Judul: Potensi Bakteri Asam Laktat Yang Diisolasi Dari Tempoyak Sebagai Probiotik
Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui mikroflora tempoyak yang berasal dari berbagi daerah dengan umur yang berbeda-beda, serta menguji lebih lanjut sifat-sifat bakteri hasil isolasi untuk dikembangkan sebagai probiotik. Dari 5 lokasi sampel yang digunakan, bakteri asam laktat berhasil diisolasi dari 3 sampel tempoyak yang berasal dari Bandar Lampung, Kalianda, dan Kotabumi dengan umur tempoyak kurang dari 1 bulan (1, 2, 3 minggu). Selanjutnya diperoleh 42 isolat bakteri asam laktat berbentuk batang pendek yang termasuk dalam genus Lactobacillus. Setelah seleksi awal berdasarkan ketahanan terhadap asam lambung, asam empedu, dan sifat antimikroba terpilih 9 isolat untuk diidentifikasi lebih 1anjut dan diuji sifat-sifat probiotiknya. Sembilan isolat teridentifikasi sebagai Lactobacillus coryneformis (1 isolat) , Lactobacillus plantarum(5 isolat), dan Lactobacillus casei (3 isolat) dengan tingkat kekerabataan yang berbeda-beda.
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Judul: Bakteri Asam Laktat Asal Bekasam sebagai Kandidat Probiotik
Abstrak: Explotary studies of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) that have the potential as probiotic are continously conducted. One source of LAB which has potential as probiotic candidate is bekasam. The aims of this study were to select and evaluate LAB of bekasam origin as probiotic candidate. Three isolates of LAB of bekasam origin have isolated, selected, and evaluated their probiotic properties by in vitro method, then characterized, and identified with API 50 CHL. The result showed that all isolates well grown in gastric juice pH and small intestines pH with 0.5% bile salt (SR ≥50%). Three isolates showed antimicrobial activity to Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Salmonella typhimurium ATCC 14028. Characteristics of three LAB isolates candidate as probiotic were Gram-positive rod shaped, non motile, negative catalase, and homofermentative. The results of the identification found that SK(5) and NS(9) were Lactobacillus plantarum 1 with 99.9% and 99.5% similarities, while BP(10) was Lactobacillus pentosus with 99.9% similarities.
Keyword: probiotic candidate, lactic acid bacteria, in vitro, bekasam

Judul: Impact Of water policy on poverty reduction and women roles in water management In Zimbabwe
Abstrak: Water management is a key factor in the battle to remove the scourge of extreme poverty and to build secure and prosperous lives for people in the developing world. The water sector in Zimbabwe is complicated by the large number of actors; it is interwoven within various ministries. The research used secondary data and review of literature to evaluate how the current water policy has contributed towards marginalising women and the poor. It looked at how actors can also marginalise or put other actors at risk thereby undermining their role through prioritisation of certain projects, stakeholder participation and usage policy. From a descriptive analysis it is found that women are further relegated and marginalised. The poor are further impoverished through marginalisation and vulnerability. The policy environment favours business and state interests against those of grassroots actors and women. It recommends the establishment of home grown pro- poor water management strategies.
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