[A simple method for screening of highly inhibitory Lactic acid bacteria on Aspergillus flavus growth]

A simple and rapid method for screening of Lactic acid bacteria with high inhibitory power is developed. The methodology employed was the agar-diffusion assay, which was standardized for medium composition, and incubation conditions. The assay was composed of two layers of medium, MRS agar at the bottom of plate, PDA at the top of MRS agar. Lactic acid bacteria culture was inoculated to the media between MRS and PDA, then a known number of mold spores was surface plated on PDA plates, and incubated at 25 degrees C for 72 h.