近年研究方向:

　　主要涉及從微生物基因組學(xué)、轉(zhuǎn)錄組學(xué)數(shù)據(jù)研究基因表達(dá)調(diào)控網(wǎng)絡(luò)、工業(yè)微生物菌株的系統(tǒng)代謝工程、微生物宿主的遺傳轉(zhuǎn)化新技術(shù)、植物促生抗逆微生物的作用機(jī)制和應(yīng)用研究、生物催化新基因的挖掘和功能研究等多學(xué)科的交叉領(lǐng)域。曾負(fù)責(zé)國家自然科學(xué)基金《新型立體選擇性環(huán)碳酸酯水解酶的篩選及催化性能研究》（2008-2010），上海市自然科學(xué)基金《宏基因組挖掘法構(gòu)建工業(yè)催化用腈水解酶庫的基礎(chǔ)研究》（2007-2009），塔里木大學(xué)重點(diǎn)開放課題《胡楊根際相關(guān)微生物中的植物促生抗逆菌》（2012-2014），國家生化工程技術(shù)研究中心重點(diǎn)項(xiàng)目和生物反應(yīng)器工程國家重點(diǎn)實(shí)驗(yàn)室開放課題《黑曲霉全基因組網(wǎng)絡(luò)模型的升級(jí)和在生物過程工程中的應(yīng)用》（2015-2017）等。

　　近年代表性論著:

　　1. Qing Dong, Li-Ming Ouyang*, Hui-Lei Yu, Jian-He Xu*.Biocatalytic synthesis of diosgenyl-β-D-glucopyranoside by use of four recombinant enzymes in one pot. Tetrahedron Letters.2010. 51(12), 1603-1605

　　2. Lei Chang, Li-Ming Ouyang*, Yi Xu, Jiang Pan and Jian-He Xu*.Highly enantioselecive hydrolysis of phenyl-1, 2-ethanediol cyclic carbonates by newly isolated Bacillus sp. ECU0015. J. Mol. Catal. B: Enzymatic. 2010. 66(1-2): 95-100

　　3. Qing Dong, Li-Ming Ouyang, Hui-Lei Yu, Jian-He Xu*.Efficient biosynthesis of uridine diphosphate glucose from maltodextrin by multiple enzymes immobilized on magnetic nanoparticles.Carbohydrate research. 2010. 345(11): 1622-6

　　4. 董青, 歐陽立明, 劉建文, 許建和. 納米磁粉固定化酶催化合成α-D-葡萄糖-1-磷酸. 催化學(xué)報(bào)（國際版）. 2010. 31(10): 1227-1232

　　5. Li-Ming Ouyang*, Jia-Ying Liu, Ming Qiao, Jian-He Xu. Isolation and Biochemical Characterization of Two Novel metagenome-Derived Esterases. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 2013, 169(1): 15-28

　　6. Ming Qiao, Liming Ouyang*. Recombinant production of alginate lyase for improved stress resistance in plants. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology. 2013, 7(3): 1615-1624

　　7. ShanshanWang, Liming Ouyang*, XiangyangJu,Lili Zhang, Qin Zhang, Yanbin Li.Survey of plant drought-resistance promoting bacteria associated withPopuluseuphratica tree from arid soil. Indian journal of Microbiology. 2014, 54(4), 419-426(DOI: 10.1007/s12088-014-0479-3)

　　8. XiangyangJu, Liming Ouyang*, Lili Zhang. Endophytic bacteria community of PopuluseuphraticaOliv and the strains improving the salt tolerance of plant. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology. 2014, 8 (Spl. Edn. 1): 43-52.

　　9. SafiyhTaghavi, Xiao Wu, Liming Ouyang, Yian Biao Zhang, Andrea Stadler, Sean McCorkle, Wei Zhu, Sergei Maslov, Daniel van der Lelie*. Transcriptional responses to sucrose mimic the plant-associated life style of the plant growth promoting endophyteEnterobacter sp. 638. PLoS ONE.2015, 10(1): e0115455 (DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115455)

　　10. Donglin Zhu, Liming Ouyang*, Zhaohui Xu, Lili Zhang. Rhizobacteria of Populuseuphratica promoting plant growth against heavy metals.International Journal of Phytoremediation. 2015. 17(10), 973-980

　　11. 陳雯,歐陽立明*, 孔沛筠, 楊澤宇, 吳蔚, 朱冬林, 張利莉. 胡楊根際細(xì)菌提高木本植物對(duì)重金屬脅迫的耐受性. 應(yīng)用生態(tài)學(xué)報(bào). 2015. 26(9): 2811-2816

　　12. 歐陽立明, 歐伶, 魏東芝. 論生物科學(xué)人才市場(chǎng)需求與培養(yǎng)模式. 化工高等教育. 2006.1.25~29

　　13. Liming Ouyang, Ling Ou, Yuanxing Zhang. An Integrated Strategy for Teaching Biochemistry to Biotechnology Specialty Students. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2007. 35(4): 267-271.

　　14. Liming Ouyang, Chongtao Ge, Haizhen Wu, Suxia Li, Huizhan Zhang. PCR-RFLP to detect codon 248 mutation in exon 7 of p53 tumor suppressor gene. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education.2009, 37(2): 106-109

　　15. 《微生物基因組》（CM費(fèi)雷澤等主編，許朝暉，喻子牛等譯. 科學(xué)出版社(北京). 2006.1. (ISBN 7-03-015664-1)

　　16. 《應(yīng)用生物化學(xué)》（第二版）/"十一五"教材計(jì)劃，歐伶，俞建瑛，歐陽立明，李素霞主編. 化工出版社. 2009.2. (ISBN 978-7-122-04348-1)

　　17. 《基因工程》（第三版）/“十二五”普通高等教育本科國家級(jí)規(guī)劃教材 (張惠展, 歐陽立明, 葉江 編著). 高教出版社. 2015.3 (ISBN: 9787040417623).