Bacterial spores are highly resilient and universally present on earth and can irreversibly
enter the food chain to cause food spoilage or foodborne illness once revived to resume …

Bacterial spores are metabolically inactive and highly resistant to harsh environmental
conditions in nature and during decontamination processes in food and related industries …

Bacterial spores resist antibiotics and sterilization and can remain metabolically inactive for
decades, but they can rapidly germinate and resume growth in response to nutrients …

Bacterial spores can remain dormant for decades yet rapidly germinate and resume growth
in response to nutrients. GerA family receptors that sense and respond to these signals have …

Sporulation as a typical bacterial differentiation process has been studied for decades.
However, two crucial aspects of sporulation,(i) the energy sources supporting the process …

Termination factor Rho, responsible for the main factor-dependent pathway of transcription
termination and the major inhibitor of antisense transcription, is an emerging regulator of …

BACKGROUND Kiwifruit is highly susceptible to fungal pathogens, such as Botrytis cinerea,
which reduce crop production and quality. In this study, dipicolinic acid (DPA), which is one …

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is a rod-shaped, Gram-positive soil bacterium that belongs to the
phylum Firmicutes and the genus Bacillus. It is a spore-forming bacterium. During …

The quaternary structure with specific stoichiometry is pivotal to the specific function of
protein complexes. However, determining the structure of many protein complexes …

Recovery of rare earth elements (REEs) from wastewater with Bacillus subtilis (B. subtilis)
during culture is promising due to its environmental benefits. However, the effects of REEs in …