Several studies have reported antibiotic resistance in LAB from meats and meat products; a few strains involved in sausage fermentation such as L. sakei, L. curvatus, and L. plantarum have been found to show such resistance . Some genetic determinants, such as chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (cat-TC),erythromycin (ermB), and tetracycline (tetL, tetM, and tetS resistance genes), have been identified, suggesting that horizontal gene transfer may have occurred