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The objective of this study was to determine the potential of LAB with phytate degrading activity from fermented traditional food grain-based and legume-based. Lactic acid bacteria were isolated from different sources of traditional fermented food from Gunungkidul Yogyakarta Indonesia such as gembus tempeh (tofu waste), soybean tempeh, lamtoro tempeh (Leucaena bean) and kara tempeh. Isolation of LAB was performed using Total Plate Count (TPC) on de Man Rogosa Sharpe Agar (MRSA) medium supplemented with CaCO3. They were screened for their ability to degrade myo-inositol hexaphosphate or IP6 by using qualitative streak platemethod with modified de Man Rogosa-MorpholinoPropanesulfonic Acid Sharpe (MRS-MOPS) medium contained sodium salt of phytic acid as substrate and cobalt chloride staining (plate assay) method. The selected isolates were further assayed for phytase activities using quantitative method with spectrophotometer and the two selected isolates growth were optimized. Furthermore, thhe isolates tha...

Bacterial resistance to heavy metal is a genetic and physiological adaptation to the environment which contaminated by heavy metal. Kalimas is an important river in Surabaya that is contaminated by some heavy metals and probably as a habitat for heavy metal resistance bacteria. Bacterial resistance to heavy metals are different for each species, and their diversity can be studied by phylogenetic taxonomy approach. Isolates screening was done using nutrient agar which contained 1 mg/L HgCl2, CdCl2 and K2Cr2O7. Bacterial viability were observed by nutrient broth which contained 10 mg/L HgCl2, 30 mg/L CdCl2 and 50 mg/L K2Cr2O7. Isolates that resistant to heavy metal and viable after exposure to heavy metal were identified using 16S rRNA gene marker by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). Phylogenetic tree reconstruction was done by the neighbor-joining algorithm. Genetic assignment showed isolates that resist and viable after exposure of Hg, Cd and Cr are Bacillus S1, SS19 and DA11. Based on BLAST analysis from ...

Recent study on antibiotic produced by endophytic bacteria become emerging to fight against the increasing of drug-resistant bacteria. Twenty eight isolates of endophytic bacteria from Purwoceng (Pimpinella pruatjan Molkend) have been screened for their potential in preventing growth of pathogens, including Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In the present study four isolates (GP11, GP12, RP6 and DG1) and another three isolates (GP2, GP14 and DG1) showed the activity to prevent the growth of S. aureus and P. aeruginosa ATCC 27853, respectively. Bioactive compounds were extracted from culture broth using ethyl acetate, followed by Thin layer chromatography (TLC) for metabolic profiling to identify the chemical class of compounds. Taxonomic status of the isolates was determined by BLAST analysis based on 16S rRNA sequences. The result of inhibition zone from 500 mg · mL−1 crude extract DG1, GP11, GP12 and RP6 against S. aureus respectively are 0.78 cm, 1.18 cm, 0.95 cm and 1.2 cm, whereas for...