Browsing by Author "Hettiarachi, S"
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Determination of Invitro Antimicrobial Activity of selected Marine Sponges found in Sri Lanka
Dilrukshi, M. K. G. B; Hettiarachi, S; Edirisinghe, E. M. R. K. B (2017)Indiscriminate use of antibiotics leads to drug resistance in microorganisms. Therefore, discovery of new molecules to challenge the drug resistance is critically important. Sponges have developed efficient defense mecha ... -
Effect of Thermoduric Bacteria on Shelf-Life of Milk and Improvement of Pasteurization Process
Weerasinghe, WPCG; Hettiarachi, S; Jayarathna, MPK (2018)Pasteurization is a means of increasing the shelflife of milk. This study focused on identifying thermoduric bacteria that decrease the shelf-life of pasteurized milk and finding a solution to minimize their presence ... -
Isolation of Bacteriophage from Starter Cultures of Yoghurt and Formulation of a Phage-Resistant Starter Culture
Weerasinghe, WPCG; Hettiarachi, S; Jayarathne, MIPK (2018)Yoghurt is the best known of all cultured-milk products and is very popular all over the world. To manufacture yoghurt, bacterial cultures known as starters are used. Bacteriophage attacks on milk fermenting bacteria ...