Vol. 11, Special Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Virendra Kumar, Manorama Chauhan, SD Pophaly, AK Tripathi, Vinay Kumar, Shakeel Asgar and AK Agarwal

Abstract:
The number of people consuming dairy products is not increasing due to intolerance or allergies to food components. Consumers are increasingly searching for alternative, nondairy beverages which have an advantageous effect on the body and which stimulate gut microflora. The oat drink is very important for health. Different dahi, vegetable and fermented rice samples were collected from local market and households of Chhattisgarh State. The samples were used for isolation of pure cultures (60) by streaking on M-17 medium. All the isolates were found to be Gram-positive cocci existing in pairs and small to medium chains, catalase negative. Sugar fermentation profile of the isolates showed a carbohydrate utilization pattern similar to reported pattern of genus Lactococcus. Based on morphological and biochemical identification all the 60 isolates were presumptively considered as belonging to genus Lactococcus.