Research of biotechnological potential of microbial consortium

The article presents the results of a study of the biotechnological activity of a microbial consortium obtained by autoselecting the microflora of a kefir fungus and thermophilic lactobacilli. It is shown that the microbial consortium possesses high fermenting activity and forms qualitative indicators specific to kurunga and koumiss. Studies of the antagonistic activity of the microbial consortium revealed its ability to inhibit the development of E. coli I53 and S.sonnei 2848.and S.sonnei 2848. Based on a comparative analysis of the adhesion of the microflora of the microbial consortium, kefir fungus and pure cultures of L.bulgaricus and L. acidophilus, it was found that microbial consortium has more adhesive activity. The results of studying the synthesis dynamics of exopolysaccharides (EPS) in the autoselection process show that cultivating the active acidity under extreme values increases the EPS potential of the microbial consortium.