Control of Lactic Acid Bacterial Growth in Kimchi by Aromatic Amino Acids

방향족 아미노산에 의한 김치 유산균 생장의 제어

Effects of amino acids on the lactic acid bacteria in kimchi were studied. 73 different lactic acid bacteria have been isolated during the kimchi fermentation at $15^{\circ}C$. Among these bacteria, dextran formers were occupied by 69.9%, of which Leuconostoc and Lactobacillus were 4.1% and 65.8%, respectively. All isolates didn't grow in a medium added with 500 ppm of tyrosine, whereas such an inhibition was not exhibited in kimchi with the same concentration of tyrosine. In kimchi added with tyrosine the lactic acid bacteria were less diverse than in the natural kimchi but the ratio of dextran formers were similar. As contrasted with natural kimchi, Leuconostoc was rather increased up to 41.4% and Lactobacillus was decreased down to 29.3%. Dominant species in each genus were Leu. mesenteroides and Lac. minor. Thus it is believed that tyrosine had inhibition effect for the growth of most Lactobacillus in kimchi.

아미노산이 김치유산균에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 발효온도 $15^{\circ}C$에서 형태가 다른 집락을 73개 분리하였다. 이 중에서 69.9%가 덱스트란 생성균주이었으며, Leuconostoc 속이 4.1%, Lactobacillus 속이 65.8%를 차지하였다. Tyrosine 500 ppm이 되도록 첨가한 배지에서 분리균주의 생장은 완전히 억제되었다. 그러나 실제로 이 아미노산을 첨가하여 만든 김치에서 분리된 총 집락수는 58개 이었고, 이 중에서 덱스트란 생성균주가 70.7%로 큰 변동이 없었으나 대신에 Leuconostoc 속이 41.4%로 증가하였고, Lactobacillus 속은 29.3%로 감소하였다. 각 속에서 우점종은 Leu. mesenteroides와 Lac. minor이었다. 따라서 실제 김치에서 tyrosine은 Lactobacillus 속의 생장을 억제하는 효과가 있었다.