This study was conducted to investigate the application of ATP bioluminescence to measure the degree of microbial contamination from raw meat, meat processing and milk processing lines. Samples collected from slaughter house, meat and milk processing plants were tested for estimation of bacterial number by using ATP bioluminescence and conventional method. The former result was transffered to R-mATP value(log RLU/㎖), and the latter transffered to CFU(log/㎖). Correlation coefficient(r) between aerobic counts(CFU, log/㎖) and R-mATP(log RLU/㎖) value was 0.93(n=408). R-mATP of aerobic counts from beef, pork, chicken was 0.93(n=220), and that was 0.93(n=187) between meat processing and dairy processing plants. In addition, Correlation coefficient(r) between aerobic counts and R-mATP was 0.87(n=252) under 1 × 10^5/㎖ of bacterial count and 0.74(n=152) over l0^5 respectively.

본 연구의 목적은 L. monooytogenes에 대한 LP system의 항균효과를 측정하기 위하여 수행되었다 초기 접종수준(10², 10⁴, 10^(7) CFU/ml), LP의 농도는(10, 20, 30 ppm), 그리고 저장온도(5, 10, 15℃), 배지종류(TSB-YE, UHT milk)에 따라 L. monocytogenes에 대한 항균효과를 측정 비교한 결과 초기접종수준을 10²cfu/ml로 하였을 때와 LP농도는 10 ppm 및 5℃로 배양에서 항균력이 높게 나타났다. UHT milk를 이용한 LP system의 항균효과는 Tryptic soy agar를 이용한 시험결과와 비슷하게 나타났다.

본 연구 E. coli O157:H7에 대한 LP system(lactoperoxidae/thiocyanate/hydrogen peroxide)의 항균효과를 측정하기 위해 수행되었다. 초기 접종수준(10^2, 10^4, 10^7 cfu/ml), LP의 농도(10 ppm, 20 ppm, 30 ppm), 배지종류 (TSB, UHT milk, raw milk), 배양온도(5℃, 10℃, 15℃) 등에 따라 E. coli O157:H7에 대한 항균효과를 측정, 비교한 결과, 초기 접종수준을 10^2/ml으로 하였을 때와 LP의 농도를 10 ppm 및 5℃ 배양에서 항균력이 가장 높게 나타났다.

Highly lethal Listeria monocytogenes, causing bromatoxism through vegetables, dairy products, meat products and shellfish etc, was examined for possible contamination in market beef. USDA, FDA, Malthus and Modified Cold Enrichment methods were used for the detection of Listeria spp.. Samples of domestic and imported market beef were collected from local meat shops at Seoul, Korea. Total two hundreds and six of Listeria spp. were isolated and identified from beef samples. L. welshimeri was the most abundant Listeria species in market beef. Among 206 isolates, the number of L. welshimeri was one hundred and twenty-one(44.8%). The numbers of isolated L. innocua, L. murrayi, L. monocytogenes, L. grayi, L. seeligeri, and L. ivanovii were 49(18.1%), 14(5.2%), 12 (4.4%), 6(2.2%), 2(0.7%), and 2(0.7%), respectively. Detection rates of Listeria spp. varied among four methods. The highest detection rate of Listeria spp. in market beef was found at USDA method and that of L. monocytogenes was found at Malthus method.