PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES-PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITESI MUHENDISLIK BILIMLERI DERGISI, cilt.25, sa.7, ss.834-838, 2019 (ESCI)
The present research is aimed isolation of lactic acid bacteria from some traditional meat products and detection of antibiotic resistant strains. In the present study, total 41 lactic acid bacteria including Lactobacillus spp., Pediococcus spp., Leuconostoc spp. and Enterococcus spp. were isolated. Antibiotic resistance of these isolates were detected by Kirby Bauer-Disc Diffusion Method. It was found that all of lactic acid bacteria isolates from sucuk and pastirma had resistance to vancomycin and ciprofloxacin, while they exhibited susceptible to chloramphenicol, erythromycin and ampicillin. Additionally, some of lactic acid bacteria showed resistance against rifampicin, tetracycline and gentamicin. The observation of different resistance profile in sucuk and pastrami samples revealed need of systematic studies dealing with antibiotic resistance in lactic acid bacteria from traditional meat products.