Dr Ji Lu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow & ARC DECRA
Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology
| Featured projects | Duration |
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Combating the transmission of coronavirus in urban water systems through novel disinfection Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowships |
2020–2023 |
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Nanoparticles-induced horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes Australian Research Council |
2020 |
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Antibiotic resistance in the urban water cycle The University of Queensland |
2016 |
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The spread of antimicrobial resistance caused by non-antibiotic pharmaceuticals Australian Research Council |
2016–2022 |
| Efficient disinfection of coronavirus in aerosol and on material surfaces | 2020 |
Journal Articles
Lu, Ji and Guo, Jianhua (2024). Prophage induction by non-antibiotic compounds promotes transformation of released antibiotic resistance genes from cell lysis. Water Research, 263 122200, 122200. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122200
Huang, Casey K., Weerasekara, Anjani, Lu, Ji, Carter, Robyn, Weynberg, Karen D., Thomson, Rachel, Bell, Scott and Guo, Jianhua (2023). Extended water stagnation in buildings during the COVID-19 pandemic increases the risks posed by opportunistic pathogens. Water Research: X, 21 100201, 100201. doi: 10.1016/j.wroa.2023.100201
Wang, Yue, Yu, Zhigang, Ding, Pengbo, Lu, Ji, Mao, Likai, Ngiam, Lyman, Yuan, Zhiguo, Engelstädter, Jan, Schembri, Mark A. and Guo, Jianhua (2023). Antidepressants can induce mutation and enhance persistence toward multiple antibiotics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120 (5) e2208344120, 1-12. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2208344120
Wang, Yue, Yu, Zhigang, Ding, Pengbo, Lu, Ji, Klümper, Uli, Murray, Aimee K., Gaze, William H. and Guo, Jianhua (2022). Non-antibiotic pharmaceuticals promote conjugative plasmid transfer at a community-wide level. Microbiome, 10 (1) 124, 1-15. doi: 10.1186/s40168-022-01314-y
Ding, Pengbo, Lu, Ji, Wang, Yue, Schembri, Mark A. and Guo, Jianhua (2022). Antidepressants promote the spread of antibiotic resistance via horizontally conjugative gene transfer. Environmental Microbiology, 24 (11), 5261-5276. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16165
Lu, Ji, Yu, Zhigang, Ding, Pengbo and Guo, Jianhua (2022). Triclosan promotes conjugative transfer of antibiotic resistance genes to opportunistic pathogens in environmental microbiome. Environmental Science and Technology, 56 (21), 15108-15119. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c05537
Lu, Ji, Yu, Zhigang, Ngiam, Lyman and Guo, Jianhua (2022). Microplastics as potential carriers of viruses could prolong virus survival and infectivity. Water Research, 225 119115, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119115
Lu, Ji, Ding, Pengbo, Wang, Yue and Guo, Jianhua (2022). Antidepressants promote the spread of extracellular antibiotic resistance genes via transformation. ISME Communications, 2 (1) 63, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s43705-022-00147-y
Zhang, Shuai, Lu, Ji, Wang, Yue, Verstraete, Willy, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2022). Insights of metallic nanoparticles and ions in accelerating the bacterial uptake of antibiotic resistance genes. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 421 126728, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126728
Wang, Yue, Lu, Ji, Engelstädter, Jan, Zhang, Shuai, Ding, Pengbo, Mao, Likai, Yuan, Zhiguo, Bond, Philip L. and Guo, Jianhua (2021). Correction: Non-antibiotic pharmaceuticals enhance the transmission of exogenous antibiotic resistance genes through bacterial transformation. The ISME Journal, 16 (2), 612-612. doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-01074-x
Wang, Yue, Lu, Ji, Zhang, Shuai, Li, Jie, Mao, Likai, Yuan, Zhiguo, Bond, Philip L. and Guo, Jianhua (2021). Correction to: Non-antibiotic pharmaceuticals promote the transmission of multidrug resistance plasmids through intra- and intergenera conjugation. The ISME Journal, 16 (2), 611-611. doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-01075-w
Ni, Gaofeng, Lu, Ji, Maulani, Nova, Tian, Wei, Yang, Lin, Harliwong, Ivon, Wang, Zhiyao, Mueller, Jochen, Yang, Bicheng, Yuan, Zhiguo, Hu, Shihu and Guo, Jianhua (2021). Novel multiplexed amplicon-based sequencing to quantify SARS-CoV-2 RNA from wastewater. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 8 (8) acs.estlett.1c00408, 683-690. doi: 10.1021/acs.estlett.1c00408
Zhang, Shuai, Wang, Yue, Lu, Ji, Yu, Zhigang, Song, Hailiang, Bond, Philip L. and Guo, Jianhua (2021). Chlorine disinfection facilitates natural transformation through ROS-mediated oxidative stress. The ISME Journal, 15 (10), 2969-2985. doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-00980-4
Wang, Yue, Lu, Ji, Zhang, Shuai, Li, Jie, Mao, Likai, Yuan, Zhiguo, Bond, Philip L. and Guo, Jianhua (2021). Non-antibiotic pharmaceuticals promote the transmission of multidrug resistance plasmids through intra- and intergenera conjugation. The ISME Journal, 15 (9), 2493-2508. doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-00945-7
Yu, Zhigang, Wang, Yue, Lu, Ji, Bond, Philip L. and Guo, Jianhua (2021). Nonnutritive sweeteners can promote the dissemination of antibiotic resistance through conjugative gene transfer. The ISME Journal, 15 (7), 2117-2130. doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-00909-x
Lu, Ji and Guo, Jianhua (2021). Disinfection spreads antimicrobial resistance. Science, 371 (6528), 474-474. doi: 10.1126/science.abg4380
Zhang, Shuai, Yang, Yu-Li, Lu, Ji, Zuo, Xiao-Jun, Yang, Xiao-Li and Song, Hai-Liang (2020). A review of bioelectrochemical systems for antibiotic removal: efficient antibiotic removal and dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 37 101421, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2020.101421
Ahmed, Yunus, Lu, Ji, Yuan, Zhiguo, Bond, Philip L. and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Efficient inactivation of antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes by photo-Fenton process under visible LED light and neutral pH. Water Research, 179 115878. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.115878
Wang, Chuqiao, Zhang, Jiajie, Hu, Fengping, Zhang, Shuai, Lu, Ji and Liu, Shuai (2020). Bio-pretreatment promote hydrolysis and acidification of oilseed rape straw: roles of fermentation broth and micro-oxygen. Bioresource Technology, 308 123272, 123272. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123272
Wang, Yue, Lu, Ji, Engelstädter, Jan, Zhang, Shuai, Ding, Pengbo, Mao, Likai, Yuan, Zhiguo, Bond, Philip L. and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Non-antibiotic pharmaceuticals enhance the transmission of exogenous antibiotic resistance genes through bacterial transformation. The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology, 14 (8), 2179-2196. doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-0679-2
Lu, Ji, Wang, Yue, Zhang, Shuai, Bond, Philip and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Triclosan at environmental concentrations can enhance the spread of extracellular antibiotic resistance genes through transformation. Science of the Total Environment, 713 136621, 136621. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136621
Lu, Ji, Wang, Yue, Jin, Min, Yuan, Zhiguo, Bond, Philip and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Both silver ions and silver nanoparticles facilitate horizontal transfer of plasmid-mediated antibiotic resistance genes. Water Research, 169 115229, 115229. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115229
Lu, Ji, Zhang, Shuai, Gao, Shuhong, Wang, Peng, Bond, Philip L. and Guo, Jianhua (2020). New insights of the bacterial response to exposure of differently sized silver nanomaterials. Water Research, 169 115205, 115205. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115205
Zhang, Shuai, Wang, Yue, Song, Hailiang, Lu, Ji, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2019). Copper nanoparticles and copper ions promote horizontal transfer of plasmid-mediated multi-antibiotic resistance genes across bacterial genera. Environment International, 129, 478-487. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.05.054
Chen, Zhaoyu, Gao, Shu-hong, Jin, Min, Sun, Shengjie, Lu, Ji, Yang, Ping, Bond, Philip L., Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2019). Physiological and transcriptomic analyses reveal CuO nanoparticle inhibition of anabolic and catabolic activities of sulfate-reducing bacterium. Environment International, 125, 65-74. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.01.058
Jin, Min, Lu, Ji, Chen, Zhaoyu, Nguyen, Son Hoang, Mao, Likai, Li, Junwen, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2018). Antidepressant fluoxetine induces multiple antibiotics resistance in Escherichia coli via ROS-mediated mutagenesis. Environment International, 120, 421-430. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.07.046
Wang, Yue, Lu, Ji, Mao, Likai, Li, Jie, Yuan, Zhiguo, Bond, Philip L. and Guo, Jianhua (2018). Antiepileptic drug carbamazepine promotes horizontal transfer of plasmid-borne multi-antibiotic resistance genes within and across bacterial genera. ISME Journal, 13 (2), 509-522. doi: 10.1038/s41396-018-0275-x
Lu, Ji, Jin, Min, Nguyen, Son Hoang, Mao, Likai, Li, Jie, Coin, Lachlan J.M., Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2018). Non-antibiotic antimicrobial triclosan induces multiple antibiotic resistance through genetic mutation. Environment International, 118, 257-265. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.06.004
Chen, Zhaoyu, Lu, Ji, Gao, Shu-Hong, Jin, Min, Bond, Philip L., Yang, Ping, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2018). Silver nanoparticles stimulate the proliferation of sulfate reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris. Water Research, 129, 163-171. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.11.021
Lu, Ji, Wang, Yue, Li, Jie, Mao, Likai, Nguyen, Son Hoang, Duarte, Tania, Coin, Lachlan, Bond, Philip, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2018). Triclosan at environmentally relevant concentrations promotes horizontal transfer of multidrug resistance genes within and across bacterial genera. Environment International, 121 (Pt 2), 1217-1226. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.10.040
Guo, Jianhua, Gao, Shu-Hong, Lu, Ji, Bond, Philip L, Verstraete, Willy and Yuan, Zhiguo (2017). Copper oxide nanoparticles induce lysogenic bacteriophage and metal-resistance genes in pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 9 (27), 22298-22307. doi: 10.1021/acsami.7b06433
Zhang, Kai, Xu, Zhi Ping, Lu, Ji, Tang, Zhi Yong, Zhao, Hui Jun, Good, David A. and Wei, Ming Qian (2014). Potential for layered double hydroxides-based, innovative drug delivery systems. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 15 (5), 7409-7428. doi: 10.3390/ijms15057409
Thesis
Lu, Ji (2020). Unravelling the roles of emerging environmental contaminants in promoting the spread of antibiotic resistance. PhD Thesis, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2020.672