MICROBIAL LAB

Mycorrhiza symbiosis, Molecular microbial ecology – Fungi and Bacteria, Microbial diversity and ecosystem functioning, Soil Ecology

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• Publications
  
  Wu Y.T δ., Wubet T δ., Trogisch S., Both S., Scholten T., Bruelheide H., Buscot F (2013) Forest age and plant species composition determine the soil fungal community composition in a Chinese subtropical forest. PLOS ONE 8:e66829
  δ Equally contributing authors
  
  Wu Y.T., Gutknecht J., Nadrowski K., Geißler C., Kühn P., Scholten T., Both S., Erfmeier A., Böhnke M., Bruelheide H., Wubet T., Buscot F (2012) Relationships between soil microorganisms, plant communities, and soil characteristics in Chinese subtropical forests. Ecosystems 15:624-636
  
  Bruelheide, H., Böhnke, M., Both, S., Fang, T., Assmann, T., Baruffol, M., Bauhus, J., Buscot, F., Chen, X.Y., Ding, B.Y., Durka, W., Erfmeier, A., Fischer, M., Geißler, C., Guo, D.L., Guo, L.D., Härdtle, W., He, J.S., Hector, A., Kröber, W., Kühn, P., Lang, A., Nadrowski, K., Pei, K.Q., Scherer-Lorenzen, M., Shi, X.Z., Scholten, T., Schuldt, A., Trogisch, S., von Oheimb, G., Welk, E., Wirth, C., Wu, Y.T., Yang, X.F., Yu, M.J., Zeng, X.Q., Zhang, S.R., Zhou, H.Z., Ma, K.P., Schmid, B. (2010) Community assembly during secondary forest succession in Chinese subtropical forest. Ecological Monographs 81:25-41
  
  Wu Y.T., Wang Y.Z., Yen C.H. (2008) Quantification of Mycorrhiza from Taiwania using Real-time PCR. Taiwan Journal of Forest Science 23:199-209
  
  Yen C.H., Wu Y.T., Wang Y.Z. (2006) Detection of Taiwania Mycorrhizal Fungi with Nested PCR. Taiwan Journal of Forest Science 21:331-342
  
  Wu Y.T., Wang Y.Z., Yen C.H. (2004) Geosiphon pyriforme Is Evidenced to be an Ancestral Member of the Glomales by Morphological Identification and SSU rRNA Analysis. Quarterly Journal of Forest Research 26:79-91
  
  Dissertation and Thesis
  
  Wu Y.T. (2012) Relationships between plant and soil microbial communities along forest successional stages in Chinese subtropical forests. PhD thesis, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
  
  Wu Y.T. (2006) Characterization and Quantification of Mycorrhiza from Taiwania and Forest Soil. Master thesis, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan
  
  Talks
  
  Wubet T., Wu Y.T., Buscot F
  Changes in fungal community structures among forest successional stages.
  Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie, Oldenburg (Germany), September 2011
  
  Gutknecht J., Wu Y.T., Nadrowski K., Geißler C., Kühn P., Scholten T., Both S., Erfmeier
  A., Böhnke M., Bruelheide H., Wubet T., Buscot F.
  Soil microbial communities in relation to subtropical forest characteristics.
  Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie, Oldenburg (Germany), September 2011
  
  Wu Y.T., Wubet T., Gutknecht J., Buscot F.
  How are soil microbes related to forest age, plant communities and soil conditions in Chinese subtropical forests?
  7th Annual HIGRADE Conference at UFZ, Leipzig (Germany), April 2011
  
  Wubet T., Christ S., Wu Y.T., Gawlich M., Schnabel B., Buscot F.
  454-targeted soil fungal metagenome sequencing revealed microbial community composition differs among land-use gradients, forest age classes and biogeography.
  International Symposium of Soil Metagenomics, Braunschweig (Germany), December 2010
  
  Wu Y.T., Gutknecht J., Wubet T., Buscot F.
  Tracing Soil Microbial Diversity and Function in Highly Diverse Subtropical Forests of South-eastern China. Verhandlungen der Gesellschaft für Ökologie, Bayreuth (Germany), September 2009
  
  Wu Y.T., Wang Y.Z., Yen C.H. Quantification of Mycorrhiza from Taiwania using Real-time PCR.
  Annual Symposium of Chinese Forestry Association, Yi Nan (Taiwan), December 2004
  
  Posters
  
  Wu Y.T., Yang C.Y., Tseng C.H., Saeed I., Baatar B., Rogozin D.Y., Georgievich D.A., Tang S.L.
  Microbial community and metabolic function in a meromictic lake in Siberia
  15th International Society for Microbial Ecology, Seoul (Korea), August 2014
  
  Wu Y.T., Wubet T., Schnabel B., Gawlich M., Buscot F.
  Pyrosequencing revealed distribution of soil fungal communities are influenced by forest age in Chinese subtropical forests
  International Symposium of Soil Metagenomics, Braunschweig (Germany), December 2010
  
  Wu Y.T., Gutknecht J., Nadrowski K., Geißler C., Both S., Böhnke M., Wubet T., Buscot F.
  Exploring the relationships between microbial communities, plant communities, and soil characteristics in Chinese subtropical forests
  13th International Society for Microbial Ecology, Seattle (United States), August 2010
  
  Invited Talks
  
  Wu YT (September, 2014) Forest age and plant species composition determine the soil fungal community structure in a Chinese subtropical forest.
  National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan
  
  Wu YT (May, 2014) Relationships between plant and soil microbial communities
  along forest successional stages in Chinese subtropical forests.
  School of Forestry and Resource Conservation, National Taiwan University,
  Taipei, Taiwan
  
  Wu YT (October, 2010) Exploring the relationships between soil microorganisms, plant communities, and soil characteristics in Chinese subtropical forests. HIGRADE graduate school, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
  
  Wu YT (April, 2006) Quantification of Mycorrhiza from Taiwania using Real-time PCR.
  Department of Plant Nutrition, Leibniz-Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Grossbeeren, Germany