Bacillus spp. are an affordable source of enzymes due to their wide distribution, safety in
work, ease of cultivation, and susceptibility to genetic transformations. Researchers are …

The group bacilli represent the Gram-positive ubiquitous spore-forming bacteria. Their
diversity, versatility and the ability of producing diverse secondary metabolites including …

Chitooligosaccharides (COS) are hydrolytic products of chitosan that are essential in
functional food, medicine, and other fields due to their biological activities. Commercial COS …

We studied a strain of Bacillus isolated from an artisanal tannery in Salta, Argentina. It was
identified as Bacillus licheniformis B6 by 16 S phylogenetic analysis and MALDI TOF …

This study discovered a novel chitosanase from Penicillium oxalicum M2 based on a new
screening strategy. An extracellular chitosanase was isolated and purified from the …

Chitinous materials present in marine byproducts attract the research focus for their potential
agricultural and biomedical applications. In the present study, shrimp processing byproduct …

This study reports the enzymatic depolymerization of chitosan by the chitosanolytic
preparation of Bacillus licheniformis GA11. For this purpose, chitosanase production and …

The increase in antibiotic resistance of pathogenic bacteria has led to the development of
new therapeutic approaches to inhibit biofilm formation as well as interfere quorum sensing …

Biofilm is one of the major problems in food industries and is difficult to be removed or
prevented by conventional sanitizers. In this review, we discussed the extracellular matrix …

Chitosan is a kind of linear alkaline polysaccharide, which consists of N-acetyl-D-
glucosamine units and D-glucosamine units. Both chitosan and its degradation products …