Food Engineering Progress
Korean Society for Food Engineering
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시판 두부 제조 공정 중의 Microflora Profile 분석

이설희1, 박영서1,*
Sulhee Lee1, Young-Seo Park1,*
1가천대학교 식품생물공학과
1Department of Food Science & Biotechnology, Gachon University
*Corresponding author: Young-Seo Park, Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Gachon University, Seongnam 461-701, Korea. Tel: +82-31-750-5378; Fax: +82-31-750-5273, E-mail: ypark@gachon.ac.kr

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Received: Jul 26, 2012; Revised: Aug 27, 2012; Accepted: Aug 27, 2012

Published Online: Aug 31, 2012

Abatract

Microflora profiles including total bacteria, psychrophiles, and spore-forming bacteria in manufacturing process steps of tofu were analyzed to elucidate the cause of microbial contamination. The viable cell numbers of total bacteria in soybean and packed tofu were 4.75 and 2.53 log CFU/g, respectively. The viable cell number of psychrophiles in soybean was calculated to 3.55 log CFU/g, and reduced to 0.78 log CFU/g by heating during the soymilk preparation step, and was not detected in the final product. The viable cell numbers of spore-forming bacteria, the major bacteria in soymilk, in soybean and packed tofu were 1.75 and 0.58 log CFU/g, respectively. Total twenty nine genus and seventy species of bacteria were isolated and identified in the manufacturing process of tofu, from soybean to final packed tofu. The major bacteria existed in the soybean, soymilk, forming belt, sum-mul plate, knife, packed tofu before sterilization, and packed tofu after sterilization were identified as Bacillus spp., Lysinibacillus bronitoleran, Acinetobacter spp., Bacillus spp., Acinetobacter spp., Acinetobacter spp., Staphylococcus spp., respectively.

Keywords: tofu; spoilage bacteria; manufacturing process; microflora profile; food safety