Judul: Production process design of local isolate Lactobacillus sp. as an omega-6 (ω-6) probiotic producing and cholesterol lowering
Abstrak: Health food products in Indonesia is growing rapidly nowadays. This condition is supported by increasing public knowledge about the benefits of it. This condition encourage the study of searching the potential strains for probiotic production from local sources, badeg pace. Isolation of Lactobacillus sp. from badeg pace was based on its low of pH value that is commonly used as a reason of Lactobacillus isolation. Aims of this study were to design production process of local isolates of probiotic Lactobacillus sp. as omega 6 (ω-6) producing and cholesterol lowering and to perform opportunity analysis that was continued by process creation and integration of fermentor 75 L as the basis for financial analysis. The result of process design showed that market of probiotic is very potential. The selected process was batch fermentation system that used L. plantarum JR64. The results of creation process on laboratory scale showed that the best bioconvertion condition was resulted on glucose concentration of 20 g/l, meanwhile the integration process on 75 L scale used a complex media resulted Y x/s 62.1 percent and Y p/s 22.2 percent. The best design and formulation of product was produced by using 15 g of probiotic component, 50 g of butter, and 15 g of icing sugar. Characteristic of L. plantarum JR64 that produces omega-6 (ω-6) had the ability of cholesterol lowering by 19.5 percent. The designed process was feasible at 2,500 kg/batch of production capacity using corn extract as raw material. Investment capital that as required for the designed process were IDR.7,640,244,620. Probiotic product contained omega-6 price was stated at IDR.14,000/kg and the IRR was 20.74 percent.
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Judul: Characterization of indigenous lactic acid bacteria from beef as probiotic and identification by 16s rRNA gene sequencing
Abstrak: Functional foods are foods that have health promising benefit over and above their basic nutritional value. Probiotics are included as component of functional foods. Probiotics are live microorganisms which when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit on the host. The research was aimed to characterize the probiotic properties and to identify indigenous lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolated from fresh beef derived from traditional market around Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. The twenty eight LAB isolates showed different ability to survive under simulated gastrointestinal conditions. Only 10 isolates could survive well at pH 2.0 (survival rate over than 50%) and the population increased at pH 2.5, 3.2 and 7.2. The ten LAB isolates (strain 2B4, 1B1, 1A5, 2C2, 2D1, 2B2, 1C4, 2B1, 1A32 and 2C12) could survive well at 0.5% bile salt, showed antibacterial activities and good coagregation capabilities against the tested pathogenic bacteria (Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Salmonella Typhimurium ATCC 14028, Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli/EPEC, and Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923) and could adhere to intestinal surface by in vitro analysis. The 16S rRNA gene could be amplified by PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) to get single band with designed primer. Identification by 16S rRNA gene sequencing of 20 isolates showed that 11 isolates were identified as Lactobacillus plantarum, 6 isolates as Lactobacillus acidophilus, 2 isolates as Pediococcus pentosaceous and 1 isolate as Enterococcus faecium. The ten LAB isolates were proven to be probiotic candidates, which consist of 7 isolates of Lactobacillus plantarum (strain 1B1, 1A5, 2D1, 2B2, 1C4, 2B1, 2C12) and 3 isolates of Lactobacillus acidophilus (strain 2B4, 2C2, 1A32). Lactobacillus plantarum 2C12 and Lactobacillus acidophilus 2B4 were further evaluated to prevent diarrheae caused by EPEC. Albino rats (Rattus norvegicus) were daily orally administered by 108 cfu/ml of both probiotics without or simultaneously infected with EPEC (106 cfu/ml). Negative control was not infected by probiotic and EPEC while positive control was challenged with EPEC alone. It was observed that rats administered by L. plantarum 2C12 and L. acidophilus 2B4 which were challenged with EPEC had better performances when compared with the positive control for daily weight gain, feed consumption and feed efficiency rate. Both probiotics could prevent diarrhea caused by EPEC by increasing total population of lactic acid bacteria 1 log cfu/cm2 on mucosa of cecum and 1 log cfu/g on content of cecum, reducing population of E.coli 1-2 log cfu/cm2 on mucosa of cecum and 1 log cfu/g on cecum content also increasing 33.66-71.79 x 106 cell on lymphocytes. L. acidophilus 2B4 had better probiotic characteristics than L. plantarum 2C12, with specific health function to prevent diarrhea caused by EPEC.
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Judul: Closed Knight’s Tour pada Papan Catur Berbentuk Persegi Panjang dengan Ukuran Maksimal 8 × 8
Abstrak: Closed Knight’s Tour merupakan langkah kuda yang mengunjungi setiap kotak pada papan catur tepat satu kali dengan langkah kuda berawal dan berakhir pada kotak yang sama. Graf yang terbentuk dari closed knight’s tour dinotasikan sebagai graf G(m,n), dengan m adalah banyaknya baris dan n adalah banyaknya kolom. Graf tersebut memuat Hamiltonian cycle. Sebuah graf terhubung G adalah graf bipartite jika dan hanya jika graf tersebut tidak memiliki cycle dengan panjang ganjil. Papan catur yang memenuhi syarat cukup untuk memiliki closed knight’s tour adalah papan catur berukuran 5 × 6, 5 × 8, 6 × 6, 6 × 7, 6 × 8, 7 × 8, dan 8 × 8.
Keyword: bipartite, closed knight’s tour, hamiltonian cycle, knight’s tour, teori graf