INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH SCIENCES
ISSN 2582-5283
ISSN 2582-5283
Abstract
Rajamani Mohanram1*,Murlidhar J Mendki1, Susan Titus1
Abstract:
Microbes are the common cause of food spoilage and are widely distributed in the environment. Fruits and vegetables provide ideal nutrient conditions for the survival and growth of many types of bacteria. Bacteria responsible for food spoilage produce extracellular hydrolytic enzymes which bring about the deterioration of the food products. Coconut flesh is highly nutritious and rich in saturated fat, sugar and potassium that have wide range of health benefits. Fresh coconut flesh is often spoiled by red pigment producing bacterium Serratia. The present study was therefore undertaken and a red pigment producing opportunistic human pathogen Serratia marcescens strain NMRL 65 from spoiled coconut was isolated, identified and characterized for specific genes. Also its ability to produce multiple hydrolytic extracellular enzymeslike chitinase, lipase and protease wasinvestigated and reported.
Keywords:
Food spoilage bacteria
Serratia marcescens
opportunistic human pathogen
lipase
protease
coconut
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