Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Enterococcus strains isolated from Turkish Tulum cheese

作者：Yogurtcu Nazli N; Tuncer Yasin^*

来源：International Journal of Dairy Technology, 2013, 66(2): 236-242.

DOI：10.1111/1471-0307.12014

• Enterococcus
• Tulum cheese
• Plasmid profile
• Haemolytic activity
• Antibiotic susceptibility

The aim of this study was to detect the plasmid profiles, haemolytic activity and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of 47 Enterococcus strains isolated from Turkish Tulum cheese. Enterococcus strains were found to comprise 1-9 plasmids with molecular weight from 2.0 to 47.6 kb. None of the Enterococcus strains displayed haemolytic activity. The Enterococcus strains were found mostly resistant to tetracycline (30 mu g) followed by high-level streptomycin (300 mu g). The Enterococcus faecalis strains were found to be highly resistant to antibiotics than Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus durans strains. In total, 4.3% of the strains exhibited multiple antibiotic resistance patterns.

• 出版日期2013-5