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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="general-sciences" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2421</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.7324/IJCRR.2018.1022</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>General Sciences</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Formulation of Cost Effective Alternative Bacterial Culture Media Using Fruit and Vegetables Waste&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Jadhav</surname><given-names>Pratibha</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sonne</surname><given-names>Mrunalini</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kadam</surname><given-names>Arati</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Patil</surname><given-names>Suraj</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Dahigaonkar</surname><given-names>Kirti</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Oberoi</surname><given-names>Jaspal Kaur</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>19</day><month>01</month><year>2018</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>6</fpage><lpage>15</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Vegetable stalks and fruit peels are generally used for composting or merely disposed off as waste. Considering their nutritional values, these kitchen wastes can be utilized for production of alternative cultivation media. Cost of conventional culture media is very high. Use of these alternatives would reduce the cost drastically. The present study is aimed at replacing the nutrient source by various locally available cheap materials, such as vegetables and fruits waste, that contains considerable amount of protein and starch. These raw materials are cheap and easily available in local shops and vegetable markets and also as kitchen&#13;
wastes. They were selected as a natural nutrient source to prepare the alternative culture media. Growth of bacteria and pigment production efficiency was analyzed using nine formulations. The results showed that drumstick__ampersandsignnbsp; formulations having seed and peel extract, formulations B and D supported growth of E.coli, Serratia sp., Pseudomonas sp.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Alternative media</kwd><kwd> Cost effective media</kwd><kwd> EDS analysis</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
