• Journal of Life Science
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• v.29 no.9
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• pp.986-995
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• 2019

Intestinal microbiota play a key role in maintaining the host's health, and variety and richness of this microbiota is directly influenced and modulated by the host's diet. Kimchi is a fermented food rich in dietary fibers and lactic acid bacteria (LAB). To investigate the effect of fermented kimchi on the host's response and the composition of intestinal microbiota, 45 male Sprague-Dawley rats six weeks old were divided into three experimental groups that received either a basal diet (CON) or a basal diet supplemented with fermented kimchi (FK) or chitosan-added fermented kimchi (CFK) for four weeks. Body weights and feed intakes were measured weekly, and the intestinal contents were collected aseptically and were used for 16S rRNA gene profiling via pyrosequencing. As compared to the control, FK and CFK groups showed less body weight gain, feed efficiency, and blood triglyceride concentration. The diversity of intestinal microbiota was increased in both FK and CFK as compared to the control. At the phylum level, obesity-associated Firmicutes decreased, while leanness-associated Bacteroidetes increased. At the genus-level, the genera that consist of LAB, leanness-associated bacteria, and butyric acid-producing bacteria increased in FK and CFK as compared to the control. The overall results suggest that the consumption of fermented kimchi can reduce obesity and promote the host's health through mechanisms involving the modulation of intestinal microbiota.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.33-38
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• 1996

To investigate the food preservative effects of mustard seed(Brassica juncea), mustard seed were added to Kimchi. Titratable acidity of Kimchi treated with mustard seed was higher than that of non-treated control at initial stage, but it was lower than control after 2 days of fermantation. The number of bacteria and lactic acid bacteria increased rapidly at the initial stage of fermentation and reached plateau by 2 days of fermentation. The number of bacteria and lactic acid bacteria of Kimchi treated with mustard seed was lower than that of control, and the more mustard seed added the less bacteria and lactic acid bacteria were observed.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.48 no.3
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• pp.138-143
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• 2005

Antibacterial, free radical scavenging, proliferative, and cytotoxicity effects of Doenjang extracts were examined. All samples except water extract showed strong antibacterial activity against oral bacteria, Streptococcus. pyogenes, S. mutants, S. sanguinis, S. sorbrinus, S. criceti, S. antinosus, S. gordonii, and Porphyromonas. gingivalis (MIC and MBC values: 0.08-1.25 and 0.16-2.50 mg/ml, respectively). DPPH method showed ethanol and ethyl acetate extracts are effective inhibitors of oral bacteria. Based on MTT assay, 24 h exposure to 0.31 mg/ml of all extracts, excepted water extract, resulted in strong cytotoxicity on KB cells. All extracts strongly inhibited human gingival fibroblast viability.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.199-203
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• 1993

The bacteriocin produced by Pediococcus acidilactici KFRI 168 exhibited a wide antimicrobial spectrum including many strains of lactic acid bacteria, Listeria monocytogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, and Enterococcus faecium by both disk and deferred assay methods. Inhibition of Lis. monocytogenes and Stph. aureus were observed only from deferred assay. Gram-negative bacteria were not inhibited. Bacteriocin production was observed at 10 h, and was maximized at 16 h in MRS broth incubated at $37^{\circ}C$. In a beaker sausage fermented with P. acidilactici KFRI 168, viable counts of Stph. aureus, Salmonella, Escherichia coli, Clostridium perfringens, and Lis. monocytogenes were reduced by 2.8, 2.3, 2.4, 0.7, and 0.5 log CFU/g, respectively. Inoculated P. acidilactici KFRI 168 maintained its viable count of more than $10^8$ CFU/g during the whole fermentation period, and it took less than 8 h to reduce sausage pH below 5.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• v.30 no.2
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• pp.69-74
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• 2012

This study was performed to determine by the ability of the mixed culture of Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus to ferment Dioscorea opposita Thunb. (yam) and to evaluate the nutraceutical value of fermented yam. The titratable acidity (TA) value increased from 2 to 6% with increased concentrations in both raw yam and extracted lactic acid bacteria (LAB) fermented yam (LFY). The viable cell counts and the allantoin and diosgenin contents were higher in raw LFY at large concentrations (6%) than in extracted LFY samples at all fermentation periods up to 32 h. Based on these data, it confirmed that raw yam fermented by the combination culture of L. bulgaricus and S. thermophilus for various fermentation periods favors the symbiotic growth of LAB and results in higher nutraceutical content.

• Food Industry And Nutrition
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.29-35
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• 2000

• Food preservation and processing industry
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.30-37
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• 2012

• Journal of Microbiology
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.137-144
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• 2000

The genetic relationship of six Lactobacillus strains and five laboratory isolated form fermented milk were determined by a random amplified polymorphic DNA(RAPD)-Polymease chan reaction (PCR) method. With 42 random primers. the result were analyzed by using the NTSYS-PC software for phenetic analysis. it revealed that all tested bacteria were divided into three distinct clusters. The clusters implied three subgenuses existed for the genus Lactobacillus, which were previously proposed by Rogosa and Sharpe. From the results, it was also possible to determine that the isolated Lactobacillus strains from fermented milk were grouped into L. acidophilus or L. bulgaricus. Interestingly. the three tested L. casei strains were divided into different clusters implying different subgenuses, i.e., Thermobacterium (L. casei YIT 9018) and Streptobacterium(L. casei CHR. Hansen and L.casei ATCC 4646). According to the distance matrix generated by an UPGMA program, the isolated bacteria LT01 and LT02 were determined as a subspecies of L. bulgaricus. The HK01, HK02 and HK03 were very closely related to either L. acidophilus or L. case YIT 9018. Hence, RAPD-PCR appears to be a very practical method to determine the genetic relationships of the Lactobacillus species and to characterize the unknown Lactobacillus strains at the subspecies level.

• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.35-40
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• 1990

As a link in the studies on the extracellular polysaccharide by lactic acid bacteria, the experiment was conducted to investigate the viscosity variations and rheological properties of 10% reconstituted skim milk and 12% reconstituted whole milk, respectively. 1. 10% reconstituted skim milk cultured by Str. thrennophilus 510 showed strong flow property of pseudoplastic fluid depending upon the production of exopolysaccharide. And the viscosity reached the highest value within 14% concentration. 2. 12% reconstituted whole milk cultured by lactic acid bacteria indicated flow property of pseudoplastic fluid. But there was a big difference in the viscosity as compared with 10% skim milk. 3. The maximum consistency index (k) and the minimum flow behavior index (n) of the fermented milk by Str. thermophilus 510 were 43 and 0.09, respectively. They were 35 and 0.09, in case of Lb. bulgaricus.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.618-624
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• 1998

This study was conducted to standardize ingredient ratios of wooung kimchi. The ingredient ratios of model wooung kimchiwere determined by the survey in Pusan and Kyungnam province and using the literatures including cooking books. Several kinds of wooung kimchi were prepared by adjusting the ingredient ratios fo the model wooung kimchi within standard deviation. The wooung kimchi with different ingredient ratios were fermented for 6 days at 15$^{\circ}C$. The chemical, microbial and sensory properties of the wooung kimchi were investigated. There was little change in pH but the counts of lactic acid bacteria were decreased, as the ratio of pickled anchovy juice became high. The wooung kimchi adding 9.4% pickled anchovy juice obtained high score in appearance and overall acceptability. The counts of lactic acid bacteria were increased in wooung kimchi adding 5% red pepper powder, and there was obtained better result in appearance, texture and overall acceptability than the other groups. The activity, reducing sugar and counts of lactic acid bacteria were increased, as the ratio of glutinous rice paste became high. The wooung kimchi including 6% glutinous rice paste showed the highest score in overall acceptability. The fermentation process of wooung kimchi accelerated, as the ratio of garlic became high. The wooung kimchi adding 3% garlic showed good appearance and acceptability. In addition to these, the addition of 1.3% ginger ehhanced the appearance, texture and overall acceptability fermented anchovy juice, 5.0% red pepper powder, 6.0% glutinous rice paste, 3.0% crushed garlic and 1.3% crushed ginger.