• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제59권1호
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• pp.69-74
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• 2016

시금치에 fumaric acid와 mild heat의 병합처리를 통해 병원성 미생물 제어효과를 규명하고자 시금치에 E. coli O157:H7, L. monocytogenes 를 접종한 후 각 단일처리 후 미생물 수 변화를 측정하였다. Fumaric acid (0.1, 0.3, 0.5%)와 mild heat (40, 50, $60^{\circ}C$)의 각 단일처리 실험 결과를 토대로, 병합처리를 위한 fumaric acid의 최적농도는 0.5%, mild heat 처리조건으로 $50^{\circ}C$에서 5 min으로 선정하였고, 병합처리 시 L. monocytogenes, E. coli O157:H7의 수는 대조구에 비해 각각 2.53, 2.62 log CFU/g 감소하였다. 그리고 신선한 시금치에 병합처리 후 $4^{\circ}C$에서 12일간 저장하면서 미생물 수 감소 및 품질 변화를 조사하였다. 시금치의 초기 미생물 수에 있어서 대조구와 비교하여, 병합 처리구에서 총 호기성 균을 2.77 log CFU/g 감소시켰다. 특히, 저장 12일 후 병합 처리구의 총 호기성 균 수는 4.84 log CFU/g으로 대조구와 비교하여 1.82 log CFU/g의 감균 효과를 가졌다. 또한 시금치의 저장 중 Hunter 색도 값 및 비타민 C 함량에 있어서 처리구 간의 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 따라서 본 연구 결과, fumaric acid와 mild heat의 병합처리가 시금치의 미생물학적 안전성 유지에 효과적인 처리라고 판단된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.1509-1517
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• 2004

A study was conducted to determine the safety of feeding processed broiler litter (BL) to beef cattle. The litter was processed by deepstacking, ensiling and composting. The health issues addressed relevant to the safety of feeding litter included pathogenic bacteria, mycotoxins, heavy metals, medicinal drugs and pesticide residues. Exp. 1 evaluated the feed hygiene of processed rice hulls-bedded BL. The presence of pathogenic bacteria in BL was determined before and after deepstacking. A total of 21 BL samples were collected over a 3-year period of commercial and experimental production of BL for beef cattle. Exp. 2 evaluated the safety of meat of cattle fed deepstacked BL. In Exp. 1, there were no pathogenic bacteria, such as coliform, E. coli, E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, Listeria and Proteus, in deepstacked BL. Levels of heavy metals (Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn) and toxic heavy metals (As, Pb, Cd and Hg) were lower than the commercial feed tolerances. Aflatoxin, medicinal drug and pesticide residues were detected at extremely low levels. In Exp. 2, the meat of the BL-fed animals exhibited few differences in all analyzed items from that of the control group, showing safety from pathogenic microorganisms and heavy metals. When BL was withdrawn for 14 days prior to slaughtering the BLfed cattle, no medicinal drug residues were detected in the meat. Pesticides in the tissues of either group of animals were much lower than the tolerances. In conclusion, processed rice hulls-bedded BL and the meat of cattle fed BL were safe from the potential hazards of pathogenic bacteria, heavy metals, aflatoxin, medicinal drugs and pesticide residues.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.343-351
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• 2020

BACKGROUND: Irrigation water is known to be one of the major sources of bacterial contamination in agricultural products. In addition, anti-microbial resistance (AMR) bacteria in food products possess serious threat to humans. This study was aimed at investigating the prevalence of foodborne bacteria in irrigation water and evaluating their anti-microbial susceptibility. METHODS AND RESULTS: Surface water (n = 66 sites) and groundwater (n = 40 sites) samples were collected from the Gyeongi and Gangwon provinces of South Korea during April, July, and October 2019. To evaluate the safety of water, fecal indicators (Escherichia coli) and foodborne pathogens (E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella spp., and Listeria monocytogenes) were examined. E. coli isolates from water were further tested for antimicrobial susceptibility using VITEK2 system. Overall, detection rate of foodborne pathogens in July was highest among three months. The prevalence of pathogenic E. coli (24%), Salmonella (3%), and L. monocytogenes (3%) was higher in surface water, while only one ground water site was contained with pathogenic E. coli (2.5%). Of the 343 E. coli isolates, 22.7% isolates were resistant to one or more antimicrobials (ampicillin (18.7%), trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (7.0%), and ciprofloxacin (6.7%)). CONCLUSION: To enhance the safety of agricultural products, it is necessary to frequently monitor the microbial quality of water.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.503-509
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• 2018

Endive is widely consumed in a fresh-cut form owing to its rich nutritional content. However, fresh-cut vegetables are susceptible to contamination by pathogenic bacteria. This study investigated the antibacterial activities of the combined treatment of cinnamon leaf oil emulsion containing cetylpyridinium chloride or benzalkonium chloride (CLC and CLB, respectively) as a cationic surfactant and ultrasound (US) against Listeria monocytogenes and Escherichia coli O157:H7 on endive. The combined treatment of CLC or CLB with US reduced the population of L. monocytogenes by 1.58 and 1.47 log colony forming units (CFU)/g, respectively, and that of E. coli O157:H7 by 1.60 and 1.46 log CFU/g, respectively, as compared with water washing treatment. The reduction levels of both pathogens were higher than those observed with 0.2 mg/ml sodium hypochlorite. In addition, the combined treatment showed no effect on the quality of the fresh-cut endive (FCE). In particular, the degree of browning in FCE was less for the treatment group than for the control and water washing treatment groups. Thus, cationic surfactant-based cinnamon leaf oil emulsions combined with US may be an effective washing treatment for the microbial safety of FCE.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.248-259
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• 2021

BACKGROUND: Contaminated water was a major source of food-borne pathogens in various recent fresh produce-related outbreaks. This study was conducted to investigate the microbial contamination level and correlations between the level of sanitary indicator bacteria and the detection ratio of pathogens in agricultural water by logistic regression analysis. METHODS AND RESULTS: Agricultural water was collected from 457 sites including surface water (n=300 sites) and groundwater (n=157 sites) in South Korea from 2018 to 2020. Sanitary indicator bacteria (total coliform, fecal coliform, and Escherichia coli) and food-borne pathogens (pathogenic E. coli, E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella spp., and Listeria monocytogenes) were analyzed. In surface water, the coliform, fecal coliform, and E. coli were 3.27±0.89 log CFU/100 mL, 1.90±1.19 log CFU/100 mL, and 1.39±1.26 log CFU/100 mL, respectively. For groundwater, three kinds of sanitary indicators ranged in the level from 0.09 - 0.57 log CFU/100 mL. Pathogenic E. coli, Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes were detected from 3%-site, 1.5%- site, and 0.6%-site water samples, respectively. According to the results of correlations between the level of sanitary indicator bacteria and the detection ratio of pathogens by logistic regression analysis, the probability of pathogen detection increased individually by 1.45 and 1.34 times as each total coliform and E. coli concentration increased by 1 log CFU/100mL. The accuracy of the model was 70.4%, and sensitivity and specificity were 81.5% and 51.7%, respectively. CONCLUSION(S): The results indicate the need to manage the microbial risk of agricultural water to enhance the safety of fresh produce. In addition, logistic regression analysis is useful to analyze the correlation between the level of sanitary indicator bacteria and the detection ratio of pathogens in agricultural water.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2023

본 연구는 집단급식소에서 제공되는 빈도수가 높은 비가열 및 가열조리 엽경채류에 사용되는 차아염소산나트륨 수에 대하여 미생물적 안전성을 평가하고자 수행되었다. 비병원성 대장균과 장출혈성 대장균의 칵테일(E. coli O157:H7)을 엽경채류(초기 균수 7-8 log CFU/g)에 인위적으로 오염시킨 후 차아염소산나트륨을 5분간 침지 후 흐르는 물에 3번 씻어서 생균수를 측정하였다. 실험 결과 초기 오염물질에 비해 살균효과가 1-2 log CFU/g 저감화하여 대조군에 대해 유의적인 차이가 있었다(P<0.05). 잎채소의 특성에 따라 약간의 차이가 있었는데 표면적이 클수록, 덜 거칠고 잎이 부드러울수록 살균효과가 높았다. 200 mg/kg으로 처리하였을 때 100 mg/kg에 비해 0.1-0.3 log CFU/g만큼 효과가 더 감소하였으나 농도 증가에 따른 유의적 차이는 없었다(P>0.05). 그러므로 학교급식위생관리지침에서 제시한 기준 이상으로 차아염소산나트륨 농도를 높이는 것은 불필요하다고 판단된다. 그러나 잎채소는 일반적으로 미생물의 초기 오염도가 높기 때문에 차아염소산나트륨 처리만으로는 안전한 수준의 저감을 달성하기 어려워 생물학적 위험이 잔존한다. 따라서 여름철에 가열하지 않은 잎채소의 대체 조리방법을 개발하는 것이 안전성에 보다 효과적인 것으로 판단된다.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.97-102
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• 2003

Cook-chill 제품의 원료로 사용하는 시금치와 수세한 시금치에 대해 Aeromonas hydrophila, Escherichia coli O157:H7, Plesiomonas shigelloides, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella spp., Shigella spp., Yersinia enterocolitica, Bacillus cereus, Campylococcus spp., Clostridium perfringens, Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus 등 12종류의 병원성세균의 존재 여부를 확인하였다. 이들 시금치로부터 4종의 병원성세균을 분리하여 API kit와 ATB 자동 동정기를 포함한 형태학적 및 생화학적 방법에 의해 동정하였다. MacConkey agar에서 분리된 균은 그람 음성 간균으로 glucose를 이용하여 gas를 생성하며, lactose 음성, sucrose 양성, lysine 양성으로 ATP system에서 A. hydrophila 종에 대해 99.9%의 상동성을 보였다. Cereus Selective agar에서 분리된 균은 그람 양성 간균, 포자 형성균으로 catalase 양성, mannitol 음성, lecithinase 양성, Simmon's citrate 음성, $NO_2$ 생성 양성, arginine 양성균으로 ATB system에서 B. cereus 종에 대해 99.8%의 상동성을 보였다. Clostridium Perfringens agar에서 분리된 균은 그람 양성 간균, 혐기성균으로 포자를 형성하며, mannitol 양성, lecithinase 양성으로 ATB system에서 C. perfringens 종에 대해 99.9%의 상동성을 보였다. Baird-Parker agar에서 분리된 균주는 그람 양성 구균으로 mannitol, lecithinase, lactose, clumping factor, coagulase 및 hemolysin 양성, xylose 음성으로 ATB system에서 S. aureus 종에 대해 97.8%의 상동성을 보였다. Salmonella spp., E. coli O157:H7, Y. enterocolitica를 포함한 다른 병원성세균은 분리되지 않았다. 시금치에서 분리한 S. aureus 5균주 중 2균주는 SET-RPLA kit에서 enterotoxin type A를 생성하였고 3균주는 enterotoxin을 생성하지 않았다. B. cereus 5균주는 CRET-RPLA kit에서 모두 enterotoxin을 생성하였다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.278-282
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• 2004

Compost is used mainly as an organic fertilizer, but it is also used as bedding material for cattle. Dairy cattle have been identified as a main reservoir of pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7. Further, E. coli is regarded as an environmental pathogen that causes bovine clinical mastitis. Hence, its growth in compost spread or compost bedding should be avoided. Physical and chemical conditions, available nutrients and microflora in compost change greatly during the composting process. Since pathogen growth in compost seems to be related to these changes, we assessed the possibility of E. coli growth in compost samples collected at 0, 7, 13, 22, 41, 190 and 360 d. Cattle waste composts with and without added tofu residue were collected from static piles and immediately air-dried. Compost samples were inoculated with a pure culture of E. coli, the moisture content was adjusted to 50%, and the samples were incubated for 5 d at $30^{\circ}C$. The numbers of E. coli in compost before and after incubation were determined by direct plating on Chromocult coliform agar. Almost all compost samples supported E. coli growth. Samples collected during or immediately after the thermophilic phase (day 7) showed the highest growth. Growth in samples more than 13 d old were not significantly different from those of aged compost samples. The addition of tofu residue gave a higher growth than its absence in younger samples collected prior to 13 d. To minimize the risk of environmental mastitis, the use of compost in the initial stage of the process is better avoided.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.710-716
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• 2021

A risk analysis of Shiga toxin (Stx)-encoding bacteriophage was carried out by confirming the transduction phage to non-Stx-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and subsequent expression of the Shiga toxin genes. The virulence factor stx1 was identified in five phages, and both stx1 and stx2 were found in four phages from a total of 19 phage isolates with seven non-O157 STEC strains. The four phages, designated as ϕNOEC41, ϕNOEC46, ϕNOEC47, and ϕNOEC49, belonged morphologically to the Myoviridae family. The stabilities of these phages to temperature, pH, ethanol, and NaClO were high with some variabilities among the phages. The infection of five non-STEC strains by nine Stx-encoding phages occurred at a rate of approximately 40%. Non-STEC strains were transduced by Stx-encoding phage to become lysogenic strains, and seven convertant strains had stx1 and/or stx2 genes. Only the stx1 gene was transferred to the receptor strains without any deletion. Gene expression of a convertant having both stx1 and stx2 genes was confirmed to be up to 32 times higher for Stx1 in 6% NaCl osmotic media and twice for Stx2 in 4% NaCl media, compared with expression in low-salt environments. Therefore, a new risk might arise from the transfer of pathogenic genes from Stx-encoding phages to otherwise harmless hosts. Without adequate sterilization of food exposed to various environments, there is a possibility that the toxicity of the phages might increase.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.824-829
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• 2011

최근에 건강식품의 선호에 따라 신선 채소류 등의 소비가 증가하면서 퇴비등 유기농자재의 안전성에 대한 관심이 점점 증가하고 있다. 본 연구는 우리나라를 경기도, 강원도, 충청도, 전라도, 경상도로 크게 5그룹으로 구분한 후 각 지역에서 국내 축산의 주요 축종인 소, 돼지, 닭의 분뇨를 주원료로 생산, 유통되는 가축분 퇴비 32종과 박(粕) 종류가 주원료인 유기질 비료 28종을 수집하여 총균수, 대장균군 E. coli, Salmonella spp., E. coli O157:H7, S.aureus, L. monocytogenes, C. sakazakii, B. cereus 등 미생물 오염도를 분석하고자 수행되었다. 가축분 퇴비 32종과 유기질 비료 28종의 총균수는 각각 $5.09{\sim}9.68log\;CFU\;g^{-1}$, $3.16{\sim}7.09log\;CFU\;g^{-1}$이었다. 총균수에서는 유기질 비료가 가축분 퇴비보다 더 낮은 미 생물 분포를 보였으며, 특히 가축분 퇴비의 경우에는 총 32종 중 약 88%가 $7log\;CFU\;g^{-1}$ 이상의 수준을 보였다. 가축분 퇴비와 유기질 비료에서 대장균군은 각각 32종 중 4종 (12.5%)에서, 28종 중 4종 (14.2%)에서 검출되었고, E. coli은 각각 32종 중 2종 (6.3%), 28종 중 1종 (3.5%)에서 검출되었다. 대장균군은 가축분 퇴비에서, 그 범위가 $2.77{\sim}4.63log\;CFU\;g^{-1}$, 평균 $3.42log\;CFU\;g^{-1}$ 수준으로 나타났다. 반면 유기질 비료에서, 그 범위는 $1.00{\sim}3.25log\;CFU\;g^{-1}$, 평균 $2.42log\;CFU\;g^{-1}$ 수준으로 나타났다. E. coli은 가축분 퇴비 32종 중 2종에서 $2.62{\sim}2.85log\;CFU\;g^{-1}$ 수준으로 검출되었으며, 유기질 비료에서 $1.85log\;CFU\;g^{-1}$ 수준으로 검출되었다. 가축분 퇴비에서 Salmonella spp., E. coli O157:H7, S. aureus, L. monocytogenes, C. sakazakii 등은 검출되지 않았고, B. cereus는 3종 (9%)에서 검출되었다. 유기질 비료에 Salmonella spp., E. coli O157:H7, S. aureus, L. monocytogenes, C. sakazakii, B. cereus 등은 전혀 검출되지 않았다. 따라서 병원성 미생물을 사멸시키기 위해서는 충분한 부숙 과정이 필요하다고 판단된다.