Probiotic bacteria can be used as a therapeutic strategy to ameliorate human diseases. This has led to the increase in the use of probiotics as functional foods. Lactic acid bacteria are one of the major strains to be used as probiotics. Therefore, the present study was aimed at isolating, identifying and characterizing lactobacilli from fermented food sources viz. curd and idli batter in terms of their suitability as probiotics as well as antibiotic sensitivity. |