PRODUCTION OF PREBIOTICS FROM LOCALLY AVAILABLE SOURCES

Abstract

Prebiotics play an important role in the maintenance of host health and thereby promoting the growth of chicks and the present study was undertaken to extract the prebiotics from locally available sources. In the present study, the prebiotic was extracted from single cell fungi. For the culture of these fungi, I used molasses as a source of fermentable carbohydrate and small amount of urea as nitrogen source. Invitro studies to evaluate the efficacy of prebiotics extracted from fungi were conducted. The prebiotic extracted from fungi has got the potential of inhibiting the growth of enteropathogen Escherichia coli. It has been proved by giving inoculums in a series of petridishes containing Violet red bile agar and a graded level of sterile prebiotics such as (0%,1%,2%& 3%). The growth of bacteria was (average colony no. 372.67; 307.34; 214.34;103) respectively. It indicates that with the increase of prebiotic amount reduce the growth of coliform bacteria. Hence it was concluded, in the present study that fungi can be used as excellent source of prebiotic .