Graduated from the Department of Biology at Liaocheng Teachers College (now Liaocheng University) in 2000, earning a Bachelor of Science degree. Obtained a Master of Science degree in Botany from the Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005. Received a Doctor of Science degree in Environmental Science from the Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2014. Has been working at the Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences since October 2014. Served as a visiting scholar at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Graz, Austria from June to September 2016, and at the College of Medicine, Florida International University, USA from October 2019 to November 2020.
The biogeochemical cycle of arsenic, bioremediation of contaminated soil, soil improvement and enhancement of quality and efficiency
1.Ying-Xin Xue, Li-Jie Huang, Hong-Yu Wang, Jing-Jing Peng, Ming-Kang Jin,
Shi-Lin Hu, Hong-Bo Li*, Xi-Mei Xue*, Yong-Guan Zhu. (2024) Interaction of tetracycline and copper co-intake in inducing antibiotic resistance genes and potential pathogens in mouse gut. Environment International, 186: 108594
2.Xue, X.M.#, Wang, H.Y.#, Yu, X.W., Hu, S., Huang, L.J., Yang, H.C., et al. (2023) Gut Microbiota Control the Bioavailability and Metabolism of Organoarsenicals of Seaweeds in Mice after Oral Ingestion. Environmental Science & Technology, 57: 8588–8597
3.Xue, X.M., Xiong, C., Yoshinaga, M., Rosen, B., and Zhu, Y.G. * (2022) The enigma of environmental organoarsenicals: Insights and implications. Critical Review in Environmental Science Technology , 52: 3835–3862
4.Wang, H.T., Ding, J., Chi, Q.Q., Li, G., Pu, Q., Xiao, Z.F., and Xue, X.M.* (2020) The effect of biochar on soil-plant-earthworm-bacteria system in metal(loid) contaminated soil. Environmental Pollution, 263: 114610.
5.Xi-Mei Xue, Jun Ye, Georg Raber, Barry P. Rosen, Kevin Francesconi, Chan Xiong, Zhe Zhu, Christopher Rensing, and Yong-Guan Zhu*. (2019) Identification of Steps in the Pathway of Arsenosugar Biosynthesis. Environmental Science & Technology, 53: 634–641
6.Wang, H.T., Chi, Q.Q., Zhu, D., Li, G., Ding, J., An, X.L., Xiao, Z.F., Zhu, Y.G. and Xue, X.M.* (2019) Arsenic and sulfamethoxazole increase the incidence of antibiotic resistance genes in the gut of earthworm. Environmental Science & Technology, 53: 10445–10453
7.Wang, Hong-Tao; Zhu, Dong; Li, Gang; Zheng, Fei; Ding, Jing; J O’Connor, Patrick; Zhu, Yong-Guan; Xue, Xi-Mei*. (2019) Effects of Arsenic on Gut Microbiota and Its Biotransformation Genes in Earthworm Metaphire sieboldin. Environmental Science & Technology, 53(7): 3841-3849
8.Wang, H. T., Ding, J., Xiong, C., Zhu, D., Li, G., Jia, X. Y., Zhu, Y. G., & Xue, X. M.* (2019) Exposure to microplastics lowers arsenic accumulation and alters gut bacterial communities of earthworm Metaphire californica. Environmental Pollution, 251: 110-116.
9.Yong-Guan Zhu,*, # Xi-Mei Xue,# Andreas Kappler, Barry P Rosen, and Andrew A Meharg. (2017) Linking Genes to Microbial Biogeochemical Cycling: Lessons from Arsenic, Environmental Science & Technology 51 (13): 7326–7339.
10.Xue, Xi-Mei; Ye, Jun; Raber, Georg; Francesconi, Kevin; Li, Gang; Gao, Hong; Yan, Yu; Rensing, Christopher; Zhu, Yong-Guan*. (2017) Arsenic Methyltransferase is Involved in Arsenosugar Biosynthesis by Providing DMA. Environmental Science & Technology, 51:1224-1230.
11.Xi-Mei Xue, Yu Yan, Chan Xiong, Georg Raber, Kevin Francesconi, Ting Pan, Jun Ye, Yong-Guan Zhu*. (2017) Arsenic biotransformation by a cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. PCC 7120. Environmental Pollution, 228: 111-117.
12.Yan Y#, Ye J#, Xue X M, Zhu Y G*. (2015) Arsenic demethylation by a C· As lyase in cyanobacterium Nostoc sp. PCC 7120. Environmental science & technology, 49(24): 14350-14358.
13.Xi-Mei Xue, Yu Yan，Hui-juan Xu, Ning Wang, Xiao Zhang and Jun Ye*. (2014) ArsH from Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 reduces chromate and ferric iron. FEMS microbiology letters, 356: 105–112.
14.Xi-Mei Xue, Georg Raber, Simon Foster, Song-Can Chen, Kevin Francesconi * & Yong-Guan Zhu*. (2014) Biosynthesis of arsenolipids by the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Environmental Chemistry, 11: 506-513.
1. The National Natural Science Foundation of China, 42477221, The study on the adaptation mechanism of Enterobacteriaceae to the combined pollution pressure of arsenic and antibiotics, 2025/01-2028/12, Ongoing, Principal Investigator.
2. National Key Research and Development Program of China, Special Project "Technological Innovation for Enhancing Productivity of Medium- and Low-Yield Farmlands in Northern Arid and Semi-Arid Regions and Southern Red and Yellow Soils," 2023 Annual Project: Technology Models and Applications for Soil Improvement and Quality Enhancement in Strongly Acidic Farmlands in South China, 2023.12-2027.12, Ongoing, Participant.
3. National Key Research and Development Program of China, Special Project "Prevention and Control of Agricultural Non-Point Source and Heavy Metal Pollution and Development of Green Inputs," 2023 Annual Project: Research and Development of Key Technologies and Equipment for Synergistic and Efficient Treatment and Low-Carbon Resource Utilization of Agricultural Waste, 2023.12-2027.12, Ongoing, Participant.
4. The National Natural Science Foundation of China, 42277197, Preliminary Study on the Ecological Functions and Effects of Arsenosugars, 2023/01-2026/12, Ongoing, Principal Investigator.
5. The National Natural Science Foundation of China, 42077289, Key Pathways and Molecular Mechanisms of Microbial-Mediated Degradation of Methylated Arsenic, 2021/01-2024/12, Completed, Principal Investigator.
6. The Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Category A) "Beautiful China Ecological Civilization Construction Science and Technology Project (XDA23000000)," Project 2: "Collaborative Management and Comprehensive Treatment Demonstration of Regional Ecological Environment in the Yangtze River Delta," Subproject 5: "Demonstration of Comprehensive Environmental Treatment in Small and Medium-Sized Towns," 2019/01-2023/12, Completed, Participant.
7. The National Natural Science Foundation of China, 41877422, Biosynthesis Mechanism of Arsenosugar Phospholipids and Their Metabolic Pathways Along the Food Chain, 2019/01-2022/12, Completed, Principal Investigator.
8. The National Natural Science Foundation of China, 21507125, Molecular Mechanisms of Arsenosugar Biosynthesis in Cyanobacteria, 2016/01-2018/12, Completed, Principal Investigator.
9. National Key Research and Development Program of China, Special Project "Comprehensive Prevention and Remediation Technologies for Agricultural Non-Point Source and Heavy Metal Pollution in Farmlands," 2017 Annual Project 3.1: Demonstration of Comprehensive Prevention and Remediation Technologies for Cadmium, Arsenic, and Non-Point Source Pollution in Farmlands in the Pearl River Delta, 2017.1-2020.12, Completed, Participant.
10. National Key Research and Development Program of China, Special Project "Comprehensive Prevention and Remediation Technologies for Agricultural Non-Point Source and Heavy Metal Pollution in Farmlands," 2016 Annual Project 2.4: Development of Technologies and Materials for Blocking and Immobilizing Heavy Metal Pollution in Farmlands, 2016.1-2020.12, Completed, Participant.