Dr. Tong Zhang
The University of Hong Kong, China
Email: zhangt@hku.hk
Qualifications
2001 PhD, Environmental
Engineering Program, The University of Hong Kong
1993 MPhil, Environmental
Science & Engineering Program, Nanjing University
1990 BSc, Environmental
Science & Engineering Program, Nanjing University
Publications (Selected)
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Yu K, Zhang T. Metagenomic and
metatranscriptomic analysis of microbial community structure and gene
expression of activated sludge. PLoS
ONE. (accepted, in press)
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Li B, Zhang T. pH significantly affects removal of
trace antibiotics in chlorination of municipal wastewater. Water Research. (accepted, in press)
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Ye L, Zhang T. 2012. Bacterial communities
in different sections of a municipal wastewater treatment plant revealed by 16S
rDNA 454 pyrosequencing. Applied
Microbiology and Biotechnology. (accepted,
in press)
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Xia Y, Cai L, Zhang
T, Fang HHP. 2012. Effects
of substrate loading and co-substrates on thermophilic anaerobic conversion of
microcrystalline cellulose and microbial communities revealed using
high-throughput sequencing.International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
(doi: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.02.079)
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Yang Y, Zhang T, Zhang XX, Liang DW, Zhang M,
Gao DW, Zhu HG, Huang QG, Fang HHP. 2012. Quantification and
characterization of -lactam resistance genes in 15 sewage treatment
plants from East Asia and North America.Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. (doi: 10.1007/s00253-011-3810-5)
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Zhang T, Shao MF, Ye L. 2012. 454
Pyrosequencing reveals bacterial diversity of activated sludge from 14 sewage
treatment plants. The ISME
Journal (doi:
10.1038/ismej.2011.188)
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Guo F, Zhang T. Profiling bulking and foaming
bacteria in activated sludge by high throughput sequencing. Water Research. 46(8):2772-82
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Lü XY, Li B, Zhang
T, Fang HHP. 2012. Enhanced anoxic bioremediation
of PAHs-contaminated sediment. Bioresources
Technology. 104:51-58.
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Zhang T, Zhang XX, Ye L.
2011. Plasmid metagenome reveals high levels of antibiotic resistance genes and
mobile genetic elements in activated sludge. PLoS
ONE. 6(10), e26041.
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Chao Y, Zhang T. 2011. Optimization of
fixation methods for observation of bacterial cells morphology and surface
ultrastructures by atomic force microscopy. Applied
Microbiology and Biotechnology. 92(2):381-392 (01-09-2011)
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Chao Y, Zhang T. 2011. Probing roles of
lipopolysaccharide, fimbria and colanic acid in the attachment of Escherichia coli strains on inert surfaces. Langmuir. 27, 11545-11553. (26-08-2011)
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Ye L, Zhang T. 2011. Pathogenic bacteria in
sewage treatment plants as revealed by 454 pyrosequencing. Environmental Science and
Technology. 45(17), 7173–7179. (03-08-2011)
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Fang HHP, Li RY, Zhang
T. 2011. Effects
of Mo(VI) on phototrophic hydrogen production by Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Environmental Technology. 32,
1279-1285.(30-06-2011)
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Zhang T, Ye L, Tong AHY,
Shao MF, Lok Si. 2011. Ammonia-oxidizing Archaea and Ammonia-oxidizing Bacteria in six full-scale wastewater treatment
bioreactors. Applied
Microbiology and Biotechnology. 91(4),
1215-25. (25-06-2011)
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Ye L, Zhang T. 2011. Ammonia-oxidizing
bacteria dominates over ammonia-oxidizing archaea in a saline nitrification
reactor under low DO and high nitrogen loading. Biotechnology and Bioengineering.
108(11), 2544-2552 (14-06-2011)
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Ye L, Shao MF, Zhang T, Tong AHY, Lok S. 2011.
Analysis of the bacterial community in a laboratory-scale nitrification reactor
and a wastewater treatment plant by high-throughput pyrosequencing. Water Research. 45(15), 4390-8. (31-05-2011)
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Li J, Zhang T, Wang L, Liu Y, Dai RH, Liu X.
2011. Characterization and quantification of the nickel resistant microbial
community in activated sludge using 16S rDNA and nickel resistant genes. Environmental Technology. 32
(5), 533-542. (03-05-2011)
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Zhang T, Li B. 2011.
Occurrence, transformation and fate of antibiotics in municipal wastewater
treatment plants. Critical
Review on Environmental Science and Technology. 41, 951 - 998. (29-04-2011)
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Wang J, Shi M, Wu D, Lu
H, Shao MF, Zhang T, van
Loosdrecht MCM, Chen GH. 2011. Microbial community of sulfate-reducing up-flow
sludge bed in the SANI® process for saline sewage treatment. Applied Microbiology and
Biotechnology. 90(6):2015-25. (15-04-2011)
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Li B, Zhang T. 2011. Mass flows and removal
of antibiotics in two municipal wastewater treatment plants. Chemosphere. 83(9), 1284-1289 (23-03-2011).
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Li RY, Zhang
T, Fang HHP. 2011. Application
of molecular techniques on heterotrophic hydrogen production research. Bioresources Technology.
102(18), 8445-8456. (15-03-2011)
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Zhang XX, Zhang T. 2011. Occurrence, abundance and
diversity of tetracycline resistance genes in 15 sewage treatment plants across
China and other global locations. Environmental
Science and Technology. 45(7), 2598-604. (09-03-2011)
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Yan QM, Zhang XX, Zhang
T, Fang HHP. 2011. Seasonal
microbial community shift in a saline sewage treatment plant. Frontiers of Environmental Science
& Engineering in China. 5,
40-47. (03-2011)
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Shao MF, Zhang T, Fang HHP, Li XD. 2011. The
effect of nitrate concentration on sulfide-driven autotrophic denitrification
in marine sediment. Chemosphere.
83(1), 1-6. (11-02-2011).
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Jin T, Zhang T, Ye L, Lee OO, Wong YH, Qian
PY. 2011. Diversity and quantity of ammonia-oxidizing Archaea and Bacteria in sediment of the Pearl River
estuary, China. Applied
Microbiology and Biotechnology. 90(3):1137-45. (01-02-2011)
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Lü XY, Zhang
T, Fang HHP. 2011. Bacteria-mediated
PAHs degradation in soil and sediment. Applied
Microbiology and Biotechnology 89(5),
1357-1371. (06-01-2011)
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Lü XY, Zhang T, Fang HHP, Leung KMY, Zhang G.
2011. Biodegradation of naphthalene by enriched marine denitrifying bacteria. International Biodeterioration and
Biodegradation. 65, 204-211. (08-12-2010)
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Wang ZP, Li B, Zhang T. 2011. Identification of
surfactants emerged in aerobic granulation. Chemosphere.
82, 535–540 (12-11-2010)
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Zhang T, Chao Y, Shih K,
Li XY, Fang HHP. 2011. Quantification of the lateral detachment force for
bacteria cells using atomic force microscope and centrifugation. Ultramicroscopy.
111, 131–139 (09-11-2010)
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Li AJ, Zhang T and Li XY. 2010. Modeling and
verification of selective sludge discharge as the controlling factor for
aerobic granulation. Water
Science & Technology. 62(10), 2442-2449. (15-11-2010)
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Shao MF, Zhang
T, Fang HHP. 2010. Sulfur-driven
autotrophic denitrification: diversity, biochemistry and engineering
applications. Applied
Microbiology and Biotechnology. 88(5), 1027-42 (01-09-2010)
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Chao Y, Zhang T. 2011. Growth behaviors of
bacteria in biofouling cake layer in a dead-end microfiltration system. Bioresource Technology. 102, 1549–1555 (26-08-2010)
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Ye L, Zhang T. 2010. Estimation of nitrifier
abundances in a partial nitrification reactor treating ammonium-rich saline
wastewater using DGGE, T-RFLP and mathematical modeling. Applied Microbiology and
Biotechnology. 88, 1403–1412 (25-08-2010)
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Gao DW, Zhang T, Tang CY, Wu WM, Wong PCY, Lee
YH, Yeh DH, Criddle CS. 2010. Membrane fouling in an anaerobic membrane
bioreactor: differences in relative abundance of bacterial species in the
membrane foulant layer and in suspension. Journal
of Membrane Science. 364(1-2), 331-338 (24-08-2010)
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Wang ZP, Zhang T. 2010. Characterization of
soluble microbial products (SMP) under stressful conditions. Water Research. 44(18), 5499-509 (08-07-2010)
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Zhang T, Yan QM, Ye L.
2010. Autotrophic biological nitrogen removal of saline wastewater under low
DO. Journal of Chemical
Technology and Biotechnology. 85(10),
1340–1345 (14-06-2010)
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Jin T, Zhang T, Yan QM. 2010.
Characterization and quantification of ammonia-oxidizing Archaea (AOA) and Bacteria (AOB) in a nitrogen-removing reactor
using T-RFLP and qPCR. Applied
Microbiology and Biotechnology. 87, 1167-1176. (20-04-2010)
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Li B Zhang T. 2010. Biodegradation and
adsorption of antibiotics in the activated sludge process. Environmental Science and Technology. 44 (9), 3468-3473 3468-3473 (12-04-2010).
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Li AJ, Zhang T and Li XY. 2010. Fate of the aerobic
bacterial granules with fungal contamination under different organic loading
conditions. Chemosphere.
78, 500-509 (23-12-2009).
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Zhang XX, Wu B, Zhang Y, Zhang T, Yang LY, Fang HHP, Ford T.
Cheng SP. 2009. Class 1 integronase gene and tetracycline resistance genes tetA
and tetC in different water environments of Jiangsu Province, China. Ecotoxicology. 18, 652-660 (04-06-2009).
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Li B, Zhang T, Xu ZY, Fang HHP. 2009. Rapid
analysis of 21 antibiotics of multiple classes in municipal wastewater using
ultra performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Analytica Chimica Acta. 645,
64-72(05-05-2009).
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Zhang M, Zhang
T, Shao MF, Fang HHP. 2009. Autotrophic
denitrification in nitrate-induced marine sediment remediation and Sulfurimonas
denitrificans-like bacteria. Chemosphere.
76, 677-682 (29-04-2010).
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Shao MF, Zhang
T, Fang HHP. 2009. Autotrophic
denitrification and its effect on metal speciation during marine sediment
remediation. Water Research.
43, 2961-2968 (21-04-2009).
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Zhang T, Jin T, Yan QM,
Shao MF, Wells G, Criddle CS, Fang HHP. 2009. Occurrence of ammonia-oxidizing
archaea (AOA) in activated sludges of a laboratory scale reactor and two
wastewater treatment plants. Journal
of Applied Microbiology. 107, 970-977 (17-04-2009).
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Zhang T, Shao MF, Fang HHP. 2009. A qRT-PCR based method for the
measurement of rrn operon copy number. Letters
in Applied Microbiology. 49, 26-30 (17-04-2009).
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Zhang T, Zhang M, Zhang XX, Fang HHP. 2009. Tetracycline resistance genes
and tetracycline resistant lactose-fermenting Enterobacteriaceae in activated sludge of sewage
treatment plants. Environmental
Science and Technology. 43, 3455–3460 (14-04-2009).
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Zhang XX, Zhang
T, Zhang M, Fang HHP, Cheng SP. 2009. Characterization
and quantification of class 1 integrons and associated gene cassettes in sewage
treatment plants. Applied
Microbiology and Biotechnology. 82(6), 1169-77(18-02-2009).
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Seneviratne CJ, Zhang T, Fang HHP, Jin LJ,
Samaranayake LP. 2009. Distribution coefficients of dietary sugars in
artificial Candida biofilms. Mycopathologia.
167(6), 325-331 (06-02-2009).
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Zhang XX, Zhang
T, Fang HHP. 2009. Antibiotic
resistance genes in water environment. Applied
Microbiology and Biotechnology. 82(3), 397-414 (08-01-2009).
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Laing DW, Fang HHP, Zhang T. 2009. Microbial
characterization and quantification of an anaerobic sludge degrading dimethyl
phthalate. Journal of Applied
Microbiology. 106, 296-305 (23-12-2008).
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Liang DW, Zhang
T, Fang HHP, He, JZ. 2008. Phthalates
biodegradation in the environment. Applied
Microbiology and Biotechnology. 80(2), 183-198 (01-07-2008).
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Liang DW, Zhang
T, Fang HHP. 2008. Real-time
quantification of dominant anaerobes in an upflow reactor by polymerase chain
reaction using a TaqMan probe. Water
Science and Technology. 57(11), 1851-1855.
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Li RY, Zhang
T, Fang HHP. 2008. Characteristics
of a phototrophic sludge producing hydrogen from acetate and butyrate. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 33(9), 2147-2155 (09-04-2008).
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Fang HHP, Zhang M, Zhang
T, Chen J. 2008. Predictions
of nitrate diffusion in sediment using horizontal attenuated total reflection
(HATR) by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectrometry. Water Research. 42(4-5),
903-908(07-09-2007).
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Zhu HG, Fang HHP, Zhang T, Beaudatte LA. 2007. Effect of
ferrous ion on photo heterotrophic hydrogen production by Rhodobacter
sphaeroides. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.32(17), 4112-4118 4112-4118. (20-07-2007).
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Li CL, Zhang
T, Fang HHP. 2007. Use of
TaqMan gene probe for real-time monitoring of acidophilic hydrogen-producing
bacteria. Biotechnology
Letters, 29(11), 1753-1757 (26-06-2007).
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Zhang T, Qin XL, Fang HHP. 2007. Use of P-17 and NOX specific
primer sets for assimilable organic carbon (AOC) measurements. Water Supply. 7, 157-163.
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Liang DW, Zhang
T, Fang HHP. 2007. Anaerobic
degradation of dimethyl phthalate in wastewater in a UASB reactor. Water Reserach. 41,
2879 – 2884 (16-05-2007).
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Liang DW, Zhang
T, Fang HHP. 2007. Denitrifying
degradation of dimethyl phthalate. Applied
Microbiology and Biotechnology, 74(1), 221-229 (10-11-2006).
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Fang HHP, Liang DW, Zhang
T. 2007. Aerobic
degradation of diethyl phthalate by Sphingomonas sp. Bioresource Technology. 98 (3),
717-720 (23-03-2006).
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Li CL, Zhang
T, Fang HHP. 2006. Fermentative
hydrogen production in packed-bed and packing-free upflow reactors. Water Science and Technology.
54(9), 95-103.
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Fang HHP, Zhu HG, Zhang
T. 2006. Phototrophic
hydrogen production from glucose by pure- and co-cultures of Clostridium
butyricum and Rhodobacter sphaeroides. International
Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 31(5), 2223-2230.
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Xie XJ, Li YG, Zhang T, Fang HHP. 2006. Bacterial
survival in evaporating deposited droplets on a teflon-coated surface. Applied Microbiology and
Biotechnology. 73(3), 703-712.
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Fang HHP, Zhang
T, Li CL. 2006. Characterization
of Fe-hydrogenase genes diversity and hydrogen-producing population in an
acidophilic sludge. Journal of
Biotechnology. 126 (3), 357-364.
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Fang HHP, Li CL, Zhang T. 2006. Acidophilic biohydrogen
production from rice slurry. International
Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 31, 683-692.
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Zhang T, Fang HHP. 2006.
Applications of real-time polymerase chain reaction for quantification of
microorganisms in environmental samples. Applied
Microbiology and Biotechnology. 70, 281-289.
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Fang HHP, Shi XL, Zhang T. 2006. Effect of activated
carbon on fouling of activated sludge filtration. Desalination. 189, 193-199.
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Fang HHP, Liang DW, Zhang
T, Liu Y. 2006. Anaerobic
treatment of phenol in wastewater under thermophilic condition. Water Research. 40(3), 427-434.
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Zhang T, Fan XJ, Satoshi
H, Kamagata Y, Fang HHP. 2006. Bacillus macaensis sp. nov., a long-chain
bacterium isolated from a drinking water supply. International Journal of Systematic
and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56,
349-353.
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Zhang T, Liu Y, Fang HHP. 2005. Effect of pH change on the
performance and microbial community of enhanced biological phosphate removal
process. Biotechnology and
Bioengineering. 92(2), 173-182.
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Zhang T, Ke SZ, Liu Y, Fang HHP. 2005. Microbial characteristics of a
methanogenic phenol-degrading sludge. Water
Science and Technology. 52(1-2), 73-78.
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Liu Y, Zhang T, Fang HHP. 2005. Microbial
analysis and performance of a phosphate-removing activated sludge. Bioresource Technology. 96,
1205-1204.
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Fang HHP, Liu H, Zhang
T. 2005. Phototrophic
hydrogen production from acetate and butyrate in wastewater. International Journal of Hydrogen
Energy. 30, 785-793.
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Jin Y, Zhang T, Yip HK, Fang HHP,
Samaranayake, H, Samaranayake, LP. 2005. The use of new stains for better
assessment of cell viability and extracellular polymeric substances in Candida
albicans biofilms. Mycopathologia 159, 353-360.
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Koenig A, Zhang
T, Liu LH, Fang HHP. 2005. Microbial
community and biochemistry process in autosulfurotrophic denitrifying biofilm. Chemosphere. 58(8), 1041-1047.
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Zhang T, Fang HHP. 2005.
Effective diffusion coefficients of glucose in artificial biofilms. Environmental Technology.
26(2), 155-165.
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Cao GM, Zhao QX, Sun XB, Zhang T. 2004. Integrated nitrogen
removal in a shell-and-tube co-immobilized cell bioreactor. Process Biochemistry. 39(10),
1269-1273.
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Zhang T, Fang HHP. 2004.
Quantification of Saccharomyces cerevisiae viability using BacLight. Biotechnology Letters. 26(12),
989-992.
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Fang HHP, Liu Y, Ke SZ, Zhang T. 2004. Anaerobic degradation
of phenol in wastewater at ambient temperature. Water Science and Technology.
49(1), 95-102.
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Zhang T, Fang HHP, Ko BCB. 2003. Methanogen population in a
marine biofilm corrosive to mild steel. Applied
Microbiology and Biotechnology. 3, 101-106.
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Zhang T, Liu H, Fang HHP 2003. Biohydrogen production from
starch in wastewater under thermophilic condition. Journal of Environmental Management.
69, 149-156.
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Liu H, Zhang
T, Fang HHP. 2003. Thermophilic
hydrogen production from a cellulose-containing wastewater. Biotechnology Letters. 25(4),
365-369.
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Zhang T, Liu H, Fang HHP. 2002. Microbial analysis of a
phototrophic sludge producing hydrogen from acidified wastewater. Biotechnology Letters. 24 (21),
1833-1837.
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Fang HHP, Zhang
T, Liu Y. 2002. Characterization
of an acetate-degrading sludge devoid of intercellular polyphosphate and
glycogen. Water Research.
36, 3211-3218.
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Fang HHP, Liu H, Zhang
T. 2002. Characterization
of a hydrogen-producing granular sludge. Biotechnology
and Bioengineering. 78, 44-52.
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Fang HHP, Zhang
T, Liu H. 2002. Microbial
diversity of a mesophilic hydrogen-producing sludge. Applied Microbiology and
Biotechnology. 58, 112-118.
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Cao GM, Zhao QX, Sun XB, Zhang T. 2002. Characterization of
nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria coimmobilized in PVA and kinetics model of
biological nitrogen removal by coimmobilized cells. Enzyme and Microbial Technology.
30, 49-55.
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Zhang T, Fang HHP. 2001.
Phylogenetic diversity of a SRB-rich marine biofilm. Applied Microbiology and
Biotechnology. 57, 437-440.
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Zhang T, Fang HHP. 2001.
Quantification of extracellular polymeric substances in biofilms by confocal
laser scanning microscopy. Biotechnology
Letters. 23(5), 405-409.
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Zhang T, Jin HJ. 2001.
Aquatic toxicity of acetonitrile and its water quality criteria for the
protection of aquatic life in China. International
Journal of Environment and Pollution. 15(5), 568-575.
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Zhang T, Fang HHP. 2000.
Digitization of DGGE (denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis) profile and
cluster analysis of microbial communities. Biotechnology
Letters. 22(5), 399-405.
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Zhang T, Wada SJ,
Yamagishi TK, Ichikawa HY, Tatsumi KJ, Zhao QX. 1999. Treatment of bleaching
wastewater from pulp-paper plants in China using enzymes and coagulants. Journal of Environmental
Sciences-China. 11(4), 480-484.
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Zhang T. 1999. Study on
fish and amphibian embryo-larval toxicity test. Environmental Monitoring and
Assessment. 55, 363-369.
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Zhang T, Lin Z, Zhu HL. 1999. Microbial flocculants study and
its application in environmental engineering. Journal
of Environmental Sciences-China. 11(1), 1-12.
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Zhang T, Zhao QX, Huang
H, Li Q, Zhang Y. 1998. Kinetic study on the removal of toxic phenol and
chlorophenol from wastewater by horseradish peroxidase. Chemosphere. 37(8), 1571-1577.
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Zhang T, Jin HJ. 1998.
Use of duckweed (Lemna minor L.)
growth inhibition test to evaluate the toxicity of acrylonitrile, sulphocyanic
sodium and acetonitrile in China. Environmental Pollution. 98(2), 143-147.
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Zhang T, Zhao QX, Huang
H, Li Q, Zhang Y. 1997. Removal of toxic phenol and 4-chlorophenol from
wastewater by horseradish peroxidase. Chemosphere.
34(4), 893-903.
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Zhang T, Zhu HL, Jin HJ. 1996. Chronic toxicity of
acrylonitrile and acetonitrile to Daphnia magna in 14-d and 21-d toxicity
tests. Bulletin of
Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 57(4), 655-659.
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Zhang T, Jin HJ, Zhu HL. 1996. Quality criteria of
acrylonitrile for the protection of aquatic life in China. Chemosphere. 32(10), 2083-2093.