Psychrotolerant sporeformers, specifically Paenibacillus spp., are important spoilage bacteria for pasteurized, refrigerated foods such as fluid milk. While Paenibacillus spp. have been isolated from farm environments, raw milk, processing plant environments, and pasteurized fluid milk, no information on the number of Paenibacillus spp. that need to be present in raw milk to cause pasteurized m...

Present study was undertaken to determine the relative incidence of different micro-organisms in postoperative wound infections and their in vitro antibiotic sensitivity. Swab samples from 50 patients were examined. The per cent incidence of different micro-organisms was: Gram-negative bacilli 33.34, Staphylococcus spp. 30.67, Bacillus spp. 13.33, Streptococcus spp. 12.00, Candida spp. 5.33 and...

The Pasteuria group of Gram positive bacteria are invertebrate parasites with the potential to be developed into biological control agents of plant-parasitic nematodes. A key step in the infection process is the attachment of endospores to the cuticle of plant-parasitic nematodes, possibly through a Velcro-like attachment system involving the collagen-like fibres of the exosporium (Davies, 2009...

We report on a case of recurrent bacteremia due to three Bacillus spp. in an immunocompetent patient with no history of intravenous drug use. The source of the organisms was postulated to be a self-injected compound containing Bacillus spores, given the patient's past history of psychiatric illness and self-destructive behavior.

Bacillus spp. are ubiquitous Gram-positive microbes with many ecological and symbiotic interactions and can be pathogens. Phage Leo2 was found to infect a Bacillus pumilus strain isolated from soil. The sequence of phage Leo2 revealed 74 genes; 31% of the genes have associated functions, and 67% of coding regions are unidentified open reading frames.

The purpose of this work was to obtain heat resistance data relevant to pasteurisation regimes and to model the effects of a range of temperatures (93 to 107°C) and pH (3.6 to 6.4) on the survival of the several Bacillus spp. spores that have been associated with spoilage of foods (Bacillus pumilus, B. licheniformis, B. subtilis, and B. megaterium), and to validate the results obtained by heati...

In this study, aimed to investigate the effect of bacterial fertilizer: A (Bacillus spp., Trichoderma spp. ), B (Azorhizobium, Azotobacter and Azospirillum) C (Azotobacter Bacillus Pseudomonas putida) on soil carbon mineralization. On application A, fertilizers sterilized control soil, whose initial mineralization rates is 1.1%, 5.12%, 3.54%, 10.78% were respectively recorded. According these r...

Kloepper, J. W., Ryu, C.-M., and Zhang, S. 2004. Induced systemic resistance and promotion of plant growth by Bacillus spp. Phytopathology

Bacillus spp., established by Chon in 1872, is made up of Gram-positive aerobic or facultative endosporeforming rod-shaped bacteria. The optimal temperature for growth is ranged from 30°C to 40°C, with no growth below 15°C or above 50°C. They are widespread in the environment being found in dust, soil, water, air, and vegetable matter, and are an important source of fine biochemicals, antibioti...

Label-free bacterial colony phenotyping technology called BARDOT (Bacterial Rapid Detection using Optical scattering Technology) provided successful classification of several different bacteria at the genus, species, and serovar level. Recent experiments with colonies of Bacillus species provided strikingly different characteristics of elastic light scatter (ELS) patterns, which were comprised ...