Lactobacillus helveticus having high proteolysis activity

• Main Authors: NAKAMURA, YASUNORI, WAKAI, TAKETO, HATANAKA, MISAKI, YAMAMOTO, NAOYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.05.2015
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MAKING THEREOF; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROCESSES USING MICROORGANISMS; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention provides a lactic acid bacterium which has high proteolysis activity and thus has excellent peptide production ability and/or amino acid production ability. The present invention also provides fermented milk which contains an amino acid and/or a peptide at high concentration and has a good flavor. The present invention specifically provides a lactic acid bacterium belonging to the genus