2018
Choi, H.J., Jeong, T-.Y., Oh, B.Y., Han, Y.S., Hur, M.J., Kang, S.# & Kim, J-.G.# 2018. Comparative microbial communities in tidal flats sediment on Incheon, South Korea. Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. In press.
LeBrun, E.S.*, D. Lee Taylor, King, R.S., Back, J.A., & Kang, S.# 2018. Rivers may constitute an overlooked avenue of dispersal for terrestrial fungi. Fungal Ecology. In press.
LeBrun, E.S.*, King, R.S., Back, J.A., & Kang, S.# 2018. Microbial community structure and function decoupling across a phosphorus gradient in streams. Microbial Ecology. 75(1): 64-73. doi: 10.1007/s00248-017-1039-2
2017
Crabtree, D.P.E.**, Herrera, B.J.*sr & Kang, S.# 2017. The response of human bacteria to static magnetic field and radiofrequency electromagnetic field. Journal of Microbiology. 55(10): 809-815. doi: 10.1007/s12275-017-7208-7
Kwok, A.**, Davis, M.C.*, & Kang, S.# 2017. Antibiotic resistant bacteria in an urban freshwater ecosystem in central Texas. Fine Focus. 3(2):113-12
2016
Kang, S., J.L.M. Rodrigues, J.P. Ng & T.J. Gentry. Hill number as a bacterial diversity measure framework with high-throughput sequence data. Scientific Reports, 6:38263. doi: 10.1038/srep38263
2014
Kang, S. & A.L. Mills. Relationship of soil microbial community structure and soil characteristics in vertical profiles in a managed meadow. Journal of Advanced Microbiology, in print
Kang, S. & J.J. Song. 2014. Spatial structure of soil microbial communities and the evaluation of the spatial structure analysis based on relative dissimilarity. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 40(1):1-14
2013
Kang, S., J.D. Van Nostrand, H.L. Gough, D.A. Stahl & J. Zhou, 2013. Functional gene array-based analysis of indigenous microbial community in the heavy metal contaminated sediment of Lake DePue (DePue, IL). FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 86(2):200-214
2012
Lu, Z., Z. He, V.A. Parisi, S. Kang, Y. Deng, J.D. Van Nostrand, J.R. Masoner, I.M. Cozzarelli, J.M. Suflita & J. Zhou. 2012. GeoChip-based analysis of microbial functional gene diversity in a landfill leachate-contaminated aquifer. Environmental Science & Technology, 46(11):5824-5833
Yergeau, É., S. Bokhorst, S. Kang, J. Zhou, C.W. Greer, R. Aerts & G.A. Kowalchuk. 2012. Shifts in soil microorganisms in response to warming are consistent across a range of Antarctic environments. The ISME Journal, 6(3):692-702
2010
Reeve, J., C.W. Schadt, L. Carpenter-Boggs, S. Kang, J. Zhou & J.P. Reganold. 2010. Effects of soil type and farm management on soil ecological functional genes and microbial activities. The ISME Journal, 4(9):1099-1107
He, Z., M. Xu, Y. Deng, S. Kang, L.E. Kellog, L. Wu, J.D. van Nostrand, S.E. Hobbie, P.B. Reich & J. Zhou. 2010. Metagenomic analysis reveals a marked divergence in the functional structure of belowground microbial communities at elevated CO2. Ecology Letters, 13:564-575
2008 & previous
Zhou#, J., S. Kang#, C.W. Schadt & C.T. Garten, 2008. Spatial scaling of functional gene diversity across various microbial taxa. PNAS, 105(22): 7768-7773. (# equal contribution)
Yergeau, É., S. Kang, Z. He, J. Zhou & G. A. Kowalchuk, 2007 Functional microarray analysis of nitrogen and carbon cycling genes across an Antarctic latitudinal transect. The ISME Journal, 1(2):163-179.
Song, J.J., H-.J. Lee, J.S. Morris & S. Kang, 2007. Clustering of time-course gene expression data using functional data analysis. Computational Biology & Chemistry, 31(4): 265-274.
Garten, C.T., S. Kang, D.J. Brice, C.W. Schadt & J. Zhou, 2007. Variability in soil properties at different spatial scales (1 m to 1 km) in a deciduous forest ecosystem. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 39(10): 2621-2627.
Kang, S. & A.L. Mills, 2006 The effect of sample size in studies of soil microbial community structure. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 66(2):242-250.
Kang, S. & A.L. Mills, 2004 Soil microbial community structure changes following disturbance of the overlying plant community. Soil Science, 169(1):55-65.