Determination of antibiotic susceptibility and decarboxylase activity of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus and Macrococcus caseolyticus strains isolated from fermented Turkish sausage (sucuk)

作者：Genis Burak; Tuncer Yasin^*

来源：Journal of Food Processing and Preservation, 2018, 42(1): e13329.

DOI：10.1111/jfpp.13329

The aim of this research was to detect antibiotic susceptibility patterns and amino acid decarboxylase activity of 61 presumptive coagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CNS) strains from the Turkish dry fermented sausage (sucuk). The presumptive CNS strains were identified at species levels as 21 S. saprophyticus, 16 S. epidermidis, 10 Macrococcus caseolyticus, 4 S. xylosus, 3 S. sciuri, 2 S. hominis, 2 S. warneri, 1 S. cohnii, 1 S. pasteuri, and 1 S. vitulinus by 16S rDNA sequence analysis. S. saprophyticus and S. epidermidis species were found highly resistant to antibiotics than other species. In addition, most of the CNS and M. caseolyticus strains showed multiple antibiotic resistance profiles. None of the CNS and M. caseolyticus strains did not decarboxylate histidine, lysine, or ornithine, but only three CNS strains produced tyramine from tyrosine. A 100% correlation was found between the presence of tdc gene and tyramine production in tyraminogenic strains.
Practical applicationsCoagulase-negative Staphylococcus (CNS) strains play an important role in production of traditional fermented sausages such as sucuk. In this study, S. saprophyticus and S. epidermidis were found the most common isolated CNS species from sucuk. Antibiotic resistance was detected widespread in CNS and M. caseolyticus strains. Most of the CNS strains were found resistant to clinically relevant antibiotics. Antibiotic resistance strains may be dangerous for consumer health. These strains can be a potential reservoir to spread of antibiotic resistance gene between staphylococci and other species of bacteria. In addition, biogenic amine production was not found widespread in CNS strains.

• 出版日期2018-1