• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제19권12호
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• pp.1590-1595
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• 2009

Alternative methods for controlling bacterial endospore contamination are desired in a range of industries and applications. Attention has recently turned to natural products, such as essential oils, which have sporicidal activity. In this study, a selection of essential oils was investigated to identify those with activity against Bacillus subtilis spores. Spores were exposed to 13 essential oils, and surviving spores were enumerated. Cardamom, tea tree, and juniper leaf oils were the most effective, reducing the number of viable spores by 3 logs at concentrations above 1%. Sporicidal activity was enhanced at high temperatures ($60^{\circ}C$) or longer exposure times (up to 1 week). Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis identified the components of the active essential oils. However, none of the major oil components exhibited equivalent activity to the whole oils. The fact that oil components, either alone or in combination, did not show the same level of sporicidal activity as the complete oils suggested that minor components may be involved, or that these act synergistically with major components. Scanning electron microscopy was used to examine spores after exposure to essential oils and suggested that leakage of spore contents was the likely mode of sporicidal action. Our data have shown that essential oils exert sporicidal activity and may be useful in applications where bacterial spore reduction is desired.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.312-317
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• 2009

세균포자는 살균소독제에 대해 영양세포보다 수백~수천배이상 저항성을 가지고 있기 때문에 과산화수소 및 과산화초산을 원료로 하는 아포살균용 살균소독제는 Escherichia coli 및 Staphylococcus aureus의 감소율을 측정하는 현행 살균소독제 유효성 평가방법을 적용하기 어렵다. 따라서, 아포살균용 살균속독제의 유효성 평가를 위해 Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633 포자를 표준균주로 하여 아포살균용 살균소독제를 처리했을 때 초기포자수를 $10^3$이상 감소시키는지를 측정하는 정량적 표준시험방법을 확립하였다. 확립된 시험법은 아포살균력을 측정하는 국가표준시험법으로서 아포살균용 살균소독제의 유효성 평가에 적합하였다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.217-222
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• 2014

본 연구는 20% ortho-phenylphenol을 함유한 훈증소독제, Fumagari $OPP^{(R)}$의 Clostridium perfringens (C. perfringens) 아포에 대한 살아포 효과를 평가하기 위해, French standard NF T 72-281에 따라 수행하였다. 배양 현탁액 중 C. perfringens의 아포수(N 값), 훈증소독제에 노출된 각 담체의 아포수(n1, n2, n3), 평판배지법에 의한 시험 아포 현탁액 중 아포수(N1), 여과법에 의한 시험 아포 현탁액 중 아포수(N2), 그리고 대조 담체의 회복 아포의 평균값(T 값)을 예비실험을 통해 구하였다. 또한, 훈증소독제에 노출된 C. perfringens의 감소 아포수(d 값)는, T 값, 회복액 중 아포수의 평균값(n'1) 그리고 배지의 담체에서 증식한 아포수의 평균값(n'2) 등을 이용하여 산출하였다. N 값은 $4.4{\times}10^7spores/mL$이었으며, n1, n2, n3은 각각 0.5N1, 0.5N2, 0.5N1 보다 높게 나타났다. 그리고 T 값은 $4.9{\times}10^5spores/carrier$이었다. 훈증소독제의 살아포 효과에 있어서, d 값은 4.52 이었다. 훈증소독제에 대한 프랑스 기준에 따르면, 효과적인 살균력을 갖는 훈증소독제의 d 값이 3 이상이어야 하는 것으로 규정하고 있다. 본 연구의 결과로부터, Fumagari $OPP^{(R)}$는 C. perfringens 아포에 대해 높은 살아포 효과를 갖는 것으로 나타나, 병원성 세균의 아포로 오염된 식품재료와 주방기기의 소독에 적용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.1301-1304
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• 2009

Macelignan is a bioactive compound isolated from nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt.) which has been traditionally used for the food and pharmaceutical purposes. In this study, the activities of macelignan against vegetative cells and spores of Bacillus cereus were evaluated in vitro. Our results showed that the vegetative cells of B. cereus were significantly inhibited in growth by macelignan with minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of $4{\mu}g/mL$. The vegetative cells of B. cereus were completely killed with minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of $8{\mu}g/mL$ of macelignan. Killing time of macelignan against vegetative cells of B. cereus was very fast; endpoint of macelignan was reached after 4 hr of incubation at $4{\times}MIC$. Macelignan inactivated more than 3-log (99.9%) of spores/mL of B. cereus at the concentration of $100{\mu}g/mL$. Macelignan was found to be effective against vegetative cells and spores of B. cereus. These results suggest that macelignan might be good to be developed as a food preservative.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제16권6호
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• pp.1072-1077
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• 2007

Bacterial endospores, especially those of Bacillus and Clostridium genera, are the target of sterilization in various foods. We used Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633 spores to screen novel antimicrobial substances against spores from medicinal plants. We collected 79 types of plant samples, comprising 42 types of herbs and spices and 37 types of medicinal plants used in traditional medicine in Korea and China. At a concentration of 1%(w/v), only 14 of the ethanol extracts exhibited antimicrobial activity against B. subtilis spores of at least 90%. Crude extracts of Torilis japonica, Gardenia jasminoides, Plantago asiatica, Fritllaria, and Arctium lappa showed particularly high sporicidal activities, reducing the spore count by about 99%. Consideration of several factors, including antimicrobial activity, extraction yields, and costs of raw materials, resulted in the selection of T. japonica, G. jasminoides, A. lappa, and Coriandrum sativum for the final screening of novel antimicrobial substances. Verification tests repeated 10 times over a 4-month period showed that the ethanol extract of T. japonica fruit reduced aerobic plate counts of B. subtilis spores the most, from $10^7$ to $10^4\;CFU/mL$ (99.9%) and with a standard deviation of 0.21%, indicating that this fruit is the most suitable for developing a novel antimicrobial substance for inactivating B. subtilis spores.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.603-607
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• 2008

Thirteen commercial antimicrobial products were examined to assess the sporicidal activity against Bacillus cereus spores at room temperature, 60 and $85^{\circ}C$. Neither the antimicrobials showed detectable antimicrobial activity against the B. cereus spores nor induced spore germination after the treatment at 0.5 or 1.0%(w/v, v/v) commercial antimicrobial agents at room temperature for 0.5 to 4 hr. However, when the antimicrobials such as chitosan, lactic acid, fermented pollen, grapefruit extract were applied with heat at $85^{\circ}C$ for 30 min, more than 1 log CFU/mL spores were additionally inactivated compared to only heat treatment without antimicrobials. Imposition of $60^{\circ}C$ to B. cereus spores with the higher concentration of 5.0%(v/v) lactic acid or 2.5%(w/v) thiamine dilaurylsulfate for the longer time incubation of 24 hr resulted in 3 log CFU/mL spore inactivation. This work showed that low concentrations of commercial antimicrobials by themselves did not inactivate B. cereus spores. However, when physical processes such as heat were combined together, antimicrobials showed a synergistic effect against B. cereus spores.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.560-565
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• 2013

Biological decontamination means the removal of microorganisms from the inanimate object such as building or equipment. In this study, hydrogen peroxide vapor efficacy test using VHP 1000ED system(Steris LifeSciences) were conducted for G. stearothermophilus spore with agent materials(aluminum, stainless steel, poly-carbonate, viton, silicone, kapton and glass). Total recovered spores exposed to hydrogen peroxide vapor(1.0 g/min) during 7, 15, 30, 60 min were calculated. As a result, all agent materials were totally decontaminated within 60 min at 1.0 g/min concentration with 35% hydrogen peroxide vapor. Finally, we could confirmed that hydrogen peroxide vapor possess sporicidal capacity of G. stearothermophilus and found the optimum decontamination conditions with VHP1000ED system.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.1094-1099
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• 2011

초고압의 미생물에 대한 살균 효과는 다른 제어 방법을 더 적용함으로써 증대 될 수 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 식품 산업에서 중요한 세균 포자들을 tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ)를 처리하여 초고압 살균효과를 증진시킴을 알아보고자 한다. Clostridium sporogenes, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtilis의 포자를 준비하였다. Dimetylsulfoxide(DMSO)에 용해시킨 TBHQ 200 ppm을 함유한 포자액을 650 또는 700 MPa로, 54-72$^{\circ}C$에서 5분간 처리하였다. 세균 포자의 사멸은 초고압 처리 이후에만 일어났다. Bacillus subtilis 포자가 B. cereus나 C. sporogenes 포자보다 초고압에 의해 더 많이 사멸되었다. C. sporogenes 포자의 사멸은 Bacillus 포자에 비해서 초고압에 의한 germination이 더 일어나면서 이루어 졌다. Bacillus 포자는 54$^{\circ}C$에서 초고압 처리 때 보다 72$^{\circ}C$에서 처리했을 때 더 많이 사멸되었다. 하지만 germination에 의한 사멸은 70$^{\circ}C$에서 감소되었다. 포자를 DMSO와 초고압, TBHQ와 초고압의 병용 처리를 했을 때, 특히 54$^{\circ}C$에서는 포자 사멸이 덜 일어났다. 세균 포자의 사멸에 대한 좀 더 나은 이해를 위해서는 초고압에 의한 germination 과 다른 포자 억제 물질과의 상호 작용에 대한 메커니즘 연구들이 필요하다.