Romig, W. R. (University of California, Los Angeles), and A. M. Brodetsky. Isolation and preliminary characterization of bacteriophages for Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 82:135-141. 1961.-A simplified procedure for direct isolation of phages for Bacillus subtilis from soil was developed. Phage enrichment was accomplished by growing streptomycin-resistant B. subtilis in medium previously inoc...

We used Bacillus subtilis to express UGA-containing Mycoplasma genes encoding the P30 adhesin (one UGA) of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and methionine sulfoxide reductase (two UGAs) of Mycoplasma genitalium. Due to natural UGA suppression, these Mycoplasma genes were expressed as full-length protein products, but at relatively low efficiency, in recombinant wild-type Bacillus. The B. subtilis-expresse...

Nitric oxide (NO) produced by bacterial NOS functions as a cytoprotective agent against oxidative stress in Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus anthracis, and Bacillus subtilis. The screening of several NOS-selective inhibitors uncovered two inhibitors with potential antimicrobial properties. These two compounds impede the growth of B. subtilis under oxidative stress, and crystal structures show th...

Herein we outline the antibacterial activity of amino acid containing thiazolidinediones and rhodanines against Gram-positive bacteria Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 31890, Staphylococcus epidermidis and Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633. The rhodanine derivatives were generally more active than the analogous thiazolidinediones. Compounds of series 5 showed some selectivity for Bacillus subtilis ATCC 663...

1. In relatively low concentrations of NaCl, KCl, and CaCl(2) the rate of respiration of Bacillus subtilis remains fairly constant for a period of several hours, while in the higher concentrations, there is a gradual decrease in the rate. 2. NaCl and KCl increase the rate of respiration of Bacillus subtilis somewhat at concentrations of 0.15 M and 0.2 M respectively; in sufficiently high concen...

In this study, we have shown the microbial alkaline protease production by using isolated Bacillus subtilis. Bacillus subtilis which produces an extracellular alkaline protease was isolated from meet surface purchased from local Egyptian markets. Maximum enzyme activity was achieved when the bacterium was grown on corn steep liquor (2.0 %, w/v) instead of soybean meal (2 %) followed by casein h...

Natural competence is the ability of certain microbes to take up exogenous DNA from the environment and integrate it in their genome. Competence development has been described for a variety of bacteria, but has so far not been shown to occur in Bacillus cereus. However, orthologues of most proteins involved in natural DNA uptake in Bacillus subtilis could be identified in B. cereus. Here, we re...

The antibacterial activity of Wrightia tinctoria (Roxb.) R. Br. callus extract was studied against selected pathogenic bacterial strains, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus subtilis by Agar disc diffusion method. Among the three solvents and water were used , methanol extract of callus showed higher inhibition zone against Pseudomonas aeruginosa (27 mm)...

Citation: Li K, Yuan X-X, Sun H-M, Zhao L-S, Tang R, Chen Z-H, Qin Q-L, Chen X-L, Zhang Y-Z and Su H-N (2018) Atomic Force Microscopy of Side Wall and Septa Peptidoglycan From Bacillus subtilis Reveals an Architectural Remodeling During Growth. Front. Microbiol. 9:620. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00620 Atomic Force Microscopy of Side Wall and Septa Peptidoglycan From Bacillus subtilis Reveals an Ar...

Jochen Schneider3, Kambiz Taraz3, Herbert Budzikiewicz3 *, Magali D eleub, Philippe Thonartb, Philippe Jacquesb a Institut für Organische Chemie der Universität zu Köln, Greinstr. 4, D-50939 Köln, Germany. Fax: + 49 -221-470-5057 . E-mail: [email protected] b Faculte Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium * Author for correspondence and reprint requests Z. N...