Publication

Sang-Moo Lee ,Jungwook Park ,Hyun-Hee Lee ,Ju Hui Kim ,Eunjin Kim ,Hyejung Jung ,Sang Eun Jun , Kantika Nopphakhun ,Pyeong An Lee ,Jong Uk Son ,So Eon Kim ,Hyojun Seo ,Adenia Utarini ,Gil Han , Soo Yeon Choi ,Kihyuck Choi ,Jaeyoung Choi ,Gyung-Tae Kim ,Young-Su Seo, Seon-Woo Lee. Plant Growth Benefits by the Coalition Function of Plant microbiome. Under review

Mehwish Roy, Dongsoo Han, Dongmin Lee, Byeonghyeok Kang, and Kihyuck Choi.  Cultivation System and Plant Health Influence Root-Associated Bacterial Community Structure and Interaction Networks in Strawberry. Accept, Scientific Reports

Dong Hyun Park, Youn-Sig Kwak, Kihyuck Choi, Eui-Hwan Chung, Jeong-Seon Kim,  Jong-Hwan Park, Du Hyun Kim, Jin Hwan Lee. Optimization of conventional extraction and multivariate metabolite profiling of soybean seeds (Glycine max L. Merrill) for enhanced isoflavones and antioxidant properties. Food Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2026.148237  

Mehwish Roy, Gnanendra Shanmugam, Suvin Park, Hanhong Bae, Kihyuck Choi*, and Junhyun Jeon*. High nitrogen-induced chage in rhizosphere microbial community structure can modulate disease susceptibility to the rice blast. Environmental Microbiome,  https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-026-00864-0 

Sang-Moo Lee, Jungwook Park, Hyun-Hee Lee, Ju Hui Kim, Eunjin Kim, Hyejung Jung, Sang Eun Jun, Kantika Nopphakhun, Pyeong An Lee, Jong Uk Son, So Eon Kim, Hyojun Seo, Adenia Arih Utarini, Gil Han, Soo Yeon Choi, Kihyuck Choi, Jaeyoung Choi, Paul Schulze-Lefert, Gyung-Tae Kim, Young-Su Seo and Seon-Woo Lee. Plant Growth Benefits by the Coalition Function of Plant Microbiome. Under Review  

Mehwish Roy, Gnanendra Shanmugam, Suvin Park, Hanhong Bae, Kihyuck Choi, and Junhyun Jeon. High nitrogen-induced chage in rhizosphere microbial community structure can modulate disease susceptibility to the rice blast. Under Review  

Mehwish Roy, Dongsoo Han, Dongmin Lee, Byeongheok Kang, and Kihyuck Choi. Cultivation System and Plant Health Influence Rhizosphere Microbiome Composition and Network Stability in Strawberry. Under Review  

Nazish Roy, Seongeun Yang , Dongmin Lee, and Kihyuck Choi  2025. Ecological Processes Shaping Bacterial Community Assembly in Niche Compartments of Tomato Plant. mLife,  https://doi.org/10.1002/mlf2.70019 

Mehwish Roy, Byeonghyeok Kang, Seongeun Yang, Heeyun Choi, and Kihyuck Choi  2024. Characterization of Tomato Seed Endophytic Bacteria as Growth Promoters and Potential Biocontrol Agents. The Plant Pathology Journal, https://doi.org/10.5423/PPJ.OA.09.2024.0142  

Nazish Roy, Sunmi Moon, Chaerin Kim, Jin-Myung Kim, Kwang-Sik Lee, Yongho Shin, and Kihyuck Choi  2024. Probiotics potential of Bacillus subtilis strain I3: Antagonistic activity against chalkbrood pathogen and pesticide degradation for enhancing honeybee health. Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, 10.1007/s12602-024-10248-w 

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최기혁, 양성은, 신용호.  2024. 신규한 페니바실러스 페오리아에 균주 및 이의 용도

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최기혁, 문선미, 김채린.  2024. 신규한 바실러스 서브틸리스 I3 균주 및 이의 용도

Seung Yeup Lee, Roniya Thapa Magar, Kihyuck Choi, Hyo Jeong Kim, Insoo Park and Seon-Woo Lee, 2023. Phage-dependent alteration of rhizosphere microbiota in  tomato plants. Phytobiome Journal, https://doi.org/10.1094/PBIOMES-07-23-0061-R

Nazish Roy, Chaerin Kim, Dongmin Lee, Seongeun Yang, Kyeong Yong Lee, Hyung Joo Yoon, Kwang-Sik Lee, Kihyuck Choi, 2023. Assessing potential impact of gut microbiome disruptions on the environmental stress resilience of indoor-reared Bombus terrestris. PLOS ONE, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290848

Heeyun Choi, Nazish Roy, Jin-Myung Kim, Hyung Joo Yoon, Kyeong Yong Lee, Kwang-Sik Lee, and Kihyuck Choi, 2023. Dynamics of gut microbiome upon pollination in bumblebee (Bombus terrestris). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2023.102042 

Chaerin Kim, Jin-Myung Kim, Heeyun Choi, Yong-Soo Choi, Byung Rae Jin, Kwang-Sik Lee, and Kihyuck Choi., 2022. Analysis of the gut microbiome of susceptible and resistant honeybees Apis cerana against sacbrood virus disease. Journal of Applied Entomology, http://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13057 

Taiying Li, Kihyuck Choi, Boknam Jung, Sungyeon Ji, Dohyun Kim, Mun Won Seo, Jungkwan Lee, and Seung-Ho Lee., 2022. Biochar inhibits ginseng root rot pathogens and increase soil microbiome diversity. Applied Soil Ecology, 169, 104229

Eun Joo Jung, Soo Yeon Choi, Sang-Moo Lee, Ju Yeon Song, Hyoung Ju Lee, Eunjin Kim, Pyeong An Lee, Kihyuck Choi, Jihyun F. Kim, and Seon-Woo Lee., 2021. Flavobacterium dauae sp. nov., isolated from rhizosphere soil of a tomato plant. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 71(10), 005033 

Seung Yeup Lee , Roniya Thapa Magar , Hyo Jeong Kim, Kihyuck Choi, and Seon-Woo Lee., 2021. Complete genome sequence of a novel bacteriophage RpY1 infecting Ralstonia solanacearum strains. Current Microbiology, 1-7

Choi, K., Khan, R. and Lee, S.W., 2021. Dissection of plant microbiota and plant-microbiome interactions. Journal of Microbiology, 59(3) 281-291. 

Kim, S.H., Khan, R., Choi, K., Lee, S.W. and Rhee, S., 2020. A triclosan‐resistance protein from the soil metagenome is a novel enoyl‐acyl carrier protein reductase: Structure‐guided functional analysis. The FEBS journal, 287(21) 4710-4728. 

Choi, K., Son, G.J., Ahmad, S., Lee, S.Y., Lee, H.J. and Lee, S.W., 2020. Contribution of the murI Gene Encoding Glutamate Racemase in the Motility and Virulence of Ralstonia solanacearum. The plant pathology journal, 36(4) 355. 

Choi, K., Choi, J., Lee, P.A., Roy, N., Khan, R., Lee, H.J., Weon, H.Y., Kong, H.G. and Lee, S.W., 2020. Alteration of Bacterial Wilt Resistance in Tomato Plant by Microbiota Transplant. Frontiers in plant science, 11. 1186. 

Khan, R., Zeb, A., Choi, K., Lee, G., Lee, K.W. and Lee, S.W., 2019. Biochemical and Structural Insights Concerning Triclosan Resistance in a Novel YX 7 K Type Enoyl-Acyl Carrier Protein Reductase from Soil Metagenome. Scientific reports, 9(1) 1-11. 

Roy, N.*, Choi, K.*, Khan, R.* and Lee, S.W., 2019. Culturing simpler and bacterial wilt suppressive microbial communities from tomato rhizosphere. The plant pathology journal, 35(4) 362.  *, These authors contributed equally to this work. 

Choi, K.* and Marek, S.M., 2019. Unique gene Pmhyp controlling melanization of pycnidia in Phoma medicaginis. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 125. 53-59. *, corresponding author

Kwak, M.J.*, Kong, H.G.*, Choi, K.*, Kwon, S.K.*, Song, J.Y.*, Lee, J., Lee, P.A., Choi, S.Y., Seo, M., Lee, H.J. and Jung, E.J., 2018. Rhizosphere microbiome structure alters to enable wilt resistance in tomato. Nature biotechnology, 36(11) 1100-1109.  *, These authors contributed equally to this work. 

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Lee, M.H., Khan, R., Tao, W., Choi, K., Lee, S.Y., Lee, J.W., Hwang, E.C. and Lee, S.W., 2018. Soil metagenome-derived 3-hydroxypalmitic acid methyl ester hydrolases suppress extracellular polysaccharide production in Ralstonia solanacearum. Journal of biotechnology, 270. 30-38. 

Choi, K.* and Marek, S.M., 2018. A noncanonical poly (A) RNA polymerase gene affects morphology in Phoma medicaginis. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 111. 47-59. *, corresponding author

Khan, R., Roy, N., Choi, K. and Lee, S.W., 2018. Distribution of triclosan-resistant genes in major pathogenic microorganisms revealed by metagenome and genome-wide analysis. PloS one, 13(2) e0192277. 

Ahmad, S., Lee, S.Y., Khan, R., Kong, H.G., Son, G.J., Roy, N., Choi, K. and Lee, S.W., 2017. Identification of a gene involved in the negative regulation of pyomelanin production in Ralstonia solanacearum. Journal of microbiology and biotechnology, 27(9) 1692-1700. 

Park, J., Lee, P.A., Lee, H.H., Choi, K., Lee, S.W. and Seo, Y.S., 2017. Comparative genome analysis of Rathayibacter tritici NCPPB 1953 with Rathayibacter toxicus strains can facilitate studies on mechanisms of nematode association and host infection. The plant pathology journal, 33(4), p.370. 

Lee, K.Y., Kong, H.G., Choi, K.H., Lee, S.W. and Moon, B.J., 2011. Isolation and identification of Burkholderia pyrrocinia CH-67 to control tomato leaf mold and damping-off on crisphead lettuce and tomato. The Plant Pathology Journal, 27(1) 59-67. 

Lee, K.Y., Heo, K.R., Choi, K.H., Kong, H.G., Nam, J., Yi, Y.B., Park, S.H., Lee, S.W. and Moon, B.J., 2009. Characterization of a chitinase gene exhibiting antifungal activity from a biocontrol bacterium Bacillus licheniformis N1. The Plant Pathology Journal, 25. 344-351. 

Kong, H.G., Choi, K.H., Heo, K.R., Lee, K.Y., Lee, H.J., Moon, B.J. and Lee, S.W., 2009. Generation of a constitutive green fluorescent protein expression construct to mark biocontrol bacteria using P43 promoter from Bacillus subtilis. The Plant Pathology Journal, 25(2) 136-141. 

Kim, H.J., Lee, S.H., Kim, C.S., Lim, E.K., Choi, K.H., Kong, H.G., Kim, D.W., Lee, S.W. and Moon, B.J., 2007. Biological control of strawberry gray mold caused by Botrytis cinerea using Bacillus licheniformis N1 formulation. Journal of microbiology and biotechnology, 17(3), pp.438-444.