ISOLATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF LACTIC ACID BACTERIA FROM RAW POULTRY MEAT

A total of 15 presumptive isolates of lactic acid bacteria, from poultry raw meat, were isolated and identified. The results of the standard physiological and biochemical tests, 5 identified isolates of Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis 1, 3 isolates of Lactobacillus lactis ssp. lactis 2, 2 isolates of Lactobacillus fermentum 1, 2 isolates of Lactobacillus paracasei 1, and 3 isolates of Lactobacillus rhamnosus. These strains results of this study, indicated that the presence of heterofermentative Lactobacillus species in raw poultry meat.