Synthetic microbial communities for engineering climate-smart biofertilizers Yan Liu, Yue Chen, Yanxue Yu, Che ok Jeon, Mohammad Bahram, Junfeng Zhai, Hailei Wei, Fuqiang Wang, Xiaofeng Cao, Baolei Jia, iMeta

Genome-resolved insights into the ecology, metabolic potential, salt-stress adaptation, and safety of Staphylococcus in traditional Korean soybean fermentation Ju Hye Baek, Dong Min Han, Dae Gyu Choi, Jae Kyeong Lee & Che Ok Jeon, npj Science of Food volume 10,

Pre-Administration of Akkermansia Muciniphila Prevents the Development of Severe Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Systemic Organs Jeong-Eun Han, Dae-Seong Lee, Su-Won Jeong, Ji-Hyun Yun, Seomin Kang, Seoyoung Jang, EunAh Lee, Ju Hye Baek, Che Ok Jeon, Jin-Woo Bae, Advanced Science 2026 Feb;13(9):e15982

Genome-based exploration of volatile flavor diversity from food yeast species Su Jin Yoo, Da Eun kim, Ignatius Lintang Satyawan, Seong-Il Eyun, Che Ok Jeon, Hyun Ah Kang, FEMS Yeast Research, Volume 25, 2025

Identifying potential keystone bacterial species within the phycosphere of marine algae and unveiling their metabolic characteristics Jeong Min Kim, Byeong Jun Choi, Hülya Bayburt, Jae Kyeong Lee, Che Ok Jeon, Marine Life Science & Technology Published: 28 October 2025

Metagenomic and meta-metabolomic analysis of traditional Korean rice vinegar productions shows a large variability between producers Louise Vermote , Byung Hee Chun , Shehzad Abid Khan , Luc De Vuyst , Che Ok Jeon , Stefan Weckx, International Journal of Food Microbiology Volume 440, 2 September 2025, 111283

Unravelling the key factors for the dominance of Leuconostoc starters during kimchi fermentation Jisu Lee, Min Ji Lee, Mi-Ja Jung, Yeon Bee Kim, Seong Woon Roh, Byung Hee Ryu, Che Ok Jeon, Hak-Jong Choi, Tae Woong Whon & Se Hee Lee, npj Science of Food volume 9, Article number: 61 (2025)

Elucidation and engineering of Sphingolipid biosynthesis pathway in Yarrowia lipolytica for enhanced production of human-type sphingoid bases and glucosylceramides Seo Hyeon Shin, Hye Yun Moon, Hae Eun Park, Gi Jeong Nam, Ju Hye Baek, Che Ok Jeon, Hyunwook Jung, Myeong Seok Cha, Sol Choi, Jeong Jun Han, Chen Yuan Hou, Chang Seo Park, Hyun Ah Kang, Metabolic Engineering January 2025, Volume 87,

Genome-wide identification and biochemical characterization of alcohol acyltransferases for aroma generation in Wickerhamomyces subpelliculosus isolates from fermented food Su Jin Yoo, Hyeon Jin Kim, Hye Yun Moon, Min-Seung Jeon, Yong Uk Cho, Che Ok Jeon, Seong-Il Eyun, Hyun Ah Kang, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2024, 72, 50,

Expanding the β-lactamase family in the human microbiome Baolei Jia, Ju Hye Baek, Jae Kyeong Lee, Ying Sun, Kyung Hyun Kim, Ji Young Jung, Che Ok Jeon, Advanced Science Vol11, Issue 46

Extensive Genomic Rearrangement of Catalase-Less Cyanobloom-Forming Microcystis aeruginosa in Freshwater Ecosystems Minkyung Kim, Jaejoon Jung, Wonjae Kim, Yerim Park, Che Ok Jeon & Woojun Park, Journal of Microbiology Volume 62

Fermentative metabolic features of doenjang-meju as revealed by genome-centered metatranscriptomics Dong Min Han , Ju Hye Baek , Dae Gyu Choi , Che Ok Jeon, Food Chemistry: X Volume 23

Gut microbiome therapy: fecal microbiota transplantation vs live biotherapeutic products Do-Yeon Kim, So-Yeon Lee, Jae-Yun Lee, Tae Woong Whon, June-Young Lee, Che Ok Jeon, Jin-Woo Bae, Gut Microbes Volume 16

Transcriptomic analysis of the metabolic characteristics of Aspergillus oryzae during the fermentation of doenjang-meju, a traditional Korean fermented soybean brick Dong Min Han , Ju Hye Baek , Dae Gyu Choi , Che Ok Jeon, LWT Volume 208

Whole-genome resequencing highlights the phycosphere microbial network in global populations of the edible kelp Undaria pinnatifida Jihoon Job, Hyun Hee Hong , Louis Graf, Che Ok Jeon , Hwan Su Yoon, Algal Research Volume 82