The Bacillus cereus Group: Bacillus Species with Pathogenic Potential

M Ehling-Schulz, D Lereclus, TM Koehler - Microbiology spectrum, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
The Bacillus cereus group includes several Bacillus species with closely related phylogeny.
The most well-studied members of the group, B. anthracis, B. cereus, and B. thuringiensis …

Bacillus thuringiensis: a successful insecticide with new environmental features and tidings

GS Jouzani, E Valijanian, R Sharafi - Applied microbiology and …, 2017 - Springer
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 …

Microbial proteases: ubiquitous enzymes with innumerable uses

P Solanki, C Putatunda, A Kumar, R Bhatia, A Walia - 3 Biotech, 2021 - Springer
Proteases are ubiquitous enzymes, having significant physiological roles in both synthesis
and degradation. The use of microbial proteases in food fermentation is an age-old process …

Volatile organic compounds from Paenibacillus polymyxa KM2501-1 control Meloidogyne incognita by multiple strategies

W Cheng, J Yang, Q Nie, D Huang, C Yu, L Zheng… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) cause serious crop losses worldwide. In this study, we
investigated the nematicidal factors and the modes and mechanisms of action involved in …

The use of plant growth-promoting bacteria to prevent nematode damage to plants

E Gamalero, BR Glick - Biology, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary It has been estimated that 100 g of bulk soil can host about 2000–4000
nematodes and this amount is increased 5-fold in the rhizosphere. A certain number of these …

A novel serine protease, Sep1, from Bacillus firmus DS-1 has nematicidal activity and degrades multiple intestinal-associated nematode proteins

C Geng, X Nie, Z Tang, Y Zhang, J Lin, M Sun… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) cause serious harm to agricultural production. Bacillus
firmus shows excellent control of PPNs and has been produced as a commercial …

Dissecting the Environmental Consequences of Bacillus thuringiensis Application for Natural Ecosystems

ME Belousova, YV Malovichko, AE Shikov… - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), a natural pathogen of different invertebrates, primarily insects, is
widely used as a biological control agent. While Bt-based preparations are claimed to be …

Bacillusvelezensis Strains for Protecting Cucumber Plants from Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne incognita in a Greenhouse

AM Asaturova, LN Bugaeva, AI Homyak… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Meloidogyne incognita Kofoid et White is one of the most dangerous root-knot nematodes in
greenhouses. In this study, we evaluated two Bacillus strains (Bacillus velezensis BZR 86 …

Repertoire of the Bacillus thuringiensis Virulence Factors Unrelated to Major Classes of Protein Toxins and Its Role in Specificity of Host-Pathogen Interactions

YV Malovichko, AA Nizhnikov, KS Antonets - Toxins, 2019 - mdpi.com
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a Gram-positive soil bacteria that infects invertebrates,
predominantly of Arthropoda phylum. Due to its immense host range Bt has become a …

Indole‐associated predator–prey interactions between the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and bacteria

JH Lee, YG Kim, M Kim, E Kim, H Choi… - Environmental …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Indole is an intercellular and interkingdom signalling molecule found in diverse ecological
niches. Caenorhabditis elegans is a bacterivorous nematode that lives in soil and compost …