Fig. 2 and Table 3 present a representation of DGGE profiles and
the changes of microbial counts in soy sauce fermentation with
different salt contents, respectively. As expected, A. oryzae used for
the preparation of meju, was confirmed to be the predominant
mold (Fig. 2A). The total count of fungi decreased from 7.2 to 5.7 log
cfu/mL, showing similar levels in all control batches (Table 3). In the
yeast population, the count remained under 3 log cfu/mL (Table 3)
and no bands from yeast were observed during fermentation