Lu Tao

Lu Tao, Ph.D., 

Associate Professor, doctoral supervisor, Member of Zhejiang Provincial Microbial Ecology Committee

Received the PhD in engineering from Zhejiang University in 2016

He is mainly engaged in the basic research of environmental microorganisms, including the selection of microbial community structure by different hosts (plants, soil animals, fish, etc.), and the influence of microorganisms on host growth, immunity, reproduction and other aspects. 

Good at microcosmic experiments and multiomics analysis.

In the past five years, he has published more than 50 research papers, 8 of were ESI highly cited papers.

H - index = 41;  cited >5,100 times.

Representative papers：

(1) Lu Tao, Ke Mingjing, Lavoie Michel, Jin Yujian, Fan Xiaoji, Zhang Zhenyan, Fu Zhengwei, Sun Liwei, Gillings Michael, Peñuelas Josep, Qian Haifeng*, Zhu Yong-Guan*. Rhizosphere microorganisms can influence the timing of plant flowering, Microbiome, 2018, 6, 231  

(2) Lu Tao, Zhang Zhenyan, Li Yan, Zhang Qi, Cui Hengzheng，Sun Liwei, Peijnenburg W.J.G.M., Peñuelas Josep, Zhu Lizhong, Zhu Yong-Guan, Chen Jianmeng, Qian Haifeng*, Does biological rhythm transmit from plants to rhizosphere microbes? Environmental Microbiology, 2021, 23(11): 6895-6906

(3) Gao M., Zhang Q., Chen B., Lei C., Xia Q., Sun L., Li T., Zhou N.-Y., Lu T.*, Qian H. Global Geographic Patterns of Soil Microbial Degradation Potential for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Environmental Science & Technology 2025, 59, 15, 7550–7560

(4) Yu Yitian, Zhang Qi, Kang Jian, Xu Nuohan, Zhang Zhenyan, Deng Yu, Gillings Michael, Lu Tao*, Qian Haifeng*, Effects of organic fertilizers on plant growth and the rhizosphere microbiome, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2024, 90, 01719-23.

(5) Lu Tao, Zhang Qi, Lavoie Michel, Zhu Youchao, Ye Yizhi, Yang Jun, Paerl Hans W., Qian Haifeng*, Zhu Yong-Guan*. The fungicide azoxystrobin promotes freshwater cyanobacterial dominance through altering competition, Microbiome, 2019, 7, 128

Teaching courses:

Molecular Ecotoxicology (Graduate Student)

Biochemistry (Undergraduate)

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 42377107 and 41907210, (Principal Investigator)

2. National Key Research and Development Project -- sub-project, 2021YFA0909500, 2021.12-202611,  (Principal investigator)

3. Key Research Project of Zhejiang Province -- Sub-project,  2022C02046, 202221-2024.12,   (Principal investigator)

Scopus 个人主页：https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57224080283

WOS个人主页：https://webofscience.clarivate.cn/wos/author/record/732450 

Main papers in recent years:

2025年

(1) Gao M., Zhang Q., Chen B., Lei C., Xia Q., Sun L., Li T., Zhou N.-Y., Lu T.*, Qian H. 2025. Global Geographic Patterns of Soil Microbial Degradation Potential for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Environmental Science & Technology 59, 15, 7550–7560. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c00306 

(2) Tang T., Lei C., Lv L., Wang F., Cheng X., Gao M., Lou J., Zhu Y.,  Xu N., Zhang Q., Lu T.*, Qian H. 2025. Systematic assessments of ecological and health risks of soil pesticide residues, Environmental Pollution, 375, 126348. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.126348 

(3) Yang H., Zheng G., Qin G., Zhang Q., Zhang Z., Chen B., Lei C., Liu M., Cui R., Sun L., Xia S., Peijnenburg., W., Lu T.*, Tang T.,* Qian H. 2025. The combination of microplastics and glyphosate affects the microbiome of soil inhabitant Enchytraeus crypticus, Journal of Hazardous Materials. 489, 137676. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.137676 

(4) Yu S., Shen Y., Yang Y., Zhang Z., Zhu J., Xia Q., Song M., Lv B., Sun L., Qian H., Lu T.* 2025. Inoculation of soybean rhizosphere microorganisms could promote corn growth. Rhizosphere. 33, 101047. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2025.101047 

(5) Lu, T., Lei, C., Xu, N. Zhang Q., Zhang Z., Kang J., Jin M., Wang T., Hong W., Hu S., Qian H.* Genetic potential of soil microbial nitrogen cycling affected by human activities and climate factors. 2025. Soil Ecol. Lett. 7, 240283. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42832-024-0283-x 

2024年

(1) Yu Y., Zhang Q., Kang J., Xu N., Zhang Z., Deng Y., Gillings M., Lu T.*, Qian H.* 2024. Effects of organic fertilizers on plant growth and the rhizosphere microbiome, Appl. Environ. Microb. 90, 01719-23. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01719-23  ESI高被引论文

(2) Liu Q., Zhu J., Sun M., Song L., Ke M., Ni Y., Fu Z., Qian H., and Lu T.* 2024. Multigenerational Adaptation Can Enhance the Pathogen Resistance of Plants via Changes in Rhizosphere Microbial Community Assembly. J. Agric. Food Chem. 72, 26, 14581–14591 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jafc.4c02200 

(3) Lu, T., Lei, C.T., Gao, M.Y., Lu, L., Zhang, C.R., Qian, H.F., Tang, T. 2024. A risk entropy approach for linking pesticides and soil bacterial communities, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 469, 133970.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133970 

(4) Gao M., Zheng G., Lei C., Cui R., Chen J., Lou J., Sun L., Lu T.*, Qian H. 2024. Machine learning models reveal how polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons influence environmental bacterial communities, Sci Total Environ.  955, 177032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177032 

2023年

  (1) Yu Yitian, Zhang Qi, Zhang Zhenyan, Zhou Shuyudan, Jin Mingkang, Zhu Dong, Yang Xiaoru, Qian Haifeng, Lu Tao*, Plants select antibiotic resistome in rhizosphere in early stage, Science of the Total Environment, 2023, 858, 159847 

(2) Wang Yan, Ni Kepin, Zhang Zhenyan, Xu Nuohan, Lei Chaotang, Chen Bingfeng, Zhang Qi, Sun Liwei, Chen Yiling, Lu Tao*, Qian Haifeng. Metatranscriptome deciphers the effects of non-antibiotic antimicrobial agents on antibiotic resistance and virulence factors in freshwater microcosms. Aquatic Toxicology. 2023, 258, 106513. 

(3)  Lu, T., Xu, N., Lei, C., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Z., Sun, L., He, F., Zhou, N.-Y., Peñuelas, J., Zhu, Y.-G., Qian, H., 2023. Bacterial biogeography in China and its association to land use and soil organic carbon. Soil Ecol. Lett. 5, 230172. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42832-023-0172-8

 (4) Yu Z., Lu T.*, Qian H., 2023. Pesticide interference and additional effects on plant microbiomes, Sci. Total Environ. 888, 164149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164149 

(5) Zhang Fan, Xu Nuohan, Zhang Zhenyan, Zhang Qi, Yang Yaohui, Yu Zhitao, Sun Liwei, Lu Tao*, Qian Haifeng, Shaping effects of rice, wheat, maize, and soybean seedlings on their rhizosphere microbial community, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023, 30, 35972–35984

(6) Yu Yitian, Zhang Qi, Zhang Zhenyan, Xu Nuohan, Li Yan, Jin Mingkang, Feng Guoqiang, Qian haifeng, Lu Tao*, Assessment of residual chlorine in soil microbial community using metagenomics, Soil Ecology Letters, 2023, 5, 55-78

(7) Chen, B.F., Zhang, Z.Y., Wang, T.Z., Hu, H., Qin, G.Y., Lu, T., Hong, W.J., Hu, J., Penuelas, J., Qian, H.,* Global distribution of marine microplastics and potential for biodegradation. (2023) Journal of Hazardous Materials, 451, 131198 ESI高被引论文

2022年

(1)  Zhang, Z.Y., Zhang, Q., Wang, T.Z., Xu, N.H., Lu, T., Hong, W.J., Penuelas, J., Gillings, M., Wang, M.X., Gao, W., Qian, H.F.,* Assessment of global health risk of antibiotic resistance genes. (2022) Nature Communications, 13, 1553. ESI高被引论文

(2) Deng Yu , Debognies Andries, Zhang Qi, Zhang Zhenyan, Zhou Zhigao, Zhang Jinfeng, Sun Liwei, Lu Tao*, Qian Haifeng. Effects of ofloxacin on the structure and function of freshwater microbial communities. Aquatic Toxicology. 2022, 244, 106084  ESI高被引论文

(3) Xu Nuohan; Zhao, Qianqiu, Zhang, Zhenyan, Zhang, Qi, Wang, Yan, Qin, Guoyan,; Ke, Mingjing, Qiu, Danyan, Peijnenburg W.J.G.M., Lu Tao*, Qian Haifeng*. Phyllosphere Microorganisms: Sources, Drivers, and Their Interactions with Plant Hosts. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2022, 80(16), 4860-4870 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.2c01113  ESI高被引论文

2021年

(1) Lu Tao, Zhang Zhenyan, Li Yan, Zhang Qi, Cui Hengzheng, Sun Liwei, Peijnenburg W.J.G.M., Peñuelas Josep, Zhu Lizhong, Zhu Yong-Guan, Chen Jianmeng, Qian Haifeng*, Does biological rhythm transmit from plants to rhizosphere microbes? Environmental Microbiology, 2021, 23(11): 6895-6906 

(2) Lu Tao, Zhang Qi, Zhang Zhenyan, Hu Baolan, Chen Jianmeng, Chen Jun, Qian Haifeng*, Pollutant toxicology with respect to microalgae and cyanobacteria. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2021, 99, 175-186  

(3) Cui Hengzheng, Zhou Wenya, Deng Yu, Zheng Binyu, Zhang Qi, Zhang Zhenyan, Lu Tao*, Qian Haifeng, Meta-transcriptomic profiling of functional variation of freshwater microbial communities induced by an antidepressant sertraline hydrochloride. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 786, 147434  

(4) Yu Yitian, Zhang Qi, Liu Guangfu, Deng Yu, Kang Jian, Zhang Fan, Lu Tao*, Sun Liwei, Qian Haifeng. Proteomic analysis of zebrafish brain damage induced by Microcystis aeruginosa bloom. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 795, 148865

(5) Zhang Qi, Ye Yizhi, Qu Qian, Yu Yitian, Jin Mingkang, Lu Tao *, Qian Haifeng, Enantioselective metabolomic modulations in Arabidopsis thaliana leaf induced by the herbicide dichlorprop. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 797, 149015

2020年

(1) Lu Tao, Xu Nuohan, Zhang Qi, Zhang Zhenyan, Debognies Andries, Zhou Zhigao, Sun Liwei, Qian Haifeng*, Understanding the influence of glyphosate on the structure and function of freshwater microbial community in a microcosm, Environmental Pollution, 2020, 260: 114012  

(2) Lu Tao, Qu Qian, Lavoie Michel, Pan Xiangjie, Peijnenburg W.J.G.M., Zhou Zhigao, Pan Xiangliang, Cai Zhiqiang*, Qian Haifeng*, Insights into the transcriptional responses of a microbial community to silver nanoparticles in a freshwater microcosm, Environmental Pollution, 2020, 258: 113727 

(3) Qu, Q., Zhang, Z., Peijnenburg, W.J.G.M., Liu, W., Lu, T., Hu, B., Chen, J., Chen, J., Lin, Z., Qian, H.* Rhizosphere Microbiome Assembly and Its Impact on Plant Growth (2020) Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 68 (18), 5024-5038  ESI高被引论文

2019年

(1) Lu Tao, Zhu Youchao, Ke Mingjing, Peijnenburg W.J.G.M., Zhang Meng, Wang Tingzhang, Chen Jun, Qian Haifeng*, Evaluation of the taxonomic and functional variation of freshwater plankton communities induced by trace amounts of the antibiotic ciprofloxacin,Environment International, 2019, 126: 268-278 

(2) Lu Tao, Zhang Qi, Lavoie Michel, Zhu Youchao, Ye Yizhi, Yang Jun, Paerl Hans W., Qian Haifeng*, Zhu Yong-Guan*. The fungicide azoxystrobin promotes freshwater cyanobacterial dominance through altering competition, Microbiome, 2019, 7, 128  

(3) 陆涛, 李燕, 傅正伟, 钱海丰. 农药对根际微生物群落的影响及潜在风险. 农药学学报. 2019, 21(5-6): 865-870

(4) Lu Tao, Zhou Zhigao, Zhang Qi, Zhang Zhenyan, Qian Haifeng. Ecotoxicological Effects of Fungicides Azoxystrobin and Pyraclostrobin on Freshwater Aquatic Bacterial Communities. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2019, 103, 683-688.

2018年

(1) Lu T., Ke M., Lavoie M., Jin Y., Fan X., Zhang Z., Fu Z., Sun L., Gillings M., Peñuelas J., Qian H., Zhu Y.-G., 2018. Rhizosphere microorganisms can influence the timing of plant flowering, Microbiome, 6, 231. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-018-0615-0 ESI高被引论文，引用次数300+

 (2) Lu Tao, Ke Mingjing, Peijnenburg W.J.G.M., Zhu Youchao, Zhang Meng, Sun Liwei, Fu Zhengwei, Qian Haifeng*, Investigation of rhizospheric microbial communities in wheat, barley, and two rice varieties at the seedling stage, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2018, 66: 2645-2653

(3) Lu Tao, Zhu Youchao, Xu Jiahui, Ke Mingjing, Zhang Meng, Tan Chengxia, Fu Zhengwei, Qian Haifeng*, Evaluation of the toxic response induced by azoxystrobin in the non-target green alga Chlorella pyrenoidosa, Environmental Pollution, 2018, 234: 378-388  

Editorial Board Member of 《BMC Microbiology》and 《iMeta》