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Genotoxicity, acute and subchronic oral toxicity assessments of postbiotics of Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus IDCC 3201
Shin-Yae Choi, Dahae Hong, Jin Seok Moon, O-Hyun Ban, Hee-Won Bae, Tae-Yoon Kim, You-Hee Cho
Received May 8, 2026  Accepted May 20, 2026  Published online June 12, 2026  
DOI: https://doi.org/10.71150/jm.2605002    [Epub ahead of print]
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Postbiotics derived from lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have attracted growing interest as stable and potentially safer alternatives to probiotics for use in foods and health-related products. Comprehensive safety evaluation remains essential before their broader application. In this study, we assessed the safety profiles of RHT3201, a postbiotic preparation derived from Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus IDCC 3201, through genomic, genotoxic, acute oral, and subchronic oral toxicity studies. Whole-genome analysis showed that IDCC 3201 lacks antimicrobial resistance genes and exhibits no hemolytic activity, supporting the genomic safety of the source strain. RHT3201 showed no genotoxic potential in either in vitro or in vivo assays, as evidenced by no structural or numerical chromosomal aberrations at concentrations up to 5,000 μg/ml in CHL/IU cells and no increase in micronucleated polychromatic erythrocytes, with no suppression of bone marrow erythropoiesis by oral administration of RHT3201 at doses up to 15,000 mg/kg/day using a mouse model. In rats, single oral doses of up to 15,000 mg/kg caused no mortality, treatment-related clinical signs, or gross pathological abnormalities, indicating an approximate lethal dose greater than 15,000 mg/kg. In a 90-day repeated-dose oral toxicity study, no adverse treatment-related effects were observed at doses up to 5,000 mg/kg/day. Mild liver and thyroid histopathological findings were considered adaptive and reversible. Accordingly, the no-observed-adverse-effect level was determined to be 5,000 mg/kg/day. Taken together, these findings support the safety of RHT3201 as a LAB-derived postbiotic ingredient.

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Use of Cas9 Targeting and Red Recombination for Designer Phage Engineering
Shin-Yae Choi , Danitza Xiomara Romero-Calle , Han-Gyu Cho , Hee-Won Bae , You-Hee Cho
J. Microbiol. 2024;62(1):1-10.   Published online February 1, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-024-00107-2
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Bacteriophages (phages) are natural antibiotics and biological nanoparticles, whose application is significantly boosted by recent advances of synthetic biology tools. Designer phages are synthetic phages created by genome engineering in a way to increase the benefits or decrease the drawbacks of natural phages. Here we report the development of a straightforward genome engineering method to efficiently obtain engineered phages in a model bacterial pathogen, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. This was achieved by eliminating the wild type phages based on the Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9) and facilitating the recombinant generation based on the Red recombination system of the coliphage λ (λRed). The producer (PD) cells of P. aeruginosa strain PAO1 was created by miniTn7-based chromosomal integration of the genes for SpCas9 and λRed under an inducible promoter. To validate the efficiency of the recombinant generation, we created the fluorescent phages from a temperate phage MP29. A plasmid bearing the single guide RNA (sgRNA) gene for selectively targeting the wild type gp35 gene and the editing template for tagging the Gp35 with superfolder green fluorescent protein (sfGFP) was introduced into the PD cells by electroporation. We found that the targeting efficiency was affected by the position and number of sgRNA. The fluorescent phage particles were efficiently recovered from the culture of the PD cells expressing dual sgRNA molecules. This protocol can be used to create designer phages in P. aeruginosa for both application and research purposes.

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