Table 1.

SAMe Production and Identification of Strains Isolated from Cheonggukjang

Name	Isolation medium	SAMe production (mM)	Population size	Identification result
C1-1	TSA	0.31	2.1×103	Bacillus licheniformis
C1-2	PES	0.27	2.7×102	Bacillus subtilis
C1-3	PES	0.46	4.1×104	Bacillus subtilis
C1-4	mLBS	0.55	1.6×102	Bacillus licheniformis
C1-5*	MRS	0.63	1.7×105	Enterococcus faecium
C1-6	KF	0.19	2.3×102	Enterococcus faecium
C2-1	TSA	0.63	3.5×106	Bacillus licheniformis
C2-2	TSA	0.38	1.2×104	Bacillus licheniformis
C2-3	PES	0.40	1.9×103	Bacillus cytotoxicus
C2-4	mLBS	0.21	3.2×104	Bacillus subtilis
C2-5	MRS	0.32	8.1×103	Bacillus subtilis
C2-6	KF	0.39	7.7×104	Bacillus licheniformis
C3-1	TSA	0.48	9.6×102	Bacillus licheniformis
C3-2	PES	0.66	4.7×105	Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum
C3-3	PES	0.59	3.4×104	Bacillus subtilis
C3-4	mLBS	0.21	5.7×103	Bacillus subtilis
C3-5	mLBS	0.36	9.7×104	Enterococcus faecium
C3-6	MRS	0.19	4.2×103	Bacillus subtilis
C4-1	TSA	1.575	1.3×105	Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
C4-2	TSA	0.48	3.4×103	Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
C4-3	PES	2.23	6.0×104	Bacillus subtilis
C4-4	mLBS	0.36	1.4×104	Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
C4-5	KF	0.39	3.7×103	Bacillus sp.
C4-6	KF	0.34	4.4×104	Pediococcus acidilactici
C5-1	TSA	0.83	2.2×106	Bacillus subtilis
C5-2	TSA	0.29	8.9×104	Bacillus subtilis
C5-3	PES	0.49	9.5×104	Enterococcus faecium
C5-4	MRS	0.35	7.2×103	Bacillus subtilis
C5-5	MRS	0.49	2.4×104	Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
C5-6	KF	0.38	2.3×103	Bscillus subtilis
C6-1	TSA	0.51	2.4×102	Bacillus subtilis
C6-2	TSA	0.34	4.3×104	Bacillus amyloliquefaciens
C6-3	PES	0.66	2.5×104	Bacillus licheniformis
C6-4	mLBS	0.86	1.9×106	Bacillus licheniformis
C6-5	mLBS	0.40	3.0×104	Bacillus subtilis
C6-6	KF	0.25	2.4×104	Enterococcus faecium

^*Top seven samples shown in bold.

KF, KF-streptococcus agar; mLBS, modify-lactobacillus selective agar; MRS, modify-rogesa agar; PES, phenylethyl alcohol with 2% sucrose agar; SAMe, S-adenosyl-L-methionine; TSA, tryptic soy agar.