代表性文章（*共同通讯作者；#并列第一作者）：

1. Li D, Qu ZS, Feng WZ, Zhou X*, Cai L*. Network-guided synthesis of antagonistic microbiota for suppressing maize stalk rot disease, The ISME Journal, Volume 20, Issue 1, January 2026, wrag243, https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrag243.

2. Li D, Qu ZS, Wang C, Peng ZH, Zhou X*, Cai L*. The Anna Karenina principle in the assembly of plant microbiome under pathogen stress npj Biofilms and Microbiomes (2026). https://doi.org/0.1038/s41522-026-00964-2

3. Zhou X^#, Li D^#, Lu XW, Tsui CKM, Ingsriswang S, Liang JM*, Cai L*. 2025. Dynamic airborne mycobiome in the metropolitan city transit system is driven by seasonality and station type. Microbiology Spectrum, 13: e01626-25. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.01626-25

4. Zhou X, Liu F, Wang CC, Zhang HL, Zhao P, Xie FH, Hu DM, Duan WJ*, Cai L*. 2024. Characterization of core microbiota of barley seeds from different continents for origin tracing and quarantine pathogen. Food Microbiology, 124: 104615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fm.2024.104615

5. Zhou WQ^#, Zhou X^#, Cai L, Jiang Q, Zhang R*. 2023. Temporal and Habitat Dynamics of Soil Fungal Diversity in Gravel-Sand Mulching Watermelon Fields in the Semi-Arid Loess Plateau of China; Microbiology Spectrum, 1,1,1: e03150-22. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.03150-22

6. Zhou X, Wang J, Liu F, Liang J, Zhao P, Tsui CK, Cai L*. 2022. Cross-kingdom synthetic microbiota supports tomato suppression of Fusarium wilt disease; Nature Communications, 13: 7890. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35452-6

7. Zhou X, Zhang HL, Lu XW, Zhao P, Liu F, Qi ZH, Tang F, Cai L*. 2022. Applying meta-data of soybean grain in origin trace and quarantine inspection; Food Research International, 162: 111998. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2022.111998

8. Qi ZH^#, Zhou X^#, Tian L, Zhang HY, Cai L*, Tang F*. 2022. Distribution and characteristics of mycotoxin-producing fungal taxa across major rice production areas of China; Food Control, 134: 108572 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.108572

9. Qi ZH^#, Zhou X^#, Tian L, Zhang HY, Cai L*, Tang F*. 2022. Temporal and spatial variation of microbial communities in stored rice grains from two major depots in China; Food Research International, 152: 110876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2021.110876

10. Zhou X, Wang JT, Wang WH, Tsui KM, Cai L*. 2021. Changes in bacterial and fungal microbiomes associated with tomatoes of healthy and infected by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici; Microbial Ecology, 81: 1004-1017. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-020-01535-4

11. Zhou X, Wang JT, Zhang ZF, Li W, Chen W*, Cai L*. Microbiota in the rhizosphere and seed of rice from China, with reference to their transmission and biogeography, Frontiers in Microbiology, 11: 995. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00995

12. 周欣^#，李盟^#，马紫英，祁智慧，黄君恩，蔡磊^*. 运用可培养组技术开展难培养真菌的分离和鉴定; 2021. Bio-101; e2003703. https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.2003703

13. 周欣，马紫英，祁智慧，刘永鑫，蔡磊*. 基于扩增子数据的系统发育树的构建和展示，2021. Bio-101; e2003730. https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.2003730