Education

Ph.D., China Agricultural University, China, 2011

Current position

Professor, Forest Biological Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, China

Publications

1. Niu, B., Paulson, J. N., Zheng, X. and Kolter,R. (2017) A model bacterial community of maize roots.Phytopathology. 107(12):7-7
2. Niu, B. and Kolter, R. (2017). Complete Genome Sequences of Seven Strains Composing a Model Bacterial Community of Maize Roots. Genome Announc 5(36).
3. Niu, B., Paulson, J. N., Zheng, X. and Kolter, R. (2017). Simplified and representative bacterial community of maize roots. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 114(12): E2450-E2459.
4. Ding, H., Niu, B., Fan, H., Li, Y. and Wang, Q. (2016). Draft Genome Sequence of Bacillus cereus 905, a Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium of Wheat. Genome Announc 4(3).
5. Yao, Y., Li, Y., Chen, Z., Zheng, B., Zhang, L., Niu, B., Meng, J., Li, A., Zhang, J. and Wang, Q. (2015) Biological Control of Potato Late Blight Using Isolates of Trichoderma. American Journal of Potato Research. 93(1):33-42.
6. Vater, J., Niu, B., Dietel, K. and Borriss, R. (2015). Characterization of Novel Fusaricidins Produced by Paenibacillus polymyxa-M1 Using MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry. J Am Soc Mass Spectrom 26(9): 1548-1558.
7. Niu, B., Vater, J., Rueckert, C., Blom, J., Lehmann, M., Ru, J., Chen, X. H., Wang, Q. and Borriss, R. (2013) Polymyxin P is the active principle in suppressing phytopathogenic Erwinia spp. by the biocontrolrhizobacterium Paenibacillus polymyxa M-1. BMC Microbiology. 13: 137.
8. Blom, J., Rueckert, C., Niu, B., Wang, Q. and Borriss, R. (2012). The complete genome of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum CAU B946 contains a gene cluster for nonribosomal synthesis of iturin A. J Bacteriol 194(7): 1845-1846.
9. Niu, B., Rueckert, C., Blom, J., Wang, Q. and Borriss, R. (2011). The genome of the plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium Paenibacillus polymyxa M-1 contains nine sites dedicated to nonribosomal synthesis of lipopeptides and polyketides. J Bacteriol 193(20): 5862-5863.
10. Liu, W., Bensdorf, K., Hagenbach, A., Abram, U., Niu, B., Mariappan, A. and Gust, R. (2011). Synthesis and biological studies of silver N-heterocyclic carbene complexes derived from 4,5-diarylimidazole. Eur J Med Chem 46(12): 5927-5934.