Research Interests and Topics
▣ Cultivating representatives of major uncultured microbial clades.
▣ Developing efficient microbial cultivation platforms.
▣ Identifying key factors that render uncultured microbes culturable, through multi-omics data analysis.
▣ Understanding the response of cultured cells to environmental changes.
▣ Isolating bacteriophages that infect abundant aquatic bacterial lineages.
▣ Understanding microbial dynamics in diverse aquatic habitats.
▣ Assigning official nomenclatures to successfully grown microbial isolates.
The Cho Lab studies the microbial ecology of diverse ecosystems, especially aquatic environments, through the cultivation of the uncultured based on metabolic dependency, ecophysiology, and omics-based approaches.
Selected works that the Cho Lab has done (2005 to 2023)!
Current Major Research Projects
Novel Bacteria Named by Cho Lab
Phylum (1)
Lentisphaerota; Lentisphaerae (Lentisphaera)
Class (2)
Opitutia; Opitutae (Opitutus)
Lentisphaeria (Lentisphaera)
Order (2)
“Ca. Lucifugimonadales” (“Ca. Lucifugimonas”)
Puniceicoccales (Puniceicoccus)
Family (8)
“Ca. Lucifugimonadaceae” (“Ca. Lucifugimonas”)
Natronospirillaceae (Natronospirillum)
Saccharospirillaceae (Saccharospirillum)
Gynuellaceae (Gynuella)
Puniceicoccaceae (Puniceicoccus)
Litoricolaceae (Litoricola)
Granulosicoccaceae (Granulosicoccus)
Lentisphaeraceae (Lentisphaera)
Genus (32)
“Ca. Lucifugimonas” (“Ca. L. marina”)
“Ca. Paraluminiphilus aquimaris” (“Ca. P. aquimaris”)
“Ca. Litorirhabdus singularis” (“Ca. L. singularis”)
Desulfosediminicola (D. ganghwensis; D. flagellatus)
Aequoribacter (A. fuscus)
Nibricoccus (N. aquaticus)
“Ca. Limnosphaera” (“Ca. L. aquatica”)
Aurantivirga (A. profunda)
Nibrella (N. saemangeumensis; N. viscosa)
Planktomarina (P. temperate)
“Ca. Puniceispirillum” (“Ca. P. marinum”)
Rubrivirga (R. Marina)
Flavivirga (F. jejuensis; F. amylovorans)
Pontirhabdus (P. pectinivorans)
Actimicrobium (A. antarcticum)
Soonwooa (S. buanensis)
Porticoccus (P. litoralis)
Antarcticimonas (A. flava)
Inhella (I. inkyongensis)
Perlucidibaca (P. piscinae)
Robiginitomaculum (R. antarcticum)
Granulosicoccus (G. antarcticus)
Maritimibacter (M. alkaliphilus)
Maribius (M. salinis; M. Pelagius)
Lutimonas (L. vermicola)
Fulvimarina (F. pelagi)
Parvularcula (P. bermudensis)
Croceibacter (C. atlanticus)
Pelagibaca (P. bermudensis)
Robiginitalea (R. biformata)
Oceanicola (O. granulosus; O. batsensis)
Sufflavibacter (S. Maritimus)
Species (89)
Zwartia vadi
Zwartia panacis
Flavihumibacter fluvii
Flavobacterium praedii
Flavobacterium marginilacus
Flavobacterium aestivum
Flavobacterium flavigenum
Flavobacterium luteolum
Flavobacterium gelatinilyticum
Flavobacterium aquiphilum
Flavobacterium limnophilum
Flavobacterium lacustre
Flavobacterium eburneipallidum
“Ca. Seongchinamella marina”
“Ca. Marimicrobium litorale”
Thermomonas paludicola
Flavihumibacter rivuli
Uliginosibacterium aquaticum
Permianibacter fluminis
Sphingobacterium chungjuense
Leeia aquatica
Ferrimonas sediminicola
Ferrimonas aestuarii
Sphingorhabdus lacus
Sphingorhabdus profundilacus
Halioglobus maricola
Winogradskyella algicola
Rhodoferax lacus
Pelagibacterium sediminicola
“Ca. Planktophila rubra”
“Ca. Planktophila aquatilis”
“Ca. Puniceispirillum marinum”
Sulfitobacter profundi
Rubritalea profundi
Flavobacterium aquariorum
Flavobacterium hydrophilum
Flavobacterium cheongpyeongense
Leucothrix arctica
Winogradskyella aurantiaca
Pedobacter aquicola
Flavobacterium lacicola
Rubritalea profundi
Deinococcus lacus
Flavobacterium chuncheonense
Flavobacterium luteum
Phreatobacter stygius
Planktotalea arctica
Lacihabitans lacunae
Flavobacterium soyangense
Flavobacterium inkyongense
Emticicia fontis
Rubrivirga profundi
Emticicia aquatica
Lentisphaera profundi
Eionea flava
Paenibacillus xanthinilyticus
Mesonia aquimarina
Granulosicoccus marinus
Ulvibacter marinus
Celeribacter marinus sp. nov.
Formosa arctica
Hymenobacter koreensis
Hymenobacter saemangeumensis
Kordia aquimaris
Kordia antarctica
Thalassolituus marinus
Lentisphaera marina
Lutibacter flavus
Grimontia marina
Zobellella aerophile
Kordia periserrulae
Saccharospirillum aestuarii
Litoricola marina
Reinekea aestuarii
Paenibacillus aestuarii
Lactobacillus aquaticus
Marinobacterium marisflavi
Aurantimonas manganoxydans
Aurantimonas litoralis
Lewinella antarctica
Azonexus hydrophilus
Hahella antarctica
Gaetbulibacter marinus
Ulvibacter antarcticus
Sejongia marina
Methylibium aquaticum
Ruegeria pelagia
Marinobacterium littorale
Oceanicola marinus