There have been growing concerns among people about food safety due to insufficient information on foodborne pathogens. In this study, we developed a risk priority of 15 foodborne pathogens. For the priority determination we collected risk profile criteria information from CODEX Alimentarius Commission and developed countries. The basis for criteria we selected from information of surveillance were frequency and severity of disease, frequency of consumption and probability of cross-contamination. We also considered foodborne pathogens which have been managed in developed countries though those pathogens are not currently managed appropriately in Korea. Priorities were divided into three groups following these consideration. The first priority group includes Norovirus, pathogenic E. coli, Salmonella spp, Clostridium botulinum and Listeria monocytogenes. The second priority group includes Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Stapylococcus aureus, Campylobacter jejuni and Bacillus cereus, and the third priority group includes Clostridium perfringens, Yersinia enterocolitica, Shigella spp, Cronobacter sakazakii and Hepatitis A virus. Our results could be applied to prevent foodborne illness from fresh produce.

대표적인 2종의 미생물(E. coli, B. subtilis)을 이용하여 초기 미생물 농도에 대한 광 펄스의 영향을 살펴본 결과, 미생물의 사멸율이 초기 농도에 영향을 받지 않았고 25 kV에서 1500 μs 처리 시 최소 5 log 이상의 미생물 감소를 보인다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 그리고 4종의 유해미생물(B. subtilis, E. coli, S. aureus, S. typhimurium)의 광 펄스 처리시간에 따른 미생물 사멸효과는 모든 미생물이 처리시간에 증가함에 따라 효과가 상승하였고 1500 μs 처리 시 모든 미생물이 6 log 이상의 감소를 보였다. 또한 광 펄스 처리시간에 따른 미생물 사멸속도는 1차 반응속도와 상응함을 알 수 있었다. 그리고 4종 유해미생물의 배지 두께에 따라 미생물 불활성화 효과에 대한 민감 정도를 알아본 결과 E. coli의 두께 민감 상수가 4.9로 가장 높게 나타났으며 이는 시료의 두께가 증가함에 따라 미생물 사멸효과가 감소하는 것을 알 수 있었다. 마지막으로 여러 가지 색(노랑, 빨강, 파랑, 녹색, 흑색)에 따른 E. coli의 사멸 효과는 유의적인 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 결과적으로 초기 균체농도, 광 펄스 처리 시간, 두께에 따른 미생물 사멸효과의 민감도 등이 실제 식품 적용하기 위한 기초 자료로 활용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

물(water, TW), 에탄올(ethanol, TE) 및 핵산(n-hexane, TH)을 이용하여 탱자씨 추출물(trifoliate orange seed extracts, TSEs)을 각각 제조한 후 그람양성 식중독균 6종(Bacillus cereus KCCM 11341, Bacillus subtilis KCTC 1022, Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 12692, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 19111, Streptococcus mutans KCTC 3065 및 Yersinia enterocolitica KCCM 41657)에 대한 항균활성과 Lactobacillus acidophilus IFO 3025에 대한 프레바이오틱 효과(prebiotic effect)를 측정하였다. 그 결과, 탱자씨 핵산추출물(TH)은 S. aureus ATCC 19111에 대해 배양시간이 증가함에 따라 대조군에 비해 강한 증식저해활성을 보였으며, 탱자씨 에탄올 추출물(TE)은 약간의 증식저해활성을 보였다. 특히, 배양 81시간 후 대조군은 90.31%의 증식활성을 보인 것에 반해 탱자씨 핵산추출물과 에탄올추출물은 64.95%와 75.50%의 증식활성을 각각 보였다. 탱자씨 추출물의 Lb. acidophilus IFO 3025에 대한 프레바이오틱 효과는 대조군에 비해 증식활성을 보이지는 않았으나, 적어도 생육저해효과를 보이지는 않았다. 따라서 탱자씨의 핵산 및 에탄올 추출물은 S. aureus ATCC 19111에 대한 항균활성물질로서의 가능성을 제시하였다

iarrheal diseases constitute one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in infants and young children globally. One of the main microorganisms causing diarrheal diseases is Campylobacter jejuni. For treatment of these diseases, Portulaca oleracea has been widely used as a folk remedy for a long time. This study was performed to investigate the antimicrobial activity of P. oleracea against gastroenteritis pathogens including C. jejuni. P. oleracea was extracted with petroleum ether, chloroform, ethylacetate, methanol, and hot water. The antimicrobial activity of the P. oleracea extracts was determined using the paper disc method, minimum inhibitory concentration, and the liquid culture method. The 10 ㎎/㎖ ethylacetate extract showed the strongest antimicrobial activity against Salmonella typhimurium, Salmonella enteriditis, and Shigella spp.. The hot water extract from P. oleracea showed the highest anti-microbial activity against C. jejuni at 10～20 ㎎/㎖. The hot water extract of P. oleracea retarded the growth of C. jejuni for 36 hr at 42℃.

This study was carried out to investigate efficacy of aerosol sanitizer with natural antimicrobial and organic acids against Escherichia coli O157:H7, Salmonella Typhimurium and Listeria monocytogenes. The artificially inoculated pathogens on stainless steel coupon were treated with grapefruit seed extract (GFE), acetic acid,citric acid and lactic acid in model cabinet for 5 min. The number of three foodborne pathogens with individual treatment was reduced by 0.34-3.77 log units, treatment with GEF + organic acid was reduced by 1.72-3.89 log units and treatment with GEF + organic acid + alcohol was reduced by 1.46-5.05 log units. By treatment with GEF + lactic acid + alcohol in scale-up model system for 10 min. Populations of E. coli O157:H7, S. Typhimurium and L. monocytogenes were reduced by 3.42, 2.72 and 2.30 log units from the untreated control respectively. From the above result,aerosol sanitizer with natural antimicrobial agents and organic acid can be used as an environmental sanitation method with satisfying the consumer demand on safe food.

현재 식중독 미생물의 검사에 전통적인 배지법이 다수를 차지하고 있으나 PCR이나 면역 분석법과 같은 신속 검출법들의 사용이 증가하는 추세이다. 그러나 대개 speciesspecific 프라이머를 이용한 PCR에 의한 DNA 증폭산물을 전기영동을 통해 확인하는 방법을 사용하고 있는데 이는 각종 균주에 대해 각기 다른 프라이머를 사용하여야하는 단점이 있다. 이러한 단점을 보완하기 위하여 본 연구에서는 여러 가지 균주를 동시에 신속하게 검지할 수 있도록 PCR-DGGE 기술을 연구하게 되었다. 그 결과 6종(S. typhimurium, P. fluorescens, B. cereus, S. aureus, E. coli, L. monocytogenes)의 유해 미생물을 선정하였고 DGGE 상에서 확실한 분리능을 보여 유해미생물의 인공마커로 사용할 수 있음을 보였다. 또한 실제 PCR-DGGE 기법을 사용하기 위하여 채소에서의 유해미생물 검출 감도를 확인한 결과 B. cereus를 제외한 5종(S. typhimurium, P. fluorescens, S. aureus, E. coli, L. monocytogenes)의 균들은 모두 101 CFU/g까지 검출할 수 있었고 B. cereus는 103 CFU/g이상 채소에 존재할 때 검출할 수 있었다. 또한 균질화 방법에 따라서 식물 DNA와 유해 미생물 간의 경쟁적 증폭현상이 일어남도 확인할 수 있었다. 이로써 본 연구에서는 유해 미생물의 검지, 인공마커의 제조, 식물 DNA와 유해미생물간의 경쟁적 증폭 현상 방지책과 유해미생물의 검출 감도 확인 및 염기서열을 통한 동정을 통해 PCR-DGGE가 식품에서 유해 미생물의 신속 검지 방법으로써 활용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다. 향후 국내 식품소비 패턴이 유기농 채소의 수요와 공급이 날로 증대 되고 있기 때문에 PCR-DGGE 기법이 유기농 채소들의 식중독 균에 대한 database를 구축하여 안전성을 확보하는데 기여할 수 있다고 생각된다.

Risk ranking must be determined for various hazards/food combinations to conduct microbial risk management effectively. Risk Ranger is a simple, easy-to-use calculation tool developed in Microsoft Excel and designed to rank the risk (low, medium, and high) for semi-quantitative microbial risk assessment. The user is required to answer 11 questions in Risk Ranger related to 1) severity of the hazard, 2) likelihood of a disease-causing dose of the hazard being present in the meal, and 3) the probability of exposure to the hazard in a defined time. This study determined the risk ranking for twenty three combinations of foodborne pathogens/potentially hazardous foods (PHFs) using a Risk Ranger. In this study, pathogenic E. coli in fresh cut produce salad was scored as 79, which was the highest rank among the 23 combinations of the foodborne pathogens and PHFs. On the other hand, zero risk was obtained with V. parahaemolyticus in sushi, Salmonella in meat products and E. coli O157:H7 in hamburger patties. Although Risk Ranger is very simple method to rate the risk of foodborne pathogens and PHFs combination, the accuracy of result was mainly affected by the availability and accuracy of data in the literature. According to the result of literature review, the data are needed for contamination rate of raw materials, consumption amount/frequency of PHFs, and the effect of processing on pathogen. Risk ranking must be continuously revalidated with new data.

Although several enteric viral pathogens including the porcine groups A, B and C rotaviruses (PGARV, PGBRV, and PGCRV), sapovirus (PSaV), and torovirus (PToV) are known to cause endemic diarrheas in weaning and post-weaning piglets, their precise prevalence in Korea is not clear. Therefore, we examined 1,222 diarrhea stools obtained from 627 farms during 2004～2009 by RT-PCR and/or nested PCR for evaluating their precise prevalence in Korea. PGARV was the predominant pathogen during 2004～2007 but its prevalence was markedly reduced during 2008～2009. PGBRV infections caused endemic diarrhea during 2004～2007, but was hardly detected during 2008-2009. PGCRV was detected at 27.0%, 14.5%, 42.4%, 28.8%, 7.3%, and 54.2% during each year of 2004～2009, respectively, indicating its high prevalence in Korea throughout the years. PSaV induced with high prevalence (32.4-39.2%) during 2004～2005 but its detection rate was markedly decreased during 2006～2009. PToV caused sporadic infections only during 2006 (1.0%) and 2007 (6.9%). These enteric viruses were detected in diarrhea specimens in piglets usually in combination with each other and/or together with bacterial pathogens including the Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., Brachispira hyodysenteriae, and Lawsonia intracellularis. Infections with PGARV, PGCRV, PSaV, and PToV were more prevalent in fecal samples collected in cold seasons. These results provide important epidemiological data for the control and establishment of a surveillance system for the prevailing enteric viruses in Korea.

2007년 3월부터 2009년 1월까지 울산 태화강에 서식 하는 어류의 군집 구조 및 병원체에 대하여 조사하였다. 그 결과 태화강의 3개 조사지점으로부터 채집된 어류는 모두 총 9목 17과 35종이었으며 개체수로서의 우점종은 끄리로서 39%였으며 다음으로 누치가 30.9%였다. 한국고유종은 전체의 20.8%로서 참몰개, 참갈겨니, 기름종개, 꺽지, 동사리의 5종이었다. 누치와 끄리와 같은 대형 어류가 조사지점 2인 삼호교 인근 수역에 계절에 따라 모여들

The infectious pathogens against honeybee (Apis mellifera) comprise a heterogeneous group of bacterial, viral, and fungal organisms including Paenibacillus larvae, Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) and Nosema apis. Many species like Paenibacillus larvae, Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) and Nosema apis have been isolated from a number of different continents, e.g. America, Asia and Europe, indicating its wide spread in whole nature. Little is known about the occurrence and distribution in the environment of these pathogens. For a more rapid, systematic and efficient monitoring of each pathogenic species against honeybee in the environment, PCR-based detection systems were developed that allows species-specific identifications of various pathogenic species with one reaction. These could be achieved by selecting specific primers from conserved regions of each species with speciesspecific DNA sequence variations. For the detection of any already known pathogen, well-developed PCR-detection system allows the specific detection of expected pathogenic species based on its specific nucleic acid sequence. Since each pathogenic species delivers a specific PCR-product of different size, bands can be distinguished very easily by simple gel electrophoresis. After the development of real-time PCR system, PCR-based specific detections of honeybee pathogens were dramatically improved their applications, from just detection to quantification of pathogens. These systems, quantitative PCR (qPCR) for the detection of honeybee pathogens, could be distinguished from previous PCR detection on the points of “real-time”, “easy” and “quantitative”. Moreover, very rapid PCR, so-called “Ultra-Rapid Real-Time PCR” were developed recently in field of pathogen-detection. Typical Honeybee pathogens such as Paenibacillus larvae, Israelli acute paralysis virus (IAPV) were successfully detected inner 7 minutes using 30 cycled Ultrarapid PCR. According to development of more rapid apparatus, even 30 cycled, 1 minute PCR seems to be possible. Ultla-Rapid PCR was currently attempted to apply for the direct detection system of all viral pathogens against honeybee from bee-samples and different environmental probes.

This study assessed the efficacy of aqueous chlorine dioxide (CIO2) and commercial chlorine sanitizer in terms of its ability to eliminate Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella Typhimurium, and Escherichia coli 0157:H7 on radish sprouts (Raphanus sativus L.). Radish sprouts were inoculated with a cocktail containing one each of three strains of three different foodbome pathogens, then treated with distilled water (control) or chemical sanitizers (100 ppm commercial chlorine, and 50, 100, 200 ppm CIO2) for 1, 5, and 10 min at room temperature (22士2℃). Populations of S.Typhimurium, E. coli 0157:H7 and L. monocytogenes were counted at 4.64, 6.05, and 4.29 log CFU/g, respectively, after inoculation. Treatment with water did not significantly reduce the levels of any of the three foodbome pathogens. The levels of all three pathogens were reduced by treatment with chemical sanitizers; however, the observed 1evels of reduction of E. coli 0157:H7 and L. monocytogenes were not significant as compared with the controls. The levels of the three pathogens were reduced most profoundly when treated for 10 min with 200 ppm of CIO2, and the reduction levels of S. Typhimurium, E. coli 0157:H7, and L. monocytogenes were 1.17, l.63, and 0.9610g CFU/g, respectively. When chemically injured cells were investigated using SPRAB for E. coli 0157:H7 and by selective overlay methods for S. Typhimurium and L. monocytogenes, respectively, it was noted that commercial chlorine sanitizer generated more numbers of Í넌red pathogens than did CIO2. These data indicate that CIO2 treatment may prove useful in reducing the numbers of pathogenic bacteria in radish sprouts.

Two entomopathogenic bacteria, Xenorhabdus nematophila (Xn) and Photorhabdus temperata temperata (Ptt), maintain monoxenic condition within host insect cadaver by synthesizing and releasing various antibiotics. These two bacteria were cultured in tryptic soy broth during different times, which were screened in their antibacterial activities. Both bacterial culture broth had high antibacterial activities against Escherichia coli at their stationary growth phase. The potent culture broth was used to screen target plant bacterial pathogens using both inhibition zone assay and liquid culture assay. Ralstonia sp. was most susceptible, while Xanthomonas sp. was highly resistant. Pseudomonas sp. and Bacillus sp. showed hemi-susceptible. The culture broth was further fractionated into hexane and diethylether extracts. Significant antibacterial effect was found in the diethylether extract

The periodontal diseases and dental caries are major infectious diseases in oral cavity. Many of the preventive and therapeutic dental products contain the antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory components. But some of these antimicrobial have weak points such as coloration, burning sensation and insolubility in water. We have screened the therapeutic herbal extracts of the Plant Extract Bank for the antimicrobial activity on the major dental pathogens by growth inhibition assay. For the Porphyromonas gingivalis, 8 herbal extracts had an antimicrobial activity, 11 herbal extracts for the Prevotella intermedia, 43 herbal extracts for the Haemophilus actinomycetemcomitans and 61 herbal extracts for the Streptococcus mutans. Among these extracts, 6 herbal extracts had an antimicrobial activity for more than 3 species of dental pathogens. These extracts are Araliae Cordatae Radix, Crassirhizomae Rhizoma, Mori Radicis Cortex, Psoraleae Semen, Pini Ramulus and Sieges- beckiae Herba. All of effective extracts were CA group, ethanol extracts. Among these 6 herbal extracts, only Crassirhizomae is known to have a antibacterial effects. Therefore these herbal extracts have a possibility to be a candidate for a major antibacterial components in dental products.

강 알칼리 이온수인 GC-100X의 항균력을 6가지 주요 식품위해 미생물들에 대해 시험하되 4℃, 25℃ 및 36℃의 서로 다른 온도조건과 유기물 조건 하에서 실험을 수행하였다. 그 결과 GC-100X는 37℃, 3시간 반응 조건 하에서 모든 유해균에 대해 1.0X 10^4 CFU/ml감소 이상의 효과를 나타내었으며 멸균 증류수나 표준 경수로 2배 희석한 경우에도 동일한 결과를 나타내었다. 유기물이 존재할 경우는 항균력의 약화가 관찰되었고, 그람 양성균에 대한 항균력은 높지 않았으나 그람 음성균에 대해서는 강력하고 빠른 사멸능력을 나타내었다. 방울 토마토에 인위적으로 E. coli O157:H7을 부착시키고 그에 대한 GC-100X의 세척효과를 기타의 세척제들과 비교해 본 결과, GC-100X 원액, GC-100X 5% 용액은 100 ppm 염소용액과 유사한 세척효과를 나타내었으며 시판 주방용 합성세제에 비해 그 성능이 우수하였다. 또한 시판 주방용 합성세제와는 달리 GC-100X, GC-100X 5% 및 3% 100 ppm 염소용액은 세척후 토마토 내부로의 균 침투를 억제하는 기능이 있음을 확인하였다. 이 결과는 식품 위생과 주방 청결에 일조할 하나의 방안으로서 안전성, 항균력, 세척력을 갖춘 GC-100X의 식품분야 적용 가능성을 시사하고 있다.

본 연구에서는 5종의 유산균들 (Lactobacillus reuteri, L. acidophillus, L. bulgaricus, L. casei and Bifidobacterium longum)의 식중독 균들에 대한 항균력을 조사하였다. 각 유산균들을 3가지 서로 다른 조건 (MRS+glucose, MRS+0.5 M glycerol, 0.25 M glycerol solution)에서 배양한 후 그 상층액이 포함된 Moulter Hinton Agar에 8종의 유해균들을 접종하였다. MRS+glucose, MRS+0.5 M glycero에서의 상층액을 이용한 실험에서는 L. reuteri의 항균력이 다른 유산균들에 비해 높지 않았으나 0.25 M glycerol solution에서는 탁월하게 높은 결과를 나타내었다. (p<0.05). 0.25 M glycerol solution에서 나타난 높은 항균력은 L. reuteri가 glycerol을 이용하여 생산하는 reuterin이란 물질 때문이라 생각되며, 0.25 M glycerol solution의 상층액을 500 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)를 통해 분석한 결과 reuterin의 존재를 확인할 수 있었다. 3가지 조건 하에서의 항균력 시험 결과 가장 높은 항균력을 나타낸 3가지 유산균들 (Lactobacillus resuteri, L. bulgaricus, L. casei)을 선발, 각각 최고의 항균력을 나타낸 조건으로 배양하여 최소사멸농도 (minimum bactericidal concentration)를 측정한 결과, L. reuteri가 생산한 reuterin이 광범위 항균물질임을 확인하였다. 또한 pH 적정, pepsin 혹은 trypsin 처리를 한 후 3가지 유산균들의 항균력 변화를 조사한 결과 L. bulgaricus와 L. casei의 항균력은 이러한 조건에서 상당히 감소한 반면 reuterin의 항균력은 아무런 영향을 받지않았다 (p<0.05). 이상의 결과들로 보아 주요 유산균들 중에서 L. reuteri의 항균력이 가장 우수하면서 광범위하였으며 이는 L. reuteri가 분비하는 항균물질인 reuterin에 기인한 것으로 사료된다. 또한 reuterin의 항균력은 타 유산균과는 달리 장관내 pH나 단백질 분해효소에 의해 영향을 받지 않으므로 인체나 동물 장관에서 가장 높은 효력을 가진다고 판단할 수 있다.