Crops are affected by various types of abiotic stress, resulting in a decrease in agricultural
productivity thereby challenging food-security issues. Among the different types of abiotic …

Abiotic stress in plants pose a major threat to cereal crop production worldwide and cold
stress is also notorious for causing a decrease in plant growth and yield in wheat. The …

Background Members of the bacterial genus Arthrobacter are both readily cultured and
commonly identified in Antarctic soil communities. Currently, relatively little is known about …

Motivation Optimal growth temperature is a fundamental characteristic of all living
organisms. Knowledge of this temperature is central to the study of a prokaryote, the thermal …

Chickpea is an important leguminous crop that improves soil fertility through atmospheric
nitrogen fixation with the help of rhizobia present in nodules. Non-rhizobia endophytes are …

Antarctic soils represent a unique environment characterised by extremes of temperature,
salinity, elevated UV radiation, low nutrient and low water content. Despite the harshness of …

This study simultaneously measured the taxonomic diversity of bacterial communities in both
seawater and PM 2.5 aerosol samples collected from the Northern Pacific Ocean during a …

Plant-growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) are beneficial microorganisms that can also protect
against disease and environmental stress. Silicon (Si) is the second most abundant element …

The spore-forming bacteria in the dairy industry are notable for their spores resilience and
capacity to survive heating processes, allowing them to germinate and enter the vegetative …

A Gram-stain-variable, rod-shaped and endospore-forming bacterium, designated strain L7-
75, was isolated from duckweed (Lemna aequinoctialis). Cells were motile with a monopolar …