Detection of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Syrian Dairy Products


Abstract in English

This research was conducted in the Agriculture Faculty- Food Science Department, Damascus University, for detecting Lactic acid bacteria isolated from Syrian dairy products (white fresh cheese-Leben), Samples were collected from August, 2004 to October, 2005 from different areas in Syria. Analysis was done for 245 bacterial isolates from 40 samples of white fresh cheese and 58 samples of yogurt (curd). Results showed that the genus Enterococcus was dominant with a percentage of 47.52%; Pediococcus had a percentage of 26.3 %; while Lactococcus had a percentage of 15.38% with only 3.2% for Lactobacillus.

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