主要研究方向为微生物生态学研究，包括微生物的多样性分析、生理特点和生态功能的揭示、功能微生物的富集培养、以及微生物的分类鉴定等。

《海洋沉积物难培养深古菌的分离培养及其参与木质素降解的代谢机制研究》国家自然科学基金面上项目（项目编号：42276139）；
《深古菌(Bathyarchaeota)参与淡水湖泊环境(鄱阳湖)碳循环过程的研究》国家自然科学地区基金（项目编号：41867057）；
《沉积环境中未培养古菌参与有机碳降解机制研究》博士后基金，博士后创新人才支持计划.

Yu TT*, Hu HN*, Zeng XH*, Wang YZ, Pan D, Deng LH, Liang LW, Hou JL, Wang FP (2023). Cultivation of widespread Bathyarchaeia encode a novel methyltransferase system utilizing lignin-derived aromatics. mLife 2: 272–282. (*并列第一作者)
Yu TT, Wu WC, Liang WY, Wang YZ, Hou JL, Chen YR, Elvert M, Hinrich KU, Wang FP. (2023) Anaerobic degradation of organic carbon supports uncultured microbial populations in estuarine sediments. Microbiome. 11(1):81.
Yu TT*, Wu WC*, Liang WY, Lever MA, Hinrich KU, Wang FP. (2018) Growth of sedimentary Bathyarchaeota on lignin as an energy source. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 115(23):6022-6027 (*并列第一作者)
Yu TT, Li M, Niu M, Fan X, Liang W, Wang F. (2018). Difference of nitrogen-cycling microbes between shallow bay and deep-sea sediments in the South China Sea. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 102(1):447-459.
Yu TT, Liang Q, Niu M, Wang F. (2017). High occurrence of Bathyarchaeota (MCG) in the deep-sea sediments of South China Sea quantified using newly designed PCR primers. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 9(4):374-382.
Yu TT*, Ming H*, Yao JC, Zhou EM, Park DJ, Hozzein WN, Kim CJ, Wadaan MA, Li WJ. (2015). Thermus amyloliquefaciens sp. nov., isolated from a hot spring sediment sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 65(8):2491-2495. (*并列第一作者)
Zhou EM*, Yu TT*, Liu L, Ming H, Yin YR, Dong L, Tseng M, Nie GX, Li WJ. (2014). Geothermomicrobium terrae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Thermoactinomycetaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 64 (9):2998-3004. (*并列第一作者)
Yu TT*, Yin YR*, Zhang YG, Yao JC, Klenk HP, Wang HF, Ming H, Zhou EM, Li WJ (2014). Meiothermus terrae sp. nov. isolated from a geothermally heated soil sample in Tengchong, Yunnan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 64(Pt 3):794-798. (*并列第一作者)
Yu TT*, Zhou EM*, Yin YR, Yao JC, Ming H, Dong L, Li S, Nie GX, Li WJ (2013). Vulcaniibacterium tengchongense gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from a geothermally heated soil sample, and reclassification of Lysobacter thermophilus Wei et al. 2012 as Vulcaniibacterium thermophilum comb. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 104(3):369-376. (*并列第一作者)
Yu TT*, Yao JC*, Yin YR, Dong L, Liu RF, Ming H, Zhou EM, Li WJ (2013). Rehaibacterium terrae gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from a geothermally heated soil sample in Tengchong, Yunnan, south-west China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 63(Pt 11):4058-4063. (*并列第一作者)
Yu TT*, Yao JC*, Ming H, Yin YR, Zhou EM, Liu MJ, Tang SK, Li WJ (2013). Thermus tengchongensis sp. nov., isolated from a geothermally heated soil sample in Tengchong, Yunnan, south-west China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 103(3):513-518. (*并列第一作者)
Wei DQ*, Yu TT*, Yao JC, Zhou EM, Song ZQ, Yin YR, Ming H, Tang SK, Li WJ. (2012). Lysobacter thermophilus sp. nov., isolated from a geothermal soil sample in Tengchong, south-west China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 102:643-651. (*并列第一作者)
Yu TT, Zhang BH, Yao JC, Tang SK, Zhou EM, Yin YR, Wei DQ, Ming H, Li WJ (2012). Lihuaxuella thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a geothermal soil sample in Tengchong, Yunnan, south-west China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 102:711-718.