Initial levels of oxygen had an impact on gene expression of Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis during milk acidification.
Genes involved in trehalose and purine nucleotide biosynthesis were affected by oxidative stress.
Genes up-regulated in response to oxygen depletion were involved in pyrimidine, arginine and branched amino acids pathways.
Genes involved in salvage nucleotide biosynthesis and cysteine pathways were repressed after oxygen depletion.
Shifts in expression of pyruvate metabolic genes towards mixed acid fermentation after oxygen depletion.