ZHONGTAO DING  PH.D

Lecturer, Department of Microbiology, College of Bioscience and Engineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University; Membership of Chinese Society for Microbiology.

2003.9-2007.7  Minzu University of China, BSc of Biotechnology

2007.9-2010.7    Institute of Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, M.S. of Genetic Breeding

2012.9-2016.7   Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, PhD of Environmental Sciences

2023.2-2025.2   Postdoctoral scholar of Microbiology, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2016.9-present  Lecturer, College of Bioscience and Engineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University

Research interest

Our research focuses on secondary metabolism of filamentous fungi, including natural active compounds and their biosynthesis mechanisms. Our research also focus on discovery and investigation of traditional Chinese brewing microbial resources and their functional genes and enzymes.

Selected publications

[1] Yuliang Hu, Jinping Bao, Dongyu Tang, Shushan Gao, Fei Wang, Zhongtao Ding*, Chengsen Cui*. Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Selegiline: An Imine Reductase-Catalyzed Approach [J]. Molecules, 2024, 29, 1328.

[2] Nie Libin; Xu Kexin; Zhong Bin; Wu Xiaoyu; Ding Zhongtao; Chen Xuelan; Zhang Bin. Enhanced l-ornithine production from glucose and sucrose via manipulation of the fructose metabolic pathway in Corynebacterium glutamicum, Bioresources and Bioprocessing, 2022, 2022(9): 0-11.

[3] Zhi Zhang, Zhongtao Ding, Juan Zhong, Jinyan Zhou, Dan Shu, Di Luo, Jie Yang and Hong Tan*. Improvement of iturin A production in Bacillus subtilis ZK0 by overexpression of the comA and sigA genes, Letters in Applied Microbiology, 2017, 64(6): 452-458.

[4] Zhongtao Ding, Zhi Zhang, Juan Zhong, Di Luo, Jinyan Zhou, Jie Yang, Liang Xiao, Dan Shu* and Hong Tan*. Comparative transcriptome analysis between an evolved abscisic acid-overproducing mutant Botrytis cinerea TBC-A and its ancestral strain Botrytis cinerea TBC-6, Scientific Reports，2016(6):37487.

[5] Zhongtao Ding, Zhi Zhang, Di Luo, Jinyan Zhou, Juan Zhong, Jie Yang, Liang Xiao, Dan Shu* and Hong Tan*. Gene overexpression and RNA silencing tools for the genetic manipulation of the S-(+)-abscisic acid producing ascomycete Botrytis cinerea, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2015(16):10301-10323.

[6] Zhi Zhang, Zhongtao Ding, Dan Shu, Di Luo and Hong Tan*. Development of an Efficient Electroporation Method for Iturin A-Producing Bacillus subtilis ZK, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2015, 16(4): 7334-7351.

[7] Gong Tao, Shu Dan, Yang Jie, Ding Zhongtao, Tan Hong*. Sequencing and transcriptional analysis of the biosynthesis gene cluster of abscisic acid-producing Botrytis cinerea, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2014(15): 17396-174.

Selected honors and awards

Jiangxi Agricultural University, “future star” special post

Contact information

E-mail: dzhongtaochina@163.com, dingzhongtao@jxau.edu.cn