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Sen-Lin Tang

Professor
  • Field

    Marine Microbial Ecology, Coral Reef Microbes, Microbial Genomics, Metagenomics and Computational Microbiology.

  • Experiences

    • Deputy Director of Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, 2012-present
    • Associate Researcher at Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, 2012-present
    • Assistant Researcher at Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, 2006-2012
    • Postdoctoral Researcher (University of Melbourne) 2002-2006
    • Ph.D. at University of Melbourne-1998-2002
    • MSci at National Taiwan University-19911993
    • BSci at National Chung-Hsing University-1987-1991

  • Honors

Research Achievements/Publications

A. Journal Papers:

  • P. -S. Chuang, T. -H. Wang, C. -Y. Lu, K. Tandon, S. Shikina, and S. -L. Tang* (2024) Microbiome heterogeneity in tissues of the coral, Fimbriaphyllia (Euphyllia) ancora. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 16(4): e13310.
  • Y. -J. Chiou, Y. -H. Chen, P. -W. Chiang, H. -J. Chen, and S. -L. Tang, * (2023) High-Quality Genome Sequences of Two Octocoral-Associated Bacteria, Endozoicomonas euniceicola EF212(T) and Endozoicomonas gorgoniicola PS125(T). Microbiology Resource Announcements, DOI10.1128/mra.00877-22.
  • Y.-T. Wu, P.-W. Chiang, K. Tandon, D. Y. Rogozin, A. G. Degermendzhy, and S.- L. Tang* (2021) Single- cell genomics-based analysis reveals a vital ecological role of Thiocapsa sp. LSW in the meromictic Lake Shunet, Siberia. Microbial Genomics, 7(12):000712.
  • C.-W. Wang, Y.-H. Yu, C.-Y. Wu, R.-Y. Feng, K. Tandon, Y.-L. Chen, and S.- L. Tang* (2021) Detection of Pathogenic and Beneficial Microbes for Roselle Wilt Disease. Frontiers in Marine Science, 12:756100. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.714662
  • Y.-H. Chen, H.-J. Chen, C.-Y. Yang, J.-H. Shiu, D. Z. Hoh, Chiang, P.-W. Chiang, W. S. Chow, C. A. Chen, T.-H. Shih, S.-H. Lin, C.-M. Yang, J. D. Reimer, E. Hirose, B. H. Iskandar, H. Huang, P. J. Schupp, C.-H. J. Tan, H. Yamashiro, M.-H. Liao, and S.- L. Tang* (2021) Prevalence, complete genome, and metabolic potentials of a phylogenetically novel cyanobacterial symbiont in the coral-killing sponge, Terpios hoshinota. Environmental Microbioogy, doi:10.1111/1462-2920.15824.
  • K. Tandon, M.-T. Wan, C.-C. Yang, S.-H. Yang, B. Baatar, C.-Y. Chiu, J.-W. Tsai, W.-C. Liu, C. S. A. Ng, and S.- L. Tang* (2021) Aquatic microbial community is partially functionally redundant:Insights from an in situ reciprocal transplant experiment. Science of the Total Environment, 786:147433.
  • Y.-H. Chen, P.-W. Chiang, D. Y. Rogozin, A. G. Degermendzhy, H.-H. Chiu, and S.- L. Tang* (2021) Salvaging high-quality genomes of microbial species from a meromictic lake using a hybrid sequencing approach. Communications Bioloy, 4(1):996.
  • H. Taninaka, D. Maggioni, D. Seveso, D. W. Huang, A. Townsend, Z. T. Richards, S.-L. Tang, N. Wada, T. Kikuchi, H. Yuasa, M. Kanai, S. De Palmas, N. Phongsuwan and N. Yasuda* (2021) Phylogeography of Blue Corals (Genus Heliopora) Across the Indo-West Pacific. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8:714662.
  • M. Dyall-Smith, F. Pfeiffer, P.-W. Chiang, and S.- L. Tang (2021) Genome Sequence of Hardyhisp2, a Gammapleolipovirus Infecting Haloarcula hispanica. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 10(19):e00226-21. S. N. Aini, S.-L. Tang, and H. Yamashiro (2021) Monthly progression rates of the coral-killing sponge Terpios hoshinota in Sesoko Island, Okinawa, Japan. Coral Reefs, 40(3):973-981.
  • C.-H. Teng, P.-C. Wu, Tang, S.- L. Tang, Y.-C. Chen, M.-F. Cheng, P.-C. Huang, W.-C. Ko, and J.-L. Wang (2021) A Large Spatial Survey of Colistin-Resistant Gene mcr-1-Carrying E. coli in Rivers across Taiwan. Microorganisms, 9(4):722.
  • M. Dyall-Smith, F. Pfeiffer, P.-W. Chiang, and S.-L. Tang (2021) The Novel Halovirus Hardycor1, and the Presence of Active (Induced) Proviruses in Four Haloarchaea. Genes, 12(2):149. K. Tandon, B. Baatar, P.-W. Chiang, N. Dashdondog, B. Oyuntsetseg, and S.-L. Tang (2020) A Large-Scale Survey of the Bacterial Communities in Lakes of Western Mongolia with Varying Salinity Regimes. Microorganisms, 8(11):1729.
  • T. Thinesh, R. Meenatchi, A. N. Lipton, R. Anandham P. A. Jose, S.-L. Tang, G. S. Kiran, J. Selvin* (2020) Metagenomic sequencing reveals altered bacterial abundance during coral-sponge interaction:Insights into the invasive process of coral-killing sponge Terpios hoshinota. Microbiological Research, 240:126553.
  • S.-H. Yang, C.-H. Tseng, H.-P. Lo, P.-W. Chiang, H.-J. Chen, J.-H. Shiu, H.-C. Lai, K. Tandon, N. Isomura, T. Mezaki, H. Yamamoto, and S.-L. Tang* (2020) Locality Effect of Coral-Associated Bacterial Community in the Kuroshio Current From Taiwan to Japan. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8:569107.
  • Y.-F. Chan, P.-W. Chiang, K. Tandon, D. Rogozin, A. Degermendzhi, V. Zykov, and S.-L. Tang* (2020) Spatiotemporal Changes in the Bacterial Community of the Meromictic Lake Uchum, Siberia. Microbial Ecology, 81(2):357-369.
  • N. Wada, H. Yuasa, R. Kajitani, Y. Gotoh, Y. Ogura, D. Yoshimura, A. Toyoda, S.-L. Tang, Y. Higashimura, H. Sweatman, Z. Forsman, O. Bronstein, G. Eyal, N. Thongtham, T. Itoh, T. Hayashi, and N. Yasuda (2020) A ubiquitous subcuticular bacterial symbiont of a coral predator, the crown-of-updates thorns starfish, in the Indo-Pacific. Microbiome, 8(1):123.
  • R. Vidanaarachchi, M. Shaw, S.-L. Tang, and S. Halgamuge (2020) IMPARO:inferring microbial interactions through parameter optimization. BMC Molecular and Cell Biology, 21(1):34. J.-H Shiu, S.-P. Yu, C.-L. Fong, J.-Y. Ding, C.-J. Tan, T.-Y. Fan, C.-Y. Lu, and S.-L. Tang (2020) Shifting in the Dominant Bacterial GroupEndozoicomonasIs Independent of the Dissociation With Coral Symbiont Algae. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11:1791.
  • C.-Y. Chiu, J. R. Jones, J. A. Rusak, H.-C. Lin, K. Nakayama, T. K. Kratz, W.-C. Liu,.-L. Tang, and J.-W. Tsai* (2020) Terrestrial loads of dissolved organic matter drive inter-annual carbon flux in subtropical lakes during times of drought. Science of Total Environment, 717:137052.
  • M. Dyall-Smith, S.-L.Tang, B. Russ, P.-W. Chiang, and F. Pfeiffer (2020) Comparative Genomics of Two New HF1-like Haloviruses. Genes, 11(4);405. S. T. M. Lee, J.-Y. Ding, P.-W. Chiang, M. Dyall-Smith, and S.-L. Tang (2020) Insights into gene regulation of the halovirus His2 infecting Haloarcula hispanica. MicrobiologyOpen, 9(5):e1016.
  • K. Tandon, C.-Y. Lu, P.-W. Chiang, N. Wada, S.-H. Yang, W.-M. Chen and S.-L. Tang* (2020) Comparative genomics:Dominant coral-bacterium Endozoicomonas acroporae metabolizes dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP). Isme Journal, 14(5):1290-1303.
  • Y. Shen, S.-C. Chen, M.-C. Lai, H.-H. Huang, H.-H. Chiu, S.-L. Tang, D. Y. Rogozin, and A. G. Degermendzhy (2020) Methanolobus halotolerans sp. nov., isolated from the saline Lake Tus in Siberia. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 70(10):5586-5593. I. Cooke, O. Mead, C. Whalen, C. Boote, A. Moya, H. Ying, S. Robbins, J. M. Strugnell, A. Darling, D. Miller, C. R. Voolstra, M. Adamska, T. Ainsworth, N. R. Andrade, A. E. Arnold, E. Ball, D. Bourne, T. C. G. Bosch, N. J. Butterfield, C. X. Chan, b. f. Cowman, S. K. Davy, K. Fabricius, S. V. Fortunato, S. Fraune, A. Hernandez, M. Hoogenboom, C. Jaspers, A. Mohamed, L. Pita, M. A. Ragan, K. Sakamaki, V. Schoepf, T. Seemann, C. Shinzato, J. Stolarski, S. Takahashi, S.-L. Tang, N. Webster, and B. Whitelaw (2019) Molecular techniques and their limitations shape our view of the holobiont. Zoology, 137:125695.
  • N. Wada, M. Ishimochi, T. Matsui, F. J. Pollock, S.-L. Tang, T. D. Ainsworth, B. L. Willis, N. Mano, and D. G. Bourne* (2019) Characterization of coral-associated microbial aggregates (CAMAs) within tissues of the coral Acropora hyacinthus. Scientific Reports, 9:14662.
  • C.-Y. Chen, S.-L. Tang and S.-C. Chou* (2019) Taxonomy Based Performance Metrics for Evaluating Taxonomic Assignment Method. BMC Bioinformatics, 20:310.
  • S.-H. Yang, K. Tandon, C.-Y. Lu, N. Wada, C.-J. Shih, S. S.-Y. Hsiao, W.-N. Jane, T.-C. Lee, C.-M.Yang, C.-T. Liu, V. Denis, Y.-T. Wu, L.-T. Wang, L. Huang, D.-C. Lee, Y.-W.Wu, H. Yamashiro and S.-L. Tang (2019) Metagenomic, phylogenetic, and functional characterization of predominant endolithic green sulfur bacteria in the coral Isopora palifera. Microbiome, 7:3.
  • D. Jayasundara, D, Herath, D, Senanayake, I. Saeed, C.-Y. Yang, Y. Sun, B. C. Chang, S.-L. Tang* and S. K. Halgamuge (2019) ENVirT:inference of ecological characteristics of viruses from metagenomic data. BMC Bioinformatics, 19:377.
  • C. Jaspers, S. Fraune, A. E. Arnold, D. J. Miller, T. C. G. Bosch, C. R. Voolstra, M. Adamska, T. Ainsworth, E. Ball, C. Boote, D. Bourne, N. J. Butterfield, C. X. Chan, I. Cooke, P. F. Cowman, A. Darling, S. K. Davy, A. Mohamed, K. Fabricius, S. V. Fortunato, A. Hernandez, M. Hoogenboom, A. Moya, L. Pita, M. A. Ragan, S. J. Robbins, N. R. Andrade, K. Sakamaki, V. Schoepf, T. Seemann, C. Shinzato, J. Stolarski, J. Strugnell, S. Takahashi, S.-L. Tang, N. Webster, B. Whitelaw, and H. Ying (2019) Resolving structure and function of metaorganisms through a holistic framework combining reductionist and integrative approaches. Zoology, 133:81-87. C.‐J. Hsieh, S. H. Zhan, C.‐P. Liao, S.‐L. Tang, L.‐C. Wang, T. Watanabe, P. J. L. Geraldino and S.‐L. Liu (2018) The effects of contemporary selection and dispersal limitation on the community assembly of acidophilic microalgae. Journal of Phycology, 54 (5):720-733. Y.-T. Wu, C.-Y. Yang, P.-W. Chiang, C.-H. Tseng, H.-H.Chiu, I. Saeed, B. Baatar, D. Rogozin, S. Halgamuge, A. Degermendzhi and S.-L. Tang (2018) Comprehensive Insights into Composition, Metabolic Potentials, and Interactions among Archaeal, Bacterial, and Viral Assemblages in Meromictic Lake Shunet in Siberia. Frontiers in Microbiology, doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.01763
  • J.-H. Shiu, J.-Y. Ding, C.-H. Tseng, S.-P. Lou, T. Mezaki, Y.-T. Wu, H.-L. Wang and S.-L. Tang (2018) A Newly Designed Primer Revealed High Phylogenetic Diversity of Endozoicomonas in Coral Reefs. Microbes and Environment, 33(2):172-185. doi:10.1264/jsme2.ME18054
  • K. Tandon, P.-W. Chiang, W.-M. Chen and S.-L. Tang (2018) Draft Genome Sequence of Endozoicomonas acroporae sp. Acr-14T isolated from Acropora coral. Genome Announcement, 6(6):e01576-17.
  • S. Y. Yang, H. J. Chen, M. J. Ho, Y. J. Chen, Y. Y. Huang, W. S. Chow, S. L. Tang, M. S. Jeng, and C. A. Chen (2018) Outbreak of coral-killing cyanobacteriasponge, Terpios hoshinota, in Taiping Island (Itu Aba), Spratlys, South China Sea. Bulletin of Marine Science, 94(4), 1543-1544.
  • S. C. Chen, H. H. Huang, C. Y. Weng, H. H. Chiu, S. L. Tang, D. Y. Rogozin, A. G. Degermendzhy and M.-C. Lai (2018) A psychrotolerant methanoarchaeon, Methanolobus psychrotolerans sp. nov., isolated from a saline meromictic lake in Siberia. IJSEM, 68(4):1378-1383.
  • K. Tandon, S. H. Yang, M. T. Wan, C. C. Yang, B. Baatar, C. Y. Chiu, J.- W. Tsai, W. C. Liu and S. L. Tang* (2018) Bacterial community in water and air of two sub-alpine lakes in Taiwan, Microbes and Environment, accepted.
  • K. Tandon, P. W. Chiang, W. M. Chen and S. L. Tang* (2018) Draft Genome Sequence of Endozoicomonas acroporae sp. Acr-14T isolated from Acropora coral, Genome Announcement,6(6), e01576-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01576-17
  • S. Y. Sheu, P. B. Xie, D. S. Sheu, S. L. Tang, and W. M. Chen (2018) Litoribrevibacter euphylliae sp. nov., isolated from the torch coral Euphyllia glabrescens, IJSEM, 68(1), 432-437. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.002529
  • J. Song, S.-L. Tang, E. Ivanova, A. Mujahid and M. Müller (2017) Shotgun metagenomic analysis of microbial communities in the surface waters of the Eastern South China Sea. Malaysian Journal of Microbiology, 13(4):350- 362.
  • S. Y. Sheu, K. R. Lin, M. Y. Hsu, D. S. Sheu, S. L. Tang, and W. M. Chen (2017) Endozoicomonas acroporae sp. nov., isolated from Acropora coral. IJSEM, 67(10):3791-3797. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.002194
  • J. H. Shiu, S. Keshavmurthy, P.-W. Chiang, H. J. Chen, S. P. Lou, C. H. Tseng, H. J. Hsieh, C. A. Chen and S. L. Tang* (2017) Dynamics of coral-associated bacterial communities acclimated to temperature stress based on recent thermal history. Scientific Reports, 7(1):14933.
  • B. Baatar, B. Chuluun, S. L. Tang, O. Bayanjargal, and B. Oyuntsetseg* (2017) Vertical distribution of physical-chemical features of water and bottom sediments in four saline lakes of the Khangai mountain region, Western Mongolia. Environmental Earth Sciences, 76(3):UNSP 130. doi:10.1007/s12665-017-6447-6.
  • B. Bayanmunkh, S. L. Tang, D. Narangarvuu, B. Ochirkhuyag and O.Bolormaa (2017) Physico-Chemical Composition of Saline Lakes of the Gobi Desert Region, Western Mongolia, Journal of Earth Science & Climatic Change, 8:388. doi:10.4172/2157-7617.100038 D. Heratha, D. Jayasundara, D. Ackland, I. Saeed, S. L. Tang, S. Halgamuge (2017) Assessing species diversity using metavirome data:methods and challenges, Computational and Structure Biotechnology Journal, 15:447-455. doi:10.1016/j.csbj.2017.09.001
  • S. Woo, S. H. Yang, H. J. Chen, Y. F. Tseng, S. J. Hwang, S. D. Palmas, V. Denis, Y. Imahara, F. Iwase, S. Yum, and S. L. Tang* (2017) Geographical variations in bacterial communities associated with soft coral Scleronephthya gracillimum. PLOS One, 12(8):10.1371/journal.pone.0183663
  • D. Herath, S. L. Tang, K. Tandon, D. Ackland and S. K. Halgamuge (2017) CoMet:A workflow using contig coverage and composition for binning a metagenomic sample with high precision, BMC Bioinformatics, 18(16):571. doi:10.1186/s12859-017-1967-3 S. H. Yang, C. H. Tseng, C. R. Huang, C. P. Chen, K. Tandon, S. T. M. Lee, P. W. Chiang, J. H. Shiu, C. A. Chen and S. L. Tang (2017) Long-Term Survey Is Necessary to Reveal Various Shifts of Microbial Composition in Corals. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8:1094.
  • D. Jayasundara, S. L. Tang, S. K. Halgamuge (2017) Human body to water reservoirs:Estimating viral population characteristics using high-throughput sequencing. Big data analyitics in Metagenomics, Chapter 7:139-155. S. T. M. Lee, S. K. Davy, S. L. Tang, and P. S. Kench (2017) Water flow buffers shifts in bacterial community structure in heat-stressed Acropora muricata. Scientific Reports, 7:43600. doi:10.1038/srep43600.
  • S. Y. Sheu, L.- P. Liu, S. L. Tang, and W. M. Chen* (2016) Thalassotalea euphylliae sp. nov., isolated from the torch coral Euphyllia glabrescens. IJSEM Journal, 66(12):5039-5045. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001466.
  • J. W. Tsai, T. K. Kratz, J. A. Rusak, W.-Y. Shih, W. C. Liu, S. L. Tang, and C. Y. Chiu (2016) Absence of winter and spring monsoon changes water level and rapidly shifts metabolism in a subtropical lake. Inland Water, 6(3):436-448. doi:10.5268/IW-6.2.844 S. T. M. Lee, S. K. Davy, S. L. Tang, and P. S. Kench (2016) Mucus sugar content shapes the bacterial community structure in thermally stressed Acropora muricata. Frontier in Microbiology, 7:371. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00371
  • J.-Y. Ding, J. H. Shiu, W. M. Chen, Y. R. Chiang, S. L. Tang* (2016) Genomic insight into the host-endosymbiont relationship of Endozoicomonas montiporae CL-33(T) with its coral host. Frontier in Microbiology, 7, 251.
  • S. H. Yang, S. T. M. Lee, C. R. Huang, C. H. Tseng, P. W. Chiang, C. P. Chen, H. J. Chen, and S. L. Tang* (2016) . Limnology and Ocanography, 61(3):1078-1086. doi:10.1002/lno.10277.
  • S. Lee, S. Davy, S. L. Tang, T. Y. Fan, and P. Kench (2016) Successive shifts in the microbial community of the surface mucus layer and tissues of the coral Acropora muricata under thermal stress. FEMS Microbial Ecology, 91(12):fiv142. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiv142. F. C. Yang, Y. L. Chen, S. L. Tang, C. P. Yu, P.H. Wang, W. Ismail, C. H. Wang, J. Y. Ding, C. Y. Yang, and Y. R. Chiang (2016) Integrated multi-omics analyses reveal the biochemical mechanisms and phylogenetic relevance of anaerobic androgen biodegradation in the environment. ISME Journal, 10(8):1967-1983.
  • S. H. Yang, S. T. M. Lee, C. R. Huang, C. H. Tseng, P. W. Chiang, C. P. Chen, H. J. Chen, and S. L. Tang* (2016) Prevalence of potential nitrogen-fixing, green sulfur bacteria in the skeleton of reef-building coral Isoporapalifera. Limnology and Oceanography, 61(3) :1078-1086.
  • L. F. Fan, H. J. Chen, H. L. Hsieh, H. J. Lin, and S. L. Tang (2016) Comparing abundance, composition and environmental influences on prokaryotic ammonia oxidizers in two subtropical constructed wetlands. Ecological Engineering, 90:336-346.
  • S. T. M. Lee, S. K. Davy, S. L. Tang, P. S.Kench (2016) Mucus Sugar Content Shapes the Bacterial Community Structure in Thermally Stressed Acroporamuricata. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7:371. J. Y. Ding, J. H. Shiu, W.-M. Chen, Y. R. Chiang, S. L. Tang (2016) Genomic Insight into the Host-Endosymbiont Relationship of Endozoicomonasmontiporae CL-33(T) with its Coral Host. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7:251.
  • B. Baatar, P.W. Chiang, D. Y. Rogozin, Y. T. Wu, C. H. Tseng, C.Y. Yang, H.Hui Chiu, B. Oyuntsetseg, A.G. Degermendzhy, S. L. Tang* (2016) Bacterial Communities of Three Saline Meromictic Lakes in Central Asia. PLoS ONE, 11(3):e150847.
  • S. H. Yang, P. W. Chiang, T. C. Hsu, S. J. Kao, S. L.Tang* (2016) Bacterial Community Associated with Organs of Shallow Hydrothermal Vent Crab Xenograpsus testudinatus near Kuishan Island, Taiwan. PLoS ONE, 11(3): e150597.
  • S. H. Yang, S. T. M. Lee, C. R. Huang, C. H. Tseng, P. W. Chiang, C. P. Chen, H. J. Chen, and S. L. Tang* (2016) Prevalence of potential nitrogen-fixing, green sulphur bacteria in the skeleton of reef-building coral Isopora palifera, Limnology and Ocanography, 61(3):1078-1086. doi:10.1002/lno.10277.
  • C. H. Tseng, J. T. Lin, H. J. Ho, Z. L. Lai, C. B. Wang, S. L. Tang, and C. Y. Wu (2016) Gastric microbiota and predicted gene functions are altered after subtotal gastrectomy in patients with gastric cancer. Scientific Reports, 6, 20701.
  • K. H. Lin, B. Y. Liao, H. W. Chang, S. W. Huang, T. Y. Chang, C. Y. Yang, Y. B. Wang, Y. T. K. Lin, Y.-W. Wu, S. L. Tang, and H.-T. Yu (2015) Metabolic characteristics of dominant microbes and key rare species from an acidic hot spring in Taiwan revealed by metagenomics. BMC Genomics, 16(1), 1029.
  • S. Lee, S. Davy, S. L. Tang, T. Y. Fan, P. Kench (2015) Successive shifts in the microbial community of the surface mucus layer and tissues of the coral Acroporamuricata under thermal stress. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 30(3), 433-446. C. J. Hsieh, S. H. Zhan, Y. C. Lin, S. L. Tang and S. L. Liu (2015) Analysis of rbcL sequences reveals the global biodiversity, community structure, and biogeographical pattern of thermoacidophilic red algae (Cyanidiales). Journal of Phycology, 51(4), 682-694.
  • Y. T. Lin, W. B. Whitman, D. C. Coleman, S.-Y. Shi, S. L. Tang, C. Y. Chiu* (2015) Changes of soil bacterial communities in bamboo plantations at different elevations. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 91(5), fiv033.
  • C. H. Tseng, P.-W. Chiang, H.-C. Lai, F. K. Shiah, T. C. Hsu, Y. L. Chen, L. S. Wen, C. M. Tseng, W. Y. Shieh, I. Saeed, S. Halgamuge, S. L. Tang* (2015) Prokaryotic assemblages and metagenomes in pelagic zones of the South China Sea. BMC Genomics, 16,219.
  • DuleepaJayasundara, I. Saeed, B.C. Chang, S. L. Tang and S.K. Halgamuge* (2015) Accurate reconstruction of viral quasispecies spectra through improved estimation of strain richness. BMC Bioinformatics, 16(S 18), S3.
  • H. H.Chiu, D. Y. Rogozin, S. P. Huang, A. G. Degermendzhy, W. Y. Shieh, and S. L. Tang* (2014) Aliidiomarinashirensis sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from Shira Lake in Khakasia, southern Siberia, and a proposal to transfer Idiomarinamaris to the genus Aliidiomarina. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 64, 1334-1339.
  • Y. T. Lin, S. L. Tang, C. W. Pai, W.B. Whitman, D. C. Coleman, D.C., and C. Y. Chiu* (2014) Changes in the soil bacterial communities in a cedar plantation invaded by moso bamboo. Microbial Ecology, 67(2), 421-429.
  • J. Y. Ding, P. W. Chiang, M. J. Hong, M. Dyall-Smith, S. L. Tang* (2014) Complete Genome Sequence of the Extremely Halophilic Archaeon Haloarculahispanica Strain N601. Genome Announcement, 2, e00178-14.
  • C. H. Tseng and S. L. Tang* (2014) Marine Microbial Metagenomics:From Individual to the Environment. International Journal of Moleculor Sciences, 15, 8878-8892.
  • C. H. Tseng, P. W. Chiang, F. K. Shiah, Y. L. Chen, J. R. Liou, T. C. Hsu, S. Maheswararajah, I. Saeed, S. Halgamuge and S. L. Tang* (2013) Microbial and viral metagenomes of a subtropical freshwater reservoir subject to climatic disturbances. ISME Journal, 7(12), 2374-2386.
  • P. H. Wang, Y. L. Leu, W. Ismail, S. L. Tang, C. Y. Tsai, H. J. Chen, A. T. Kao, and Y. R. Chiang* (2013) The anaerobic and aerobic cleavage of the steroid core ring structure by Steroidobacter denitrificans. Journal of Lipid Research, 54, 1493-1504.
  • K. Porter, S. L. Tang, C.P. Chen , P.W. Chiang, M.J. Hong, and M. Dyall-Smith* (2013) PH1:an Archaeovirus of Haloarcula hispanica Related to SH1 and HHIV-2. Archaea-An International Microbiological Journal, doi:10.1155/2013/456318.
  • S. Y. Lin, W. Y. Shieh, J. S. Chen, and S. L. Tang* (2013) Complete Genome Sequence of Simiduia agarivorans SA1T, a marine bacterium able to degrade a variety of polysaccharides. Genome Announcements, 1(1), e00039-12.
  • H.-H. Chiu, A. Mette, J.-H. Hsu, and S. L. Tang* (2013) Bacterial Distribution in the Epidermis and Mucus of the Coral Euphyllia glabrescens by CARD-FISH. Zoological Studies, 51(8), 1332-1342.
  • T. W. Cheng, Y. H. Chang, S. L. Tang, C. H. Tseng, P. W. Chiang, K. T. Chang, C. H. Sun, Y. G. Chen, H.C. Kuo, C. H. Wang, P. H. Chu, S. R. Song, P. L. Wang, and L. H. Lin (2012) Metabolic stratification driven by surface and subsurface interactions in a terrestrial mud volcano. ISME Journal, 6(12), 2280-90. I. Saeed, S. L. Tang, and S.K. Halgamuge (2012) Unsupervised discovery of microbial population structure within metagenomes using nucleotide base composition. Nucleic Acids Research, 40(5),e34. S. R. Zheng, R. A. Johnson, Y. F. Chang, K. Shimizu, C. C. Wang, S. L. Tang, and G. S. Shieh (2011) Modeling And Comparing the Organization of Circular Genomes. Bioinformatics, 27(7), 912-918.
  • S. L. Tang, M. J. Hong, M. H. Liao, W. N. Jane, P. W. Chiang, C. B. Chen, and C. L. A. Chen (2011) Bacteria associated with an encrusting sponge (Terpios hoshinota) and the corals partially covered by the sponge. Environmental Microbiology, doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02418.x. J. T. Wang, P. J Meng, E. Sampayo, S. L. Tang, and C. A. Chen (2011) Photosystem II breakdown induced by reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the freshly-isolated Symbiodinium of Montipora (Scleractinia; Acropordiae). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 422, 51-62.
  • L. F. Fan, S. L. Tang, C. P. Chen, and H. L. Hsieh (2011) Diversity and Composition of Sulfate- and Sulfite-Reducing Prokaryotes as Affected by Marine-Freshwater Gradient and Sulfate Availability. Microbial Ecology, doi:10.1007/s00248-011-9912-x. S. L. Tang, B. C. H. Chang and S. K. Halgamuge (2010) Gene functionality’s influence on the second codon:a large-scale survey of second codon composition in three domains. Genomics, doi:10.1016/j.ygeno.2010.04.001.
  • M. J. Hong, Y. T. Yu, C. L. A. Chen, P. W. Chiang, and S. L. Tang* (2009) Influence of species specificity and other factors on bacteria associated with Stylophora pistillata in Taiwan. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, doi:10.1128/AEM.01418-09
  • Y. T. Lin, Y. J. Huang, S. L. Tang , W. B. Whitman, D. C. Coleman, and C. Y. Chiu* (2009) Bacterial Community Diversity in Undisturbed Perhumid Montane Forest Soils in Taiwan. Microbial Ecology, doi:10.1007/s00248-009-9574-0
  • K. M Hallamaa, S. L. Tang, N. Ficorilli and G. F. Browning (2008) Differential expression of lipoprotein genes in Mycoplasma pneumoniae after contact with an epithelial lung carcinoma cell line, and under oxidative and acid stress. BMC Microbiology 8, 124 J. Li, S. K. Halgamuge, B. C. H. Chang, and S. L. Tang (2008) Genome classification by gene distribution:an overlapping subspace clustering approach. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 8, 116, doi:10.1186/1471-2148-8-116.
  • C.-K. K. Chan , A. L. Hsu , S. K. Halgamuge and S. L. Tang* (2008) Binning sequences using very sparse labels within a metagenome. BMC Bioinformatics, 9, 215, doi:10.1186/1471-2105-9-215.
  • Y.-H. Lin, B. C. H. Chang, P.-W. Chiang, and S. L. Tang* (2008) Questionable 16S ribosomal RNA gene annotations are frequent in completed microbial genomes. Gene, 416, 44-47.
  • C.-K. K. Chan, A. L. Hsu, S. L. Tang and S. K. Halgamuge (2008) Using Growing Self-Organising Maps to Improve the Binning Process in Environmental Whole Genome Shotgun Sequencing. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology , 2008:513701. S. L. Tang, B. C. H. Chang, H.-F. Yu, and M.-H. An (2007) Diversity of halovarchaeal viruses of Australia hypersaline environments:A review. The proceedings of International Symposium on Soil Biodiversity and Ecology, Taiwan, 81-90. M.-H. Liao, S. L. Tang, C.-M. Hsu, K.-C. Wen, H. Wu, W.-M. Chen, J.-T. Wang, P.-J. Meng, W.-H. Twan, C.-F. Dai, K. Soong, and C. A. Chen (2007) The “ Black Disease” of reef-building corals at Green Island, Taiwan – Outbreak of a cyanobacteriospong, Terpios hoshinota (Suberitidae; Hadromerida). Zoological Studies, 46, 520. J. Li, S. K. Halgamuge, C. I. Kells, and S. L. Tang (2007) Gene function prediction based on genomic context clustering and discriminative learning:An application to bacteriophages. BMC Bioinformatics, 8(Suppl 4), S6.
  • K. Hallamaa, G. Browning, and S. L. Tang (2006) Lipoprotein Multigene Families in Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Journal of Bacteriology, 188(15), 5393-5399. B. Chang, S. Halgamuge, and S. L. Tang (2006) Analysis of SD sequences in completed prokaryotic genomes:Non SD-led genes are as common as SD-led genes. Gene, 373, 90-99.
  • S. L. Tang, S. Nuttall, and M. Dyall-Smith* (2004) Haloviruses HF1and HF2:genomic organizations and an unusual recombination. Journal of Bacteriology, 186, 2810-2817.
  • M. Dyall-Smith, S. L. Tang, and C. Bath (2003) Haloarchaeal viruses:how diverse are they? Research in Microbiology, 154, 309-313. A. Hsu, S. L. Tang, and S. Halgamuge (2003) An unsupervised dynamic self-organizing map approach to class discovery and marker gene identification in microarray data. Bioinformatics, 19, 2131-2140.
  • S. L. Tang, C. Fisher, K. Ngui, S. Nuttall and M. Dyall-Smith* (2002) HF2:a lytic, tailed haloarchaeal virus with a mosaic genome. Molecular Microbiology, 44(1), 283-296.
  • J. Filee, P. Forterre, S. L. Tang and J. Laurent* (2002) Evolution of DNA polymerase families:evidence for multiple gene exchange between cellular and viral protein. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 54, 763-773.
  • K. Tolley, D. Maddocks, S. Gyles, Z. Siclair, S. L. Tang, M. Dyall-Smith, D. Hough and M. Danson* (2000) 2-Oxoacid dehygrogenase mutlienzyme complexes in the halophilic Archaea:Gene sequence and protein predictions. Microbiology, 146, 1061-1069.
  • V. Y. Tarasov*, M. G. Pyatibratov, S. L. Tang, M. Dyall-Smith and O. V. Fedorov (2000) Role of flagellins from A and B loci in flagella formation of Halobacterium salinarum. Molecular Microbiology, 35, 69-78.

B. Book Chapters:

  • Jia-Ho Shiu and Sen-Lin Tang (2017) The Bacteria Endozoicomonas:Community dynamics, diversity, genomes and potential impacts on corals,In:Zhiyong Li [eds.] Symbiotic Microbiomes of Coral Reef Sponges and Corals, Springer, Netherlands. (in press)
  • Jia-Ho Shiu and Sen-Lin Tang (2017) Endolithic microbes in coral skeletons:algae or bacteria? In:Zhiyong Li [eds.] Symbiotic Microbiomes of Coral Reef Sponges and Corals, Springer, Netherlands. (in press)
  • C. H. Tseng , S. L. Tang , C. K. Chan, A. L. Hsu, and S. K. Halgamuge (2013) Binning sequences using very sparse labels within a metagenome. In:Nelson K. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Metagenomics:SpringerReference (www.springerreference.com). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
  • C. H. Tseng, C. K. K. Chan, A. L. Hsu, S. K. Halgamuge, S. L. Tang* (2011) Binning metagenomic sequences using Seeded GSOM, Edited by Frans J. de Bruijn, Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology I, Metagenomics and Complementary Approaches, Wiley-Blackwell, pp369-378.
  • J. Reinhard, C. K. K. Chan, S. Halgamuge, S. L. Tang and R. Kruse (2005) Region Identification on a Trained Growing Self-Organizing Map for Sequence Separation between Different Phylogenetic Genomes”, BIOINFO 2005, Proceedings of the 2005 International Joint Conference of InCoB, AASBi and KSBI, pp124-129
  • Tang, S. L., Fisher, C., Ngui, K., Nuttall, S. D., and Dyall-Smith, M. L. (2004) Genome sequences of the Head-Tailed haloviruses HF1 and HF2 (Chapter 17), Halophilies Microoganisms (A. Ventosa Ed.), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, chpt 11, p177-191.

Teaching

  • Marine Genomics
  • Advances in Molecular Marine Microbiology