EFFECT OF INCUBATION PERIOD AND GROWTH MEDIUM COMPOSITION ON EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES YIELD WITHIN INDIGENOUS FERMENTED KENYAN MURSIK MILK
EFFECT OF INCUBATION PERIOD AND GROWTH MEDIUM COMPOSITION ON EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES YIELD WITHIN INDIGENOUS FERMENTED KENYAN MURSIK MILK
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孵化期和生长培养基成分对本土发酵肯尼亚 MURSIK 奶中胞外多糖产量的影响
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2014
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P. Muliro
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M. Sc;A. Shitandi;P. Muliro
The effect of incubation period and growth medium on Exopolysaccharides (EPS) yield from a traditionally fermented Kenyan milk (Mursik) culture was studied to determine the optimum conditions for EPS production. EPS yield levels were monitored over a 5 day period in four different growth media as: Reconstituted skim milk (RSM), RSM with 5% sucrose (RSM-S), Whey (WH) and WH with 5% sucrose (WH-S) at 20 ± 1oC. The study established that the optimum incubation period for EPS production in traditional Mursik occurred after 4 days with an average yield of 73 mg/L Gluc. Equiv. The mean EPS level in all the growth media differed significantly (p WHS>WH>RSM. Also, except for 18 and 24 hrs, the mean EPS levels for all the incubation periods differed significantly (p 18hrs>30hrs >12hrs >6hrs. The growth medium/incubation period interaction which yielded maximum EPS level (141.5 mg/L Glu. equiv) from Mursik culture was RSM-S/ 24 hrs. It was concluded that a four day incubation period was optimal for EPS levels in traditional Mursik.