Bacteria are continuously exposed to numerous endogenous and exogenous DNA-
damaging agents. To maintain genome integrity and ensure cell survival, bacteria have …

Bacillus biocontrol agent (s) BCA (s) such as Bacillus cereus, Bacillus thuringiensis and
Bacillus subtilis have been widely applied to control insects' pests of plants and pathogenic …

In a Mars exploration scenario, knowing if and how highly resistant Bacillus subtilis spores
would survive on the Martian surface is crucial to design planetary protection measures and …

We previously reported that lagging-strand genes accumulate mutations faster than those
encoded on the leading strand in Bacillus subtilis. Although we proposed that orientation …

The roles of various core components, including α/β/γ-type small acid-soluble spore proteins
(SASP), dipicolinic acid (DPA), core water content, and DNA repair by apurinic/apyrimidinic …

The high intrinsic decontamination resistance of Firmicutes spores is important medically
(disease) and commercially (food spoilage). Effective methods of spore eradication would …

Bacterial Y-family DNA polymerases are usually classified into DinB (Pol IV), UmuC (the
catalytic subunit of Pol V) and ImuB, a catalytically dead essential component of the ImuA …

The metabolic conditions that prevail during bacterial growth have evolved with the faithful
operation of repair systems that recognize and eliminate DNA lesions caused by …

Because of their ubiquity and resistance to spacecraft decontamination, bacterial spores are
considered likely potential forward contaminants on robotic missions to Mars. Thus, it is …

The mechanisms that allow to circumvent replicative stress, and to resume DNA synthesis
are poorly understood in Bacillus subtilis. To study the role of the diadenylate cyclase DisA …