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In order to study the kinetics o f the Lactic acid bacteria in indigenous rice based media, it is essential 'to
investigate sugar utilization pattern by the isolate. Therefore, the objective o f the study was to determine the
sugar utilization ability o f Pediococccus pentosaceus in Madathawalu based fermentation media. Madathawalu
rice samples were inoculated with the known concentration o f Pediococccus pentosaceus and after the
fermentation, the sugar concentration was determined by using high performance liquid chromatography
(HPLC) and the results show the sugar utilization pattern by the isolate.
