Abstract :
Serratia marcescens is a gram-negative bacterium that has a thin cell wall
made of a single layer of peptidoglycan covered by an outer membrane. Serratia
marcescens bacteria is one of the red pigment-producing bacteria that is widely
used as a natural dye and has a characteristic in its growth medium that can
distinguish it from other bacteria, namely the red pigment prodigiosin. Factors
that influence the formation of pigments are the source of carbon, nitrogen of each
insulating medium, temperature and length of incubation time. The purpose of this
study was to describe the formation of Serratia marcescens pigment in several
isolation media with variations in incubation time.
The study used a descriptive design. This research was conducted at the
National STIKES Bacteriology Laboratory and the time of the study was
conducted in January-May. The sample of this study was the bacterial culture of
Serratia marcescens, NA, MHA, TSA, BHI and NA slanted isolation media with
variations in incubation time of 20, 24, 48, 72 and 75 hours. The sampling
technique used is Total Sampling.
The results showed that the formation of Serratia marcescens pigment
production on Nutrient Agar (NA) media only 20 hours incubation time.
Meanwhile, the isolation media of MHA, TSA, BHI and NA were skewed for the
formation of Serratia marcescens pigment with an incubation time of 20 hours to
75 hours did not show the formation of pigment production.
It can be concluded that each isolation medium used in this study Pigment
Serratia marcescens only formed on Nutrient Agar (NA) media at an incubation
time of 20 hours the color began to fade after incubation 24 hours to 75 hours and
for MHA, TSA, BHI, NA media it was not skewed. showed a different
appearance when incubated with variations in incubation time.