The effects of lactic acid bacteria on the chemical and microbial changes of fermented kimchi at various temperatures were studied. Kimchi was homogenized and was sterilized by ultra violet, then Lactobacillus plantarum, Leuconostoc mesenteroides, Pediococcus acidilactici, Lactobacillus brevis and the mixture of there bacteria inoculated on sterilized kimchi, respectively. The measurement of pH and total acidity, quantitative analysis of volatile organic acids and nonvolatile organic acids by gas chromatography were investigated while inoculated kimchi were fermented at $30^{circ}C$, $21^{circ}C$, $14^{circ}C$ and $7^{circ}C$. Sample I (original kimchi homogenate), Sample III (inoculated with Leuconostoc mesenteroides) and Sample Ⅵ (inoculated with mixed lactic acid bacteria) were alike in that changes of pH and total acidity and especially, these phenomena were prominent at $14^{circ}C$. Formic, acetic and heptenoic acid as volatile organic acid were detected by GC, and these acids formed mainly by Leuconostoc mesenteroides and lactobacillus brevis. Sample III was more higher content than other samples at $14^{circ}C$. As nonvolatile organic acid, lactic acid in all samples, citric acid in sample III at $21^{circ}C$and $14^{circ}C$, succinic acid in sample I at $30^{circ}C$, $21^{circ}C$, $14^{circ}C$ and sample V at $30^{circ}C$ were detected by GC.