Isolation, characterization and identification of bacteria strain and monosaccharide produced by bacteria cultures used in malay traditional medicine

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to isolate and to identify the polysaccharide producing bacteria in Malay-traditional medicine. The medicine broth was spread in nutrient agar in order to obtain bacterial culture. Obtained bacterial cultures were characterized via series of morphological and biochemical test. A total of 14 isolates were obtained and all was characterized until genus level. All the isolated bacteria were characterized as Bacillus sp. A total of 10 isolates were further characterized until the suspected species level by using PIBWin software.