Journal Science of Biodiversity
Vol 4 No 1 (2023): April 2023

Isolasi dan Karakterisasi Bakteri Endofit dari Batang Talas (Colocasia esculenta L.)

Jusanty Antoneta Pakh (Program Studi Biologi Universitas Timor)
Adelya Irawan Manalu (Universitas Timor)
Lukas Pardosi (Program Studi Biologi Universitas Timor)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Apr 2023

Abstract

TARO (COLOCASIA ESCULENTA L.) IS A TYPE OF TUBER THAT IS USED AS A TRADITIONAL MEDICINE TO TREAT VARIOUS DISEASES. THIS PLANT CONTAINS SECONDARY METABOLITES, INCLUDING ALKALOIDS, TANNINS AND FLAVONOIDS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE THE ANTIBACTERIAL POTENTIAL OF ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIAL ISOLATES FROM TARO (COLOCASIA ESCULENTA L.) ON THE GROWTH OF PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI BACTERIA. THE STAGES IN THIS STUDY WERE THE ISOLATION OF ENDOPHYTIC MICROBES FROM TARO PLANTS, ANTIMICROBIAL TESTING USING THE AGAR DIFFUSION METHOD, BIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION OF COLONY MORPHOLOGY AND CELL MORPHOLOGY. THE MEDIA USED FOR THE ISOLATION OF ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIA IS NUTRIENT AGAR (NA). THE ISOLATES OBTAINED WERE THEN SUBJECTED TO ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS USING THE AGAR DIFFUSION METHOD, AND THE COST OF INHIBITION. Keyword: TARO, ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIA, ANTIMICROBIAL

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Journal Info

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JSB

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Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Immunology & microbiology

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Sci-Bio: Journal Science of Biodiversity adalah Jurnal Ilmu Biologi yang terbit secara berkala sebagai sarana penyebarluasan hasil penelitian dan ilmu pengetahuan di bidang ilmu biologi. Adapun bidang kajian pada jurnal ini yaitu Biologi Teoritis seperti Ekologi, Botani, Mikobiologi, Zoologi dan ...