Production of cheonggukjang by using a recombinant bacillus licheniformis strain

Abstract

Cheonggukjang was prepared from soybean inoculated with B. licheniformis ATCC 10716 cells transformed with pHY3-5 carrying a fibrinolytic enzyme gene. During the 54 hr of fermentation at 37°C, fibrinolytic activities of cheonggukjang were significantly higher than cheonggukjang fermented with B. licheniformis 10716 control cells. The plasmid, pHY3-5 was stably maintained during the 54 hr without antibiotic selection and more than 52% of cells retained the plasmid. Copyright ? 2007 KFN.