Since the 1950s, antibiotics have been used in the field of animal husbandry for growth
promotion, therapy and disease prophylaxis. It is estimated that up to 80% of the antibiotics …

With the emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria, the available options for
treating bacterial infections have become very limited, and the search for a novel general …

Microbial lipases are most broadly used biocatalysts for environmental and industrial
applications. Lipases catalyze the hydrolysis and synthesis of long acyl chain esters and …

In this work, the stress-resistant Bacillus megaterium STB1 is characterized and its ability to
promote plant growth under normal and stress conditions is demonstrated. The genomic …

Numerous bacteria use quorum sensing (QS) to synchronize their behavior and monitor
their population density. They use signaling molecules known as autoinducers (AI's) that are …

Membrane biofouling is widely acknowledged as the most frequent adverse event in
wastewater treatment systems resulting in significant loss of treatment efficiency and …

In essence, evolutionary processes occur gradually, while maintaining fitness throughout.
Along this line, it has been proposed that the ability of a progenitor to promiscuously …

In a polymicrobial community, while some bacteria are communicating with neighboring
cells (quorum sensing), others are interrupting the communication (quorum quenching), thus …

Current advances in metagenomics have revolutionized the research in fields of microbial
ecology and biotechnology, enabling not only a glimpse into the uncultured microbial …

Organophosphate compounds are ubiquitously employed as agricultural pesticides and
maintained as chemical warfare agents by several nations. These compounds are highly …