Three Saline Meromictic Lakes in Central Asia. PLOS ONE 2016, 11:e0150847.
- Tseng CH, Chiang PW, Lai HC, Shiah FK, Hsu TC, Chen YL, Wen LS, Tseng CM, Shieh WY, Saeed I, …, Tang SL*: Prokaryotic assemblages and metagenomes in pelagic zones of the South China Sea. BMC Genomics 2015, 16:219.
- Lin YT, Whitman WB, Coleman DC, Shi SY, Tang SL, Chiu CY*: Changes of soil bacterial communities in bamboo plantations at different elevations. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2015, 91.
- Lin KH, Liao BY, Chang HW, Huang SW, Chang TY, Yang CY, Wang YB, Lin YTK, Wu YW, Tang SL*, Yu H-T*: Metabolic characteristics of dominant microbes and key rare species from an acidic hot spring in Taiwan revealed by metagenomics. BMC Genomics 2015, 16:1029.
- Lee STM, Davy SK, Tang SL*, Fan T-Y, Kench PS: Successive shifts in the microbial community of the surface mucus layer and tissues of the coral Acropora muricata under thermal stress. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2015, 91.
- Jayasundara D*, Saeed I, Maheswararajah S, Chang BC, Tang SL, Halgamuge SK: ViQuaS: an improved reconstruction pipeline for viral quasispecies spectra generated by next-generation sequencing. Bioinformatics 2015, 31:886-896.
- Jayasundara D*, Saeed I, Chang BC, Tang SL, Halgamuge SK: Accurate reconstruction of viral quasispecies spectra through improved estimation of strain richness. BMC Bioinformatics 2015, 16:S3.
- Hsieh CJ, Zhan SH, Lin Y, Tang SL, Liu S-L*: Analysis of rbcL sequences reveals the global biodiversity, community structure, and biogeographical pattern of thermoacidophilic red algae (Cyanidiales). Journal of Phycology 2015, 51:682-694.
- Yang CW, Tang SL, Chen LY, Chang BV*: Removal of nonylphenol by earthworms and bacterial community change. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 2014, 96:9-17.
- Lin YT, Tang SL, Pai CW, Whitman WB, Coleman DC, Chiu C-Y*: Changes in the soil bacterial communities in a cedar plantation invaded by moso bamboo. Microbial Ecology 2014, 67:421-429.
- Ding JY, Chiang PW, Hong MJ, Dyall-Smith M, Tang SL*: Complete genome sequence of the extremely halophilic archaeon Haloarcula hispanica strain N601. Genome Announcements 2014, 2:e00178-00114.
- Chiu HH, Rogozin DY, Huang SP, Degermendzhy AG, Shieh WY, Tang SL*: Aliidiomarinashirensis sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from Shira Lake in Khakasia, southern Siberia, and a proposal to transfer Idiomarina maris to the genus Aliidiomarina. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2014, 64:1334-1339.
- Wang PH, Leu YL, Ismail W, Tang SL, Tsai CY, Chen HJ, Kao AT, Chiang YR*: Anaerobic and aerobic cleavage of the steroid core ring structure by Steroidobacter denitrificans. Journal of Lipid Research 2013, 54:1493-1504.
- Tseng CH, Chiang PW, Shiah FK, Chen YL, Liou JR, Hsu TC, Maheswararajah S, Saeed I, Halgamuge S, Tang SL*: Microbial and viral metagenomes of a subtropical freshwater reservoir subject to climatic disturbances. The ISME Journal 2013, 7:2374-2386.
- Porter K, Tang SL, Chen CP, Chiang PW, Hong MJ, Dyall-Smith M*: PH1: An archaeovirus of Haloarcula hispanica Related to SH1 and HHIV-2. Archaea 2013, 2013:456318.
- Lin SY, Shieh WY, Chen JS, Tang SL*: Complete genome sequence of Simiduia agarivorans SA1T, a marine bacterium able to degrade a variety of polysaccharides. Genome Announcements 2013, 1:e00039-00012.
- Fan LF, Tang SL*, Chen C-P, Hsieh H-L*: Diversity and Composition of sulfate- and sulfite-reducing prokaryotes as affected by marine-freshwater gradient and sulfate availability. Microbial Ecology 2012, 63:224-237.
- Chiu HH, Mette A, Shiu JH, Tang SL*: Bacterial distribution in the epidermis and mucus of the coral Euphyllia glabrescens by CARD-FISH. Zoological Studies 2012, 11.
- Cheng TW, Chang YH, Tang SL, Tseng CH, Chiang PW, Chang KT, Sun CH, Chen YG, Kuo HC, Wang CH, et al: Metabolic stratification driven by surface and subsurface interactions in a terrestrial mud volcano. The ISME Journal 2012, 6:2280-2290.
- Wang JT, Meng PJ, Sampayo E, Tang SL, Chen CA*: Photosystem II breakdown induced by reactive oxygen species in freshly-isolated Symbiodinium from Montipora (Scleractinia; Acroporidae). Marine Ecology Progress Series 2011, 422:51-62.
- Tang SL*, Hong MJ, Liao MH, Jane WN, Chiang PW, Chen CB, Chen CA: Bacteria associated with an encrusting sponge (Terpios hoshinota) and the corals partially covered by the sponge. Environmental Microbiology 2011, 13:1179-1191.
- Shieh GS, Zheng S, Johnson RA, Chang YF, Shimizu K, Wang CC, Tang SL*: Modeling and comparing the organization of circular genomes. Bioinformatics 2011, 27:912-918.
- Saeed I*, Tang SL*, Halgamuge SK: Unsupervised discovery of microbial population structure within metagenomes using nucleotide base composition. Nucleic Acids Research 2011, 40:e34-e34.
- Chen CP, Tseng CH, Chen CA, Tang SL*: The dynamics of microbial partnerships in the coral Isopora palifera. The ISME Journal 2011, 5:728-740.
- Tang SL*, Chang BCH, Halgamuge SK: Gene functionality's influence on the second codon: A large-scale survey of second codon composition in three domains. Genomics 2010, 96:92-101.
- Lin YT, Huang YJ, Tang SL, Whitman WB, Coleman DC, Chiu CY*: Bacterial community diversity in undisturbed perhumid montane forest soils in Taiwan. Microbial Ecology 2010, 59:369-378.
- Hong MJ, Yu YT, Chen CA, Chiang PW, Tang SL*: Influence of species specificity and other factors on bacteria associated with the coral Stylophora pistillata in Taiwan. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2009, 75:7797-7806.
- Lin YH, Chang BCH, Chiang PW, Tang SL*: Questionable 16S ribosomal RNA gene annotations are frequent in completed microbial genomes. Gene 2008, 416:44-47.
- Li J, Halgamuge SK, Tang SL*: Genome classification by gene distribution: An overlapping subspace clustering approach. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2008, 8:116.
- Hallamaa KM, Tang SL, Ficorilli N, Browning GF*: Differential expression of lipoprotein genes in Mycoplasma pneumoniae after contact with human lung epithelial cells, and under oxidative and acidic stress. BMC Microbiology 2008, 8:124.
- Chan CKK, Hsu AL, Tang SL*, Halgamuge SK: Using growing self-organising maps to improve the binning process in environmental whole-genome shotgun sequencing. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology 2008, 2008:513701.
- Chan CKK, Hsu AL, Halgamuge SK, Tang SL*: Binning sequences using very sparse labels within a metagenome. BMC Bioinformatics 2008, 9:215.
- Liao MH, Tang SL, Hsu CM, Wen KC, Wu H, Chen WM, Wang JT, Meng PJ, Twan WH, Lu CKJZST: The" Black Disease" of reef-building corals at Green Island, Taiwan-outbreak of a cyanobacteriosponge. Terpios hoshinota (Suberitidae; Hadromerida). Zoological Studies 2007, 46:520.
- Li J, Halgamuge SK, Kells CI, Tang SL*: Gene function prediction based on genomic context clustering and discriminative learning: an application to bacteriophages. BMC Bioinformatics 2007, 8:S6.
- Hallamaa KM, Browning GF*, Tang SL: Lipoprotein multigene families in Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Journal of Bacteriology 2006, 188:5393-5399.
- Chang B, Halgamuge S, Tang SL*: Analysis of SD sequences in completed microbial genomes: Non-SD-led genes are as common as SD-led genes. Gene 2006, 373:90-99.
- Tang SL, Nuttall S, Dyall-Smith M*: Haloviruses HF1 and HF2: Evidence for a Recent and Large Recombination Event. Journal of Bacteriology 2004, 186:2810-2817.
- Hsu AL*, Tang SL, Halgamuge SK: An unsupervised hierarchical dynamic self-organizing approach to cancer class discovery and marker gene identification in microarray data. Bioinformatics 2003, 19:2131-2140.
- Tang SL, Nuttall S, Ngui K, Fisher C, Lopez P, Dyall-Smith M*: HF2: a double-stranded DNA tailed haloarchaeal virus with a mosaic genome. Molecular Microbiology 2002, 44:283-296.
- Filée J, Forterre P, Tang SL, Laurent J*: Evolution of DNA polymerase families: evidences for multiple gene exchange between cellular and viral proteins. Journal of Molecular Evolution 2002, 54:763-773.
- Tarasov VY, Pyatibratov MG, Tang SL, Dyall-Smith M, Fedorov OV*: Role of flagellins from A and B loci in flagella formation of Halobacterium salinarum. Molecular Microbiology 2000, 35:69-78.
- Jolley KA, Maddocks DG, Gyles SL, Mullan Z, Tang SL, Dyall-Smith ML*, Hough DW, Danson MJ: 2-Oxoacid dehydrogenase multienzyme complexes in the halophilic Archaea? Gene sequences and protein structural predictions. Microbiology 2000, 146:1061-1069.
[Review Papers/Book Chapters]
- Chin HS *, Ravi NV, Teo KC, Cheong PCH, and Tang SL, 2025, Key Findings from 15 Years of Mangrovibacter Research: A Generalist Bacterium Beyond Endophytes, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2025, accepted.
- Yamashiro H., Wada N., Tang SL., Succession and Spread of Coral Diseases and Coral-Killing Sponges with Special Reference to Microbes in Southeast Asia and Adjacent Waters, 2023.
- Parkinson JE, Tang SL, Denis V: Editorial: Variance matters: Individual differences and their consequences for natural selection within and among coral holobionts. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 2022.
- Jayasundara, D.*, Tang SL., Halgamuge SK., Human body to water reservoirs: Estimating viral population characteristics using high-throughput sequencing. Big data analytics in Metagenomics, 2017
- Shiu JH., Tang SL*, 2017. The Bacteria Endozoicomonas: Community dynamics, diversity, genomes and potential impacts on corals in Zhiyong Li [eds.] Symbiotic Microbiomes of Coral Reef Sponges and Corals, Springer, Netherlands, 2017
- Yang SH, Tang SL.*. Endolithic microbes in coral skeletons: algae or bacteria? in Zhiyong Li [eds.] Symbiotic Microbiomes of Coral Reef Sponges and Corals, Springer, Netherlands, 2017
- Tseng CH, Tang SL*, Marine Microbial Metagenomics: From Individual to the Environment, 2014, Int. J. Mol. Sci. 15:8878-8892; doi:10.3390/ijms15058878
- Tseng CH, Tang SL, Chan CK., Hsu AL., and Halgamuge SK., Binning sequences using very sparse labels within a metagenome. In: Nelson K. (Ed.) 2013, Encyclopedia of Metagenomics. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
- Tseng CH, Chan CKK, Hsu AL, Halgamuge SK, Tang SL*, Binning metagenomic sequences using Seeded GSOM, Edited by Frans J. de Bruijn, Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology I, Metagenomics and Complementary Approaches, Wiley-Blackwell, pp369-378, 2011
- Reinhard J., Chan CKK, Halgamuge SK, Tang SL. and Kruse R, Region Identification on a Trained Growing Self-Organizing Map for Sequence Separation between Different Phylogenetic Genomes", BIOINFO 2005, Proceedings of the 2005 International Joint Conference of InCoB, AASBi and KSBI, pp124-129
- Tang SL, Fisher C, Ngui K, Nuttall SD, and Dyall-Smith ML, Genome sequences of the Head-Tailed haloviruses HF1 and HF2 (Chapter 17), Halophilies Microoganisms (A. Ventosa Ed.), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2004, chpt 11, p177-191.
- Dyall-Smith M*, Tang SL, Bath C, Haloarchaeal viruses: how diverse are they? Research in Microbiology, 2003, 154:309-313.