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Jihyun F. Kim

Jihyun F. Kim

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Genetics

D-Index
51
Citations
10489
World Ranking
3860
National Ranking
11

Overview

Jihyun F. Kim is affiliated with Yonsei University in South Korea and has contributed extensively to the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Genetics, Biotechnology, and Food Science.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics, with a particular emphasis on gut microbiota and health, plant-microbe interactions and immunity, plant pathogenic bacteria studies, genomics and phylogenetic studies, probiotics and fermented foods, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, and bacterial genetics and biotechnology.

Jihyun F. Kim has published in a variety of venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Microbiome
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Plant Disease
  • The ISME Journal
  • Scientific Reports

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Kim are:

  • A synthetic probiotic engineered for colorectal cancer therapy modulates gut microbiota (2021, Microbiome)
  • Human gastric microbiota transplantation recapitulates premalignant lesions in germ-free mice (2021, Gut)
  • Gut microbiota of the young ameliorates physical fitness of the aged in mice (2022, Microbiome)
  • Enterotypical Prevotella and three novel bacterial biomarkers in preoperative stool predict the clinical outcome of colorectal cancer (2022, Microbiome)
  • Alterations in Gastric Microbial Communities Are Associated with Risk of Gastric Cancer in a Korean Population: A Case-Control Study (2020, Cancers)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kim include Soon-Kyeong Kwon, Ju Yeon Song, Yusook Chung, Seon-Woo Lee, and Kitae Kim, reflecting ongoing research partnerships across multiple projects.

Best Publications

  • Genome evolution and adaptation in a long-term experiment with Escherichia coli

    Jeffrey E. Barrick;Dong Su Yu;Dong Su Yu;Sung Ho Yoon;Haeyoung Jeong

  • Rhizosphere microbiome structure alters to enable wilt resistance in tomato

    Min Jung Kwak;Hyun Gi Kong;Kihyuck Choi;Soon Kyeong Kwon

  • Genome sequences of Escherichia coli B strains REL606 and BL21(DE3).

    Haeyoung Jeong;Valérie Barbe;Choong Hoon Lee;Choong Hoon Lee;David Vallenet

  • Microbial and biochemical basis of a Fusarium wilt-suppressive soil

    Jae Yul Cha;Sangjo Han;Hee Jeon Hong;Hyunji Cho

  • Construction and Manipulation of a New Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Bacterial Artificial Chromosome Clone

    Kevin F. Brulois;Heesoon Chang;Heesoon Chang;Amy Si Ying Lee;Armin Ensser

  • Differences in Gastric Mucosal Microbiota Profiling in Patients with Chronic Gastritis, Intestinal Metaplasia, and Gastric Cancer Using Pyrosequencing Methods

    Chang Soo Eun;Byung Kwon Kim;Dong Soo Han;Seon Young Kim

  • Homology and functional similarity of an hrp-linked pathogenicity locus, dspEF, of Erwinia amylovora and the avirulence locus avrE of Pseudomonas syringae pathovar tomato

    Adam J. Bogdanove;Jihyun F. Kim;Zhongmin Wei;Zhongmin Wei;Peter Kolchinsky

  • Understanding the Differences between Genome Sequences of Escherichia coli B Strains REL606 and BL21(DE3) and Comparison of the E. coli B and K-12 Genomes

    F. William Studier;Patrick Daegelen;Patrick Daegelen;Richard E. Lenski;Sergei Maslov

  • The genome sequence of E. coli W (ATCC 9637): comparative genome analysis and an improved genome-scale reconstruction of E. coli

    Colin T Archer;Jihyun F Kim;Haeyoung Jeong;Jin Hwan Park

  • Tracing ancestors and relatives of Escherichia coli B, and the derivation of B strains REL606 and BL21(DE3)

    Patrick Daegelen;F. William Studier;Richard E. Lenski;Susan Cure

  • Genomic blueprint of Hahella chejuensis, a marine microbe producing an algicidal agent

    Haeyoung Jeong;Joung Han Yim;Choonghwan Lee;Sang Haeng Choi

  • Comparative multi-omics systems analysis of Escherichia coli strains B and K-12.

    Sung Ho Yoon;Mee-Jung Han;Mee-Jung Han;Haeyoung Jeong;Choong Hoon Lee;Choong Hoon Lee;Choong Hoon Lee

  • HrpW of Erwinia amylovora, a new harpin that contains a domain homologous to pectate lyases of a distinct class

    Jihyun F. Kim;Steven V. Beer

  • Secretory production of recombinant proteins in Escherichia coli.

    Sung Ho Yoon;Seong Keun Kim;Jihyun F. Kim

  • Two bacterial entophytes eliciting both plant growth promotion and plant defense on pepper (Capsicum annuum L.).

    Seung Hoon Kang;Hyun Soo Cho;Hoon Cheong;Choong Min Ryu

  • Identification of a Polymyxin Synthetase Gene Cluster of Paenibacillus polymyxa and Heterologous Expression of the Gene in Bacillus subtilis

    Soo Keun Choi;Soo Young Park;Rumi Kim;Seong Bin Kim

  • Regulation of hrp genes and type III protein secretion in Erwinia amylovora by HrpX/HrpY, a novel two-component system, and HrpS.

    Zhongmin Wei;Jihyun F. Kim;Steven V. Beer

  • Identification and functional analysis of the fusaricidin biosynthetic gene of Paenibacillus polymyxa E681

    Soo Keun Choi;Soo Young Park;Rumi Kim;Choong Hwan Lee

  • PAIDB v2.0: exploration and analysis of pathogenicity and resistance islands

    Sung Ho Yoon;Young Kyu Park;Jihyun F. Kim

  • PR genes of apple: identification and expression in response to elicitors and inoculation with Erwinia amylovora

    Jean M Bonasera;Jihyun F Kim;Steven V Beer

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven V. Beer
Steven V. Beer Cornell University
Tae Kwang Oh
Tae Kwang Oh Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
Choong-Min Ryu
Choong-Min Ryu Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
Richard E. Lenski
Richard E. Lenski Michigan State University
Alan Collmer
Alan Collmer Cornell University
Sang Yup Lee
Sang Yup Lee Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Amy O. Charkowski
Amy O. Charkowski Colorado State University
Claire M. Fraser
Claire M. Fraser University of Maryland, Baltimore
Nikos C. Kyrpides
Nikos C. Kyrpides Joint Genome Institute
Edward M. Rubin
Edward M. Rubin Joint Genome Institute

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