JOURNAL PAPERS

61. Guijin Zou, Wooseong Kim, Huajian Gao. Mechanics of membrane targeting antimicrobials - Pore nucleation in bacterial membranes. Mechanics of Materials 2024, 193:104991

60. Hee Young Heo, Guijin Zou, Seongeun Baek, Jae-Seok Kim, Eleftherios Mylonakis, Frederick M Ausubel, Huajian Gao, Wooseong Kim.  A Methylazanediyl Bisacetamide Derivative Sensitizes Staphylococcus aureus Persisters to a Combination of Gentamicin And Daptomycin. Advanced science 2024, 11(9):e2306112

(Featured in EWHA Research Achievements, Jan 15, 2024; in Hanbitsa, Dec  22, 2023)

59. Joo-Kyung Kim, Hyun-Young Yun, Jae-Seok Kim, Wooseong Kim, Chang-Soo Lee, Byung-Gee Kim, Hee-Jin Jeong. Development of fluorescence-linked immunosorbent assay for rapid detection of Staphylococcus aureus. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2024, 108 (1): 1-10

58. Suk Jin Oh, Tae-Rim Choi, Hyun Joong Kim, Jeong Hyeon Hwang, Hyun Jin Kim, Shashi Kant Bhatia, Wooseong Kim, Young Joo Yeon, Yung-Hun Yang. Maximization of 3-hydroxyhexanoate fraction in poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) using lauric acid with engineered Cupriavidus necator H16. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 2024, 256(Pt 2):128376

57. Camille André, Cassandra L. Schrank, Ana V. Cheng Jaramillo, Eleftherios Mylonakis, William M. Wuest, Michael S. Gilmore, Wooseong Kim, Paulo J. M. Bispo. Antimicrobial activity of a new class of synthetic retinoid antibiotics and comparator agents against ocular staphylococci. Frontiers in Antibiotics 2023, 2:1101450

56. Joo-Kyung Kim, Hanool Yun, Chang-Hun Yeom, Eun-Jung Kim, Wooseong Kim, Chang-Soo Lee, Byung-Gee Kim, Hee-Jin Jeong. Flow cytometry-based rapid detection of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa using fluorescent antibodies. RSC advances 2022, 12(53):34660-34669

55. Byungchan Kim, Hong-Ju Lee, Sung-Hyun Jo, Min-Gyu Kim, Yeonhee Lee, Wonsik Lee, Wooseong Kim, Hwang-Soo Joo, Yun-Gon Kim, Jae-Seok Kim, Yung-Hun Yang. Study of SarA by DNA Affinity Capture Assay (DACA) Employing Three Promoters of Key Virulence and Resistance Genes in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Antibiotics 2022, 11(12):1714

54. Gyu-Min Lim, Joo-Kyung Kim, Eun-Jung Kim, Chang-Soo Lee, Wooseong Kim, Byung-Gee Kim, Hee-Jin Jeong. Generation of a recombinant antibody for sensitive detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. BMC biotechnology 2022, 22(1):1-11.

53. Hye Soo Lee, Hong-Ju Lee, Byungchan Kim, Su-Hyeon Kim, Do-Hyun Cho, Hee-Joo Jung, Shashi Kant Bhatia, Kwon-Young Choi, Wooseong Kim, Jongbok Lee, Sang Ho Lee, Yung-Hun Yang. Inhibition of Cyclopropane Fatty Acid Synthesis in the Membrane of Halophilic Halomonas socia CKY01 by Kanamycin. Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering 2022, 27(5):762-770.

52. Minjeong Kang, Tae-Rim Choi, Soyeon Ahn, Hee Young Heo, Hyerim Kim, Hye Soo Lee, Yoo Kyung Lee, Hwang-Soo Joo, Philip S Yune, Wooseong Kim*, Yung-Hun Yang*. Arctic Psychrotolerant Pseudomonas sp. B14-6 Exhibits Temperature-Dependent Susceptibility to Aminoglycosides. Antibiotics 2022, 11(8):1019.

51. Byung Chan Kim, Hyerim Kim, Hye Soo Lee, Su Hyun Kim, Do-Hyun Cho, Hee Ju Jung, Shashi Kant Bhatia, Philip S. Yune, Hwang‑Soo Joo , Jae-Seok Kim, Wooseong Kim*, Yung-Hun Yang*. 4-Chloro-2-Isopropyl-5-Methylphenol Exhibits Antimicrobial and Adjuvant Activity against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2022, 32(6):1-10.

50. Soo Min Kim, Guijin Zou, Hyerim Kim, Minjeong Kang, Soyeon Ahn, Hee Young Heo, Jae-Seok Kim, Kyung-Min Lim, Frederick M. Ausubel, Eleftherios Mylonakis, Huajian Gao, Wooseong Kim. Antimicrobial activity of the membrane-active compound nTZDpa is enhanced at low pH. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy 2022, 150, 112977 

49. Hong-Ju Lee, Byungchan Kim, Suhyun Kim, Do-Hyun Cho, Heeju Jung, Wooseong Kim, Yun-Gon Kim, Jae-Seok Kim, Hwang-Soo Joo, Sang-Ho Lee and Yung-Hun Yang. Leucyl-tRNA Synthetase Inhibitor, D-Norvaline, in Combination with Oxacillin, Is Effective against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Antibiotics 2022, 11(5), 683.

48. Anne Weiss, Emilie Delavenne, Carina Matias, Heimo Lagler, Daniel Simon, Ping Li, Jon U Hansen, Teresa Pires Dos Santos, Bimal Jana, Petra Priemel, Christine Bangert, Martin Bauer, Sabine Eberl, Alina Nussbaumer-Pröll, Zoe Anne Österreicher, Peter Matzneller, Tamara Quint, Maria Weber, Hanne Mørck Nielsen, Thomas Rades, Helle Krogh Johansen, Henrik Westh, Wooseong Kim, Eleftherios Mylonakis, Christian Friis, Luca Guardabassi, John Pace, Carina Vingsbo Lundberg, Fatima M'Zali, Pascal Butty, Nikolaj Sørensen, Henrik Bjørn Nielsen, Rasmus Toft-Kehler, Emma Guttman-Yassky, Georg Stingl, Markus Zeitlinger, Morten Sommer. Topical niclosamide (ATx201) reduces Staphylococcus aureus colonization and increases Shannon diversity of the skin microbiome in atopic dermatitis patients in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 trial. Clinical and Translational Medicine 2022, 12 (5), e790

47. Sun Mi Lee, Do-Hyun Cho, Hee-Joo Jung, Byungchan Kim, Su-Hyeon Kim, Shashi Kant Bhatia, Ranjit Gurav, Jong-Min Jeon, Jeong-Jun Yoon, Wooseong Kim, Kwon-Young Choi, Yung-Hun Yang. Finding of novel polyhydroxybutyrate producer Loktanella sp. SM43 capable of balanced utilization of glucose and xylose from lignocellulosic biomass. International Journal of Biological Mcaromolecules 2022, 208: 809-818 

46. Joo-Kyung Kim, Gyu-Min Lim, Eun-Jung Kim, Wooseong Kim, Chang-Soo Lee, Byung-Gee Kim, Hee-Jin Jeong. Generation of Recombinant Antibodies in HEK293F Cells for the Detection of Staphylococcus aureus. ACS Omega 2022, 7, 11, 9690–9700

45. Hye Soo Lee , Hun-Suk Song, Hong-Ju Lee, Sang Hyun Kim, Min Ju Suh, Jang Yeon Cho, Sion Ham, Yun-Gon Kim, Hwang-Soo Joo, Wooseong Kim, Sang Ho Lee, Dongwon Yoo, Shashi Kant Bhatia, Yung-Hun Yang. Comparative Study of the Difference in Behavior of the Accessory Gene Regulator (Agr) in USA300 and USA400 Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA). Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2021, 31(8):1060-1068.

44. Iliana E. Escobar, Fernanda Cristina Possamai Rossatto, Soo Min Kim, Min Hee Kang, Wooseong Kim*, Eleftherios Mylonakis*. Repurposing Kinase Inhibitor Bay 11-7085 to Combat Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans Biofilms. Frontiers in Pharmacology 2021, 12: 675300

43. Hun-Suk Song, Shashi Kant Bhatia, Tae-Rim Choi, Ranjit Gurav, Hyun Joong Kim, Sun Mi Lee, Sol Lee Park, Hye Soo Lee, Hwang-Soo Joo, Wooseong Kim, Seung-Oh Seo, Yung-Hun Yang. Increased antibiotic resistance of methicillin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus USA300 Δpsm mutants and a complementation study of Δpsm mutants using synthetic phenol soluble modulins. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2021, 31(1): 115-122 

42. Shashi Kant Bhatia, Sanjeet Mehariya, Ravi Kant Bhatia, Manu Kumar, Arivalagan Pugazhendhi, Mukesh Kumar Awasthi, AE Atabani, Gopalakrishnan Kumar, Wooseong Kim, Seung-Oh Seo, Yung-Hun Yang. Wastewater based microalgal biorefinery for bioenergy production: Progress and challenges. Science of the Total Environment 2021, 751: 141599 

41. Kiho Lee, Iliana Escobar, Yeeun Jang , Wooseong Kim, Frederick M. Ausubel, Eleftherios Mylonakis. In the Model Host Caenorhabditis elegans, Sphingosine-1-Phosphate-Mediated Signaling Increases Immunity toward Human Opportunistic Bacteria. International journal of molecular sciences 2020, 21(21), 7813 

40. Hun-Suk Song, Tae-Rim Choi, Shashi Kant Bhatia, Sun Mi Lee, Sol Lee Park, Hye Soo Lee, Yun-Gon Kim, Jae-Seok Kim, Wooseong Kim, Yung-Hun Yang. Combination Therapy Using Low-Concentration Oxacillin with Palmitic Acid and Span85 to Control Clinical Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Antibiotics 2020, 9(10), 682

39. Iliana E Escobar, Alexis White, Wooseong Kim*, Eleftherios Mylonakis*. New Antimicrobial Bioactivity against Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Positive Bacteria of Kinase Inhibitor IMD0354. Antibiotics 2020, 9(10), 665

38. Sung-Hyun Jo, Won-Suk Song, Han-Gyu Park, Jae-Seung Lee, Hyo-Jin Jeon, Yeon-Hee Lee, Wooseong Kim, Hwang-Soo Joo, Yung-Hun Yang, Jae-Seok Kim and Yun-Gon Kim. Multi-omics based characterization of antibiotic response in clinical isogenic isolates of methicillin-susceptible/-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. RSC Advances 2020, 10(46), 27864-27873

37. Xiaowen Huang, Wen Pan, Wooseong Kim, Alexis White, Silei Li, Huiying Li, Kiho Lee, Beth Burgwyn Fuchs, Kang Zeng, Eleftherios Mylonakis. Caenorhabditis elegans mounts a p38 MAPK pathway‐mediated defense to Cutibacterium acnes infection. Cellular Microbiology 2020, 22(10): e13234

36. Wooseong Kim, Guijin Zou, Wen Pan, Nico Fricke, Hammad A. Faizi, Soo Min Kim, Rajamohammed Khader, Silei Li, Kiho Lee, Iliana Escorba, Petia M. Vlahovska, Huajian Gao, Frederick M. Ausubel, Eleftherios Mylonakis. The Neutrally Charged Diarylurea Compound PQ401 Kills Antibiotic-Resistant and Antibiotic-Tolerant Staphylococcus aureus. mBio 2020, 11(3): e01140-20

35. Soo Min Kim, Iliana Escorbar, Kiho Lee, Beth Burgwyn Fuchs, Eleftherios Mylonakis, Wooseong Kim. Anti-MRSA agent discovery using Caenorhabditis elegans-based high-throughput screening. Journal of Microbiology 2020, 58(6): 431-444

34. Yeong-Hoon Han, Tae-Rim Choi, Ye-Lim Park, Hun-Suk Song, Yong-Keun Choi, Hyun-Joong Kim, Shashi Kant Bhatia, Ranjit Gurav, Kyungmoon Park, See-Hyoung Park, Wooseong Kim, Yung-Hun Yang. Simultaneous monitoring of the bioconversion from lysine to glutaric acid by ethyl chloroformate derivatization and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Analytical Biochemistry 2020, 597(2020): 113688

33. Deok-ryeong Kim, Yeonhee Lee, Hyeon-kyeong Kim, Wooseong Kim, Yun-Gon Kim, Yung-Hun Yang, Jae-Seok Kim, Hwang-Soo Joo. Phenol-Soluble Modulin-Mediated Aggregation of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Human Cerebrospinal Fluid. Cells 2020, 9(3): 788

32. Soo-Yeon Yang, Yeong-Hoon Han, Ye-Lim Park, Jun-Young Park, So-young No, Daham Jeong, Saerom Park, Hyung Yeon Park, Wooseong Kim, Seung-Oh Seo, Yung-Hun Yang. Production of L-Theanine Using Escherichia coli Whole-Cell Overexpressing γ-Glutamylmethylamide Synthetase with Baker’s Yeast. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2020, 30 (5): 785-792

31. Ana Cheng, Wooseong Kim, Iliana Escobar, Eleftherios Mylonakis, William M. Wuest. Structure-activity relationship and anticancer profile of second-generation anti-MRSA synthetic retinoids. ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2020, 11: 393-397

30. Wooseong Kim, Guijin Zou, Taylor P. A. Hari, Ingrid K. Wilt, Wenpeng Zhu, Nicolas Galle, Hammad Faizi, Gabriel Hendricks, Katerina Tori, Wen Pan, Xiaowen Huang, Andrew D. Steele, Erika E. Csatary, Madeline M. Dekarske, Jake L. Rosen, Noelly de Queiroz Ribeiro, Kiho Lee, Jenna Port, Beth Burgwyn Fuchs, Petia M. Vlahovska, William M. Wuest, Huajian Gao, Frederick M. Ausubel, Eleftherios Mylonakis. A selective membrane-targeting repurposed antibiotic with activity against persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusProc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 2019, 116(33): 16529-16534

(highlighted in Rhode Island Medical Journal, 102, 60 (2019); in Providence Business News, July 29, 2019; on WPRI-TV News, July 29, 2019; on NPR, August 12, 2019)

29. Nagendran Tharmalingam, Noelly Q Ribeiro, Danielle L da Silva, Mandar T Naik, Lana IB Cruz, Wooseong Kim, Steven Shen, Jéssica D dos Santos, Katarina Ezikovich, Erika MC D’Agata, Eleftherios Mylonakis, Beth B Fuchs. Auranofin is an effective agent against clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus. Future Medicinal Chemistry 2019, 11(12):1417-1425

28. Wooseong Kim, Andrew D. Steele, Wenpeng Zhu, Erika E. Csatary, Nico Fricke, Madeline M. Dekarske, Elamparithi Jayamani, Wen Pan, Bumsup Kwon|, Isabelle F. Sinitsa, Jake L. Rosen, Annie L. Conery, Beth Burgwyn Fuchs, Petia M. Vlahovska, Frederick M. Ausubel, Huajian Gao, William M. Wuest, Eleftherios Mylonakis. Discovery and optimization of nTZDpa as an antibiotic effective against bacterial persisters. ACS Infectious Diseases 2018, 4(11): 1540-1545.

27. Qingzhong Liu, Zhaojun Zheng, Wooseong Kim, Beth Burgwyn Fuchs, Eleftherios Mylonakis. Influence of sub-inhibitory concentrations of NH125 on biofilm formation and virulence factors of Staphylococcus aureus. Future Medicinal Chemistry 2018, 10(11):1319-1331.

26. Wooseong Kim, Wenpeng Zhu, Gabriel Lambert Hendricks, Daria Van Tyne, Andrew D. Steele, Colleen E. Keohane, Nico Fricke, Annie L. Conery, Steven Shen, Wen Pan, Kiho Lee, Rajmohan Rajamuthiah, Beth Burgwyn Fuchs, Petia M. Vlahovska, William M. Wuest, Michael S. Gilmore, Huajian Gao, Frederick M. Ausubel, Eleftherios Mylonakis. A new class of synthetic retinoid antibiotics effective against bacterial persisters. Nature 2018, 556 (7699): 103-107.

(highlighted in News and Views, Nature 2018, 556, 40-41; in Research Highlight, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 2018, 17, 394; in Spotlight, Molecular Cell 2018, 70(5), 763-764; in The Independent, March 28, 2018; in The Guardian, March 28, 2018; in Forbes, March 28, 2018)

25. Wooseong Kim, Gabriel Hendricks, Katerina Tori, Beth Burgwyn Fuchs,Eleftherios Mylonakis. Strategies against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus persisters. Future Medicinal Chemistry 2018, 10(7): 779-794.

24. Hun‐Suk Song, Hyung‐Min Seo, Jong‐Min Jeon, Yu‐Mi Moon, Ju Won Hong, Yoon Gi Hong, Shashi Kant Bhatia, Jungoh Ahn, Hongweon Lee, Wooseong Kim, Yong‐Cheol Park, Kwon‐Young Choi, Yun‐Gon Kim, Yung‐Hun Yang. Enhanced isobutanol production from acetate by combinatorial overexpression of acetyl‐CoA synthetase and anaplerotic enzymes in engineered Escherichia coli. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 2018, 115 (8), 1971-1978

23. Jong-Min Jeon, Hun-Suk Song, Doo-Geun Lee, Ju Won Hong, Yoon Gi Hong, Yu-Mi Moon, Shashi Kant Bhatia, Jeong-Jun Yoon, Wooseong Kim, Yung-Hun Yang. Butyrate-based n-butanol production from an engineered Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering 2018, 41 (8): 1195-1204

22. Nagendran Tharmalingam, Rajmohan Rajmuthiah, Wooseong Kim, Beth Burgwyn Fuchs, Elamparithi Jeyamani, Michael J. Kelso, Eleftherios Mylonakis. Antibacterial properties of four novel hit compounds from a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusCaenorhabditis eleganshigh-throughput screen. Microbial Drug Resistance 2018, 24(5):666-674.

21. Zhaojun Zheng, Qingzhong Liu, Wooseong Kim, Nagendran Tharmalingam, Beth Burgwyn Fuchs, Eleftherios Mylonakis. Antimicrobial activity of 1,3,4-Oxadiazole derivatives against planktonic and biofilm cells of Staphylococcus aureus. Future Medicinal Chemistry 2018, 10 (3): 283-296.

20. Hun-Suk Song, Jong-Min Jeon, Yong Keun Choi, Jun-Young Kim, Wooseong Kim, Jeong-Jun Yoon, Kyungmoon Park, Jungoh Ahn, Hongweon Lee, Yung-Hun Yang. L-glycine alleviates furfural-induced growth inhibition during isobutanol production in Escherichia coli. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 2017, 27(8): 2165-2172.

19. Hun-Suk Song, Jong-Min Jeon, Hyun-Joong Kim, Bhatia shashi Kant, Ganesan Sathiyanarayanan, Jun-young Kim, Ju Won Hong, Yoon Gi Hong, Kwon Young Choi, Yun-Gon Kim, Wooseong Kim, Yung-Hun Yang. Increase of furfural tolerance by combinatorial overexpression of NAD salvage pathway enzymes in engineered isobutanol-producing E. coli. Bioresource Technology 2017, 245:1430-1435.

18. Bo-Rahm Lee, Shashi Kant Bhatia, Hun-Suk Song, Jun-young Kim, Wooseong Kim, Hyung-yeon Park, Jeong-Jun Yoon, Sung-Hee Park, Daehee Hwang, Byung-Gee Kim, Yung-Hun Yang. The role of NdgR in glycerol metabolism in Streptomyces coelicolor. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering 2017, 40(10): 1573-1580.

17. Zhaojun Zheng, Nagendran Tharmalingam, Qingzhong Liu, Elamparithi Jayamani, Wooseong Kim, Beth Burgwyn Fuchs, Rijun Zhang, Andreas Vilcinskas, Eleftherios Mylonakis. Synergistic efficacy of Aedes aegypti antimicrobial peptide cecropin A2 and tetracycline against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2017, 61(7): 15 e00686-17.

16. Elamparithi Jayamani, Nagendran Tharmalingam, Rajmohan Rajamuthiah, Jeffrey J. Coleman, Wooseong Kim, Ikechukwu Okoli, Ana M. Hernandez, Kiho Lee, Gerard J. Nau, Frederick M. Ausubel, Eleftherios Mylonakis. Characterization of a Francisella tularensis-Caenorhabditis eleganspathosystem for the evaluation of therapeutic compounds. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2017, 61(9): e00310-17.

15. Wooseong Kim, Gabriel Hendricks, Kiho Lee, Eleftherios Mylonakis. An update on the use of C. elegansfor preclinical drug discovery: screening and identifying anti-infective drug. Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery 2017, 12(6):625-633.

14. Junyoung Kim, Hyung-Min Seo, Shashi Kant Bhatia, Hun-Seok Song, Jung-Ho Kim, Jong-Min Jeon, Kwon Young Choi, Wooseong Kim, Jeong-Jun Yoon, Yun-Gon Kim, Yung-Hun Yang. Production of itaconate by whole-cell bioconversion of citrate mediated by expression of multiple cis-aconitate decarboxylase (cadA) genes in Escherichia coli. Scientific Reports 2017, 7:39768.

13. Tatiana Johnston, Gabriel Lambert Hendricks, Steven Shen, Roy Fangxing Chen, Bumsup Kwon, Michael John Kelso, Wooseong Kim, Beth Burgwyn Fuchs, Eleftherios Mylonakis. Raf-kinase inhibitor GW5074 shows antibacterial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and potentiates the activity of gentamicin. Future Medicinal Chemistry 2016, 8 (16): 1941-1952.

12. Wooseong Kim, Nico Fricke, Annie L. Conery, Beth Burgwyn Fuchs, Rajmohan Rajamuthiah, Elamparithi Jayamani, Petia M. Vlahovska, Frederick M. Ausubel, Eleftherios Mylonakis. NH125 kills methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus persisters by lipid bilayer disruption. Future Medicinal Chemistry 2016, 8 (3): 257-269.

11. Rajmohan Rajamuthiah, Elamparithi Jayamani, Hiwa Majed, Annie L. Conery, Wooseong Kim, Bumsup Kwon, Beth Burgwyn Fuchs, Michael J. Kelso, Frederick M. Ausubel, Eleftherios Mylonakis. Antibacterial Properties of 3-(Phenylsulfonyl)-2-pyrazinecarbonitrile. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2015, 15;25(22):5203-7.

10. Rajmohan Rajamuthiah, Elamparithi Jayamani, Annie L. Conery, Beth Burgwyn Fuchs, Wooseong Kim, Tatiana Johnston, Andreas Vilcinskas, Frederick M. Ausubel, Eleftherios Mylonakis. A defensin from the model beetle Tribolium castaneumacts synergistically with telavancin and daptomycin against multidrug resistant Staphylococcus aureus. PLoS One 2015, 10(6): e0128576.

9. Wooseong Kim, Annie L. Conery, Rajmohan Rajamuthiah, Beth Burgwyn Fuchs, Frederick M. Ausubel, Eleftherios Mylonakis. Identification of an antimicrobial agent effective against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureuspersisters using a fluorescence-based screening strategy. PLoS One 2015, 10(6): e0127640.

8. Rajmohan Rajamuthiah, Beth Burgwyn Fuchs, Annie L. Conery, Wooseong Kim, Elamparithi Jayamani, Bumsup Kwon, Frederick M. Ausubel, Eleftherios Mylonakis. Repurposing salicylanilide anthelmintic drugs to combat drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus. PloS One 2015, 10(4): e0124595. 

(Featured in Brown News, April 23, 2015)

7. Wooseong Kim, Farah K. Tengra, Jasmine Shong, Nicholas Marchand, Hon Kit Chan,Zachary Young, Ravindra Pangule,Macarena Parra, Jonathan S. Dordick, Joel L. Plawsky, Cynthia H. Collins. Effect of spaceflight on Pseudomonas aeruginosa final cell density is modulated by nutrient and oxygen availability. BMC Microbiology 2013,13:241. 

(Featured in News.sciencemag.org, November 5, 2013; in Phys.org, November 8, 2013;in NASA.gov, August 27, 2015)

 6. Wooseong Kim, Farah K. Tengra, Zachary Young,Jasmine Shong, Nicholas Marchand, Hon Kit Chan,Ravindra Pangule, Macarena Parra, Jonathan S. Dordick, Joel L. Plawsky, Cynthia H. Collins. Spaceflight promotes biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PLoS One 2013. 8(4), e62437. 

(Featured in RPI News, June 24, 2013; in Space.com, July 8, 2013;in NASA.gov, August 27, 2015)

5. Yung-Hun Yang, Eunjung Song, Ji-Nu Kim, Bo-Rahm Lee, Eun-Jung Kim, Sung-Hee Park, Woo-Seong Kim, Hyung-Yeon Park, Jong-Min Jeon, Yun-Gon Kim, Byung-Gee Kim. Characterization of a new ScbR-like γ-butyrolactone binding Regulator (SlbR) in Streptomyces coelicolor. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2012, 96(1):113-21.

4. Yung-Hun Yang, Eunjung Song, Joost Willemse, Sung-Hee Park, Woo-Seong Kim, Eun-jung Kim, Bo-Rahm Lee, Ji-Nu Kim, Gilles P. van Wezel, Byung-Gee Kim. A novel function of Streptomycesintegration host factor (sIHF) in the control of antibiotic production and sporulation in Streptomyces coelicolor. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2012. 101:479–492.

3. Eunjung Song, Yung-Hun Yang, Bo-Rahm Lee, Eun-Jung Kim, Ji-Nu Kim, Sung-Soo Park, Kwangwon Lee, Woo-Seong Kim, Sungyong You, Daehee Hwang, and Byung-Gee Kim. An integrative approach for high-throughput screening characterization of transcriptional regulators in Streptomyces coelicolor. Pure and Applied Chemistry 2010, 82(1):57-67.

2. Sung-Soo Park, Yung-Hun Yang, Eunjung Song, Eun-Jung Kim, Woo-Seong Kim, Jae Kyung Sohng, Hei Chan Lee, Kwang Kyoung Liou and Byung-Gee Kim. Mass spectrometric screening of transcriptional regulators involved in antibiotics biosynthesis in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology 2009,386(2):228-236.

1. Yung-Hun Yang, Eunjung Song, Eun-Jung Kim, Kwangwon Lee, Woo-Seong Kim, Sung-Soo Park, Ji-Sook Hahn, Byung-Gee Kim. NdgR, IclR-like regulator involved in amino acid dependent growth, quorum sensing, and antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2009, 82:501-511.

PATENTS

6. Soo Sung Kang, Wooseong Kim, Soo Min Kim, Sol Lee, Seong Hee Ma, Tae Eun Kim, Seong Eun Baek. Diarylurea derivatives and antibacterial compositions comprising the same against antibiotic-resistant and antibiotic-tolerant Staphylococcus aureus. Korea Patent, 23-178959, December 11, 2023

5. Wooseong Kim, Hee Young Heo. Antibacterial composition and antibacterial adjuvant effective against multidrug-resistant and persister bacterial strains. Korea Patent, Application, 10-2023-0116515, September 1, 2023

4. Frederick M. Ausubel, Wooseong Kim, Eleftherios Mylonakis, William M. Wuest. Antibacterial compounds. US Patent No. 11690824, July 4, 2023

3. Frederick M. Ausubel, Wooseong Kim, Eleftherios Mylonakis, William M. Wuest. Antibiotic compounds. Patent No. WO2018213609A1, November 22, 2018

2. Helen Burgwyn Fuchs, Eleftherios Mylonakis, Frederick M Ausubel, Raj Mohan Raja Muthiah, Wooseong Kim. Antibacterial and antifungal compounds. Patent No. US20190054048A1, March 30, 2017.

1. Byung-Gee Kim, Woo-Seong Kim, Yung-Hun Yang, Eunjung, Song, Hei-Chan Lee, Kwang-Kyung Liou. Sigma factor R and a method for increasing production of antibiotics using sigma factor R. Korea Patent No. 1009970440000, November 23, 2010.

BOOK CHAPTER

Wooseong Kim, Iliana Escobar, Beth Burgwyn Fuchs, and Eleftherios Mylonakis. “Antimicrobial drug discovery against persisters” in Persister Cells and Infectious Disease, Ed. Kim Lewis. Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-25241-0.