Professor Park Jin-sook's Paper from Hannam University Selected as Cover Paper in the Journal of the Korean Society for Microbiology

Professor Park Jin-sook. Courtesy of Hannam University

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] A paper by Professor Park Jin-sook of the Department of Life Systems Science at Hannam University (photo) has been selected as the cover paper of the June issue of the Journal of the Korean Society for Microbiology.

Professor Park's paper featured on the cover analyzes the microbiomes of two species of sponges collected from Jeju Island, revealing and observing species-specific host characteristics.

Professor Park has attracted attention from the domestic marine bioindustry by discovering new marine symbiotic microorganisms in Korean waters.

Marine symbiotic microorganisms are considered an alternative to solve raw material supply issues as substitutes for the production of useful substances such as natural products and pharmaceuticals derived from marine organisms.

Meanwhile, the Journal of the Korean Society for Microbiology is published quarterly by the Microbiology Society, one of the oldest and largest societies in the microbiology field.

The Korean Society for Microbiology selects the best paper among quarterly published papers as the cover paper.

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