Abstract

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/ml), and the latter transffered to CFU(log/ml). Correlation coefficient(r) between aerobic counts(CFU, log/ml) and R-mATP(log RLU/ml) 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$\times$10${^5}$/ml of bacterial count and 0.74(n=152) over 10${^5}$ respectively.

본 연구는 육류와 가금육, 유가공 공장의 생산라인에서 미생물 오염수준을 측정함에 있어 ATP bioluminescence법이 적용될 수 있는지를 조사하기 위해 수행되었다. 도축장, 도계장, 유가공 공장 생산라인에서 시료를 채취하였으며 ATP bioluminescence법과 표준평판법을 병행하여 나타난 결과치(log RLU/ml, CFU(log/ml))를 상호 비교하여 상관계수를 측정하였다. 모든 시료(n=408)에서의 상관계수는 0.93이었으며 이중 쇠고기, 돼지고기, 닭고기는 0.93(n=220), 육, 유가공장 생산라인 또한 0.93(n=187)로 비교적 높게 나타나 ATP bioluminescence법이 기존의 표준평판법에 비해 상관계수가 높으므로 식품생산현장에서 신속하고 편리하게 세균의 오염여부를 판정할 수 있는 방법이라고 생각된다.

Keywords

• ATP bioluminescence;
• Aerobic counts;
• R-mATP;
• Correlation coefficient