Lactobacillus helveticus (IAM 12090, JCM 20397)

Name: Lactobacillus helveticus (IAM 12090, JCM 20397)
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BacDive ID 162913

Type strain

Culture col. no. IAM 12090 JCM 20397

NCBI tax ID(s) 1587

Special Collections JCM

History JCM <-- IAM 12090 <-- T. Morichi <-- Y. Ozawa B-1 (Lactobacillus bulgaricus).

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Lactobacillus helveticus JCM 20397 is a bacterium that was isolated from Milk.

genome sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 206288

BCRC 11052,CCRC 11052,IAM 12090,JCM 20397

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:45:02

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Lactobacillales

Family Lactobacillaceae

Genus Lactobacillus

Species Lactobacillus helveticus

Full scientific name Lactobacillus helveticus (Orla-Jensen 1919) Bergey et al. 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms (2)

Lactobacillus suntoryeus
"Thermobacterium helveticum"

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Lactobacillus helveticus** (23)	Type strain
6471	L. helveticus 12, Lh12, DSM 20075, ATCC 15009, CCUG 30139, ... (type strain)
6525	L. helveticus CBP1, DSM 3748
134852	L. helveticus CIP 76.19, ATCC 521, JCM 1003, NCDO 87, NCIMB ...
136298	L. helveticus H2, CIP 104345, ATCC 10386, NCDO 261, NCIMB ...
136299	L. helveticus J2, CIP 104346
136381	L. helveticus 5, CIP 53.165, ATCC 7995, JCM 11039
137106	L. helveticus H-80, CIP 57.15, ATCC 12046, JCM 1554, NCDO ...
137173	L. helveticus J5, CIP 104343, ATCC 10812, IFO 3809, NCDO ...
139090	L. helveticus B2, CIP 104344, NCDO 99, JCM 1004, LMG 11446, ...
139247	L. helveticus CIP 104436, ATCC 7993
153568	L. helveticus CCUG 50205, NCIMB 14005, JCM 30912, BCRC ...
154986	L. helveticus CCUG 55959
160849	L. helveticus JCM 1005, ATCC 8001, CECT 404, NCFB 103, ...
160853	L. helveticus JCM 1006, LMG 18174
160862	L. helveticus JCM 1007, ATCC 10797, LMG 11474
160865	L. helveticus JCM 1008, ATCC 8018, CECT 414, LMG 11449, ...
161004	L. helveticus JCM 1062, BCRC 14035, LMG 18182
161122	L. helveticus JCM 1103, LMG 18183
162696	L. helveticus JCM 20023, ATU L-21, IAM 1042
172918	L. helveticus 61 BZ, CRBIP24.47
172919	L. helveticus 60 A, CRBIP24.54
172920	L. helveticus 60 B, CRBIP24.55
172921	L. helveticus 64 AB, CRBIP24.65

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Confidence	Motility
125438	positive	94.305
125438		93.5

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
67770	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
125439	obligate aerobe	96.59

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125438		90.486

Observation

67770

ObservationAssay of Pantethine

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

67770

Sample typeMilk

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	ASM1569824v1 assembly for Lactobacillus helveticus JCM 20397	contig	GCA_015698245	1587.664	1587	17.58

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: ASM1569824v1 assembly for Lactobacillus helveticus JCM 20397
BV-BRC: 1587.664

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	96.59	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	48.56	no
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	67.09	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	47.32	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Lactobacillus helveticus strain JCM 20397
PATRIC: 1587.664

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	yes	94.31	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	72.46	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	90.49	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	97.23	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	96.00	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	93.50	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Metabolism	Niche-specific adaptation of Lactobacillus helveticus strains isolated from malt whisky and dairy fermentations.	Kido Y, Maeno S, Tanno H, Kichise Y, Shiwa Y, Endo A.	Microb Genom	10.1099/mgen.0.000560	2021

References

#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Lactobacillus helveticus (IAM 12090, JCM 20397)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Spore formation

Observation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_015698245

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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