1.  X-R Li, Y Lv, H Meng, J-D Gu, Z-X Quan. Analysis of microbial diversity by pyrosequencing the small-subunit ribosomal RNA without PCR amplification. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 98, 3777-3789, 2014.
2.  Z Hu, H Meng, J-H Shi, N-S Bu, C-M Fang, Z-X Quan. Community size and composition of ammonia oxidizers and denitrifiers in an alluvial intertidal wetland ecosystem. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5, 371, 2014.
3.  Z-Y Hu, Y-Z Wang, W-T Im, S-Y Wang, G-P Zhao, H-J Zheng*, Z-X Quan*. The First Complete Genome Sequence of Class Fimbriimonadia in Phylum Armatimonadetes. Plos One, 9, e100794, 2014.
4.  D-P Mao, Q Zhou, C-Y Chen, Z-X Quan*. Coverage evaluation of universal bacterial primers using the metagenomic datasets. BMC Microbiology, 12, 66, 2012.
5.  W-T Im, Z-Y Hu, K-H Kim, S-K Rhee, H Meng, S-T Lee and Z-X Quan*. Description of Fimbriimonas ginsengisoli gen. nov., sp. nov. within the Fimbriimonadia class nov., of the phylum Armatimonadetes. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal, 102, 307-317, 2012.
6.  X-R Li, E-B Ma, L-Z Yan, H Meng, X-W Du, S-W Zhang, Z-X Quan* Bacterial and fungal diversity in the traditional Chinese liquor fermentation process. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 146, 31-37, 2011.
7.   X-R Li, B Du, H-X Fu, R-F Wang, J-H Shi, Y Wang, M.S.M. Jetten, Z-X Quan*. The bacterial diversity in an anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) reactor community. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 32, 278-289, 2009. 

8.  B-W Feng, X-R Li, J-H Wang, Z-Y Hu, H Meng, L-Y Xiang, Z-X Quan*. Bacterial diversity of water and sediment in the Changjiang estuary and coastal area of the East China Sea. FEMS Microbiology and Ecology, 70, 236-248, 2009.