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

Sustainable control of Microcystis aeruginosa, a harmful cyanobacterium, using Selaginella tamariscina extracts Wonjae Kim, Yerim Park, Minkyung Kim, Yeji Cha, Jaejoon Jung, Che Ok Jeon, Woojun Park, Ecotoxicol Environ Saf

Metabolic relationships between marine red algae and algae-associated bacteria Kyung Hyun Kim, Jeong Min Kim, Ju Hye Baek, Sang Eun Jeong, Hocheol Kim, Hwan Su Yoon & Che Ok Jeon, Mar Life Sci Technol

Comparative pangenome analysis of Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus oryzae reveals their phylogenetic, genomic, and metabolic homogeneity Dong Min Han, Ju Hye Baek, Dae Gyu Choi, Min-Seung Jeon, Seong-il Eyun, Che Ok Jeon, Food Microbiology

Enzymatic activity and amino acids production of predominant fungi from traditional meju during soybean fermentation Dong Hyun Kim, Byung Hee Chun, Jae-Jung Lee, Oh Cheol Kim, Jiye Hyun, Dong Min Han, Che Ok Jeon, Sang Hun Lee, Sang-Han Lee, Yong-Ho Choi, and Seung-Beom Hong, J Microbiol Biotechnol