Growth Characteristics of Listeria monocytogenes Scott A under High Osmotic Condition and Antibacterial Effect by Morus alba L. Leaf Extract

고삼투압조건하에서 Listeria monocytogenes Scott A의 생육특성과 상엽(桑葉)추출물에 의한 증식억제효과

Growth rate and osmolyte accumulation of L. monocytogenes were measured at the varying concentrations of NaCl. L. monocytogenes accumulated glycine betaine and glutamate intracellularly when grown under osmotic stress by NaCl, and the amounts of them increased as the concentration of NaCl was increased. They were 685 and 345 nmol/mg protein, respectively, when grown in the BHI supplemented with 4% NaCl. In order to inhibit L. monocytogenes effectively, both NaCl and Morus alba L. leaf extract were supplemented in TSB, and antibacterial effect of those supplements on L. monocytogenes was tested. Growth of L. monocytogenes grown in TSB supplemented with 2% NaCl and 100 ppm M. alba leaf extract decreased by 10 times in CFU/ml unit comparing to the growth of control. When grown in TSB, supplemented with 2% NaCl plus 500 ppm M. alba leaf extract and 2% NaCl plus 1,000 ppm M. alba leaf extract, growth of L. monocytogenes decreased by $10^5\;and\;10^8$ times in CFU/ml unit, respectively.

NaCl의 농도에 따른 Listeria monocytogenes의 증식속도와 세포내 축적되는 삼투보호물질의 농도를 측정하였다. 삼투압스트레스를 받은 L. monocytogenes는 삼투보호물질인 glycine betaine과 glutamate를 세포내에 축적하였는데, NaCl의 첨가수준이 4%까지 증가함에 따라 축적되는 glycine betaine과 glutamate의 양도 증가하여 각각 685, 345 nmol/mg protein이 세포내에 축적되었다. L. monocytogenes를 효과적으로 제어하기 위해서 NaCl과 상엽추출물을 병용하여 항균효과를 시험하였다. NaCl 2%와 상엽추출물 100 ppm을 TSB에 첨가하여 배양했을 경우 무첨가군에 비해 약 10배 정도의 균수가 저해되었으며, NaCl 2%와 상엽추출물 500 ppm의 경우는 약 $10^5$배, NaCl 2%와 상엽추출물 1,000 ppm의 경우는 약 $10^8$배 정도의 균수가 감소되어 상엽추출물과 NaCl을 병용하면 단독 사용시 보다 뚜렷한 증식저해효과를 보여 주었다.