Runoff inhibitors can be used to suppress soil erosion and nutrient runoff. Their impact on soil ecosystems needs to be assessed. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate effects of runoff inhibitors on metabolic activities of soil microbes using starch, cationic starch, guar gum, xanthan gum, and PAM (polyacrylamide) as carbon sources. Responses of soil microbes to carbon sources were analyzed using Biolog EcoPlate. Soil was treated with each carbon source at 0.1, 0.5, and 1.0%. Carbon utilization was measured every week for three weeks. Average well color development (AWCD) was increased in the group treated with starch at 0.5 or 1.0% at 3 weeks after treatment. Effect of cationic starch was different depending on treatment period. This effect decreased at 3 weeks after treatment. Guar gum increased AWCD at all concentrations. Reactions of microbes were different depending on the type of carbon source. Xanthan gum increased AWCD at all concentrations, although amino acid decomposition showed no significant difference. On the other hand, PAM decreased AWCD at all concentrations. The Shannon H index representing functional diversity showed a tendency similar to that of AWCD for all treatments. These results indicate that soil treatments can have secondary effects on metabolic function of soil microbes and physical properties of soil.

신선절단 사과 제조에 있어 갈변 및 연화 억제제인 처리에 고농도 vanillin의 첨가효과를 규명하기 위하여, 절단사과에 6% 과 120 mM vanillin을 병용처리하고 플라스틱 필름으로 포장하여 에서 3주 동안 저장하면서 1주 간격으로 품질특성과 미생물 생육의 변화를 조사하였다. 신선절단 사과의 L값, 가용성 고형분 및 적정산도는 단독 처리구 보다 과 vanillin의 병용 처리구에서 감소가 촉진되었다. 총호기성미생물 및 효모와 곰팡이의