Dwivedi P, Thompson A, Zhihong Xie, Kashleva H, Ganguly S, et al. (2011) Role of Bcr1-Activated Genes Hwp1 and Hyr1 in Candida Albicans Oral Mucosal Biofilms and Neutrophil Evasion. PLoS ONE 6(1): e16218. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016218

Mariam Wasim, Amber Bible, Zhihong Xie, and Gladys Alexandre. Alkyl hydroperoxide reductase has a role in oxidative stress resistance and in modulating changes in cell surface properties in Azospirillum brasilense Sp245. Microbiology, 2009(155): 1192-1202      

Amber Bible, Bonnie B. Stephens, Davi Ortega, Zhihong Xie, and Gladys Alexandre. Function of a chemotaxis-like signal transduction pathway in modulating motility, cell clumping, and cell length in the alphaproteobacterium Azospirillum brasilense. J Bacteriol. 2008(190):6365-75. (Journal cover/featured article) 

Sheng He, Ming Chen, Zhihong Xie, Yongliang Yan, Hongquan Li, Ying Fan, Shuzhen Ping, Min Lin and Claudine Elmerich. Involvement of GlnK, a PII protein, in control of nitrogen fixation and ammonia assimilation in Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501. Arch Microbiol, 2008(190):1-10.       

Zhihong Xie, Yuetan Dou, Shuzheng Ping, Ming Chen, Guoying Wang, Claudine Elmerich, Min Lin. Interaction between NifL and NifA in the nitrogen-fixing Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501. Microbiology, 2006(152): 35-42.   

Dou Yue-tan, Zhihong Xie etc. Study of Mechanism of Expression and Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation by NifLA in Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501. Abstracts of China Bitechnology III Meeting. 2006 (Co-first author)
 
Zhihong Xie, Min Lin, et al. Regulatory Mechanism of Nitrogen Fixation by Utilizing the Yeast Two-Hybrid System in Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501. Proceedings and Abstracts of Plant-microbiology Interaction and Signal Transduction Meeting. 2005
 
Zhihong Xie, 2005, Mechanism of Expression and Regulation of Nitrogen Fixation by NifLA in Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501. Ph.D Dissertation of China Agricultural University.
 
Zhihong Xie, Min Lin, et al. Expression and Regulation Mechanism of Nitrogen Fixation by NifLA in Pseudomonas stutzeri A1501. Proceedings of 14^th International Nitrogen Fixation Congress. 2004.
 
Xueliang Liang, Yi Sun, Pingyi Guo, Huimin Liu, Shaoxiang Liu, Jingxue Wang, Zhihong Xie. A Study of Agrobacterium Mediated Bar Gene Transformation on Wheat. Journal of Agriculture in North of China. 2003(18) 1: 12-16.
 
Xueliang Liang, Yi Sun, Pingyi Guo, Huimin Liu, Shaoxiang Liu, Jingxue Wang, Zhihong Xie, Danqun Sun. Herbicide-resistant Wheat Plants Obtained by Agrobacterium Mediated Transformation of Immature Embryos. Journal of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology. 2003, 29(6): 601-606.
 
Zhihong Xie, Yi Sun, Riheng Wu, et al. Advances in the Study of Molecular Marker in cotton. Cotton in China. 2002(29): 5-8.
 
Zhihong Xie, 2002, Study on pollen-mediated Gus and Chitinase gene transformation of cotton. MS Dissertation of Shanxi Agricultural University.
 
Zhihong Xie, Riheng Wu, Yunfang Qu, et al. Study of sporule development of three hybrids in cotton. Journal of Shanxi Agriculture University. 2001(21), 1: 7-10.
 
Binglin Li, Jinling Huang, Zewei AN,  Junmei Dong, YunFang Qu, Yonghong Duan, Zhihong Xie, Xiaohuan Yang.  Study on synthesis of [AG] complex genome in Gossypium(cotton). Advances in Chromosome Sciences. Volume1. 2001
 
Honors and Awards
 
1. Significant contribution of the year 2007 at Department of Microbiology,
    University of Tennessee, TN
2. Royal Society China International Fellowships 2005/R1-CH.
3. Excellent Graduate in Mid-Qualified Test at Shanxi Agriculture
    University, China, 2002