Screening of Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence Genes of Enterococcus spp. Strains Isolated from Urfa Cheese

Authors : Sine ÖZMEN TOĞAY, Şeniz KARAYİĞİT

Pages : 223-231

Doi:10.15832/ankutbd.868213

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Publication Date : 2022-04-25

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Enterococcus faecium, E. durans and E. faecalis species were isolated and identified from traditional Urfa cheese samples which were produced from unpasteurized raw milk. The enterococcal load of the cheese samples was between 4.4-5.6 log cfu g−1. High-level tetracycline, streptomycin, erythromycin, gentamycin, and penicillin resistance was determined in the enterococcal isolates. Multiple antibiotic resistance was also determined in E. faecalis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(20.4%); and E. faecium insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(16.3%); strains. 36.7% of the enterococcal isolates were greater than 0.2 MAR index ratio in this study. The gelE and agg2 genes were found in 40 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(81.63%); of the enterococcal isolates, whereas the vanB gene was found in 3 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(6.12%); of the enterococcal isolates. The results indicate that the consumption of Urfa cheese, which is produced using raw milk, may have public health risk because of its antibiotic resistance characteristics and virulence genes of enterococcal biota.
Keywords : Urfa Cheese, Traditional Turkish cheese, Enterococci, Antibiotic resistance, Virulence gene, Public health

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