LACTIC ACID BACTERIA AS BIOACTIVE POTENTIAL AGAINST SELECTED RESISTANCE CANDIDA SPECIES AND PATHOGENIC BACTERIA

Abstract

This research focused on the isolation and antagonistic action of Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) against certain antibiotics resistance disease causing bacteria and fungai. Antibiotic resistance is an increasing problem amid humans and animals in land-dwelling or marine environments hence making treatment of infections difficult. Antibiotic susceptibility test for bacteria pathogen was performed using the disc diffusion method while antifungal susceptibility and antimicrobial activity of LAB were carried out using agar well diffusion method. All the pathogenic bacteria used as indicator organisms were multiple antibiotics resistance and 100 percent resistance to gentamycin and pefloxacillin with the exception of Staphlococcus aureus. Candida species was 100 percent resistance to Ketoconazole, fluconazole and miconazole. Twenty-two LAB isolates were gotten from fermented milk and milk products. The isolates were identified as Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus fermentum, Lactobacillus delbrueckii, Leuconostoc mesenteriodes, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus brevis, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactococcus lactis, Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactobacillus helveticus and Lactobacillus rhamnosus. LAB produced lactic acid to varying concentrations, having its production peak (1.80g/L) at 48 h of incubation by Lactobacillus plantarum. Lactobacillus fermentumNU2 produced the highest quantity of diacetyl (2.80g/L) while Lactobacillus acidophilusGO8 and Lactococcus lactisGO9 produced the highest amount of hydrogen peroxide (0.030g/L) at 48 h of incubation. Lactobacillus plantarumGO16 inhibited Bacillus cereus while Lactobacillus acidophilusGO8 inhibited Staphylococcus aureus with 28 mm zone of inhibition. Lactobacillus plantarumNU1 and Lactobacillus plantarumGO16 inhibited Candida albican with 25 mm zone of inhibition. LAB can be used as probiotics in preventing infections caused by Candida species and pathogenic bacteria. Keywords: Lactic Acid Bacteria, Fermented milk, antibiotics resistance, antagonistic activity, pathogens.