Institute of Pathogen Biology

Xiaobing ZHANG Ph.D., Professor

Tel: 86-10-67877735
Email: zhang_xb@ipbcams.ac.cn

Research interests:

Genomics and functional genomics of Shigella ssp.

Molecular epidemiology of Shigella ssp.

Molecular epidemiology of Neisseria meningitidis.

Selected publications:

Zhang X, Liu L, Zhang Y, Dai G, Huang H, Jin Q: Genetic determinants involved in p-aminosalicylic acid resistance in clinical isolates from tuberculosis patients in northern China from 2006 to 2012. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2015, 59(2):1320-1324.
Zhang X, Zhao B, Huang H, Zhu Y, Peng J, Dai G, Jiang G, Liu L, Zhao Y, Jin Q: Co-occurrence of amikacin-resistant and -susceptible Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in clinical samples from Beijing, China. J Antimicrob Chemother 2013, 68(7):1537-1542.
Zhang X, Zhao B, Liu L, Zhu Y, Zhao Y, Jin Q: Subpopulation analysis of heteroresistance to fluoroquinolone in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Beijing, China. J Clin Microbiol 2012, 50(4):1471-1474.
Yang L, Zhang X, Peng J, Zhu Y, Dong J, Xu J, Jin Q: Distribution of surface-protein variants of hyperinvasive meningococci in China. J Infect 2009, 58(5):358-367.
Zhang X, Shao Z, Zhu Y, Xu L, Xu X, Mayer LW, Xu J, Jin Q: Genetic characteristics of serogroup A meningococci circulating in China, 1956-2005. Clin Microbiol Infect 2008, 14(6):555-561.
Zhang X, Shao Z, Yang E, Xu L, Xu X, Li M, Ren J, Zhu Y, Yang F, Liang X, Mayer LW, Xu J, Jin Q: Molecular characterization of serogroup C Neisseria meningitidis isolated in China. J Med Microbiol 2007, 56(Pt 9):1224-1229.
Peng J, Zhang X, Yang J, Wang J, Yang E, Bin W, Wei C, Sun M, Jin Q: The use of comparative genomic hybridization to characterize genome dynamics and diversity among the serotypes of Shigella. BMC Genomics 2006, 7:218.
Nie H, Yang F, Zhang X, Yang J, Chen L, Wang J, Xiong Z, Peng J, Sun L, Dong J, Xue Y, Xu X, Chen S, Yao Z, Shen Y, Jin Q: Complete genome sequence of Shigella flexneri 5b and comparison with Shigella flexneri 2a. BMC Genomics 2006, 7:173.
Wang J, Zhang X, Peng J, Yang E, Bin W, Yang J, Dong J, Sun L, Xu X, Jin Q: Genomic compositions and phylogenetic analysis of Shigella boydii subgroup. Sci China C Life Sci 2006, 49(1):46-52.
Yang F, Yang J, Zhang X, Chen L, Jiang Y, Yan Y, Tang X, Wang J, Xiong Z, Dong J, Xue Y, Zhu Y, Xu X, Sun L, Chen S, Nie H, Peng J, Xu J, Wang Y, Yuan Z, Wen Y, Yao Z, Shen Y, Qiang B, Hou Y, Yu J, Jin Q: Genome dynamics and diversity of Shigella species, the etiologic agents of bacillary dysentery. Nucleic Acids Res 2005, 33(19):6445-6458.
Zhang XB, Liu H, Yang F, Yang J, Xue Y, Dong J, Sun LL, Yang GW, Zhu JP, Chu YL, Jin Q: Comparative genome analysis of deleted genes in Shigella flexneri 2a strain 301. Chinese Sci Bull 2003, 48(9):846-852.