Molecular Analysis of Indole and Skatole Decomposition Metabolism in Acinetobacter piscicola p38 Utilizing Biochemical and Omics Approaches

Ruirong Hao, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor. She serves as an expert in the pig industry system of Shanxi Province. Her main areas of focus include teaching, scientific research, and social services related to the regulation of animal reproduction, as well as the healthy breeding and environmental control of pigs. In recent years, she has presided over one National Natural Science Fund for Young Scholars project, two key research and development projects of Shanxi Province, one scientific and technological attack project of Shanxi Province, one innovation project of colleges and universities in Shanxi Province, and one educational reform project in Shanxi Province. She has published more than twenty academic papers as the first and corresponding author in journals such as "Theriogenology," "Animal," "Livestock Science," "Animal Production Science," "Journal of Laser Biology," "Chinese Journal of Animal Husbandry," and "Chinese Journal of Cereals and Oils," with six of them included in the SCI. She is the editor-in-chief of the "Introduction to Animal Husbandry," a textbook planned for the "13th Five-Year Plan" by the Forestry Publishing House, and has co-authored a total of six textbooks and works. Her main research directions are animal environmental physiology and efficient production.

Gang Guo, Ph.D., Masters supervisor, and the director of the Production Department at the College of Animal Science, Shanxi Agricultural University. He is an expert in the modern agricultural industry system of Shanxi Province, specifically in the cattle industry, the secretary-general of the Shanxi Province Beef Cattle Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance, the deputy secretary-general of the Shanxi Province Cattle Industry Association, and a director of the Beef Cattle Professional Committee of the China Forestry and Animal Husbandry Economics Society. In 2019, he received the second prize of the National Agricultural and Fishery Harvest Award from Shanxi Agricultural University; in 2015, he received the first prize of the Tibet Autonomous Region Science and Technology Award; and in 2015, he was honored with the "Jin Nong Newcomer" award from Shanxi Agricultural University. He has presided over one National Natural Science Fund project, three provincial-level scientific research projects, two horizontal projects, and participated in more than 20 scientific research projects. He has published over 40 SCI-indexed papers in international journals such as "Animal Feed Science and Technology," "Journal of Integrative Agriculture," and "Crop Science." He has also received the first prize for scientific progress in the Tibet Autonomous Region and the second prize of the National Agricultural and Fishery Harvest Award.

Huo Wenjie, female, Ph.D., Masters supervisor. She earned her Doctorate in Animal Nutrition and Feed Science from Nanjing Agricultural University between 2010 and 2013, her Masters in Animal Nutrition and Feed Science from Shanxi Agricultural University between 2006 and 2009, and her Bachelor's degree in Animal Science from Shanxi Agricultural University between 2002 and 2006. She is dedicated to research in the fields of ruminant nutrition and gastrointestinal tract microbiology and has participated in three projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Agriculture. As the first author, she has published two academic papers in the journals "World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology" and "Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Science."

Qiang Zhang, of Chinese nationality, was born in October 1965 in Shanxi Province. He is a member of the Communist Party of China, a researcher, a doctorate holder, a doctoral supervisor, and an expert with special government allowance from the State Council. He graduated from China Agricultural University (formerly Beijing Agricultural University) in 1988 with a bachelor's degree. He obtained a masters degree in agronomy from Shanxi Agricultural University in 2002 and a doctoral degree in science from the Loess Plateau Research Institute of Shanxi University in 2012. From January 1998 to January 1999, he was a visiting scholar at the Institute of Environmental Science, Royal Society of New Zealand. From February 2005 to May 2005, he was a senior visiting scholar in the Department of Soil Science at Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He is currently the Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, President of Shanxi Agricultural University (Dean of the Academy), and President of the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences. He also serves as a standing director of the Chinese Society of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizer, a director of the Chinese Society of Soil Science, Vice Chairman of the Shanxi Soil and Fertilizer Society, Director of the Engineering Research Center for Degraded Soil Improvement and New Fertilizer Development co-built by the province and the ministry, and Director of the Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Nutrient Resources in Shanxi Province.

Qinghong Li is a doctoral supervisor. From August 2020 to the present, he has been the vice minister of the Academic Affairs Department of Shanxi Agricultural University. The vice dean of the College of Animal Science and Technology and a professor at the College of Animal Science and Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University. He mainly engages in scientific research on pig and rabbit nutrition, feed, and refined production management. His main research areas include the study of basic nutritional parameters such as the growth and development of pigs and rabbits, the nutritional value of feed, and the research on functional feed additives. He attempts to improve the health level of pigs and rabbits, improve product quality, reduce pollutant emissions, and ensure the healthy and sustainable development of animal husbandry through nutritional regulation. He served as the executive director of the Pig Raising Branch of the Chinese Society of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine (2005-2010, 2010-2015), a member of the Animal Nutrition Branch of the Chinese Society of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, the executive director of the Shanxi Provincial Society of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, and the vice chairman of the Shanxi Rabbit Industry Association.