Dr. Nian Wang
Contact Information
Citrus Research and Education Center
Lake Alfred, Florida
Microbiology and Cell Science
Phone: 863.956.8828
Fax (863) 956-4631
Email: nianwang@ufl.edu
* Assistantship for Ph.D. student is available in the Wang lab.
Education
8/2001-8/2005: Ph.D. in Plant Pathology, Texas A&M University
9/1998-7/2001: M.S. in Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
9/1991-7/1995: B.S. in Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China
Past Positions
9/2005-12/2006: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley
8/2001-8/2005: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Texas A&M University
Research
Molecular genetics and functional genomics of plant-bacteria interactions and methods to control citrus diseases caused by Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (Citrus Greening) and Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri (Citrus Canker).
Refereed Papers
Guo, Y*., Figueiredo, F., Jones, J., and Wang, N. 2011. HrpG and HrpX play global roles in coordinating different virulence traits of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 24: 649-661.
Li, J**. and Wang, N. 2011b. Genome-wide mutagenesis of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri reveals novel genetic determinants and regulation mechanisms of biofilm formation. PLoS ONE 6(7): e21804. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0021804.
Li, J**. and Wang, N. 2011a. Characterization of a hypothetical gene wxacO as well as rfbC involved in lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis, biofilm formation, stress tolerance and virulence of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri strain 306. Molecular Plant Pathology 12: 381-396).
Trivedi P**., He Z., Van Nostrand J. D., Zhou J., Albrigo L. G., and Wang N. 2011b. Huanglongbing alters the structure and functional diversity of microbial communities associated with citrus rhizosphere. ISME J. (advance online publication, 28 July 2011; doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.100)
Yan Q**., and Wang, N. 2011a. The ColR/ColS two-component system plays multiple roles in the pathogenicity of the citrus canker pathogen Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri J. Bacteriol. 193:1590-1599.
Akula N**, Zheng H, Han FQ, Wang N. 2011. Discovery of novel SecA inhibitors of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus by structure based design. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 21:4183-8.
Trivedi, P**. Spann, T. and Wang N. 2011a. Isolation and Characterization of Beneficial Bacterial Community Associated with Citrus Roots in Florida. Microbial Ecology (Article first published online March 01, 2011.(DOI 10.1007/s00248-011-9822-y).
Guo, Y.*, Sagaram, U.S., Kim, J.S.**, and Wang, N. 2010. Requirement of the galU gene for polysaccharide production by and pathogenicity and growth in planta of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76:2234‑2242.
Trivedi, P.**, Duan, Y., and Wang, N. 2010. Huanglongbing, a systemic disease, restructures the bacterial community associated with citrus roots. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76: 3427–3436.
Sagaram, U.S., DeAngelis, K.M., Trivedi, P.**, Andersen, G.L., Lu, S., and Wang, N. 2009. Bacterial diversity analysis of Huanglongbing pathogen-infected citrus using PhyloChips and 16S rDNA clone library sequencing. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75:1566-1574.
Kim, J.**, Sagaram, U.S., Burns, J.K., and Wang, N. 2009. Response of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) to Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus infection: microscopy and microarray analyses. Phytopathology 99:50-57. PDF
Trivedi, P.**, Sagaram, U.S., Kim, J.S.**, Brlansky, R.H., Rogers, M., Stelinski, L.L., Oswalt, C., Kim, J.S.**, and Wang, N. 2009. Quantification of viable Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus in hosts using quantitative PCR with the aid of ethidium monoazide (EMA). European Journal of Plant Pathology 124:553-563.
Gu, G.*, Smith, L., Wang, N., Wang, H., and Lu, S. 2009a. Biosynthesis of an antifungal oligopeptide in Burkholderia contaminans strain MS14. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 380:328-332.
Gu, G.*, Wang, N., Chaney, N., Smith, L., and Lu, S. 2009b. AmbR1 is a key transcriptional regulator for production of antifungal activity of Burkholderia contaminans strain MS14. FEMS Microbiological Letters 297:54-60.
Boina, D., Rogers, M.E., Wang, N., and Stelinski, L.L. 2009. Effect of pyriproxyfen, a juvenile hormone mimic, on egg hatch, nymph development, adult emergence and reproduction of the Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama. Pest Management Science 66: 349-357.
Kim, J.S.**, and Wang, N. 2009. Characterization of copy numbers of 16S rDNA and 16S rRNA of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus and the implication in detection in planta using quantitative PCR. BMC Research Notes 2009 Mar 6; 2:37.
Tatineni, S., Sagaram, U.S., Gowda, S., Robertson, C.J., Dawson, W.O., Iwanami, T., and Wang, N. 2008. In planta distribution of 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' as revealed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and real-time PCR. Phytopathology 98(5):592‑599.. PDF
Wang, N., Lu, S.E., Records, A.R., and Gross, D.C. 2006. Characterization of the regulatory roles of syrF and salA in syringomycin and syringopeptin production by P. syringae pv. syringae. Journal of Bacteriology 188:3290-3298. PDF
Wang, N., Lu, S.-E., Wang, J.L., Chen, J.Z., and Gross, D.C. 2006. The expression of genes encoding lipodepsipeptide phytotoxins by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae is coordinated in response to plant signal molecules. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 19:257‑269 PDF
Wang, N., Lu, S.-E., Yang, Q., Sze, S.-H., and Gross, D.C. 2006. Identification of the syr-syp box in the promoter regions of genes dedicated to syringomycin and syringopeptin production by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B301D. Journal of Bacteriology 188:160-168. PDF
Lu, S.E., Wang, N., Wang, J.L., Chen, J.Z., and Gross, D.C. 2005. Oligonucleotide microarray analysis of the SalA regulon controlling phytotoxin production by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 15:43-53.
Non-refereed Publications
Wang N., Feil W. S., and Lindow S. E. 2006 Identification of traits of Xylella fastidiosa conferring virulence to grape and insect transmission by analysis of global gene expression using DNA microarrays. Proceedings of the 2006 Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium. California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Abstracts
Kim, J.; Sagaram, U. S.; Burns, J. K.; Wang, N., Microscopy and microarray analyses of host response of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis) to Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus infection. Phytopathology 2008, 98 (6), S81-S81.
Sagaram, U. S.; Tatineni, S.; Kim, J.; Wang, N., In planta distribution and quantification of Asiatic strain of citrus Huanglongbing pathogen. Phytopathology 2008, 98 (6), S138-S138.
Gu, G.; Lu, S.; Wang, N., AmbR1 and AmbR2 are two transcriptional regulators essential for the antifungal activity of Burkholderia sp strain MS14. Phytopathology 2008, 98 (6), S63-S63.
Wang N. 2007 Functional genomics characterization of citrus-Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus interaction (1) University of Florida Phytopathology 97:S120
Wang N. (2), W. Feil (1), S. Lindow(1) 2007 Identification of traits of Xylella fastidiosa conferring virulence to grape and insect transmission by analysis of global gene expression using DNA microarrays (1) UC Berkeley; (2) University of Florida Phytopathology 97:S120
Wang N., Feil W. S., and Lindow S. E. 2005 Identification of traits of Xylella fastidiosa conferring virulence to grape and insect transmission by analysis of global gene expression using DNA microarrays. Proceedings of the 2005 Pierce’s Disease Research Symposium. California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Wang N., Lu, S.-E., Records, A. R., and Gross D. C. 2005. Evidence that the SyrF regulatory protein directly controls the syr-syp genes dedicated to phytotoxin production by Pseudomonas syringae. Phytopathology. 95: S109.
Wang, N., Lu S.-E., and Gross D. C. 2004. Characterization of the regulatory mechanism involved in co-regulation of the syringopeptin and syringomycin synthetase genes of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. Phytopathology. 94:S107.
Wang, N., Lu S.-E., and Gross D. C. 2003. Analysis of genetic and environmental factors that regulate production of syringopeptin by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. Phytopathology. 92: S88.
Records A. R., Wang N., and Gross D. C. 2005 A 16-kb genomic island is differentially represented in Pseudomonas syringae strains with distinct host ranges. Phytopathology. 95: S87
Lu S.-E., Wang N., and Gross D. C. 2004. Oligonucleotide microarray analysis of the SalA regulon controlling phytotoxin production by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae. Phytopathology. 94:S63.
Guo Y. F., Shi J. K., Kong F. Y., Wang N., Wang C. L., He J. M., Zhu X. C. 1999. Diallel cross analysis on inheritance of resistance components to tobacco brown spot disease. CORESTA 1999 Information Bulletin.
Invited Review
Trivedi P., and Wang, N. 2009 Application of PhyloChip in microbial analysis in Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology I: Metagenomics and Complementary Approaches (Edited by Frans J. de Bruijn).
Wang, N. Li, W.B., Irey, M., Albrigo, G. Kong, B., Kim, J. 2009 Citrus Huanglongbing: Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva Editor-in-Chief Tree and Forestry Science and Biotechnology Global Science Books.
L.G. Albrigo, N. Wang, T. Spann, X. Deng and E.F. Carlos 2009 Critical Pests and Diseases Imperil World Citrus Chronica Horticulturae.
(Bold denotes corresponding author, single asterisk* denotes graduate student, double asterisk** denotes postdocs)
