Lactobacillus helveticus R0052 and Increased Organic Acid Production

• The key quorum sensing gene luxS in Lactobacillus acidophilus CICC 6074 and Lactobacillus helveticus R0052 mediates organic acid production and promotes protein hydrolysis in yogurt.

  • 2025-05
  • Journal of dairy science 108(5)
  • • Ruitong Zhang
    • Zihang Shi
    • Xiankang Fan
    • Tao Zhang
    • Maolin Tu
    • Zhen Wu
    • Xiaoqun Zeng
    • Weichen Bao
    • Bo Chen
    • Daodong Pan

  • PubMed: 40216233
  • DOI: 10.3168/jds.2025-26323

  1 Insight on

  • Increased Organic Acid Production

  • Low evidence
  • Rigorous Journal

  Metabolomics results showed that the luxS gene mediates the production of organic acids in yogurt through arginine and proline metabolism, phenylalanine metabolism, and tryptophan metabolism.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate