Table 6
Aerobic bacter ial counts of soybean and Chunggukjang prepared with var ious soybean cultivars

Log CFU/mL	A1)	B	C	D
a2)	5.15±0.25ABb3)	5.67±0.30Ac	4.49±0.69BCb	3.80±0.17Cc
c	8.68±0.07Ba	8.85±0.04Aa	8.14±0.09Da	8.29±0.01Ca
t	8.46±0.03Aa	8.19±0.03ABb	7.48±0.34Ca	7.86±0.05Bb

A, Daewon; B, Deapung; C, Seadanbeak; D, Taekwang.
a, soybean; c, conventional Chunggukjang; t, Chunggukjang fermented with B. subtilis HJ18-9.
Any means in the same column (A-B) or row (a-d) followed by different letters are significantly (p<0.05) different by Duncan’s multiple range test.