主要研究方向：

微生物新種的篩選以及分類命名

微生物群落結(jié)構(gòu)的分子生物學監(jiān)測

微生物宏(元)基因組研究

獲獎情況：

代表性論文和專著：

1.Zhe-Xue Quan, Kwang Kyu Kim, Myung-Kyum Kim, Long Jin, and Sung-Taik Lee. Chryseobacterium caeni sp. nov., isolated from bioreactor sludge. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57，141-145，2007.

2.Zhe-Xue Quan, Wan-Taik Im and Sung-Taik Lee. Azonexus caeni sp. nov., a denitrifying bacterium isolated from the sludge of wastewater treatment plant. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56, 1043-1046, 2006.

3.Zhe-Xue Quan, Sung-Keun Rhee, Jin-Woo Bae, Jong-Hwan Baek, Yong-Ha Park and Sung-Taik Lee. Bacterial community structure in activated sludge reactors treating free or metal-complexed cyanides. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 16，232-249，2006.

4.Zhe-Xue Quan, Hee-Sung Bae, Jong-Hwan Baek, Wen-Feng Chen, Wan-Taik Im and Sung-Taik Lee. Rhizobium daejeonense sp. nov., nickel-complexed cyanide-degrading bacterium. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55, 2543-2549, 2005.

5.Zhe-Xue Quan, Yin-Shu Jin, Cheng-Ri Yin, Jay J. Lee, and Sung-Taik Lee. Hydrolyzed molasses as an external carbon source in biological nitrogen removal, Bioresource Technology, 96, 1690-1695, 2005.

6.Zhe-Xue Quan, Jin-Woo Bae, Sung-Keun Rhee, Yong-Gyun Cho, and Sung-Taik Lee. Toxicity and degradation of metal-complexed cyanide under sulfate-reducing conditions, Biotechnology letters, 26, 1007-1011, 2004.

7.Zhe-Xue Quan, Hyun-Jun La, Young-Gyun Cho, M. H. Huang, I. S. Kim and Sung-Taik Lee. Treatment of metal-contaminated water and vertical distribution of metal precipitates in an upflow anaerobic bioreactor, Environmental Technology, 24, 369-376, 2003.