Antibiotic sensitivity pattern of indigenous lactobacilli isolated from curd and human milk samples.

ABSTRACT: The gut microbiota plays a vital role in host well-being and lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have gained an overwhelming attention as health promoter. This perception has evolved from traditional dairy products to a money-spinning market of probiotics. The safety of probiotics is coupled to their intended use and LAB may act as pool of antimicrobial resistance genes that could be transferred to pathogens, either in food matrix or in gastrointestinal tract, which could be detrimental to host. This study evaluated the antibiotic susceptibility patterns of LAB isolated from curd (20) and human milk (11) samples. Antibiotic susceptibility was determined against 26 common antibiotics, following reference disc diffusion assay. A varied response in terms of susceptibility and resistance towards antibi

SUBMITTER: Sharma C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5428095 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature