Education
Ph.D, Free University Berlin, Germany, 1996
Current position
Distinguished Professor, Institute of Environmental Microbiology, Fujian Agriculture & Forestry University, China
Publications (since 2012)
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Chandrangsu, P., Rensing, C. and Helmann, J. D. (2017). Metal homeostasis and resistance in bacteria. Nat Rev Microbiol 15(6): 338-350.
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Pal, C., Asiani, K., Arya, S., Rensing, C., Stekel, D. J., Larsson, D. G. J. and Hobman, J. L. (2017). Metal Resistance and Its Association With Antibiotic Resistance. Adv Microb Physiol 70: 261-313.
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Hao, X., Li, X., Pal, C., Hobman, J., Larsson, D. G., Saquib, Q., Alwathnani, H. A., Rosen, B. P., Zhu, Y. G. and Rensing, C. (2017). Bacterial resistance to arsenic protects against protist killing. Biometals 30(2): 307-311.
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Song, J., Rensing, C., Holm, P. E., Virta, M. and Brandt, K. K. (2017). Comparison of Metals and Tetracycline as Selective Agents for Development of Tetracycline Resistant Bacterial Communities in Agricultural Soil. Environ Sci Technol 51(5): 3040-3047.
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Xue, X. M., Ye, J., Raber, G., Francesconi, K. A., Li, G., Gao, H., Yan, Y., Rensing, C. and Zhu, Y. G. (2017). Arsenic Methyltransferase is Involved in Arsenosugar Biosynthesis by Providing DMA. Environ Sci Technol 51(3): 1224-1230.
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Zhen, Z., Liu, J., Rensing, C., Yan, C. and Zhang, Y. (2017). Effects of two different high-fidelity DNA polymerases on genetic analysis of the cyanobacterial community structure in a subtropical deep freshwater reservoir. Arch Microbiol 199(1): 125-134.
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Yuan, J., Zhao, M., Li, R., Huang, Q., Rensing, C., Raza, W. and Shen, Q. (2016). Antibacterial Compounds-Macrolactin Alters the Soil Bacterial Community and Abundance of the Gene Encoding PKS. Front Microbiol 7: 1904.
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Qin, Y., Wang, D., Brandt, K. K. and Rensing, C. (2016). Two draft genome sequences of Pseudomonas jessenii strains isolated from a copper contaminated site in Denmark. Stand Genomic Sci 11: 86.
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Wang, D., Zhu, F., Wang, Q., Rensing, C., Yu, P., Gong, J. and Wang, G. (2016). Disrupting ROS-protection mechanism allows hydrogen peroxide to accumulate and oxidize Sb(III) to Sb(V) in Pseudomonas stutzeri TS44. BMC Microbiol 16(1): 279.
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Hao, X., Luthje, F., Ronn, R., German, N. A., Li, X., Huang, F., Kisaka, J., Huffman, D., Alwathnani, H. A., Zhu, Y. G. and Rensing, C. (2016). A role for copper in protozoan grazing - two billion years selecting for bacterial copper resistance. Mol Microbiol 102(4): 628-641.
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German, N., Luthje, F., Hao, X., Ronn, R. and Rensing, C. (2016). Microbial Virulence and Interactions With Metals. Prog Mol Biol Transl Sci 142: 27-49.
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Lu, M., Li, Z., Liang, J., Wei, Y., Rensing, C. and Wei, G. (2016). Zinc Resistance Mechanisms of P1B-type ATPases in Sinorhizobium meliloti CCNWSX0020. Sci Rep 6: 29355.
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Li, J., Wang, Q., Oremland, R. S., Kulp, T. R., Rensing, C. and Wang, G. (2016). Microbial Antimony Biogeochemistry: Enzymes, Regulation, and Related Metabolic Pathways. Appl Environ Microbiol 82(18): 5482-5495.
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Wu, Y., Cui, E., Zuo, Y., Cheng, W., Rensing, C. and Chen, H. (2016). Influence of two-phase anaerobic digestion on fate of selected antibiotic resistance genes and class I integrons in municipal wastewater sludge. Bioresour Technol 211: 414-421.
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Taudte, N., German, N., Zhu, Y. G., Grass, G. and Rensing, C. (2016). Restoration of growth by manganese in a mutant strain of Escherichia coli lacking most known iron and manganese uptake systems. Biometals 29(3): 433-450.
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Wang, Y., Qin, Y., Kot, W., Zhang, F., Zheng, S., Wang, G., Hansen, L. H. and Rensing, C. (2016). Genome Sequence of Selenium-Solubilizing Bacterium Caulobacter vibrioides T5M6. Genome Announc 4(1).
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Liu, H., Zhuang, W., Zhang, S., Rensing, C., Huang, J., Li, J. and Wang, G. (2015). Global Regulator IscR Positively Contributes to Antimonite Resistance and Oxidation in Comamonas testosteroni S44. Front Mol Biosci 2: 70.
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Zhang, S., Wang, D., Wang, Y., Hasman, H., Aarestrup, F. M., Alwathnani, H. A., Zhu, Y. G. and Rensing, C. (2015). Genome sequences of copper resistant and sensitive Enterococcus faecalis strains isolated from copper-fed pigs in Denmark. Stand Genomic Sci 10: 35.
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Hao, X., Luthje, F. L., Qin, Y., McDevitt, S. F., Lutay, N., Hobman, J. L., Asiani, K., Soncini, F. C., German, N., Zhang, S., Zhu, Y. G. and Rensing, C. (2015). Survival in amoeba--a major selection pressure on the presence of bacterial copper and zinc resistance determinants? Identification of a "copper pathogenicity island". Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 99(14): 5817-5824.
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Wang, Q., Qin, D., Zhang, S., Wang, L., Li, J., Rensing, C., McDermott, T. R. and Wang, G. (2015). Fate of arsenate following arsenite oxidation in Agrobacterium tumefaciens GW4. Environ Microbiol 17(6): 1926-1940.
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Li, J., Wang, Q., Li, M., Yang, B., Shi, M., Guo, W., McDermott, T. R., Rensing, C. and Wang, G. (2015). Proteomics and Genetics for Identification of a Bacterial Antimonite Oxidase in Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Environ Sci Technol 49(10): 5980-5989.
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Li, X., Kot, W., Wang, D., Zheng, S., Wang, G., Hansen, L. H. and Rensing, C. (2015). Draft Genome Sequence of Se(IV)-Reducing Bacterium Pseudomonas migulae ES3-33. Genome Announc 3(3).
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Hao, X., Xie, P., Zhu, Y. G., Taghavi, S., Wei, G. and Rensing, C. (2015). Copper tolerance mechanisms of Mesorhizobium amorphae and its role in aiding phytostabilization by Robinia pseudoacacia in copper contaminated soil. Environ Sci Technol 49(4): 2328-2340.
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Kalle, E., Kubista, M. and Rensing, C. (2014). Multi-template polymerase chain reaction. Biomol Detect Quantif 2: 11-29.
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Luthje, F. L., Hasman, H., Aarestrup, F. M., Alwathnani, H. A. and Rensing, C. (2014). Genome Sequences of Two Copper-Resistant Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Copper-Fed Pigs. Genome Announc 2(6).
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Qin, Y., Hasman, H., Aarestrup, F. M., Alwathnani, H. A. and Rensing, C. (2014). Genome Sequences of Three Highly Copper-Resistant Salmonella enterica subsp. I Serovar Typhimurium Strains Isolated from Pigs in Denmark. Genome Announc 2(6).
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Wang, B., Rensing, C., Pierson, L. S., 3rd, Zhao, H. and Kennedy, C. (2014). Translational coupling of nasST expression in Azotobacter vinelandii prevents overexpression of the nasT gene. FEMS Microbiol Lett 361(2): 123-130.
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Zheng, S., Su, J., Wang, L., Yao, R., Wang, D., Deng, Y., Wang, R., Wang, G. and Rensing, C. (2014). Selenite reduction by the obligate aerobic bacterium Comamonas testosteroni S44 isolated from a metal-contaminated soil. BMC Microbiol 14: 204.
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Li, S., Deng, H., Rensing, C. and Zhu, Y. G. (2014). Compaction stimulates denitrification in an urban park soil using (1)(5)N tracing technique. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 21(5): 3783-3791.
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Li, Z., Ma, Z., Hao, X., Rensing, C. and Wei, G. (2014). Genes conferring copper resistance in Sinorhizobium meliloti CCNWSX0020 also promote the growth of Medicago lupulina in copper-contaminated soil. Appl Environ Microbiol 80(6): 1961-1971.
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Zhang, S., Rensing, C. and Zhu, Y. G. (2014). Cyanobacteria-mediated arsenic redox dynamics is regulated by phosphate in aquatic environments. Environ Sci Technol 48(2): 994-1000.
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Pal, C., Bengtsson-Palme, J., Rensing, C., Kristiansson, E. and Larsson, D. G. (2014). BacMet: antibacterial biocide and metal resistance genes database. Nucleic Acids Res 42(Database issue): D737-743.
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Hao, X., Mohamad, O., Xie, P., Rensing, C. and Wei, G. H. (2014). Removal of Zinc from Aqueous Solution by Metal Resistant Symbiotic Bacterium Mesorhizobium amorphae. Separ Sci Tech 49: 376-387.
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Hao, X., Taghavi, S., Xie, P., Orbach, M. J., Alwathnani, H. A., Rensing, C. and Wei, G. (2014). Phytoremediation of heavy and transition metals aided by legume-rhizobia symbiosis. Int J Phytoremediation 16(2): 179-202.
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Li, H., Li, M., Huang, Y., Rensing, C. and Wang, G. (2013). In silico analysis of bacterial arsenic islands reveals remarkable synteny and functional relatedness between arsenate and phosphate. Front Microbiol 4: 347.
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Kalle, E., Gulevich, A. and Rensing, C. (2013). External and semi-internal controls for PCR amplification of homologous sequences in mixed templates. J Microbiol Methods 95(2): 285-294.
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German, N., Doyscher, D. and Rensing, C. (2013). Bacterial killing in macrophages and amoeba: do they all use a brass dagger? Future Microbiol 8(10): 1257-1264.
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Zhang, S. Y., Sun, G. X., Yin, X. X., Rensing, C. and Zhu, Y. G. (2013). Biomethylation and volatilization of arsenic by the marine microalgae Ostreococcus tauri. Chemosphere 93(1): 47-53.
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Xie, W. Y., Huang, Q., Li, G., Rensing, C. and Zhu, Y. G. (2013). Cadmium accumulation in the rootless macrophyte Wolffia globosa and its potential for phytoremediation. Int J Phytoremediation 15(4): 385-397.
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Kang, Y. S., Heinemann, J., Bothner, B., Rensing, C. and McDermott, T. R. (2012). Integrated co-regulation of bacterial arsenic and phosphorus metabolisms. Environ Microbiol 14(12): 3097-3109.
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Wang, B., Pierson, L. S., 3rd, Rensing, C., Gunatilaka, M. K. and Kennedy, C. (2012). NasT-mediated antitermination plays an essential role in the regulation of the assimilatory nitrate reductase operon in Azotobacter vinelandii. Appl Environ Microbiol 78(18): 6558-6567.
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Li, X., Gong, J., Hu, Y., Cai, L., Johnstone, L., Grass, G., Rensing, C. and Wang, G. (2012). Genome sequence of the moderately halotolerant, arsenite-oxidizing bacterium Pseudomonas stutzeri TS44. J Bacteriol 194(16): 4473-4474.
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Kang, Y. S., Bothner, B., Rensing, C. and McDermott, T. R. (2012). Involvement of RpoN in regulating bacterial arsenite oxidation. Appl Environ Microbiol 78(16): 5638-5645.
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Hao, X., Xie, P., Johnstone, L., Miller, S. J., Rensing, C. and Wei, G. (2012). Genome sequence and mutational analysis of plant-growth-promoting bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens CCNWGS0286 Isolated from a zinc-lead mine tailing. Appl Environ Microbiol 78(15): 5384-5394.
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Liu, G., Li, X., Matty, W., Bothner, B., Kim, E. H., Wang, G., Rensing, C. and McDermott, T. R. (2012). An arsenite binding protein initiates sensing and signal transduction that regulates expression of the aox operon. Env. Microbiol. 14: 1624-1634.
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Gudipaty, S. A., Larsen, A. S., Rensing, C. and McEvoy, M. M. (2012). Regulation of Cu(I)/Ag(I) efflux genes in Escherichia coli by the sensor kinase CusS. FEMS Microbiol Lett 330(1): 30-37.
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Elguindi, J., Alwathnani, H. A. and Rensing, C. (2012). Rapid inactivation of Cronobacter sakazakii on copper alloys following periods of desiccation stress. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 28(4): 1837-1841.
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Ye, J., Rensing, C., Rosen, B. P. and Zhu, Y. G. (2012). Arsenic biomethylation by photosynthetic organisms. Trends Plant Sci 17(3): 155-162.
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Kim, E. H. and Rensing, C. (2012). Genome of halomonas strain GFAJ-1, a blueprint for fame or business as usual. J Bacteriol 194(7): 1643-1645.
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Huang, Y., Li, H., Rensing, C., Zhao, K., Johnstone, L. and Wang, G. (2012). Genome sequence of the facultative anaerobic arsenite-oxidizing and nitrate-reducing bacterium Acidovorax sp. strain NO1. J Bacteriol 194(6): 1635-1636.
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Santo, C. E., Lin, Y., Hao, X., Wei, G., Rensing, C. and Grass, G. (2012). Draft genome sequence of Pseudomonas psychrotolerans L19, isolated from copper alloy coins. J Bacteriol 194(6): 1623-1624.
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Li, X., Hu, Y., Gong, J., Lin, Y., Johnstone, L., Rensing, C. and Wang, G. (2012). Genome sequence of the highly efficient arsenite-oxidizing bacterium Achromobacter arsenitoxydans SY8. J Bacteriol 194(5): 1243-1244.
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Aguilar-Barajas, E., Jeronimo-Rodriguez, P., Ramirez-Diaz, M. I., Rensing, C. and Cervantes, C. (2012). The ChrA homologue from a sulfur-regulated gene cluster in cyanobacterial plasmid pANL confers chromate resistance. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 28(3): 865-869.
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Hao, X., Lin, Y., Johnstone, L., Liu, G., Wang, G., Wei, G., McDermott, T. and Rensing, C. (2012). Genome sequence of the arsenite-oxidizing strain Agrobacterium tumefaciens 5A. J Bacteriol 194(4): 903.
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Wang, H., Li, H., Shao, Z., Liao, S., Johnstone, L., Rensing, C. and Wang, G. (2012). Genome sequence of deep-sea manganese-oxidizing bacterium Marinobacter manganoxydans MnI7-9. J Bacteriol 194(4): 899-900.
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Zhu, L., Elguindi, J., Rensing, C. and Ravishankar, S. (2012). Antimicrobial activity of different copper alloy surfaces against copper resistant and sensitive Salmonella enterica. Food Microbiol 30(1): 303-310.
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Hao, X., Lin, Y., Johnstone, L., Baltrus, D. A., Miller, S. J., Wei, G. and Rensing, C. (2012). Draft genome sequence of plant growth-promoting rhizobium Mesorhizobium amorphae, isolated from zinc-lead mine tailings. J Bacteriol 194(3): 736-737.
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Lin, Y., Fan, H., Hao, X., Johnstone, L., Hu, Y., Wei, G., Alwathnani, H. A., Wang, G. and Rensing, C. (2012). Draft genome sequence of Halomonas sp. strain HAL1, a moderately halophilic arsenite-oxidizing bacterium isolated from gold-mine soil. J Bacteriol 194(1): 199-200.