چکیده (انگلیسی):

Present study was carried out to evaluate a new bacterial strain, Lactobacillus plantarum
F22 as probiotic strain. L. plantarum F22 was isolated from a traditional inoculum called ‘Phab’
which is used for the preparation of a traditional beverage chhang of Lahaul and Spiti of Himachal
Pradesh. The isolate was identified by conventional and molecular techniques and tested for different
probiotic properties. The 16S rRNA sequence of the isolate was registered in National Centre
for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) under accession number KT865223. Further, L. plantarum
F22 was evaluated for its probiotic potential viz., autoaggregation capacity, hydrophobicity, acidity
tolerance, antibiotic susceptibility and cumulative probiotic potential and was found to possess
good probiotic potential with a cumulative probiotic score of 91.7%. L. plantarum F22 has been
proved to be highly effective, therefore can be recommended for the development of new pharmaceuticals
and functional food preparations.

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