Eun-Ju Kim’s research while affiliated with Pukyong National University and other places

... Through an comprehensive analysis of serum metabolomics, gut and oral microbiome, several potential probiotic genera were identified with high abundance in the gut of centenarians, such as Akkermansia, Alistipes, and Christensenellaceae R-7 group. More precisely, genus Alistipes has been reported to exhibit dual roles: it offers protective effects in conditions like colitis, autism spectrum disorders, and various liver and cardiovascular fibrotic diseases, while also showing pathogenicity in anxiety, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified and colorectal cancer [43][44][45][46][47]. Additionally, Akkermansia muciniphila has been shown to improve metabolism, alleviate cognitive impairment, exert antitumor effects, and enhance gut barrier function [48][49][50][51]. ...

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Serum metabolic and microbial profiling yields insights into promoting effect of tryptophan‐related metabolites for health longevity in centenarians

... This difference may be due to the substrate on which the larvae were raised. Kim et al. (2025) presented the results of the antitumor effect on the animal's body (laboratory mice were used in the study), chitin helps to reduce the mass of adipose tissue in obesity and increases the diversity of intestinal microbiota with beneficial microorganisms, increases the number of lactobacilli. In this research, chitin obtained from Hermetia illucens was introduced into the stomach every other day using a probe as a chitin solution at a dosage of 10 mg/kg. ...

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Prospects for using Hermetia illucens larvae in the diet of farm animals: a review

... Numerical simulations, including the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and lattice Boltzmann method (LBM), have supported experimental observations and revealed underlying mechanisms of clogging [34,35,28,29,36]. Direct simulation of colloid behavior is computationally expensive, and is therefore usually limited to a small number of pores that overlook the full complexities of the pore structure [37]. Some researchers have also explored training artificial intelligence models using simulation data from CFD or LBM to expedite predictions of the clogging process [38,39]. ...

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Coupled clogging and colloid retention mechanisms in porous media: Insights from Pore-Network modeling

... 19 For example, the moisture content of Chinese cabbage in the northern region of Korea is higher than that in the southern region of Korea, which significantly affects the microorganisms inhabiting the Chinese cabbage. 20,21 Environmental factors (e.g. season, climate and soil composition) can also influence the initiating microorganisms of spontaneously fermented spicy cabbage. ...

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Analysis of the quality and bacterial composition of spicy cabbage between Liaoning and Yanbian in northeastern China based on flavoromics and amplicon sequencing

... A metabolic pathway analysis was performed using MetaboAnalyst 6.0 based on the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) database [20]. The KEGG pathway library of lactobacillus in prokaryotes was selected as the analytical parameter for pathway analysis [21]. The pathway-based network analysis of the results was performed using Cytoscape 3.8 with the KEGGscape 0.9.1 plugin [22,23]. ...

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Tracking Metabolite Variations during the Degradation of Vegetables in Rice Bran Bed with Intact-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

... 3 Similar results were also reported in previous studies. 35,36 In detail, the relative abundance of Leuconostoc and Companilactobacillus in LNSC was higher than in YBSC, and the relative abundance of Latilactobacillus in YBSC was higher than in LNSC (Fig. S1B). Among these, Leuconostoc is known as a bacterium with high salt tolerance, and it is responsible for initiating lactic acid fermentation, which is consistent with our result (Fig. 1(D),(I)). ...

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Analysis of the quality and bacterial composition of spicy cabbage between Liaoning and Yanbian in northeastern China based on flavoromics and amplicon sequencing

... Moreover, Lee et al. [6] highlighted that salinity significantly affects the types and concentrations of fermentation metabolites in kimchi. Lee et al. [7] observed that the dominant lactic acid bacteria genera varied based on salinity, with Lactobacillus and Weissella proliferating in high-salinity environments and Leuconostoc predominating in all environments regardless of salinity levels. Xing et al. [8] reported that the growth rate of Leuconostoc mesenteroides peaked at 2% salinity, indicating optimal conditions for kimchi flavor development, while salinity levels over 6% inhibited growth. ...

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Rapid quality assessment of salted kimchi cabbage through near-infrared spectroscopy

... In addition, four butyric acid-producing bacteria, Bifidobacterium spp., Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, and Roseburia spp. (Barcenilla et al., 2000;Duncan et al., 2004), and five lactic acid-producing bacteria, Leuconostoc citreum, Leuconostoc mesenteroides, Lactobacillus sakei, Weissella cibaria, and Weissella koreensis (Choi et al., 2024;Lee et al., 2022b), were selected, and these bacteria are beneficial intestinal bacteria that have anti-inflammatory effects and function as immunostimulants. ...

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Interconnection of the Gut-Skin Axis in NC/Nga Mouse with Atopic Dermatitis: Effects of the Three Types of Bifidobacterium bifidum CBT-BF3 (Probiotics, Postbiotics, and Cytosine-Phosphate-Guanine Oligodeoxynucleotide) on T Cell Differentiation and Gut Microbiota

... However, a knowledge gap exists regarding the mechanism behind DOC attenuation in aquifers and the ability to predict the efficiency of DOC attenuation in an ASR system through DIR. Although several studies mainly focused on water quality improvement during MAR or ASR, their purpose was more focused on the biodegradation efficiency of specific pollutants including chlorination byproducts (Pavelic et al., 2005), nutrients (N, P, and TOC) (Vanderzalm et al., 2013), nitrate with the synergistic process (i.e., nitrate-dependent ferrous oxidation; NDFO) (Anggraini et al., 2024), pesticides (Kruisdijk et al., 2022), trihalomethanes, and haloacetic acids (Overacre et al., 2006). The DOC attenuation-mediated aquifer mineralogical changes during the ASR process were not systematically addressed. ...

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Influence of iron (hydr)oxide mineralogy and contents in aquifer sediments on dissolved organic carbon attenuations during aquifer storage and recovery

... Axiomatic design is implemented according to the following steps; the problem is defined in the finest detail (step 1), the alternatives required for the solution of the problem are determined, (step 2), the criteria to be considered when comparing alternatives are determined (step 3), the design ranges of the criteria and the system ranges of the alternatives are determined (step 4), the information Coagulation Cougulant: PAC (1-10 mg Al/L), pH 6.5, coagulation (160 rpm, 2 min), flocculation (60 rpm, 30 min) and sedimentation (10 min), MP type: PET fiber 76.00 (Na et al. 2024) content of each alternative is calculated (step 5), the alternative with the smallest information content is accepted as the alternative that meets the determined criteria to the most appropriate extent (step 6). The steps in applying the Axiomatic design methodology are explained in more detail below. ...

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Selection of a sustainable treatment process for removal of microplastics from wastewater by axiomatic design and PROMETHEE