(1)   Rikuan Zheng, Rui Liu, Yeqi Shan, Ruining Cai, Ge Liu, Chaomin Sun^*. Characterization of the first cultured free-living representative of Candidatus Izemoplasma uncovers its unique biology. ISME J, 2021, doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-00961-7.

(2)   Rongrong Gao, Chaomin Sun^*. A marine bacterial community capable of degrading poly(ethylene terephthalate) and polyethylene. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125928.

(3)   Ning Ma, Ruining Cai, Chaomin Sun^*. Threonine dehydratase enhances bacterial cadmium resistance via driving cysteine desulfuration and biomineralization of cadmium sulfide nanocrystals. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126102.

(4)   Rikuan Zheng, Shimei Wu, Chaomin Sun^*. MerF is a novel regulator of deep-sea Pseudomonas stutzeri flagellum biogenesis and motility. Environmental Microbiology, 2021, 23(1):110-125. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.15275

(5)   Ruining Cai, Jing Zhang, Rui Liu, Chaomin Sun^*. Metagenomic insights into the metabolic and ecological functions of abundant deep-sea hydrothermal vent DPANN archaea. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2021, 87(9):e03009-20. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03009-20. （亮点文章）

(6)   Ning Ma, Zhongli Sha, Chaomin Sun*. Formation of cadmium sulfide nanoparticles mediates cadmium resistance and light utilization of the deep-sea bacterium Idiomarina sp. OT37-5b. Environmental Microbiology, 2021, 23(2):934-948. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.15205.

(7)   Ning Ma, Chaomin Sun^*. Cadmium sulfide nanoparticle biomineralization and biofilm formation mediate cadmium resistance of the deep-sea bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. MT33b. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 2021. doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.12933.

(8)   Jing Zhang, Rui Liu, Shichuan Xi, Ruining Cai, Xin Zhang, Chaomin Sun*. A novel bacterial thiosulfate oxidation pathway provides a new clue about the formation of zero-valent sulfur in deep sea. ISME J, 2020, 14(9): 2261-2274.

(9)   Rui Liu, Rikuan Zheng, Ge Liu, Chaomin Sun*. The cyclic lipopeptides suppress the motility of Vibrio alginolyticus via targeting the Na⁺-driven flagellar motor component MotX. Environmental Microbiology, 2020, 22(10): 4424-4437.

(10)   Shengnan Zhou, Ge Liu, Rikuan Zheng, Chaomin Sun^*, Shimei Wu^*. Structural and functional insights of iturin W, a novel lipopeptide produced by the deep-sea bacterium Bacillus sp. wsm-1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2020, 86(21):e01597-20. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01597-20.

(11)   Zuodong Wu, Rikuan Zheng, Ge Liu, Rui Liu, Shimei Wu^*, Chaomin Sun ^*. Calcium protects bacteria against    cadmium stress via reducing nitric oxide production and increasing iron acquisition. Environmental Microbiology, 2020, DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15205.

(12)   Ge Liu, Shan Kuang, Ruobing Cao, Ju Wang, Quancai Peng, Chaomin Sun*. Sorafenib kills Huh7.5 liver cancer cells by disrupting SCD1-mediated synthesis of monounsaturated fatty acids via ATP-AMPK-mTOR-SREBP1 signaling pathway. FASEB J. 2019, 33(9), doi: 10.1096/fj.201802619RR.

(13)   Ge Liu, Kai Wang, Shan Kuang, Ruobing Cao, Li Bao, Rui Liu, Hongwei Liu*, Chaomin Sun*. The natural compound GL22, isolated from Ganoderma mushrooms, suppresses tumor growth by altering lipid metabolism and triggering cell death. Cell Death and Disease, 2018, 9(689), doi: 10.1038/s41419-018-0731-6.

(14)   Linlin Zhang, Chaomin Sun*. Fengycins, cyclic lipopeptides from marine Bacillus subtilisstrains, kill the plant-pathogenic fungus Magnaporthe grisea by inducing reactive oxygen species production and chromatin condensation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2018, 84(18).

(15)   Pengyuan Xiu, Rui Liu, Dechao Zhang*, Chaomin Sun*. Pumilacidin-like lipopeptides derived from marine bacterium Bacillus sp. suppress the motility of Vibrio alginolyticus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2017, 83(12). doi: 10.1128/AEM.00450-17.