Nowadays, microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) has received great
attention for its potential in construction and geotechnical applications. This technique has …

Highlights•Next generation sequencing technologies have enabled large-scale genome
analyses.•Pan-genome analyses provide a framework for predicting and modeling genomic …

Particulate matter (PM) air pollution poses a formidable public health threat to the city of
Beijing. Among the various hazards of PM pollutants, microorganisms in PM2. 5 and PM10 …

Native cell-free transcription–translation systems offer a rapid route to characterize the
regulatory elements (promoters, transcription factors) for gene expression from nonmodel …

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 …

Many microbial producers of coenzyme B12 family cofactors together with their metabolically
interdependent pathways are comprehensively studied and successfully used both in …

Over 30 years, the Gram-positive bacterium Priestia megaterium (previously known as
Bacillus megaterium) was systematically developed for biotechnological applications …

Self-regeneration is a fundamental function of all living systems. Here we demonstrate
partial molecular self-regeneration in a synthetic cell. By implementing a minimal …

Six rhizobacteria isolated from common bean and able to protect bean plants from the
common bacterial blight (CBB) causal agent, were in vitro evaluated for their potential …

The antibacterial activity against bacterial plant pathogens and its relationships with the
presence of the cyclic lipopeptide (cLP) biosynthetic genes ituC (iturin), bmyB (bacillomycin) …