Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is known as the most successful microbial insecticide against
different orders of insect pests in agriculture and medicine. Moreover, Bt toxin genes also …

The production and large-scale application of traditional chemical pesticides will bring
environmental pollution and food safety problems. With the advantages of high safety and …

This book presents the first comprehensive text on construction biomaterials and
bioprocesses. It details aspects of construction biotechnology, a new interdisciplinary area …

Strains of the Bacillus cereus group have been widely used as probiotics for human beings,
food animals, plants, and environmental remediation. Paradoxically, B. cereus is …

Bacillus sp. B25 is an effective biocontrol agent against the maize pathogenic fungus
Fusarium verticillioides (Fv). Previous in vitro assays have shown that B25 has protease …

The properties of Bacillus thuringiensis strains as a biopesticide with potent action against
moths, beetles, and mosquitoes have been known for decades, with individual subspecies …

Bacteriophages are bacterial viruses and the most abundant biological entities on Earth.
Temperate bacteriophages can form prophages stably maintained in the host population …

Bacillus thuringiensis has been globally used as a microbial pesticide for over 70 years.
However, information regarding its various adaptions and virulence factors and their roles in …

Abstract Background Among the Bacillus cereus group, B. thuringiensis, is one of the most
extensively used biological control agent. The present study reports the complete genome …

The fall armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith), is one of the most important
insect pests affecting corn crops worldwide. Although planting transgenic corn expressing …