Xipeng Liu

MATRIX quantifies total and redox-active microbial cells in environmental samples using imaging and Bayesian inference, providing direct measurements of population size and activity.

This study identifies potato cultivars that promote beneficial interactions with rhizosphere microbes under biological management, showing that plant cultivar and microbiome together influence below-ground growth, unlike under chemical management.

The paper investigates how microbial community coalescence affects horizontal gene transfer potential in soil microbiomes, finding increased insertion sequence abundance and varied MGE responses over time.