Histological Changes of Doenjang during the Fermentation with Different Strains

균주를 달리한 된장의 발효기간에 따른 대두의 조직학적 변화에 관한 연구

As a series of fundamental research projects to produce doenjang (Korean fermented soy paste) of better quality, two kinds of doenjang were manufactured from a traditional meju (Korean soy bean koji) and the mixed with Aspergillus oryzae and Bacillus natto, and histological changes in the cell structures of soy bean of the two were reported doenjang samples were observed and compared during the entire period of fermentation processes. Cell walls of the soy bean were ruptured by pressure and heat during the pressure cooking process and some of them were observed to have the ghost-like shapes. Remarkable differences in the plasmolysis of the cytoplasms were observed between the seed coat and the inner part of soy bean. Small vacuoles resulting from the fusion of the glycoprotein globules by protease and from the hydrolysis of the starch granules by amylase were also observed. Penetration of microorganisms was transferred from the seed coat to the inside of soy bean as the fermentation proceeded. Slimy substances were observed on the seed coat and the parenchyma cells of soy bean fermented with the mixed with Aspergillus oryzae and Bacillus natto. Cell walls of soy bean became difficult to stain and they showed unusual, polygonal shapes as the fermentation proceeded. Samples fermented with the mixed with Aspergillus oryzae and Bacillus natto showed more remarkable tendencies than traditional meju.

품질이 좋은 된장을 제조하기 위한 연구의 일환으로 재래식 된장과 Aspergillus oryzae와 Bacillus natto를 혼합한 된장을 제조해서 발효기간에 따른 대두조직의 변화를 조사한 결과 가압, 가열처리에 의하여 세포벽이 붕괴되거나 ghost 상태를 보였고 표피부와 내부의 세포질은 원형질 분리가 현저한 차이가 있으며 protease에 의한 당단백 구상체의 융합과 amylase에 의하여 전분이 분해되어 작은 공포를 보였으며 발효에 의한 균침투 과정이 시일이 경과함에 따라 표피부에서 내부로 이행되어지며 Aspergillus oryzae와 Bacillus natto 혼합 된장의 표피부와 유세포에서 점질물이 보인다. 또한 발효시간이 경과함에 따라 염색성이 나빠지고 세포벽이 다각형으로 되는데 재래식 보다는 Aspergillus oryzae와 Bacillus natto 혼합구가 현저하였다.