Abraham Mechesso, PhD

Department Affiliations
Postdoctoral Trainee, Wang Lab

Education and Training
DVM, Veterinary Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2007
MSC, Medical Pharmacology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2012
PhD, Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea, 2019 

Notable Publications
Ji-Hyun Choi, Dong Chan Moon, Abraham Fikru Mechesso, Hee Young Kang, Su-Jeong Kim, Hyun-Ju Song,
Soon-Seek Yoon and Suk-Kyung Lim * Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles and Macrolide Resistance Mechanisms of Campylobacter coli Isolated from Pigs and Chickens. Microorganisms 2021, 9:1077

Kim Mi Hyun, Dong Chan Moon, Su-Jeong Kim, Abraham Fikru Mechesso, Hyun-Ju Song, Hee Young Kang, Ji-Hyun Choi, Soon-Seek Yoon, and Suk-Kyung Lim. Nationwide survelliance on antmicrobial resistance profiles of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis isolated from healthy food animals in South Korea, 2010 to 2019. Microorganisms 2021, 9:925.

Su-Jeong Kim, Dong Chan Moon, Abraham Fikru Mechesso, Hee Young Kang, Hyun-Ju Song, Seok Hyeon
Na , Ji-Hyun Choi, Soon-Seek Yoon, and Suk-Kyung Lim. Nationwide survelliance on antmicrobial resistance
profiles of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from major food animal carcasses in South Korea during 2010-2019. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, 2021.

Dong Chan Moon, Su-Jeong Kim, Abraham Fikru Mechesso, Hee Young Kang, Hyun-Ju Song, Ji-Hyun Choi, Soon-Seek Yoon, and Suk-Kyung Lim. Mobile colistin resisance gene mcr-1 detected on an IncI2 plasmid in Salmonella Typhimurium sequence type 19 from a healthy pig in South Korea. Microorganisms 2021, 9:398.

Abraham Fikru Mechesso, Su-Jeong Kim, Ho-sung Park, Ji-Hyun Choi, Hyun-Ju Song, Kim Mi Hyun, Suk-
Kyung Lim, Soon-Seek Yoon, and Dong-Chan. Moon. First detection of Panton-Valentine leukocidin–positive
methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST30 in raw milk taken from dairy cows with mastitis in South Korea. Journal of Dairy Science 2021, 104: 969-976.

Abraham Fikru Mechesso, Quah Yixan, and Seung-Chun Park. Ginsenoside Rg3 reduces the adhesion, invasion, and intracellular survival of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Journal of Ginseng Research 2021, 45:75-85.

Abraham Fikru Mechesso, Dong Chan Moon, Gwang-Seon Ryoo, Hyun-Ju Song, Hye Young Chung, Sang Uk Kim, Ji-Hyun Choi, Su-Jeong Kim, Hee Young Kang, Seok Hyeon Na, Soon-Seek Yoon, and Suk-Kyung Lim. Resistance profiling and molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from goats in Korea. International Journal of Food Microbiology 2021, 336:108901.

Seok Hyeon Na, Dong Chan Moon, Mi Hyun Kim, Hee Young Kang, Su-Jeong Kim, Ji-Hyun Choi, Abraham
Fikru Mechesso, Soon-Seek Yoon, and Suk-Kyung Lim. Detection of the phenicol-oxazolidinone resistance
gene poxtA in Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus facealis from food-producing animals during 2008-2018 in Korea. Microorganisms 2020, 8:1839.

Abraham Fikru Mechesso, Dong Chan Moon, Su-Jeong Kim, Hyun-Ju Song, Hee Young Kang, Seok Hyeon
Na, Ji-Hyun Choi, Ha-Young Kim, Soon-Seek Yoon, and Suk-Kyung Lim. Nationwide surveillance on serotype distribution and antimicrobial resistance profiles of non-typhoidal Salmonella serovars isolated from foodproducing animals in South Korea. International Journal of Food Microbiology 2020, 335:108893.

Hyun-Ju Song, Dong Chan Moon, Abraham Fikru Mechesso, Hee Young Kang, Mi Hyun Kim, Ji-Hyun Choi,
Su-Jeong Kim, Soon-Seek Yoon, and Suk-Kyung Lim. Resistance profiling and molecular characterization of
extended-spectrum/plasmid-mediated AmpC β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli isolated from healthy
broiler chickens in South Korea. Microorganisms 2020, 8:1434.