The present study aims at isolation and characterization of Lactobacillus species from Makdoos a locally stuffed and fermented vegetables and to characterize some selected isolates for their probiotic potential. Sixteen isolated Lactobacillus strains (7 Lactobacillus plantarum 1, 3 Lactobacillus pentosus, 1 Lactobacillus brevis 1, 1 Lactobacillus brevis 3, 1 Lactobacillus rhamnosus,1 Lactobacillus salivarius and two were not fully assigned to a species were chosen for further testing. | Probiotic characterization of lactic acid bacteria isolated from local fermented vegetables Makdoos