主要从事大型真菌资源与应用研究。重点开展毒蘑菇的物种多样性、毒素及其编码基因研究。

代表论著(符号*为通讯作者）：

1. 邓旺秋, 张明, 钟祥荣. 中国南海岛屿大型真菌图鉴. 广东省科技出版社. 2020.

2. 杨彝华，邓旺秋，施庭有，张明，钟祥荣. 云南楚雄州大型真菌图鉴 I. 云南科技出版社，2017：1- 156.

3. 邓旺秋, 李泰辉, 张明, 肖正端, 贺勇, 徐隽彦. 华南常见毒鹅膏菌及其中毒事件分析. 菌物学报, 2020, 39 (9): 1750-1758.

4. 邓旺秋, 李泰辉, 宋宗平, 张 明, 徐隽彦, 黄 浩, 钟祥荣, 王超群, 贺 勇. 罗霄山脉大型真菌区系分析与资源评价. 生物多样性, 2020, 28 (7): 896–904.

5. He Yong, Zhang Chenghua, Deng Wangqiu*, Zhou Xiaoyun *, Li Taihui, Li Chuanhua. Transcriptome sequencing analysis of the MSDIN gene family encoding cyclic peptides in lethal Amanita fuligineoides. Toxicon, 2020, 183, 61-68.(SCI)

6. Wang Gangzheng, Li Min, Zhang Chenghua, Cheng Huijiao, Gao Yu, Deng Wangqiu*, Li Taihui*.Transcriptome and proteome analyses reveal the regulatory networks and metabolite biosynthesis pathways during the development of Tolypocladium guangdongense. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2020, 18, 2081-2094.(SCI)

7. Wang Gangzheng, Li Min, Cheng Huijiao, Zhang Chenghua, Deng Wangqiu*, Li Taihui*. Expression profiling of Cordyceps DnaJ protein family in Tolypocladium guangdongense during developmental and temperature stress processes. Gene, 2020, 743, 144563.(SCI)

8. Wang Gangzheng, Cheng Huijiao, Li Min, Zhang Chenghua, Deng Wangqiu*, Li Taihui*. Selection and validation of reliable reference genes for Tolypocladium guangdongense gene expression analysis under differentially developmental stages and temperature stresses. Gene, 2020, 743, 144380.(SCI)

9. Zhang Chenghua, Dai Yongdong, Wang Gangzheng, Wang Chaoqun, Gao Yu, Deng Wangqiu*, Li Taihui*. Mitogenome of Tolypocladium guangdongense. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2020, .(SCI)

10. Zhang Chenghua, Wang Gangzheng, Deng Wangqiu*, Li Taihui*. Distribution, evolution and expression of GATA-TFs provide new insights into their functions in light response and fruiting body development of Tolypocladium guangdongense. PeerJ, 2020, 8, e9784.(SCI)

11. Zhang Chenghua, Huang Hao, Deng Wangqiu*, Li Taihui*. Genome-wide analysis of the Zn(II)2Cys6 Zinc cluster-encoding gene family in Tolypocladium guangdongense and its light-induced expression. Genes, 2019, 10, 179（SCI）

12. Zhang Chenghua, Zou Junping, Deng Wangqiu*, Li Taihui*, Jiang ZD. Molecular cloning and the expression pattern of AePOPB involved in the α-amanitin biosynthesis in Amanita exitialis fruiting bodies. Gene，2018，doi:10.1016/j.gene.2018.04.006. (SCI)

13. Deng Wangqiu, Li Taihui, Hosen MI. Amanita rufobrunnescens, a new species of Amanita section Amidella from South China. Phytotaxa, 2016, 243(2)：147–154.(SCI)

14. Deng Wangqiu, Li Taihui, Wang Chaoqun, Li Ting, Shen Yaheng. A new crepidotoid Entoloma species from Hainan Island (China), Mycoscience, 2015，56：340-344. (SCI)

15. Li Peng, Deng Wangqiu, Li Taihui. The molecular diversity of toxin gene families in lethal Amanita mushrooms. Toxicon, 2014, 83: 59-68. (SCI)

16. Li Peng, Deng Wangqiu, Li Taihui. Molecular cloning of α-amanitin and characterization of its expression pattern in different parts and development stages of Amanita exitialis fruitbody. Mycological Progress, 2014, 2014, 13 (4) :1011-1016. (SCI)

17 .Deng Wangqiu, Li Taihui, Li Peng, Yang Zhuliang. A new species of Amanita section Lepidella from South China. Mycological Progress. 2014, 13(2)：211-217. (SCI)

18. Li Peng , Deng Wangqiu(共一), Li Taihui , Song Bin, Shen Yaheng. Illumina-based de novo transcriptome sequencing and analysis of Amanita exitialis basidiocarps. Gene, 2013, 532(1)：63-71. (SCI)

19. Deng Wangqiu, Li Taihui, Xi Pinggen, Gan Lixia, Xiao Zhengduan, Jiang Zide. Peptide toxin components of Amanita exitialis basidiocarps. Mycologia, 2011, 103: 946-949. (SCI)

授权专利： 

1. 一种铅绿褶菇子实体的生产方法(授权号：ZL200910038536.1；发明人：李泰辉, 林群英, 钟月金, 宋斌, 黄浩, 邓旺秋) 

2. 鉴别致命鹅膏的特征性核苷酸序列、核酸分子探针和方法（授权号：ZL201210216135.2，发明人：李挺, 宋斌, 李泰辉, 邓旺秋） 

3. 一种固态发酵真姬菇菌糠生产蛋白饲料的方法及其所生产的蛋白饲料. （授权号： ZL201210518291.4；发明人：李挺, 宋斌, 李泰辉, 沈亚恒, 林敏, 邓旺秋）. 

4. 一种分枝虫草菌株及其子实体和人工栽培方法(授权号：ZL201310037585.X；宋斌, 林群英, 李泰辉, 林敏, 李挺, 邓旺秋, 沈亚恒) 

5. 一种定量检测广东虫草的特征性核苷酸序列、核酸分子引物和方法（授权号：ZL201510570111.0；发明人：李挺, 宋斌, 李泰辉, 邓旺秋）

“毒蘑菇知识科学普及与中毒预防宣传”获广州市科普创新奖二等奖；

广州市越秀区“科普之星”称号

广东省科学院微生物研究所“优秀共产党员”和“先进工作者”称号。