ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LACTIC ACID BACTERIA FOR PROBIOTIC APPLICATION FROM PLANT SOURCES.

Live microorganisms, have beneficial effects on their host?s health, are called as Probiotics. As the Probiotics play an important role in ensuring the food security of millions of people around the world, particularly marginalized and vulnerable groups. This can be achieved by increasing the range of raw materials that can be used to produce edible food products and removing anti- nutritional factors to make food safe and rich with nutritional value as a supplement to eat. Generally the Plant sources for lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were isolated from spoiled vegetables, Fruits and kitchen waste. In order to identify the predominating Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) organisms from these sources, the phenotypic characteristics morphological and biochemical tests of these strains were determined with respect to potential Probiotics properties. Thus, an investigation was carried out to isolate and characterize a potential Probiotic LAB from this isolates. The antibiotic susceptibility and antimicrobial tests were performed to check the Probiotic potentials. Some of the isolates showed potential as a Probiotic owing to its antibiotic sensitivity, antimicrobial potential and ability to survive under acidic environment.