Bacterial spores are resistant to physical and chemical insults, which makes them a major
concern for public health and industry. Spores help bacteria to survive extreme …

Anthrax is a rapidly fatal infectious disease affecting herbivores and people. In the farm
animals, cattle and sheep are more susceptible, followed by goats and horses, while dwarf …

Irrespective use of chemical pesticides has led, over the last decades, to several problems
such as soil, water and food sources pollution, and generation of a selective pressure …

Petroleum degrading enzymes can be used as an alternative way to improve petroleum
bioremediation approaches. Alcanivorax borkumensis is an alkane-degrading bacteria that …

This study was performed to evaluate the effect of anaerobiosis on the formation of Bacillus
cereus spores and their resulting properties. For this purpose, an appropriate sporulation …

Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is one of the most promising biological control agents used
commercially. Its products can contribute to reducing ecological and environmental …

Crystal toxins produced by different strains of entomopathogenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt)
have been characterized and widely applied as commercial biological pesticides owing to …

The increased occurrence of antibiotic resistance and the harmful use of pesticides are a
major problem of modern times. A ban on the use of antibiotics as growth promoters in …

The aeration is a key factor for Bacillus thuringiensis growth, sporulation and δ-endotoxins
production. The objective of our work was to study the effect of aeration on the fermentation …

The present study characterized aresenate reductase of Bacillus thuringiensis KPWP1,
tolerant to salt, arsenate and a wide range of pH during growth. Interestingly, it was found …