In this study the complete genome sequence of the unique bacteriophage Eldridge, isolated from soil using ITALIC! Bacillus megateriumas the host organism, was determined. Eldridge is a myovirus with a genome consisting of 242 genes and is unique when compared to phage sequences in GenBank.

periodically, marine bacteria are producer of secondary metabolites in the harsh ocean. In this present study, a marine bacterium was isolated from marine cone snail in the Gulf of Mannar. The potential isolates was tested for various biochemical test and 16Sr RNA gene sequencing, which leads to their identification as Bacillus megaterium producing antibiotic compound for treating human disease...

One of the four operons required for cobalamin biosynthesis in Bacillus megaterium is also associated with sirohaem synthesis, and contains three genes, sirA, sirB and sirC. By undertaking functional complementation experiments and in nitro assays using recombinantly produced enzymes, we have been able to demonstrate that (1) SirA acts as a uroporphyrinogen I I1 methyltransferase, transforming ...

Stahl is a siphophage active against Bacillus megaterium, a Gram-positive bacterium often used as a model system in research and as a protein production strain in industrial applications. Here, we present the complete annotated genome of phage Stahl and describe its major features.

Temple puja wastes are released in water bodies or land creating severe environmental pollution and health hazards. The temple wastes extract was used to isolate the Bacillus megaterium for the production of enzyme penicillin amidase as it recorded the largest zone of activity. The result obtained showed that on nutrient agar medium the grown colonies were confirmed by gram staining as Bacillus...

Whole colonies of Bacillus cereus, B. megaterium, B. mycoides CN2495, Corynebacterium hofmanni NCTC1938, Escherichia coli, Lactobacillus acidophilus NCIB1899, Nocardia graminis NCTC4728, Pseudomonas viscosa, and Serratia marcescens were prepared for scanning electron microscopic examination by freeze-drying and metal-coating. The arrangement of individual cells within colonies could be seen. Ce...

Wachsman, J. T. (University of Illinois, Urbana), and L. Hogg. Use of 5-fluorouracil for the isolation of auxotrophic mutants of Bacillus megaterium. J. Bacteriol. 87:1137-1139. 1964.-The combination of 5-fluorouracil (FU) and uridine was used to selectively kill wild-type cells of Bacillus megaterium KM, thereby providing surviving populations greatly enriched in auxotrophic mutants. Exponenti...

Tumini M., Nagel O.G., Molina M.P., Althaus R.L. (2016): Microbiological method using Bacillus megaterium with fusidic acid for detection of macrolides in milk. Czech J. Food Sci., 34: 9–15. The microbiological method to attain a sensitive detection of macrolides using Bacillus megaterium in agar medium with fusidic acid was designed. To this aim, Mueller-Hinton medium fortified with glucose at...

Mangalo, R. (University of Illinois, Urbana) and J. T. Wachsman. Effect of 8-azaguanine on growth and viability of Bacillus megaterium. J. Bacteriol. 83:27-34. 1962.-The addition of 8-azaguanine to exponentially growing cells of Bacillus megaterium results in an inhibition of growth after a lag of approximately 30 min. However, 8-azaguanine-2-C(14) is incorporated into the nucleic acids in a li...