Professor Kim Tae-jong of the Department of Maternal and Child Health and Biotechnology at KU has transferred technology on “Edible plant extract library production technology and production products” to Food Factory, an agricultural company that produces fresh products such as a cup of fruit per day.

This technology is about how to make various extracts using edible plant extracts and search for microbial growth inhibiting substances from them, and Food Factory is currently using the transferred technology to discover materials to increase the shelf life of the One Cup a Day fruit it sells.

Professor Kim Tae-jong has created a library of plant extracts and is using it to discover materials that selectively regulate the physiology of microorganisms, and is steadily transferring the technology to the industry. In addition, he founded K-Bio Lab to develop and sell products for atopic skin care using materials that selectively inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus aureus, a pathogenic microorganism, while promoting the growth of Staphylococcus epidermidis, which is beneficial to health in the skin microbiome. The technology to regulate microbial communities to benefit health and the environment by selectively promoting the growth of beneficial bacteria and selectively eliminating pathogenic bacteria is known worldwide as a unique technology possessed only by Professor Taejong Kim.

He has also extended the same technology to the human digestive system, discovering materials to improve the gut microbiome in favor of health and has filed dozens of patents. Currently, he is developing soil microbiome improvement technology for restoring soil microbial ecology, which is the first step in restoring ecosystems in damaged soils by applying it to the environment, and K-BioLab is participating in the Forest Service's “Landslide Integrated Management Professional Training Project” to train professionals who can apply soil microbiome improvement materials to the field based on the experience of industrializing products using microbiome regulation technology and the technology transferred this time.