• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.497-504
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• 2006

Glycosides are important functional materials in foods. Transformation, especially hydrolysis, of the sugar moieties tends to improve the functional properties of the administered glycosides in vivo. Various probiotic bacteria and edible food-grade fungi such as bifidobacteria, lactobacilli, leuconostocs, yeasts, and aspergilli are potential industrial microorganisms to transform glycosides of ginsenosides from ginseng, platycodin saponins from Platycodon grandiflorum, Trignoella foenum-graecum (TFG) saponins, and isoflavones from soybeans and Puerariae radix, respectively, by fermentation or enzymatic reaction. In this review, various transformation pathways bearing potential significance with respect to the changes in structure and function of the various glycosides from the food materials will be introduced. In conclusion, the proper combination of food microorganisms and transformation conditions will improve the functionality and the sensory value and reduce the cytotoxicity of the functional glycosides present in various functional food raw materials.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.392-398
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• 1994

The purpose of this study was to predict the actions and roles of 10 strains of representative psychrotrophic lactic acid bacteria, in kimchi fermentation, which were Isolated from kimchi and identified as Leu. mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides, Leu. mesenteroides subsp. dextranicum, Leu. lactic, Leu. paramesenteroides, Lac. bavaricus and Lac. homahiochii. For this, 0.01% of tactic starters were inoculated in germ free Korean cabbage-juice containing 2.5% NaCl, and then cultivated for 14 days at 1$0^{\circ}C$. All strains grew actively, and reached their stationary phase in 4 days. In death phase, the slopes of curves were much different each other by strains. The acidity increased rapidly between 2 and 4 days, and the pH decreased rapidly between 2 and 3 days. The total acidity was 0.5B~0.75%, the volatile acidity 0.04~0.18% and the pH 3.55~3.85, in final cultures. The cultures of Leuconostocs were better than those of lactobacilli on flavor test. It was thought that the ripening periods of kimchi would be much reduced, and that the over ripening would be also somewhat avoided, when these strains were used as starter bacteria for kimchi and the kimchi was fermented at low temperature.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.68-76
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• 2006

Despites many attempts to explore the microbial diversity in kimchi fermentation, the predominant flora remains controversial to date. In the present study, major lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were investigated in Chinese cabbage kimchi in the early phase of fermention. For the samples over pH 4.0, viable cell counts of Leuconostoc and Pediococcus were $10^6\;cfu/ml$ and below $10^2\;cfu/ml$, respectively, and 20 isolates out of 172 were subjected to a biochemical identification (API 50 CH kit) as well as molecular-typing methods including ITSPCR with a RsaI digestion and 16s rRNA gene sequence analysis for species confirmation. Seven isolates were nicely assigned to Lb. brevis, 6 to Leuconostoc spp. (2 mesenteroides, 2 citreum, I carnosum, I gasicomitatum), 4 to Weissella (3 kimchii/cibaria, 1 hanii) and 2 to other Lactobacillus spp. (1 farciminis, 1 plantarum). On the other hand, the biochemical identification data revealed 9 strains of Lb. brevis, 6 strains of Leuconostocs,2 strains of Lb. plantarum and 1 strain each of Lb. coprophilus and Lactococcus lactis. However, a single isolates, YSM 16, was not matched to the ITS-PCR database constructed in the present study. Two Lb. brevis strains by API 50 CH kit were reassigned to W kimchii/cibaria, Lb. coprophilus or W hanii, respectively, judging from the results by the above molecular typing approaches. As a whole, the identification data obtained by the biochemical test were different from those of ITS-PCR molecular method by about $63\%$ at genus-level and $42\%$ at species-level. The data by the ITS-PCR method conclusively suggest that predominant LAB species is probably heterolactic Lb. brevis, followed by W kimchii/cibaria, Leuc. mesenteroides, and Leuc. citreum, in contrast to the previous reports [3] that Leuc. mesenteroides is the only a predominant species in the early phase kimchi fermentation.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.247-259
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• 2008

미생물 구조 및 집단 구성원의 변화를 배양에 의존하지 않고, 빠르게 평가할 수 있는 방법의 하나인 terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism (I-RFLP) 분석을 김치 유산균 연구에 적용하여, $15^{\circ}C$ 및 $4^{\circ}C$ 발효 김치에 관여하는 유산균의 다양성과 역동성을 검토하였다. 두 발효온도에서 공통적으로 Leuconostoc mesenteroides, Lc, inhae, Lc. kimchii, Weissella koreensis, W. cibaria, Lactobacillus sakei, Lb. curvatus, Lb. plantarum, Lb. paraplantarum, Lb. pentosus, 및 Lb. brevis의 존재가 예상되었고, Lc. citreum과 Enterococcus faecalis는 각각 $15^{\circ}C$와 $4^{\circ}C$에서 검출되었다. W. koreensis는 중기발효에 우점을 점하였고, Lactobacillus 속은 발효 후기의 우점종으로 나타났다. Lb. sakei, Lb. curvatus는 발효온도에 관계 없이 우점종을 형성하였지만, Lb. plantarum, Lb. paraplantarum, Lb, pentosus와 Lb. brevis의 생육은 저온에서 잘 일어나지 않았다. 몇 종의 Leuconostoc 속 유산균은 발효 후기까지 생장이 유지되었다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제38권7호
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• pp.892-901
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• 2009

본 연구는 시판 배추김치, 총각김치, 깍두기 및 파김치에서 분리한 젖산균을 $15^{\circ}C$와 $25^{\circ}C$의 온도에서 배양하였을 때 아질산염의 소거 효능을 확인하였다. $15^{\circ}C$에서, 시판김치에서 분리된 젖산균은 L. mesenteroides subsp mesenteroides와 L. paramesenteroides를 제외하고는 매우 활성적으로 아질산염을 소거시켰다. 특히 L. mesenteroides subsp dextrinicum과 L. lactis는 아질산염에 적응하는 기간을 필요로 함이 없이 매우 활성적으로 아질산염을 소거시켰다. L. sake, L. plantarum, L. casei subsp. pseudoplantarum 및 L. coryniformis subsp. torquens는 하루 정도 아질산염에 적응하는 기간을 거친 이후에 매우 활성적으로 아질산염을 소거시켰다. L mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides는 하루가 경과된 이후에 비교적 활성적으로 아질산염을 소거시켰다. 그러나 L. mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides는 다른 균종에 비하여 매우 낮은 아질산염 소거율을 나타내었다. $25^{\circ}C$에서, 시판김치에서 분리된 모든 젖산균은 아질산염에 적응하는 기간을 필요로 하지 않았으며, L. paramesenteroides를 제외하고는 매우 활성적으로 아질산염을 소거하였다. 또한 시판김치로부터 분리된 젖산균은 L. mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides와 L. paramesenteroides를 제외하고는 1일 이후에, L. mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides는 2일 이후에 90% 이상의 아질산염을 소거시켰다. 그러나 L. paramesenteroides는 $25^{\circ}C$에서도 활성적이지 못하여 다른 균종에 비하여 아질산염의 소거 능력이 매우 낮았다. 한편, 다른 김치 기원의 동일 균종의 Lactobacilli와 L. mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides 및 L. paramesenteroides를 제외한 Leuconostocs는 $15^{\circ}C$에서는 물론 $25^{\circ}C$에서 매우 활성적으로 아질산염을 소거시켰다.