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KMID : 0613820230330040325
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Journal of Life Science
2023 Volume.33 No. 4 p.325 ~ p.333
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Comparative Physicochemical Characteristics and Microbial Communities in Commercial Kimchi and Mukeunji Products
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Lee Soo-Young
Jeong Su-Ji
Ryu Myeong-Seon
Ha Gwang-Su
Noh Yun-Jeong
Jeong Do-Youn
Yang Hee-Jong
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Abstract
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This study compared and analyzed the microbial composition and physicochemical characteristics of kimchi (gimjang kimchi) and mukeunji (aged kimchi). Commercial kimchi and mukeunji products were purchased through an online market. After an analysis of physicochemical characteristics, the pH of the mukeunji samples was found to be lower and the acidity higher than in the kimchi samples. There was no significant difference in salinity between kimchi and mukeunji, but the sugar content was higher in the kimchi samples. The phylogenetic diversity index, which incorporates phylogenetic difference between species, was significantly higher in mukeunji than in the kimchi. The most dominant order in both groups was Lactobacillales, but several lactic acid bacteria, such as the Pediococcus and Lactobacillus species, which may be more acid tolerant or more competitive, are relatively predominant in mukeunji. Beta set-significance analysis based on two different distance metric results revealed that microbial distributions of population were different at the statistical confidence level (p<0.001). We investigated the effect of respective species on total microbial community using the LEfSe (linear discriminant analysis effect size) mechanism. According to the results of LEfSe testing, a relatively higher abundance of Weissella kandleri in kimchi and a higher abundance of Pediococcus inopinatus in mukeunji have the greatest influence on the differences in microbial structure between the two groups.
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KEYWORD
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Kimchi, Mukeunji, next-generation sequencing, physicochemical characteristics
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