In vitro characterisation of probiotic properties of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus durans strains isolated from raw milk and traditional dairy products

In this study, some probiotic characteristics such as antimicrobial activity, vancomycin resistance, growth ability at pH, resistance to bile salts, bile salt deconjugation and hydrophobicity of 30 Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus durans strains isolated and identified from raw milk and various dairy products were investigated. According to the study results, antimicrobial activity profiling, pH and bile salt resistance and bile salt deconjugation ability of Enterococcus strains varied depending on the species and strains and all the strains showed resistance to the tested bile salt concentrations. It was concluded that the E. faecium and E. durans strains tested showed probiotic characteristics and have the potential to be used in food production. © 2019 Society of Dairy Technology2011-ZRF-010The present study was funded by Ege University Scientific Research Fund (Project Number: 2011-ZRF-010) and presented as a poster proceeding at the ?The 2nd International Symposium on ?Traditional Foods from Adriatic to the Caucasus?' held between 24 October and 26 October 2013