ESPACIO I+D, Innovación más Desarrollo • Vol. viii, N° 19, February 2019 • ISSN: 2007-6703 AMARANTH EXTRACTS AS A SUBSTRATE FOR THE GROWTH OF LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM A LACTIC ACID BACTERIA WITH PROBIOTIC CHARACTERISTICS — Leobardo Isaí Vargas Martínez leo_m7789@hotmail.com Miguel Ángel García Alvarado miguelg@itver.edu.mx Víctor José Robles Olvera vrobles@itver.edu.mx Madeleine Hidalgo Morales mhidalgo@itver.edu.mx Food Research and Development Unit Instituto Tecnológico de Veracruz, México Tecnológico Nacional de México, México Reception: June 6, 2018 | Acceptance: October 2, 2018