Strain Profile
· NCBI Species Taxon
1218494
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Lactobacillus helsingborgensis
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Food-origin
Where this strain was first isolated, curated from the literature and culture-collection catalogs. It describes provenance only — not suitability, and not benefit.
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Sequenced
Whether a public genome assembly is linked for this strain. Without one the genome screens cannot run. It is not a verdict on the organism.
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Public genome assembly available
Lactobacillus helsingborgensis is a species originally isolated from the honey stomach of the honeybee Apis mellifera, described in a 2014 taxonomic study alongside six other novel bee-associated Lactobacillus species. Research on this organism is concentrated in apiary and insect health contexts: studies have explored its potential as a bee probiotic, examining hive microbiota, bee metabolism and proteome, and activity in vitro against honeybee pathogens such as Paenibacillus larvae and Melissococcus plutonius. Human probiotic research for L. helsingborgensis has not been published; this is a host-specific commensal of bees, and strain-specific evidence relevant to human health is absent. These are research topics, not findings; the papers do not establish that this strain treats or prevents any condition.
Where it's been studied Tags come from a conservative keyword scan of each paper's title, abstract, and summary. A tag is research coverage, not measured effect. How we classify this →
Share of this strain's 7 body-system-tagged papers that concern each system. Research coverage, not measured effect.
Research Study-type filters use AI-classified labels, audited but not guaranteed — check the paper itself before leaning on one. How we classify this →
23 papers reference this strain in the probiotic database.
Match confidence
How strongly this paper was matched to this strain when the corpus was linked. It orders the list — it says nothing about the study's quality or its findings.
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2026
OBSERVATIONAL
2026
ANIMAL
2025
ANIMAL
2021
OBSERVATIONAL
2021
ANIMAL
2014
OBSERVATIONAL
2026
ANIMAL
2026
ANIMAL
2025
IN_VITRO
2025
OTHER
2024
OTHER
2024
IN_VITRO
2024
OBSERVATIONAL
2023
OTHER
2020
OTHER
2019
OTHER
2018
WGS
2017
OBSERVATIONAL
2017
OBSERVATIONAL
2016
OTHER
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Lactobacillus helsingborgensis Olofsson et al. 2014
· BacDive
Bacterial supplementation shapes honey bee gut microbiota and host metabolism under controlled and field conditions
· mSystems
Bacterial supplementation shapes honey bee gut microbiota, metabolism and proteome under controlled and field conditions
· bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Potencial probiótico de bacterias aisladas de pan de polen para mejorar la producción y sanidad de Apis mellifera
· Idesia
Decision letter: Niche partitioning facilitates coexistence of closely related honey bee gut bacteria
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Lactobacillus apinorum sp. nov., Lactobacillus mellifer sp. nov., Lactobacillus mellis sp. nov., Lactobacillus melliventris sp. nov., Lactobacillus kimbladii sp. nov., Lactobacillus helsingborgensis sp. nov. and Lactobacillus kullabergensis sp. nov., isolated from the honey stomach of the honeybee Apis mellifera
· INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
EVALUACIÓN DE CEPAS LÁCTICAS AISLADAS DEL POLEN CONSERVADO FRENTE A Varroa destructor Y Nosema spp. EN COLONIAS DE Apis mellifera L.
· Chilean journal of agricultural & animal science
Iron nutrition and host microbiota regulation in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus L.): The health risk of excess surpasses that of deficiency
· Animal nutrition
Selection of Probiotics for Honey Bees: The In Vitro Inhibition of Paenibacillus larvae, Melissococcus plutonius, and Serratia marcescens Strain Sicaria by Host-Specific Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria
· Microorganisms
Combined effects of microplastics and flupyradifurone on gut microbiota and oxidative status of honeybees (Apis mellifera L.)
· Environmental Research
Microbial ensemble in the hives: deciphering the intricate gut ecosystem of hive and forager bees of Apis mellifera
· Molecular Biology Reports
Evaluation of the Potential Effect of Postbiotics Obtained from Honey Bees against Varroa destructor and Their Combination with Other Organic Products
· Insects
Tracing the origin and authenticity of Spanish PDO honey using metagenomics and machine learning
· International Journal of Food Microbiology
Alfalfa as a vegetable source of β-carotene: The change mechanism of β-carotene during fermentation
· Food Research International
Investigation of the gut microbiome of Apis cerana honeybees from Vietnam
· Biotechnology Letters
Colonization of the gut microbiota of honey bee (Apis mellifera) workers at different developmental stages
· Microbiological Research
Lactobacillus panisapium sp. nov., from honeybee Apis cerana bee bread
· INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
Bacterial community associated with worker honeybees (Apis mellifera) affected by European foulbrood
· PeerJ
Dynamics of microbial community during ensiling direct-cut alfalfa with and without LAB inoculant and sugar
· Journal of Applied Microbiology
Changes in the Bacteriome of Honey Bees Associated with the Parasite Varroa destructor, and Pathogens Nosema and Lotmaria passim
· Microbial Ecology
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