MOL46. Dong Hyuk Jeong, Hyeon Been Lee, Aaron A. Heiss, Byung Cheol Cho, Jong Soo Park* (2024) Morphological, phylogenetic, and biogeographic characterizations of three heterotrophic nanoflagellates isolated from coastal areas of Korea. Marine Biology Research. 19(8-9): 407-418. 
https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2023.2271939 SCIE (IF 2022=1.1) (PDF)

MOL45. Hyeon Been Lee, Dong Hyuk Jeong, Byung Cheol Cho, Jong Soo Park* (2023) Comparative analyses of eight primer sets commonly used to target the bacterial 16S rRNA gene for marine metabarcoding-based studies. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10:1199116. 
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1199116 SCIE (IF 2022=3.7) (PDF)

MOL44. Hyeon Been Lee, Jong Soo Park* (2023) Characterizations of four freshwater amoebae including opportunistic pathogens newly recorded in Korea. Journal of Ecology and Environment 47: 11. 
https://doi.org/10.5141/jee.23.030 (PDF)

MOL43. Hyeon Been Lee, Dong Hyuk Jeong, Jong Soo Park* (2022) Accumulation patterns of intracellular salts in a new halophilic amoeboflagellate, Euplaesiobystra salpumilio sp. nov., (Heterolobosea; Discoba) under hypersaline conditions. Frontiers in Microbiology 13: 960621. 
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.960621 SCIE (IF 2021=6.064) (PDF)

MOL42. Hyeon Been Lee, Dong Hyuk Jeong, Byung Cheol Cho, Jong Soo Park* (2022) The diversity patterns of rare to abundant microbial eukaryotes across a broad range of salinities in a solar saltern. Microbial Ecology 84: 1103–1121. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-021-01918-1 SCIE (IF 2020=4.552) (PDF)

MOL41. JunMo Lee, Byung Cheol Cho, and Jong Soo Park* (2022) Transcriptomic analysis of brine shrimp Artemia franciscana across a wide range of salinities. Marine Genomics 61: 100919. SCIE (IF 2020=1.710) (PDF)

MOL40. Dong Hyuk Jeong, Jong Soo Park* (2021) Characterizations of five heterotrophic nanoflagellates newly recorded in Korea. Journal of Species Research 10: 356-363. (PDF)
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MOL39. Alexandra E Rybarski, Frank Nitsche, Jong Soo Park, Paulina Filz, Patricia Schmidt, Ryuji Kondo, Alastair GB Simpson, Hartmut Arndt (2021) Revision of the phylogeny of Placididea (Stramenopiles): Molecular and morphological diversity of novel placidid protists from extreme aquatic environments​. European Journal of Protistology 81: 125809. SCIE (IF 2020=3.020) (PDF)
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MOL38. 우상윤, 이현빈, 정동혁, 안제박, 윤진석, 박재홍, 박종수* (2021) 독도 물골의 수질 특성 및 질소화합물과 미생물간의 잠재적 관계. 한국해양학회지 바다 26: 124-134. (PDF)
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MOL37. Khaoula Ettahi, Duck Hyun Lhee, Ji Yeon Sung, Alastair G.B. Simpson, Jong Soo Park*, Hwan Su Yoon* (2021) Evolutionary history of mitochondrial genomes in Discoba, including the extreme halophile Pleurostomum flabellatum (Heterolobosea). Genome Biology and Evolution 13:evaa241. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaa241. SCIE (IF 2020=3.416) (PDF) (Supplementary Information)
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MOL36. Jaeho Choi, Jong Soo Park* (2020) Comparative analyses of the V4 and V9 regions of 18S rDNA for the extant eukaryotic community using the Illumina platform. Scientific Reports 10:6519. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63561-z. SCIE (IF 2020=4.379) (PDF) (Supplementary Information)
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MOL35. Denis V. Tikhonenkov, Soo Hwan Jhin, Yana Eglit, Kai Miller, Andrey Plotnikov, Alastair G.B. Simpson, Jong Soo Park* (2019) Ecological and evolutionary patterns in the enigmatic protist genus Percolomonas (Heterolobosea; Discoba) from diverse habitats. PLoS ONE 14(8): e0216188. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216188. SCIE (IF 2020=3.240) (PDF)
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MOL34. Sina M Adl, David Bass, Christopher E Lane, Julius Lukeš, Conrad L Schoch, Alexey Smirnov, Sabine Agatha, Cedric Berney, Matthew W Brown, Fabien Burki, Paco Cárdenas, Ivan Čepička, Ludmila Chistyakova, Javier del Campo, Micah Dunthorn, Bente Edvardsen, Yana Eglit, Laure Guillou, Vladimír Hampl, Aaron A Heiss, Mona Hoppenrath, Timothy Y James, Sergey Karpov, Eunsoo Kim, Martin Kolisko, Alexander Kudryavtsev, Daniel JG Lahr, Enrique Lara, Line Le Gall, Denis H Lynn, David G Mann, Ramon Massana i Molera, Edward AD Mitchell, Christine Morrow, Jong Soo Park, Jan W Pawlowski, Martha J Powell, Daniel J Richter, Sonja Rueckert, Lora Shadwick, Satoshi Shimano, Frederick W Spiegel, Guifré Torruella i Cortes, Noha Youssef, Vasily Zlatogursky, Qianqian Zhang (2019) Revisions to the classification, nomenclature, and diversity of eukaryotes. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 66: 4-119. SCIE (IF 2020=3.346) (PDF) * Highly Cited Paper
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MOL33. Soo Hwan Jhin, Jong Soo Park* (2019) A new halophilic heterolobosean flagellate, Aurem hypersalina gen. n. et sp. n., closely related to the Pleurostomum-Tulamoeba clade: implications for adaptive radiation of halophilic eukaryotes. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 66: 221-231. SCIE (IF 2020=3.346) (PDF)
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MOL32. Woo Jun Khwon, Jong Soo Park* (2018) Morphology and phylogenetic analyses of three novel Naegleria isolated from freshwaters on Jeju Island, Korea, during the winter period. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 65: 61-69. SCIE (IF 2020=3.346) (PDF)
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MOL31. Jong Soo Park (2017) A new heterolobosean amoeboflagellate, Tetramitus dokdoensis n. sp., isolated from a freshwater pond on Dokdo Island in the East Sea, Korea. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 64: 771-778. SCIE (IF 2020=3.346) (PDF)
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MOL30. Won Je Lee, Jong Soo Park* (2016) Placement of the unclassified Cyranomonas australis Lee 2002 within a novel clade of Cercozoa. European Journal of Protistology 56: 60-66. SCIE (IF 2020=3.020) (PDF)
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MOL29. Jong Soo Park, Alastair G.B. Simpson (2016) Characterization of a deep-branching heterolobosean, Pharyngomonas turkanaensis n. sp., isolated from a non-hypersaline habitat, and ultrastructural comparison of cysts and amoebae among Pharyngomonas strains. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 63: 100-111. SCIE (IF 2020=3.346) (PDF)
 
MOL28. Jong Soo Park (2016) First record of potentially pathogenic amoeba Vermamoeba vermiformis (Lobosea: Gymnamoebia) isolated from a freshwater of Dokdo Island in the East Sea, Korea. Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity 32: 1-8. (PDF)
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MOL27. Jong Soo Park, Alastair G.B. Simpson (2015) Diversity of heterotrophic protists from extremely hypersaline habitats. Protist 166: 422-437. SCIE (IF 2020=2.566) Best Paper Award in Biological Oceanography/ Marine Biology at the Korean Society of Oceanography during 2015. (PDF)
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MOL26. Kim H-J, Jong Soo Park, Park KH, Shin Y-K, Park K-I (2014) The kinetoplastid parasite Azumiobodo hoyamushi, the causative agent of soft tunic syndrome of the sea squirt Halocynthia roretizi, resides in the East Sea of Korea. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 116: 36-42. SCIE (IF 2020=2.841) (PDF)
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MOL25. Myung G, Kim HS, Park JW, Jong Soo Park, Yih W (2013) Sequestered plastids in Mesodinium rubrum are functionally active up to 80 days of phototrophic growth without cryptomonad prey. Harmful Algae 27: 82-87. SCIE (IF 2020=4.273) (PDF)
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MOL24. Tommy Harding, Matthew W. Brown, Andrey Plotnikov, Elena Selivanova, Jong Soo Park, John H. Gunderson, Manuela Baumgartner, Jeffrey D. Silberman, Andrew J. Roger, Alastair G.B. Simpson (2013) Amoeba stages in the deepest branching heteroloboseans, including Pharyngomonas: Evolutionary and systematic implications. Protist 164: 272-286. SCIE (IF 2020=2.566) (PDF)
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MOL23. Jong Soo Park, Johan F. De Jonckheere, Alastair G. B. Simpson (2012) Characterization of Selenaion koniopes gen. nov., sp. nov., an amoeba that represents a new major lineage within Heterolobosea, isolated from the Wieliczka salt mine. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 59: 601-613. SCIE (IF 2020=3.346) (PDF)
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MOL22. Jong Soo Park (2012) Effects of different ion compositions on growth of obligately halophilic protozoan Halocafeteria seosinensis. Extremophiles 16: 161-164. SCIE (IF 2020=2.395) (PDF)
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MOL21. Jong Soo Park, Alastair G.B. Simpson (2011). Characterization of Pharyngomonas kirbyi (= “Macropharyngomonas halophila” nomen nudum), a very deep-branching, obligately halophilic heterolobosean flagellate. Protist 162: 691-709. SCIE (IF 2020=2.566) (PDF)
 
MOL20. Myung G, Kim HS, Jong Soo Park, Park MG, Yih W (2011) Population growth and plastid type of Myrionecta rubra depend on the kinds of available cryptomonad prey. Harmful Algae. 10: 536-541. SCIE (IF 2020=4.273) (PDF)
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MOL19. Jong Soo Park, Martin Kolisko, Alastair G.B. Simpson (2010). Cell morphology and formal description of Ergobibamus cyprinoides n. gen., n. sp., another Carpediemonas-like relative of diplomonads. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 57(6): 520-528. SCIE (IF 2020=3.346) (PDF)
 
MOL18. Eunsoo Kim, Jong Soo Park, Alastair G. B. Simpson, Shigeru Matsunaga, Masakatsu Watanabe, Akio Murakami, Katrin Sommerfeld, Naoko T. Onodera, John M. Archibald (2010). Complex array of endobionts in Petalomonas sphagnophila, a large heterotrophic euglenid protist from Sphagnum-dominated peatlands. The ISME journal. 4: 1108-1120. SCIE (IF 2020=10.302) (PDF)
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MOL17. Jong Soo Park, Alastair G.B. Simpson (2010) Characterization of halotolerant Bicosoecida and Placididea (Stramenopila) that are distinct from marine forms, and the phylogenetic pattern of salinity preference in heterotrophic stramenopiles. Environmental Microbiology. 12(5): 1173-1184. SCIE (IF 2020=5.491) Best Paper Award in Biological Oceanography/ Marine Biology at the Korean Society of Oceanography during 2010. (PDF)
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MOL16. Jong Soo Park, Rusell H. Vreeland, Byung Cheol Cho, Tim K. Lowenstein, Michael N. Timofeeff, William D. Rosenzweig (2009) Haloarchaeal diversity at 23, 121, and 419 MYA salts. Geobiology. 7: 515-523. SCIE (IF 2020=4.407) This article to be introduced on Discovery News (http://news.discovery.com/earth/oldest-dna-bacteria-discovered.html) (PDF)
 
MOL15. Jong Soo Park, Martin Kolisko, Aaron A. Heiss, Alastair G.B. Simpson (2009) Light microscopic observations, ultrastructure, and molecular phylogeny of Hicanonectes teleskopos n. gen. n. sp., a deep-branching relative of diplomonads. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 56: 373-384. SCIE (IF 2020=3.346) (PDF)
 
MOL14. Jong Soo Park, Alastair GB Simpson, Susan Brown, Byung Cheol Cho (2009) Ultrastructure and molecular phylogeny of two heterolobosean amoebae, Euplaesiobystra hypersalinica gen. et sp. nov. and Tulamoeba peronaphora gen. et sp. nov., isolated from an extremely hypersaline habitat. Protist 160: 265-283. SCIE (IF 2020=2.566) (PDF)
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MOL13. Myung Gil Park, Jong Soo Park, Miran Kim, Wonho Yih (2008) Plastid dynamics during survival of Dinophysis caudata without its ciliate prey. Journal of Phycology 44: 1154-1163. SCIE (IF 2020=2.923) The Luigi Provasoli Award for best paper published in the Journal of Phycology during 2008. (PDF)
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MOL12. Byung Cheol Cho, Jong Soo Park, Kuidong Xu, Joong Ki Choi, (2008) Morphology and molecular phylogeny of Trimyema koreanum n. sp., a ciliate from the hypersaline water of a solar saltern. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 55: 417-426. SCIE (IF 2020=3.346) (PDF)
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MOL11. Sunju Kim, Myung Gil Park, Keun-Yong Kim, Chang-Hoon Kim, Wonho Yih, Jong Soo Park, D. Wayne Coats (2008) Genetic diversity of the parasitic dinoflagellate Amoebophrya spp. and their relationship to parasite biology and biogeography. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 55: 1-8. SCIE (IF 2020=3.346) Cover Article. (PDF)
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MOL10. Vreeland RH, Lowenstein T, Timofeeff M, Satterfield C, DiFerdinando J, Jones J, Monson A, Rosenzweig WD, Cho BC, Park JS, Wallace A, Grant WD (2007) Isolation of live 121-112 million year old halophilic Archaea from primary salt crystals. Geomicrobiology Journal 24:275-282. SCIE (IF 2020=2.308) (PDF)
 
MOL09. Park JS, Myung G, Kim HS, Cho BC, Yih W (2007) Growth responses of the marine photosynthetic ciliate Myrionecta rubra to different cryptomonad strains. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 48:83-90. SCIE (IF 2020=1.759) (PDF)
 
MOL08. Park JS, Simpson AGB, Lee WJ, Cho BC (2007) Ultrastructure and Phylogenetic Placement within Heterolobosea of the Previously Unclassified, Extremely Halophilic Heterotrophic Flagellate Pleurostomum flabellatum (Ruinen 1938). Protist 158(3):397-413. SCIE (IF 2020=2.566) (PDF)
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MOL07. Myung G, Yih W, Kim HS, Park JS, Cho BC (2006) Ingestion of bacterial cells by the marine photosynthetic ciliate Myrionecta rubra. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 44:175-180. SCIE (IF 2020=1.759) (PDF)
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MOL06. Park JS, Cho BC, Simpson AGB (2006) Halocafeteria seosinensis gen. et sp. nov. (Bicosoecida), a halophilic bacterivorous nanoflagellate isolated from a solar saltern. Extremophiles 10:493-504. SCIE (IF 2020=2.395) (PDF)
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MOL05. Park JS, Choi DH, Hwang CY, Park GJ, Cho BC (2006) Seasonal study on ectoenzyme activities, carbohydrate concentrations, prokaryotic abundance and production in a solar saltern in Korea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 43:153-163. SCIE (IF 2020=1.759) (PDF)
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MOL04. Choi DH, Yang SR, Hong GH, Chung CS, Kim SH, Park JS, Cho BC (2005) Different interrelationships among phytoplankton, bacterial and environmental variables in dumping and reference areas in the East Sea. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 41:171-180. SCIE (IF 2020=1.759) (PDF)
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MOL03. Park JS, Kim HJ, Choi DH, Cho BC (2003) Active flagellates grazing on prokaryotes in high salinity waters of a solar saltern. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 33:173-179. SCIE (IF 2020=1.759) (PDF)
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MOL02. Park JS, Cho BC (2002) Active heterotrophic nanoflagellates in the hypoxic water-column of the eutrophic Masan Bay, Korea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 230:35-45. SCIE (IF 2020=2.824) (PDF)
 
MOL01. Choi DH, Park JS, Hwang CY, Huh H, Cho BC (2002) Effects of the effluents from a power station on bacteria and heterotrophic nanoflagellates in coastal waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series 229:1-10. SCIE (IF 2020=2.824) (PDF)