Identification of lactic acid bacteria in raw milk and kariesh cheese with special reference to Lactococcus garvieae

Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) are used widely in the manufacture of fermented foods and inhibiting pathogenic as well as spoilage bacteria in these products and they are considered to be highly useful microorganisms to society, so we carried out this work to identify lactic acid bacteria in raw milk and traditional Egyptian raw milk starter-free cheese (kariesh cheese).