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현재 우리나라에서 탁, 약주의 양조에 사용되고 있는 국균인 Aspergillus awamori var. kawachii로 쌀 koji를 제조할 때에 유기산 생산에 영향을 미치는 배양조건을 검토하였다. 본 균의 발아최적온도는 36℃이었고, 이 때의 발아소요시간은 8시간이었다. 증미의 수분함량이 40% 이상일 때는 발아가 잘 이루어졌으나 35% 이하일 때에는 발아지연현상이 현저하게 나타났다. 유기산 생산을 위한 최적 배양온도는 32 이었고, 36℃ 및 40℃에서는 유기산 생산이 현저하게 억제되었다. 배양개시 후 20∼25시간까지 36℃로 배양을 하고 그 이후에 32℃로 배양을 했을 때는 유기산의 생산량도 높고 당화효소의 생산량도 높았다. 증미의 수분함량이 40%일 때 유기산 생산량이 가장 높았고, 30%이하일 때는 유기산 생산이 현저히 억제되었다. 국균 포자의 접종량이 적을 때에는 배양초기의 유기산 생산량이 낮았으나 배양말기에는 차이가 없었다. Koji의 두께가 두꺼울 때는 유기산의 생산이 현저히 억제되었다.
This study was carried out to investigate the influences of cultural conditions of koji on the production of organic acid during rice-koji making by Aspergillus awamori var. kawachii which is now widely used as koji-mold in brewing Takju and Yakju in Korea. The optimum temperature for the germination of the conidia of this mold was 36℃, and the time required for germination at this temperature was 8 hours. Rapid germination occurred when the water content of steamed rice was above 40%, but germination retardation occurred markedly below 35%. The optimum cultural temperature for the production of organic acid was 32℃, and the production of organic acid was markedly restricted at 36℃ and 40℃. It was effective for the high production of both saccharogenic amylase and organic acid to shift the cultural temperature from initial 36℃ to 32℃ after 20∼25 hours of cultivation. Initial water content suitable to the production of organic acid was 40% in steamed rice, but its production was markedly restricted below 30% of water content. When the quantity of conidial inoculation was too small, the production of organic acid was low in initial phase, but it was retrived at later period. Acid production was markedly restricted together with the increase in koji thickness.
