The most distinguishing feature of most members of the family Bacillaceae (phylum
Firmicutes) is their ability to form endospores that provide high resistance to heat, radiation …

Traditionally, the identification and characterization of microbial communities in
contaminated soil and water has previously been limited to those microorganisms that are …

ABSTRACT ITSF and ITSReub, constituting a new primer set designed for the amplification
of the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic transcribed spacers, have been compared with primer sets …

For years scientists viewed the deep sea as calm, quiet, and undisturbed, with marine
species existing in an ecologically stable and uniform environment. Recent discoveries have …

Coxiella burnetii is a strict intracellular bacterium with potential as a bioterrorism agent. To
characterize different isolates of C. burnetii at the molecular level, we performed multispacer …

The species Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, A. baumannii, genomic species 3, and genomic
species 13TU included in the Acinetobacter calcoaceticus-Acinetobacter baumannii …

The key genes required for Bacillus anthracis to cause anthrax have been acquired recently
by horizontal gene transfer. To understand the genetic background for the evolution of B …

The importance of the plant microbiome for host fitness has led to the concept of the “plant
holobiont”. Seeds are reservoirs and vectors for beneficial microbes, which are very intimate …

We investigated bacterial diversity in different aquatic environments (including marine and
lagoon sediments, coastal seawater, and groundwater), and we compared two fingerprinting …

The composition and structure of bacterial communities were examined in soil subjected to a
range of diverse agricultural land management and crop production practices. Length …