Biofilms are ubiquitous communities of tightly associated bacteria encased in an
extracellular matrix. Bacillus subtilis has long served as a robust model organism to examine …

Biofilms are the predominant lifestyle of bacteria in natural environments, and they severely
impact our societies in many different fashions. Therefore, biofilm formation is a topic of …

The Bacillus subtilis extracytoplasmic function (ECF) σ factor σM is inducible by, and confers
resistance to, several cell envelope‐acting antibiotics. Here, we demonstrate that σM is …

Cannibalism is a mechanism to delay sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. Cannibal cells express
the skf and sdp toxin systems to lyse a fraction of their sensitive siblings. The lysed cells …

Natural Bacillus isolates generate limited amounts of surfactin (< 10% of their biomass),
which functions as an antibiotic or signalling molecule in inter-/intra-specific interactions …

The main objective of this study was to evaluate Bacillus velezensis strain CMRP 4490
regarding its ability to inhibit soil-borne plant pathogens and to increase plant growth. The …

The Bacillus subtilis extracytoplasmic function (ECF) σM factor is activated by cell envelope
stress elicited by antibiotics, and by acid, heat, ethanol and superoxide stresses. Here, we …

AbrB is a global transcriptional regulator of Bacillus subtilis that represses the expression of
many genes during exponential growth. Here, we demonstrate that AbrB and its homolog …

Production of an extracellular matrix is a hallmark of biofilm formation. In the spore‐forming
bacterium Bacillus subtilis, the matrix consists of an exopolysaccharide, which is specified …

Transcriptional factors are well studied in bacteria for their global interactions and the effects
they produce at the phenotypic level. Particularly, Bacillus subtilis has been widely …