The research of adhesive activity of microbial consortium

The research purpose was studying adhesive properties of microbial consortium intended for the production of kurunga and koumiss. The dynamics of formation of adhesive properties in the course of growing microbial consortium was investigated. As the object of the research microbial consortium received by long cultivation of combined ferment consisting of kefir fungal ferment, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Lactobacillushelveticus in a ratio 1:0.5:0.5:0.5, respectively served. For the researches of adhesive properties an express method or the developed method by Brilis's technique was used. Quantitative accounting of lactobacilli and yeast was determined by the number of colony forming units (CFU / cm3) when seeding cellular suspensions from corresponding cultivations on selective nutrient media. As the result of the research, it was established that prior to autoselection process the microflora of kefir fungal ferment, Lactobacillus acidophilu and Lactobacillus bulgaricus belonged to medium-adhesive, and Lactobacillus helveticus exhibited low-adhesive properties...