Z. Hanol Bektas - Aquaculture Research Station Directorate, Egirdir-ISPARTA/TURKEY
F.B. Ucar - Department of Biology, Basic and Industrial Microbiology Section, Faculty of Science, Ege University, İzmir/TURKEY
B. Giray - Department of Biology, Basic and Industrial Microbiology Section, Faculty of Science, Ege University, İzmir/TURKEY

Since chemotherapeutic agents used to control microbial fish diseases have led to resistance in bacteria, alternative methods have emerged in recent years. In this regard, identification of lactic acid bacteria with good probiotic properties and determination of their probiotic properties are extremely important. In this study, ۲۵ lactic acid bacteria were isolated from freshwater fish and identified at species level using phenotypic, biochemical and molecular tests. The pH tolerance, antagonistic activity and antibiotic sensitivity of these ۲۵ strains were examined, and they were considered as bacteria displaying the best activity in the potential probiotic treatment of fish diseases. Lactococcus lactis species numbered F۲, F۴, F۹ and F۱۰ were determined to have a potential probiotic capacity.

Probiotic, Molecular identification, Lactic acid bacteria, ARDRA technique