Biochemical tests performed for the identification of the isolates collected from local rice beer (Kiad)

Abstract

Alcoholic beverages have been used since many centuries BC. They were and are still one of the important parts of many human activities and endeavours including research. It is also being commonly consumed by various individual groups of the society. In this study, bacteria isolated and identified from six local rice beer (Local name- Kiad) samples collected from various localities of Meghalaya were found to contain gram positive and gram negative of different genus.