Joanna Hou

Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

• Mahir, A.A, Kulathuvayal, A.S, Lei, Y., Zhang, Q., Wang, L., Su, ., Hou, L., (2026). Machine Learning Reveals Microbial Interactions Driving Plastic Degradation Across Plastisphere Environments. Frontiers in Microbiology
• Shatara, F.J, Yokota, K., Peschman, J., Kothari , A.J, Schoville, J., Hou, L., Majumder, E., (2025). Development and validation of a novel suspended particulate matter sampling device for analysis of particle bound microbial communities. Microbiology, 171:3, doi: https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001538
• Elmesery, A., Mahmoud, R., Younes, H.A, Hou, L., Elshobary, M.E, (2025). Zero-waste biotechnological approach: bioremediation of oxytetracycline and congo red using Chlorella vulgaris biomass with subsequent biodiesel recovery. 3Biotech, 16:53
• Li, M., Zhan, A., Rahman, T.T, Hou, L., (2025). From wastewater to resistance: characterization of multidrug-resistant bacteria and assessment of natural antimicrobial compounds. Frontiers in Microbiology, 16, doi: doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1612534
• Madany, P., Olsen, D., Makled, S., Cram, E., Page, S., Bonner, H., McLean, J.E, Stevens, D.K, Li, M., Hou, L., (2025). Innovative Multiplex qPCR Method for Rapid and Reliable Detection of Microcystin-Producing Genes during Harmful Algal Blooms: Insights from Utah Reservoirs.. Water Research, 277, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.123322
• Shatara, F., Kothari, A., Hou, L., Yokota, K., Majumder, E., (2025). Microplastic Characteristics Differentially Influence Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Bloom Microbial Community Membership, Growth and Toxin Production. Sustainable Microbiology, 2:1
• Howard, C., Wang, H., Brown, J.B, Rao, Y., Hou, L., (2024). Binding Strength and Transport Kinetics of Organic Dyes into Different Live Diatoms Using Second Harmonic Scattering Spectroscopy. ACS Applied Bio Materials, 8:1
• Hou, L., Cortez, R., Hagerman, M., Hu, Z., Majumder, E.L, Rotaru, A., (2024). Co-occurrence of direct and indirect extracellular electron transfer mechanisms during electroactive respiration in a dissimilatory sulfate reducing bacterium. Microbiology Spectrum, 13:1, doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01226-24
• Liao, X., Hou, L., Zhang, L., Grossart, H., Hu, A., (2024). Distinct influences of altitude on microbiome and antibiotic resistome assembly in a glacial river ecosystem of Mount Everest. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 479, 135675.
• Lin, L., Li, L., Yang, X., Hou, L., Hu, A., Liu, K., (2024). Unnoticed antimicrobial resistance risk in Tibetan cities unveiled by sewage metagenomic surveillance: Compared to the eastern Chinese cities. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 479, 135730.
• Zhang, C., Hou, L., Liu, X., Tang, Y., Pavlostathis, S.G, (2024). Energy and economic assessment of hydrothermal-treatment-coupled anaerobic digestion. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 202
• Majumder , E., Rivera-Kohr, D., Rodriguez-Ramos, D., Tanner, L., Hou, L., Fox, B., (2024). Draft genome of the caprolactam-degrading Paenarthrobacter sp. CAP02 isolated from a landfill. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 13:10
• Jiang, T., Hou, L., Sheikh, M.R, Gong, Z., Vulpe, C., Michael, F., Gu, A.Z, (2024). Amplified and distinctive genotoxicity of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in transformed yeast reporters with human cytochrome P450 (CYP) genes. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 474
• Ma, B., Pan, ., Liu, X., Kosolapov, D.B, Hou, L., Huang, T., (2024). Mixotrophic aerobic denitrification enhanced by inorganic electron donor: Novel insights into iron valence and NirS-type denitrifying bacterial community model. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 64
• Xiu , L., Liu, H., Xie, Y., Yin, K., Hou, L., (2024). Alternations of antibiotic resistance genes and microbial community dynamics on shared bicycles before and after pandemic lockdown. Science of The Total Environment, 913, 169625.
• Zhang, L., Adyari , B., Hou, L., Yang , X., Hu, A., (2024). Mass-immigration shapes the antibiotic resistome of wastewater treatment plants. Science of the Total Environment, 908, 168193.
• Ma, B., Yang, W., Li, N., Kosolapov, D.B, Liu, X., Pan, S., Hou, L., Zhang, H., (2024). Aerobic Denitrification Promoting by Actinomycetes Coculture: Investigating Performance, Carbon Source Metabolic Characteristic, and Raw Water Restoration. Environmental Science & Technology, 58, 683-694.
• Wang, C., Xiu, ., Hu, ., Yin, K., Hou, L., (2023). Advancing early warning and surveillance for zoonotic diseases under climate change: Interdisciplinary systematic perspectives. Advances in Climate Change Research, 14:6, 814-826.
• Rahman, T., Jiang, T., Zhang, C., Sims, R.C, Hou, L., (2023). Diatoms in wastewater treatment: Potentials, applications, and values of biomass. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
• Ifon, B.E, Adyari, B., Hou, L., Ohore, O.E, Rashid, A., Yu, C., Hu , A., (2023). Urbanization influenced the interactions between dissolved organic matter and bacterial communities in rivers. Journal of Environmental Management, 341
• Ma, B., Niu, L., Li, N., Pan, S., Li, A., Liu, H., Kosolapov , D.B, Xin, X., Zhi, W., Hou, L., Zhang, H., (2023). Promoted aerobic denitrification through denitrifying fungal communities: Co-occurrence patterns and treatment of low C/N micro-polluted water. Science of The Total Environment, 884, 163859.
• Adyari, B., Hou, L., Zhang, L., Chen, N., Ju, F., Zhu, L., Yu, C., Hu, A., (2023). Seasonal hydrological dynamics govern lifestyle preference of aquatic antibiotic resistome. Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, 13, 100223.
• Liao, X., hao, P., Hou, L., Adyari, B., Xu, E., Huang, Q., Hu, A., (2022). Network analysis reveals significant joint effects of microplastics and tetracycline on the gut than the gill microbiome of marine medaka. Journal of Hazardous Materials
• Ma, J., Hou, L., Li, P., Zhang, S., Zheng, X., (2022). Modified fruit pericarp as an effective biosorbent for removing azo dye from aqueous solution: study of adsorption properties and mechanisms. Environmental Engineering Research
• Hou, L., Hu, Z., (2022). Performance of AnMBRs treating low strength wastewater with different carbon sources at decreasing HRTs and its linkage to methanosaeta with high specific affinity. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
• Hou, L., Li, J., Wang, H., Chen, Q., Su, J., Gad, M., Ahmed, W., Yu, C., Hu, A., (2022). Storm Promotes the Dissemination of Antibiotic Resistome in an Urban Lagoon Through Enhancing Bio-Interactions. Environment International
• Gad, M., Hou, L., Cao, M., Adyari, B., Zhang, L., Qin, D., Yu, C., Sun, Q., Hu, A., (2022). Tracking microeukaryotic footprint in a peri-urban watershed, China through machine-learning apprpaches. Science of The Total Environment
• Ifon, B.E, Adyari, B., Hou, L., Zhang, L., Liao, X., Peter, P.O, Rashid, A., Yu, C., Hu, A., (2022). Insight into variation and controlling factors of dissolved organic matter between urban rivers undergoing different anthropogenic influences. Journal of Environmental Management, 326, 116737.
• Liu, K., Hu, A., Hou, L., Zhang, L., Zeng, Q., Yan, Q., Wang, F., Zhang, Z., Xiao, X., Junzhi, L., Liu, Y., (2022). Effects of land-use patterns on the biogeography of the sediment bacteria in the Yarlung Tsangpo River. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 98:11
• Hou, L., Jia, L., Morrison, H.M, Majumder, E.L, Deepak, K., (2021). Enhanced polyhydroxybutyrate production from acid whey through determination of process and metabolic limiting factors. Bioresource Technology, 342
• Elnahas, M.O, Hou, L., Wall, J.D, Majumder, E.L, (2021). Bioremediation potential of Streptomyces sp. MOE6 for toxic metals and oil. Polysaccharides
• Hou, L., Wang, H., Chen, Q., Su, J., Mahmoud, G., Li, J., Mullaah, S., Yu, C., Hu, A., (2021). Fecal pollution mediates the dominance of stochastic assembly of antibiotic resistome in an urban lagoon (Yundang lagoon), China. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 417
• Wang, H., Hou, L., Liu, Y., Liu, K., Zhang, L., Huang, F., Wang, L., Rashid, A., Hu, A., Yu, C., (2021). Horizontal and vertical gene transfer drive sediment antibiotic resistome in an urban lagoon system. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 102, 11-23.
• Hou, L., Kumar, D., Yoo, C.G, Gitsov, I., Majumder, E.L, (2021). Conversion and Removal Strategies for Microplastics in Wastewater Treatment Plants and Landfills. Chemical Engineering Journal, 406
• Hou, L., Zhang, L., Li, F., Huang, S., Yang, J., Ma, C., Zhang, D., Yu, C., Hu, A., (2021). Urban ponds as hotspots of antibiotic resistome in the urban environment. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 403
• Hou, L., Majumder, E., (2021). Potential for and Distribution of Enzymatic Biodegradation of Polystyrene by Environmental Microorganisms. Materials, 14:3
• Wu, Y., Guan, C., Griswold, N., Hou, L., Fang, X., Hu, A., Hu, Z., Yu, C., (2020). Zero-valent iron-based technologies for removal of heavy metal (loid) s and organic pollutants from the aquatic environment: Recent advances and perspectives. Journal of Cleaner Production, 277
• Gad, M., Hou, L., Li, J., Wue, Y., Rashid, A., Cheng, N., Hu, A., (2020). Distinct mechanisms underlying the assembly of microeukaryotic generalists and specialists in an anthropogenically impacted river. Science of the Total Environment, 748
• Hou, L., Griswold, N., Hu, Z., (2020). Impact of decreasing hydraulic retention times on the specific affinity of methanogens and their community structures in an anaerobic membrane bioreactor process treating low strength wastewater. Science of The Total Environment, 739
• Peter, P.O, Rashid, A., Hou, L., Nkinahamira, F., Kiki, C., Sun, Q., Yu, C., Hu, A., (2020). Elemental contaminants in surface sediments from Jiulong River Estuary, China: Pollution level and ecotoxicological risk assessment. Water, 12:6
• Hou, L., Griswold, N., Ji, J., Hu, Z., (2020). Specific affinity and relative abundance of methanogens in acclimated anaerobic sludge treating low-strength wastewater. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 104, 291-302.
• Hou, L., Mulla, S.I, Nino-Garcia, J.P, Ning, D., Rashid, A., Hu, A., Yu, C., (2019). Deterministic and stochastic processes driving the shift in the prokaryotic community composition in wastewater treatment plants of a coastal Chinese city. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 103, 9155–9168.
• Hou, L., Hu, A., Chen, S., Zhang, K., Orlic, S., Rashid, A., Yu, C., (2019). Deciphering the assembly processes of the key ecological assemblages of microbial communities in thirteen full-scale wastewater treatment plants. Microbes and Environments, 34:2, 169-179. doi: https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME18107
• Hu, A., Ju, F., Hou, L., Li, J., Yang, X., Wang, H., Mulla, S.I, Sun, Q., Burgmann, H., Yu, C., (2017). Strong impact of anthropogenic contamination on the co-occurrence patterns of a riverine microbial community. Environmental Microbiology, 19:12, 4993-5009. doi: DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13942
• Hu, A., Wang, H., Yang, X., Hou, L., Li, J., Li, S., Yu, C., (2017). Seasonal and spatial variations of prokaryoplankton communities in a salinity-influenced watershed, China. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 93:8
• Hu, A., Hou, L., Yu, C., (2015). Biogeography of planktonic and benthic archaeal communities in a subtropical eutrophic estuary of China. Microbial Ecology, 70, 322-325.
• Lv, M., Sun, Q., Hu, A., Hou, L., Li, J., Cai, X., Yu, C., (2014). Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in a mesoscale subtropical watershed and their application as sewage markers. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 280
• Hu, A., Yang, X., Chen, N., Hou, L., Ma, Y., Yu, C., (2014). Response of bacterial communities to environmental changes in a mesoscale subtropical watershed, Southeast China. Science of the total environment, 472

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