Molecular Aspects of Plant Growth Promotion and Protection by Bacillus subtilis

C Blake, MN Christensen… - Molecular Plant-Microbe …, 2021 - Am Phytopath Society
Bacillus subtilis is one of the most widely studied plant growth–promoting rhizobacteria. It is
able to promote plant growth as well as control plant pathogens through diverse …

Bacillus subtilis impact on plant growth, soil health and environment: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

S Mahapatra, R Yadav… - Journal of applied …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The increased dependence of farmers on chemical fertilizers poses a risk to soil fertility and
ecosystem stability. Plant growth‐promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are at the forefront of …

Biofilm-associated infection by enterococci

JH Ch'ng, KKL Chong, LN Lam, JJ Wong… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Enterococci are ubiquitous members of the human gut microbiota and frequent causes of
biofilm-associated opportunistic infections. Enterococci cause 25% of all catheter-associated …

Bioactive Secondary Metabolites from Bacillus subtilis: A Comprehensive Review

F Kaspar, P Neubauer, M Gimpel - Journal of natural products, 2019 - ACS Publications
Bacillus subtilis is widely underappreciated for its inherent biosynthetic potential. This report
comprehensively summarizes the known bioactive secondary metabolites from B. subtilis …

Antagonism of Two Plant-Growth Promoting Bacillus velezensis Isolates Against Ralstonia solanacearum and Fusarium oxysporum

Y Cao, H Pi, P Chandrangsu, Y Li, Y Wang, H Zhou… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) provide an effective and environmentally
sustainable method to protect crops against pathogens. The spore-forming Bacilli are …

Giving structure to the biofilm matrix: an overview of individual strategies and emerging common themes

L Hobley, C Harkins, CE MacPhee… - FEMS microbiology …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Biofilms are communities of microbial cells that underpin diverse processes including
sewage bioremediation, plant growth promotion, chronic infections and industrial biofouling …

Extreme slow growth as alternative strategy to survive deep starvation in bacteria

DA Gray, G Dugar, P Gamba, H Strahl… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Bacteria can become dormant or form spores when they are starved for nutrients. Here, we
find that non-sporulating Bacillus subtilis cells can survive deep starvation conditions for …

Bioinspired oral delivery of gut microbiota by self-coating with biofilms

X Wang, Z Cao, M Zhang, L Meng, Z Ming, J Liu - Science advances, 2020 - science.org
Transplanting beneficial bacteria to the gut microbiome can positively modulate the bacterial
composition and remains of great interest in prevention and treatment. However …

Biocontrol of fungal phytopathogens by Bacillus pumilus

J Dobrzyński, Z Jakubowska, I Kulkova… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Plant growth-promoting bacteria are one of the most interesting methods of controlling
fungal phytopathogens. These bacteria can participate in biocontrol via a variety of …

Antimicrobial peptides as an alternative for the eradication of bacterial biofilms of multi-drug resistant bacteria

JTC Pontes, AB Toledo Borges, CA Roque-Borda… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Bacterial resistance is an emergency public health problem worldwide, compounded by the
ability of bacteria to form biofilms, mainly in seriously ill hospitalized patients. The World …