Recent Publications

2015

l  Ok-Ja Si, So-Jeong Kim, Man-Young Jung, Seon-Bin Choi, Jong-Geol Kim, Song-Gun Kim, Seong Woon Roh, SangHoon Lee, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2015), Leeuwenhoekiella Polynyae Sp. Nov., Isolated from a Polynya of Amundsen Sea in Western Antarctica, International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, 65, 1694-1699.

l  Joo-Han Gwak, So-Jeong Kim, Man-Young Jung, Jong-Geol Kim, Seong Woon Roh, Kyung June Yim, Yong-Jae Lee, Song-Gun Kim, Soo-Je Park, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2015), Draconibacterium Filum Sp. Nov., a New Species of the Genus of Draconibacterium from Sediment of the East Coast of the Korean Peninsula, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 107, 1049-56.

l  Heeji Hong, So-Jeong Kim, Ui-Gi Min, Yong-Jae Lee, Song-Gun Kim, Man-Young Jung, Yong-Seok Seo, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2015), Geosporobacter Ferrireducens Sp. Nov., an Anaerobic Iron-Reducing Bacterium Isolated from an Oil-Contaminated Site, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 107, 971-77.

l  Heeji Hong, So-Jeong Kim, Ui-Gi Min, Yong-Jae Lee, Song-Gun Kim, Seong Woon Roh, Jong-Geol Kim, Jeong-Geol Na, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2015), Anaerosolibacter Carboniphilus Gen. Nov., Sp. Nov., a Strictly Anaerobic Iron-Reducing Bacterium Isolated from a Coal-Contaminated Soil, International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, 65, 1480-1485.

l  Seon-Bin Choi, Jong-Geol Kim, Man-Young Jung, So-Jeong Kim, Ui-Gi Min, Ok-Ja Si, Soo-Je Park, Chung Yeon Hwang, Jisoo Park, SangHoon Lee, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2015), Cultivation and biochemical characterization of heterotrophic bacteria associated with phytoplankton bloom in the Amundsen Sea polynya, Antarctica, (accepted).

l  Jong-Geol Kim, Soo-Je Park, Jaap S Sinninghe Damste’, Stefan Schouten, W Irene C Rijpstra, Man-Young Jung, So-Jeong Kim, Joo-Han Gwak, Ok-Ja Si, SangHoon Lee, Eugene L Madsen, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2015), Hydrogen peroxide detoxification is a key mechanism for growth of marine, ammonia-oxidizing archaea, (submitted).

2014

l  In-Tae Cha, Kyung June Yim, Hye Seon Song, Hae-Won Lee, Dong-Wook Hyun, Kil-Nam Kim, Jong-Soon Choi, Daekyung Kim, Sung-Jae Lee, and Myung-Ji Seo, (2014), Halolamina Rubra Sp. Nov., a Haloarchaeon Isolated from Non-Purified Solar Salt, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 105, 907-14.

l  In-Tae Cha, Kyung June Yim, Hye Seon Song, Hae-Won Lee, Dong-Wook Hyun, Kil-Nam Kim, Myung-Ji Seo, Daekyung Kim, Jong-Soon Choi, and Sung-Jae Lee, (2014), Halobellus Rufus Sp. Nov., an Extremely Halophilic Archaeon Isolated from Non-Purified Solar Salt, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 105, 925-32.

l  Man-Young Jung, Soo-Je Park, So-Jeong Kim, Jong-Geol Kim, Jaap S Sinninghe Damsté, Che Ok Jeon, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2014), A Mesophilic, Autotrophic, Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaeon of Thaumarchaeal Group I. 1a Cultivated from a Deep Oligotrophic Soil Horizon, Applied and environmental microbiology, 80, 3645-55.

l  Man-Young Jung, Reinhard Well, Deullae Min, Anette Giesemann, Soo-Je Park, Jong-Geol Kim, So-Jeong Kim, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2014), Isotopic Signatures of N2o Produced by Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea from Soils, The ISME journal, 8, 1115-25.

l  Jong-Geol Kim, Soo-Je Park, Zhe-Xue Quan, Man-Young Jung, In-Tae Cha, So-Jeong Kim, Kyoung-Ho Kim, Eun-Jin Yang, Young-Nam Kim, and Sang-Hoon Lee, (2014), Unveiling Abundance and Distribution of Planktonic Bacteria and Archaea in a Polynya in Amundsen Sea, Antarctica, Environmental microbiology, 16, 1566-78.

l  So-Jeong Kim, Soo-Je Park, Man-Young Jung, Jong-Geol Kim, Eugene L Madsen, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2014), An Uncultivated Nitrate-Reducing Member of the Genus Herminiimonas Degrades Toluene, Applied and environmental microbiology, 80, 3233-43.

l  So-Jeong Kim, Soo-Je Park, Man-Young Jung, Jong-Geol Kim, Ui-Gi Min, Hee-Ji Hong, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2014), Draft Genome Sequence of an Aromatic Compound-Degrading Bacterium, Desulfobacula Sp. Ts, Belonging to the Deltaproteobacteria, FEMS microbiology letters, 360, 9-12.

l  So-Jeong Kim, Soo-Je Park, In-Tae Cha, Deullae Min, Jin-Seog Kim, Won-Hyung Chung, Jong-Chan Chae, Che Ok Jeon, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2014), Metabolic Versatility of Toluene-Degrading, Iron-Reducing Bacteria in Tidal Flat Sediment, Characterized by Stable Isotope Probing-Based Metagenomic Analysis, Environmental microbiology, 16, 189-204.

l  Olga I Nedashkovskaya, Larissa A Balabanova, Natalia V Zhukova, So-Jeong Kim, Irina Y Bakunina, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2014), Flavobacterium Ahnfeltiae Sp. Nov., a New Marine Polysaccharide-Degrading Bacterium Isolated from a Pacific Red Alga, Archives of microbiology, 196, 745-52.

l  Soo-Je Park, Rohit Ghai, AB Martın-Cuadrado, F Rodrıguez-Valera, Won-Hyong Chung, K Kwon, Jung-Hyun Lee, Eugene L Madsen, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2014), Genomes of Two New Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea Enriched from Deep Marine Sediments, PloS one, 9, e96449.

l  Soo-Je Park, Jinu Kim, Jong-Soo Lee, Sung-Keun Rhee, and Hongik Kim, (2014), Characterization of the Fecal Microbiome in Different Swine Groups by High-Throughput Sequencing, Anaerobe, 28, 157-62.

l  Hye Seon Song, In-Tae Cha, Kyung June Yim, Hae-Won Lee, Dong-Wook Hyun, Sung-Jae Lee, Sung-Keun Rhee, Kil-Nam Kim, Daekyung Kim, and Jong-Soon Choi, (2014), Halapricum Salinum Gen. Nov., Sp. Nov., an Extremely Halophilic Archaeon Isolated from Non-Purified Solar Salt, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 105, 979-86.

l  Kyung June Yim, In-Tae Cha, Hae-Won Lee, Hye Seon Song, Kil-Nam Kim, Sung-Jae Lee, Young-Do Nam, Dong-Wook Hyun, Jin-Woo Bae, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2014), Halorubrum Halophilum Sp. Nov., an Extremely Halophilic Archaeon Isolated from a Salt-Fermented Seafood, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 105, 603-12.

l  Kyung June Yim, In-Tae Cha, Tae Woong Whon, Hae-Won Lee, Hye Seon Song, Kil-Nam Kim, Young-Do Nam, Sung-Jae Lee, Jin-Woo Bae, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2014), Halococcus Sediminicola Sp. Nov., an Extremely Halophilic Archaeon Isolated from a Marine Sediment, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 105, 73-79.

2013

l  In-Tae Cha, Ui-Gi Min, So-Jeong Kim, Kyung June Yim, Seong Woon Roh, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2013), Methanomethylovorans Uponensis Sp. Nov., a Methylotrophic Methanogen Isolated from Wetland Sediment, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 104, 1005-12.

l  In-Tae Cha, Soo-Je Park, So-Jeong Kim, Jong-Geol Kim, Man-Young Jung, Kee-Sun Shin, Kae Kyoung Kwon, Sung-Hyun Yang, Yong-Seok Seo, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2013), Marinoscillum Luteum Sp. Nov., Isolated from Marine Sediment, International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, 63, 3475-80.

l  In-Tae Cha, Seong Woon Roh, So-Jeong Kim, Hee-Ji Hong, Hae-Won Lee, Wan-Taek Lim, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2013), Desulfotomaculum Tongense Sp. Nov., a Moderately Thermophilic Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium Isolated from a Hydrothermal Vent Sediment Collected from the Tofua Arc in the Tonga Trench, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 104, 1185-92.

l  Tae-Yoon Kim, So-Jeong Kim, Soo-Je Park, Jong-Geol Kim, In-Tae Cha, Man-Young Jung, Sang-A Lee, Seong Woon Roh, Kyung June Yim, and Takashi Itoh, (2013), Natronomonas Gomsonensis Sp. Nov., Isolated from a Solar Saltern, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 104, 627-35.

l  Man-Young Jung, Kee-Sun Shin, Suyeon Kim, So-Jeong Kim, Soo-Je Park, Jong-Geol Kim, In-Tae Cha, Mi-Na Kim, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2013), Hoeflea Halophila Sp. Nov., a Novel Bacterium Isolated from Marine Sediment of the East Sea, Korea, Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 103, 971-78.

l  So-Jeong Kim, Ye-Rin Choi, Soo-Je Park, Jong-Geol Kim, Kee-Sun Shin, Dong-Hyun Roh, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2013), Winogradskyella Pulchriflava Sp. Nov., Isolated from Marine Sediment, International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, 63, 3062-68.

2012

l  Soo-Je Park, In-Tae Cha, So-Jeong Kim, Kee-Sun Shin, YoungSoo Hong, Dong-Hyun Roh and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2012), Salinisphaera orenii sp. nov., isolated from a solar saltern, IJSEM, 62:1877-1883 Korea Polar Research Institute (PP10040); Marine and Extreme Genome Research Center Program (MLTMA).

l  Soo-Je Park, Jong-Geol Kim, Man-Young Jung, So-Jeong Kim, In-Tae Cha, KaeKyoung Kwon, Jung-Hyun Lee and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2012), Draft genome sequence of an ammonia-oxidizing archaeon "Candidatus Nitrosopumilus koreensis" AR1 from marine sediment, J Bact, 194(24):6940-6941 Basic Science Research Program (NRF: 20090087901); Marine and Extreme Genome Research Center Program (MLTMA).

l  Soo-Je Park, Jong-Geol Kim, Man-Young Jung, So-Jeong Kim, In-Tae Cha, Rohit Ghai, Ana-Belén Martín-Cuadrado, Francisco Rodríguez-Valera and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2012), Draft genome sequence of an ammonia-oxidizing archaeon "Candidatus Nitrosopumilus sediminis" AR2 from Svalbard, Arctic Circle, J Bact, 194(24): 6948-6949 Basic Science Research Program (NRF: 20090087901); the Mid-Career Researcher Program (NRF: 20100014384); Korea Polar Research Institute (PP10040).

l  Soo-Je Park, Rohit Ghai, Ana-Belén Martín-Cuadrado, Francisco Rodríguez-Valera, Man-Young Jung, Jong-Geol Kim and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2012), Draft genome sequence of the sulfur-oxidizing bacterium, "Candidatus Sulfurovum sediminum" AR belonging to the Epsilon-proteobacteria, J Bact, 194(15): 4128-9. Basic Science Research Program (NRF: 2009-0087901) and the Mid-Career Researcher Program (NRF: 2010-0014384).

l  Yuri Lee, Sungkeun Rhee and Yul Roh, (2012), Biogeochemistry and Mineralogy of Acid Mine Drainage at Jeonju Il Mine, Journal of the Geological Society of Korea, v. 48, no. 2, p. 121-130 H (Korean).

l  Yunhee Seo, Sung-Keun Rhee, Kangju Kim, Eungyu Park, Yeongkyoo Kim, Chul-Min Chon, Ji-Won Moon and Yul Roh, (2012), Biogeochemical Remediation of Cr(VI)-Contaminated Groundwater Using MMPH-0 (Enterobacter aerogenes), Econ. Environ. Geol., 45(2), 0-0.

l  So-Jeong Kim, Soo-Je Park, Yong-Sik Oh, Sang-Ah Lee, Kee-Sun Shin, Dong-Hyun Roh and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2012), Shewanella arctica sp. nov., an iron-reducing bacterium isolated from Arctic marine sediment, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 62, 1128–1133 Mid-career Researcher Program (NRF: 2010-0014384).

l  Soo-Je Park, Dong-Hwan Kim, Man-Young Jung, So-Jeong Kim, Hongik Kim, Yang-Hoon Kim, Jong-Chan Chae, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2012), Evaluation of a Fosmid-Clone-Based Microarray for Comparative Analysis of Swine Fecal Metagenomes, Journal of Microbiology, 50: 684-688 Human Resource Training Project for Regional Innovation (MEST: I00108); Small & Medium Business Administration (NRF?: S1073083).

l  In-Tae Cha, Soo-Je Park, Jong-Geol Kim, Man-Young Jung, So-Jeong Kim, Se-Jong Ju, Kae Kyoung Kwon, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2012), Identification of Anaerobic Thermophilic Thermococcus Dominant in Enrichment Cultures from a Hydrothermal Vent Sediment of Tofua Arc, Korean Journal of Microbiology, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 42-47 (Korean) University Grant 2010.

l  So-Jeong Kim, Dong-Chan Koh, Soo-Je Park, In-Tae Cha, Joong-Wook Park, Jong-Hwa Na, Yul Roh, Kyung-Seok Ko, Kangjoo Kim, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2012), Molecular Analysis of Spatial Variation of Iron-Reducing Bacteria in Riverine Alluvial Aquifers of the Mankyeong River, The Journal of Microbiology, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 207–217 Mid-career Researcher Program (NRF: 2010-0014384).

l  Wan-Taek Im, Zi-Ye Hu, Kyoung-Ho Kim, Sung-Keun Rhee, Han Meng, Sung-Taik Lee, and Zhe-Xue Quan, (2012), Description of Fimbriimonas ginsengisoli  gen. nov., sp. nov. within the Fimbriimonadia class nov., of the phylum Armatimonadetes, Antonie van Leewenhoek,  102(2):307-17.

l  Jaap Sinninghe Damsté, Irene Rijpstra, Ellen Hopmans, Man-Young Jung, Jong-Geol Kim, Sung-Keun Rhee, Michaela Stieglmeier, and Christa Schleper, (2012), Intact Polar and Core Glycerol Dibiphytanyl Glycerol Tetraether Lipids of Group 1.1a and 1.1b Ammonia Oxidizing Archaea in Soil, Appl Environ Microbiol, 78(19):6866.

l  Jong-Geol Kim, Man-Young Jung, Soo-Je Park, W. IreneC. Rijpstra, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Eugene L. Madsen, Deullae Min, Jin-Seog Kim, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2012), Cultivation of a highly enriched ammonia-oxidizing archaeon of thaumarchaeotal group I.1b from an agricultural soil, Environ Microbiol, 14(6):1528-1543 Basic Science Research Program (NRF: 2009-0087901); Mid-career Research Program (NRF: 2010-0014384); Korea Polar Research Institute.

2011

l  Sang-Soo Han, Jin-young, Sung-Keun Rhee, and Geun Joong, Kim, (2011) Prediction of genes lacking in an ammonia oxidizing archaeon for independent growth, Korean Society for Biotechnology and Bioengineering Journal (Korean) 26: 237-242.

l  Park SJ, Pham VH, Jung MY, Kim SJ, Kim JG, Roh DH, Rhee SK. (2011) A new chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing gammaproteobacterium, Thioalbus denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment, Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, 61(9):2045-51.

l  Cha IT, Oh YS, Park SJ, Park BJ, Lee JK, Lim CS, Park AR, Yoo JS, Lee DH, Rhee SK, Roh DH (2011) Reichenbachiella faecimaris sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat of Yellow Sea, Korea, and emended descriptions of the genus Reichenbachiella and of Reichenbachiella agariperforans, Int J Syst Evol Microbiol, 61(8): 1944-9.

l  Man-Young Jung, Soo-Je Park, Deullae Min, Jin-Seog Kim, W. Irene C. Rijpstra, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damsté, Geun-Joong Kim, Eugene L. Madsen, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2011), Enrichment of an autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing archaeon of thaumarchaeal group I.1a from an agricultural soil, Appl Environ Microbiol, 77: 8635–8647.

l  Byung Kwon Kim, Man-Young Jung, Dong Su Yu, Soo-Je Park, Tae Kwang Oh, Sung-Keun Rhee, and Jihyun F. Kim, (2011), Genome Sequence of an Ammonia-Oxidizing Soil Archaeon, “Candidatus Nitrosoarchaeum koreensis” MY14., J Bac, 193: 5539–5540.

l  Angela Pitcher, Ellen C. Hopmans, Annika C. Mosier, Soo-Je Park, Sung-Keun Rhee, Christopher A. Francis, Stefan Schouten, and Jaap S. Sinninghe Damste´, (2011), Core and Intact Polar Glycerol Dibiphytanyl Glycerol Tetraether Lipids of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea Enriched from Marine and Estuarine Sediments, Appl Environ Microbiol, 77: 3468–3477.

l  Soo-Je Park, Byoung-Joon Park, Man-Young Jung, So-Jeong Kim, Jong-Chan Chae, Yul Roh, Matthias Forwick, Ho-Il Yoon, Sung-Keun Rhee, (2011), Influence of Deglaciation on Microbial Communities in Marine Sediments Off the Coast of Svalbard, Arctic Circle, Microb Ecol, 62: 537-548.

l  Jung MY, Pham V, Park SJ, Kim SJ, Chae JC, Roh Y, Rhee SK, (2010), Metagenomic assessment of a sulfur-oxidizing enrichment culture derived from marine sediment, J Microbiol Dec; 48(6):739-47. Epub 2011 Jan 9.

2010

l  Lim CS, Oh YS, Lee JK, Park AR, Yoo JS, Rhee SK, Roh DH, (2010), Flavobacterium chungbukense sp. nov., isolated from soil, Int J Syst Evol Microbiol., Dec 24.

l  Dong-Hun Kim, Bok-Kwon Lee, Yong-Dae Kim, Sung-Keun Rhee, and Young-Chang Kim, (2010), Detection of Representative Enteropathogenic Bacteria, Vibrio spp., Pathogenic Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., and Yersinia enterocolitica, Using a Virulence Factor Gene-Based Oligonucleotide Microarray, J Microbiol. Oct; 48(5):682-8.

l  ParkBJ, Park SJ, Yoon DN, Schouten S, Sinninghe Damsté JS, Rhee SK, (2010), Cultivation of autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing archaea from marine sediments in co-culture with sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, Appl Environ Microbiol, Sep 24.

l  Soo-Je Park, Jong-Chan Chae and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2010), Application of DNA Microarray for Screening Metagenome Library Clones in Molecular Methods in (Book Chapter) Metagenomics in Series: Methods in Molecular Biology, Vol. 668 Eds Streit, Wolfgang R.; Daniel, Rolf (Eds.) 1st Edition., 295 p. ISBN: 978-1-60761-822-5.

l  Yoon DN, Park SJ, Kim SJ, Jeon CO, Chae JC, Rhee SK, (2010), Isolation, characterization, and abundance of filamentous members of Caldilineae in activated sludge, J Microbiol, Jun;48(3):275-83. Epub 2010 Jun 23.

l  Jong-Geol Kim, Soo-Je Park, and Sung-Keun Rhee, (2010), Prokaryotic Communities of Halophilic Methylotrophs Enriched from a Solar Saltern, The Korean Journal of Microbiology, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 286-290.