Tridip Kumar Das, Priyanka Kar, Titli Panchali, Amina Khatun, Ananya Dutta, Smita Ghosh, Sudipta Chakrabarti, Shrabani Pradhan, Keshab Chandra Mondal, Kuntal Ghosh
Obesity is a growing epidemic worldwide. Several pharmacologic drugs are being used to treat obesity but these medicines exhibit side effects. To find out the alternatives of these drugs, we aimed to assess the probiotic properties and anti-obesity potentiality of a lactic acid bacterium E2_MCCKT, isolated from a traditional fermented rice beverage, haria. Based on the 16S rRNA sequencing, the bacterium was identified as Lactiplantibacillus plantarum E2_MCCKT. The bacterium exhibited in vitro probiotic activity in terms of high survivability in an acidic environment and 2% bile salt, moderate auto-aggregation, and hydrophobicity...
April 17, 2024: World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology