承担本科生《生物信息学》、《基因组学》、《基因组学（英文）》、《文献检索与科技论文写作》和《基础微生物学实验》等课程。

研究方向：

1. 合成微生物组

2. 环境微生物

3. 微生物次生代谢产物合成及调控

4. 微生物基因组学

科研项目：

1. 国家自然科学基金面上项目（42177031），主持

2. 国家自然科学基金面上项目（41977120），主持

3. 国家重点研发计划（2018YFA0901202），项目骨干

4. 国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目（31501689），主持

5. 江苏省自然科学基金青年科学基金项目（BK20150670），主持

6. 中央高校基本业务费 （KJQN201641），主持

代表性论文：

1. Chen Chen, Miao Wang, Jingzhi Zhu, Yongwei Tang, Hanchao Zhang, Qiming Zhao, Minyu Jing, Yahua Chen, Xihui Xu*, Jiandong Jiang*, Zhenguo Shen*. Long-term effect of epigenetic modification in plant-microbe interactions: modification of DNA methylation induced by plant growth-promoting bacteria mediates promotion process. Microbiome, 2022,10(1):36.

2. Yong Zhang#, Shangjun Zhao#, Sijia Liu, Jing Peng, Hanchao Zhang, Qiming Zhao, Luqing Zheng, Yahua Chen, Zhenguo Shen, Xihui Xu* and Chen Chen*. Enhancing the Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals by Combining Hyperaccumulator and Heavy Metal-Resistant Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria. Frontiers in plant science, 2022, 13:912350

3. Minyu Jing#, Xihui Xu#, Jing Peng, Can Li, Hanchao Zhang, Chunlan Lian, Yahua Chen, Zhenguo Shen*, and Chen Chen*. Comparative Genomics of Three Aspergillus Strains Reveals Insights into Endophytic Lifestyle and Endophyte-Induced Plant Growth Promotion. Journal of Fungi, 2022, 8:690.

4. Zhepu Ruan#, Weimiao Cao#, Jingzhi Zhu, Bingang Yang, Jiandong Jiang, Chen Chen*, Xihui Xu*. Comparative Genomic Analysis of Pseudoxanthomonas sp. X-1, a Bromoxynil Octanoate-Degrading Bacterium, and Its Related Type Strains. Current Microbiology, 2022, 79(2):65.

5. Weibin Jia, Ning Li, Tunan Yang, Weixian Dai, Jiandong Jiang, Kai Chen*, Xihui Xu*. Bioaugmentation of Atrazine-Contaminated Soil With Paenarthrobacter sp. Strain AT-5 and Its Effect on the Soil Microbiome. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021, 12: 771463.

6. Hongxing Yang, Yanlin Zhang, Shaochuang Chuang, Weimiao Cao, Zhepu Ruan, Xihui Xu*, Jiandong Jiang*. Bioaugmentation of acetamiprid-contaminated soil with Pigmentiphaga sp. strain D-2 and its effect on the soil microbial community. Ecotoxicology, 2021, 30(8): 1559-1571.

7. 徐希辉, 刘晓伟, 蒋建东. 微生物菌群强化修复有机污染物污染环境: 现状与挑战. 888.3net新浦京游戏学报. 2020, 43(1):10-17.

8. Xihui Xu#, Raphy Zarecki#, Shlomit Medina, Shany Ofaim, Xiaowei Liu, Chen Chen, Shunli Hu, Dan Brom, Daniela Gat, Seema Probe, Hanan Eizenberg, Zeev Ronen, Jiandong Jiang, Shiri Freilich. Modeling microbial communities from atrazine contaminated soils promotes the development of biostimulation solutions. The ISME Journal, 2019, 13(2): 494-508.

9. Liu Xiaowei, Chen Kai, Chuang Shaochuang, Xu Xihui*, Jiang Jiandong*. Shift in bacterial community structure drives different atrazine-degrading efficiencies. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019, 10: 88.

10. Xihui Xu#, Xiao-Mei Liu#, Long Zhang, Yang Mu, Xu-Yuan Zhu, Jing-Ya Fang, Shun-Peng Li, and Jian-Dong Jiang. Bioaugmentation of chlorothalonil-contaminated soil with hydrolytically or reductively dehalogenating strain and its effect on soil microbial community. Journal of hazardous materials, 2018, 351: 240-249.

11. Xihui Xu, Meng Xu, Qiming Zhao, Yan Xia, Chen Chen, and Zhenguo Shen. Complete Genome Sequence of Cd (II)-Resistant Arthrobacter sp. PGP41, a Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium with Potential in Microbe-Assisted Phytoremediation. Current microbiology, 2018, 75(9): 1231-1239.

12. Xihui Xu, Guopeng Li, Lu Li, Zhenzhu Su and Chen Chen. Genome-wide comparative analysis of putative Pth11-related G protein-coupled receptors in fungi belonging to Pezizomycotina. BMC microbiology, 2017, 17(1): 166.

13. Xihui Xu, Zhou Zhang, Shunli Hu, Zhepu Ruan, Jiandong Jiang, Chen Chen, Zhenguo Shen. Response of soil bacterial communities to lead and zinc pollution revealed by Illumina MiSeq sequencing investigation. Environmental science and pollution research, 2017, 24(1): 666-675.

14. Xihui Xu, Chen Chen, Zhou Zhang, Zehua Sun, Yahua Chen, Jiandong Jiang, Zhenguo Shen. The influence of environmental factors on communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with Chenopodium ambrosioides revealed by MiSeq sequencing investigation. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7: 45134.

15. Kai Chen#, Xihui Xu#, Long Zhang#, Zhenjiu Gou, Shunpeng Li, Shiri Freilich, and Jiandong Jiang. Comparison of Four Comamonas Catabolic Plasmids Reveals the Evolution of pBHB To Catabolize Haloaromatics. Applied and environmental microbiology, 2016, 82(5): 1401-1411.

16. Xihui Xu, Qin He, Chen Chen, Chulong Zhang. Differential communications between fungi and host plants revealed by secretome analysis of phylogenetically related endophytic and pathogenic fungi. PloS one, 2016, 11(9): e0163368.

17. Xi-Hui Xu, Chen Wang, Shu-Xian Li, Zhen-Zhu Su, Hui-Na Zhou, Li-Juan Mao, Xiao-Xiao Feng, Ping-Ping Liu, Xia Chen, John Hugh Snyder, Christian P. Kubicek, Chu-Long Zhang, Fu-Cheng Lin. Friend or foe: differential responses of rice to invasion by mutualistic or pathogenic fungi revealed by RNAseq and metabolite profiling. Scientific reports, 2015, 5:13624.

18. Chen Chen#, Zhe-Chen Qi#, Xi-Hui Xu#, Hans Peter Comes, Marcus A. Koch, Xin-Jie Jin, Cheng-Xin Fu, Ying-Xiong Qiu. Understanding the formation of Mediterranean-African-Asian disjunctions: evidence for Miocene climate-driven vicariance and recent long-distance dispersal in the Tertiary relict Smilax aspera (Smilacaceae). New Phytologist, 2014, 204: 243-255.

19. Xi-Hui Xu, Zhen-Zhu Su, Chen Wang, Christian P. Kubicek, Xiao-Xiao Feng, Li-Juan Mao, Jia-Ying Wang, Fu-Cheng Lin, Chu-Long Zhang. The rice endophyte Harpophora oryzae genome reveals evolution from a pathogen to a mutualistic endophyte. Scientific reports, 2014, 4: 5783.

20. Xi-hui Xu, Ying Wan, Zhe-Chen Qi, Ying-xiong Qiu, Cheng-Xin Fu. Isolation of compound microsatellite markers for the common Mediterranean shrub Smilax aspera (Smilacaceae). American journal of botany, 2011, 98: e64-66.