The genus Bacillus comprises of a diverse group with a wide range of nutritional requirements and physiological and metabolic diversity. Their role in nutrient cycle is well documented. 16S rDNA sequences do not always allow the species to be discriminated. In this study 40 Bacillus spp. obtained from fish culture pond and 10 culture type strains were analysed for their genomic diversity by PCR...

New methods and technology are needed to quickly and accurately detect potential biological warfare agents, such as Bacillus anthracis, causal agent of anthrax in humans and animals. Here, we report the detection of a simulant of B. anthracis (B. globigii) alone and in a mixture with a different species of Bacillus to test non-specific interference using a portable surface plasmon resonance (SP...

Spores from a number of different Bacillus species are currently being used as human and animal probiotics, although their mechanisms of action remain poorly understood. Here we describe the isolation of 237 presumptive gut-associated Bacillus spp. isolates that were obtained by heat and ethanol treatment of fecal material from organically reared broilers followed by aerobic plating. Thirty-one...

A probiotic yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae was incorporated in basal diet prepared with fish meal, soybean meal, groundnut oil cake, corn flour, tapioca flour, egg albumin, cod liver oil and vitamin Bcomplex, at four different concentrations (10g, 20g, 30g and 40g kg) and fed to Macrobrachium rosenbergii post larvae (PL) for 90 days. The effect of this probiotic incorporation on the growth and...

Endocarditis is a devastating complication of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy. Partial or complete device removal has been advocated for the treatment of this condition although controlled data are lacking. We present a case of ICD-related endocarditis caused by Bacillus spp. that occurred following coronary angiography. To the best of our knowledge, Bacillus spp. has not b...

Studies were carried out to Screen the bacterial compost from spoiled vegetables and fruits and their physiochemical characterization. Samples were collected from local market and super markets in and around Madurai, Tamil nadu, India. Collected samples were processed by using Total Microbial Count, Standard Plate Count and Coli form count. Bacillus spp. and Pseudomonas spp. were dominantly fou...

The present study was designed to determine the quarter-wise comparative prevalence of mastitis in buffaloes and crossbred cows. Milk samples collected from 50 dairy buffaloes and 50 crossbred cows were tested for subclinical mastitis by Surf Field Mastitis Test. In addition, all milk samples were processed for isolation and identification of pathogens. In buffaloes, overall prevalence of subcl...

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of subclinical mastitis in dairy cows in Kosovo and the antimicrobial susceptibility of isolated bacteria. Six hundred and twenty four milk samples from individual quarters of 156 lactating cows were tested using California Mastitis Test (CMT) and the positive samples were further analysed using conventional methods for isolation of main mas...

A total of 60 milk samples, from buffaloes showing clinical and recurrent type of mastitis, as confirmed by both California mastitis test and Wide side test, were collected for bacteriological examination. As manh as 65 bacterial pathogens were isolated, using different selective media and their biochemical characterization revealed Staphylococcus aureus (20%), Streptococcus spp. (18.5%), Esche...

In order to study the bacterial flora of dead-in-shell ostrich chicks, twelve unhatched eggs which did nothave external pipping during the hatching period were transferred to the laboratory of microbiology. The eggshells were accurately disinfected and the embryos were removed and placed in a sterile plate. The surface of each embryo was swabbed with a sterile swab which was also plunged throug...