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Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of E nterococcus strains isolated from T urkish T ulum cheese
Author(s) -
Yogurtcu Nazli N,
Tuncer Yasin
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of dairy technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1471-0307
pISSN - 1364-727X
DOI - 10.1111/1471-0307.12014
Subject(s) - tetracycline , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , streptomycin , enterococcus faecalis , biology , enterococcus faecium , plasmid , bacteria , genetics , staphylococcus aureus , dna
The aim of this study was to detect the plasmid profiles, haemolytic activity and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of 47 E nterococcus strains isolated from T urkish T ulum cheese. E nterococcus strains were found to comprise 1–9 plasmids with molecular weight from 2.0 to 47.6 kb. None of the E nterococcus strains displayed haemolytic activity. The E nterococcus strains were found mostly resistant to tetracycline (30 μg) followed by high‐level streptomycin (300 μg). The E nterococcus faecalis strains were found to be highly resistant to antibiotics than E nterococcus faecium and E nterococcus durans strains. In total, 4.3% of the strains exhibited multiple antibiotic resistance patterns.