Publications
Publications
Jung Hyun Kwak, Sungmin Hwang, Dongyoung Kim, D. Han and HyunJe Park (2026). "Monsoon-driven short-term temporal changes and geomorphological controls on bacterial community dynamics in Korean coastal lagoons." Frontiers in Microbiology 17 (doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2026.1748786)
Han, D.*, Hye Won Hong, Haryun Kim, Tim Richter-Heitmann, Jong-Sik Ryu, Kyu-Cheul Yoo (2026). "Unraveling the Complex Planktonic Microbial Community in the Amundsen Sea, Southern Ocean." Microbial Ecology 89: 53 (doi.org/10.1007/s00248-026-02696-4)
Hyebin Kim, D. Han, Sang Rul Park, Tae-Hoon Kim (2025). "Seasonal interplay of water mass mixing and nutrient dynamics in an Arctic fjord: a case study of Kongsfjorden, Svalbard." Ocean Science 21(6):3089-3103
Han, D.*, Jiyoung Choi, Kwangchul Jang, Bo-Yeon Yi, Ji-Hoon Kim (2025). "Methane dynamics in gas chimneys linking geochemical and microbial methane cycling in the Ulleung basin." BMC Microbiology 26:8 (doi.org/10.1186/s12866-025-04547-7)
Han, D.*, Ki-Tae Park, Haryun Kim, Tae-Hoon Kim, Man-Ki Jeong, Seung-Il Nam (2024). "Interaction between phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria in Arctic fjords during the glacial melting season as revealed by eDNA metabarcoding." FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 100: fiae059
Xiuran Yin, Guowei Zhou, Haihua Wang, D. Han, Mara Maeke, Tim Richter-Heitmann, Lea C Wunder, David A Aromokeye, Qing-Zeng Zhu, Rolf Nimzyk, Marcus Elvert, and Michael W Friedrich (2024) "Unexpected carbon utilization activity of sulfate-reducing microorganisms in temperate and permanently cold marine sediments." The ISME Journal 18: wrad014
Han, D.*, Tim Richter-Heitmann, Ji-Hoon Kim, Michael W. Friedrich, Xiuran Yin, Marcus Elvert, Jong-Sik Ryu, Kwangchul Jang, and Seung-Il Nam (2023) "Influence of sedimentary deposition on the microbial assembly process in Arctic Holocene marine sediments" Frontiers in Microbiology 14: 1231839
Han, D.*, H. Shin, J.-H. Lee, C.-K. Kang, D.-G. Kim, and H.-G. Hur (2022). "Phylogenetic diversity and spatiotemporal dynamics of bacterial and microeukaryotic plankton communities in Gwangyang Bay of the Korean Peninsula." Scientific Reports 12.
Han, D., M. Son, K.-H. Eom, Y.-T. Park, M. Choi, J. Kim, and T.-H. Kim (2022). "Distribution of dissolved organic carbon linked to bacterial community composition during the summer melting season in Arctic fjords." Polar Biology 45: 331-343.
Seongjun Bae, H. K., Seung-Il Nam, Keun-Hyung Choi, Tae-Wook Kim, Sung Tae Yun, Hye Seon Kim, Tae-Hoon Kim, D. Han, Young Ho Ko, Ju-Hyoung Kim, Young Kyun Lim, and Joo Myun Park (2022). "The composition and abundance of phytoplankton after spring bloom in the Arctic Svalbard fjords." Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 275: 107970.
Adeel Farooq, Jungman Kim, Shahbaz Raza, Jeonghwan Jang, D. Han, Michael J. Sadowsky, Tatsuya Unno (2021). "A hybrid DNA sequencing approach is needed to properly link genotype to phenotype in multi-drug resistant bacteria." Environmental Pollution 289: 117856
Ji-Hoon Kim, W.-L. H., Marta E. Torres, Jong-Sik Ryu, Moo-Hee Kang, D. Han, Seung-Il Nam, Jin Hur, Dong-Chan Koh, Frank Niessen, Dong-Hun Lee, Kwangchul Jang, James William Buchanan Rae, and Meilian Chen (2021). "A Pulse of Meteoric Subsurface Fluid Discharging Into the Chukchi Sea During the Early Holocene Thermal Maximum (EHTM)." Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 22(8): e2021GC009750.
Nogrado, K., A. Cho, D. Han, C. T. Ho, J. K. Fredrickson, and J.-H. Lee (2021). "Complete Genome Sequence of Shigella sonnei Strain SE6-1, Capable of Selenate Reduction." Microbiology Resource Announcements 10(13): e00135-00121.
Shin, H., Y. Kim, D. Han, and H.-G. Hur (2021). "Emergence of high level carbapenem and extensively drug resistant Escherichia coli ST746 producing NDM-5 in influent of wastewater treatment plant, Seoul, South Korea." Frontiers in Microbiology 12: 645411.
Han, D., T. Richter-Heitmann, I.-N. Kim, E. Choy, K.-T. Park, T. Unno, J. Kim, and S.-I. Nam (2020). "Survey of bacterial phylogenetic diversity during the glacier melting season in an Arctic fjord." Microbial Ecology 81: 579-591.
Di, D., H. Shin, D. Han, T. Unno, and H.-G. Hur (2019). "High genetic diversity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolated from tidal water and mud of southern coast of South Korea." FEMS Microbiology Ecology 95(3): fiz022.
Han, D., H. Y. Kang, C.-K. Kang, T. Unno, and H.-G. Hur (2019). "Seasonal Mixing-Driven System in Estuarine–Coastal Zone Triggers an Ecological Shift in Bacterial Assemblages Involved in Phytoplankton-Derived DMSP Degradation." Microbial Ecology 79: 12-20.
Lee, J. H., B. J. Lee, U. Yun, D. C. Koh, S. J. Kim, D. Han, and T. Unno (2019). "In-situ microbial colonization and its potential contribution on biofilm formation in subsurface sediments." Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry 62(1): 51-56.
Gupta, S., H. Shin, D. Han, H. Hur, and T. Unno (2018). "Metagenomic analysis reveals the prevalence and persistence of antibiotic- and heavy metal-resistance genes in wastewater treatment plant." Journal of Microbiology 56(6): 408-415.
Han, D., Y. J. Joe, J.-S. Ryu, T. Unno, G. Kim, M. Yamamoto, K. Park, H.-G. Hur, J.-H. Lee, and S.-I. Nam (2018). "Application of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy to Arctic sediments in the Chukchi Sea." Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy 146: 84-92.
Unno, T., C. Staley, C. M. Brown, D. Han, M. J. Sadowsky, and H. G. Hur (2018). "Fecal pollution: new trends and challenges in microbial source tracking using next‐generation sequencing." Environmental Microbiology 20(9): 3132-3140.
Di, D. Y., A. Lee, J. Jang, D. Han, and H.-G. Hur (2017). "Season-specific occurrence of potentially pathogenic Vibrio spp. on the southern coast of South Korea." Applied and environmental microbiology 83(3): e02680-02616.
Han, D., S.-I. Nam, J.-H. Kim, R. Stein, F. Niessen, Y. J. Joe, Y.-H. Park, and H.-G. Hur (2017). "Inference on paleoclimate change using microbial habitat preference in Arctic Holocene sediments." Scientific Reports 7(1): 1-11.
Han, D., S. I. Nam, H. K. Ha, H. Kim, M. J. Sadowsky, Y. K. Lee, and H. G. Hur (2016). "Bacterial biogeography influenced by shelf–basin exchange in the Arctic surface sediment at the Chukchi Borderland." Environmental Microbiology 18(2): 668-678.
Han, D., H. K. Ha, C. Y. Hwang, B. Y. Lee, H.-G. Hur, and Y. K. Lee (2015). "Bacterial communities along stratified water columns at the Chukchi Borderland in the western Arctic Ocean." Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 120: 52-60.
Jang, J., D. Y. Di, D. Han, T. Unno, J.-H. Lee, M. J. Sadowsky, and H.-G. Hur (2015). "Dynamic changes in the population structure of Escherichia coli in the Yeongsan River basin of South Korea." FEMS Microbiology Ecology 91(11): fiv127.
Han, D., I. Kang, H. K. Ha, H. C. Kim, O.-S. Kim, B. Y. Lee, J.-C. Cho, H.-G. Hur, and Y. K. Lee (2014). "Bacterial communities of surface mixed layer in the Pacific sector of the western Arctic Ocean during sea-ice melting." PloS one 9(1): e86887.
Unno, T., D. Han, J. Jang, K. Widmer, G. Ko, M. J. Sadowsky, and H.-G. Hur (2011). "Genotypic and phenotypic trends in antibiotic resistant pathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from humans and farm animals in South Korea." Microbes and environments 26(3): 198-204.
Han, D., T. Unno, J. Jang, K. Lim, S.-N. Lee, G. Ko, M. J. Sadowsky, and H.-G. Hur (2011). "The occurrence of virulence traits among high-level aminoglycosides resistant Enterococcus isolates obtained from feces of humans, animals, and birds in South Korea 144(3): 387-392
Cho, K. H., D. Han, Y. Park, S. W. Lee, S. M. Cha, J.-H. Kang, and J. H. Kim (2010). "Evaluation of the relationship between two different methods for enumeration fecal indicator bacteria: Colony-forming unit and most probable number." Journal of Environmental Sciences 22(6): 846-850.
Unno, T., D. Han, J. Jang, S.-N. Lee, J. H. Kim, G. Ko, B. G. Kim, J.-H. Ahn, R. A. Kanaly, and M. J. Sadowsky (2010). "High diversity and abundance of antibiotic-resistant Escherichia coli isolated from humans and farm animal hosts in Jeonnam Province, South Korea." Science of the total environment 408(17): 3499-3506.
Unno, T., J. Jang, D. Han, J. H. Kim, M. J. Sadowsky, O.-S. Kim, J. Chun, and H.-G. Hur (2010). "Use of barcoded pyrosequencing and shared OTUs to determine sources of fecal bacteria in watersheds." Environmental science & technology 44(20): 7777-7782.
Unno, T., D. Han, J. Jang, S.-N. Lee, G. Ko, H. Y. Choi, J. H. Kim, M. J. Sadowsky, and H.-G. Hur (2009). "Absence of Escherichia coli phylogenetic group B2 strains in humans and domesticated animals from Jeonnam Province, Republic of Korea." Applied and environmental microbiology 75(17): 5659-5666.
Dukki Han* (2023). "Survey of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Lake Gyeongpo, Korea" Korean Journal Environment Agriculture 42(3): 169-176 [Scopus]
Myeong Uk Sim, Dukki Han* (2023). "Assessment of Probiotic Potential of Bacillus spp. Isolated from Ulleungdo, Korea" Journal of Marine Life Science 8(1): 50-55 [KCI]
Jun Hyung Lee, Hye Won Hong, and Dukki Han* (2022). "Survey of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in Ulleungdo, Korea" Korean Journal Environment Agriculture 41(4): 345-355 [Scopus]