A comparative report of two farm-related open globe injuries illustrates how soil contamination can trigger fulminant ...

When considering a bacterial population as a multicellular community, it is imperative to understand the inherent roles of maintaining homeostasis and viability in response to environmental factors.

Scientists from the Department of Microbiology at the University of Malaga, who are also members of the Institute of Subtropical and Mediterranean Horticulture "La Mayora" (IHSM), have discovered a ...

The bacteria that cause deadly anthrax disease persist in the earth, a place their ancestors preferred over petri dishes and blood-filled tissues. The bacteria that cause anthrax are called Bacillus ...

Bacillus thuringiensis is a Gram positive, soil-dwelling bacterium. Like all Bacillus species, it is rod-shaped and produces spores. Aside from being a close relative to Bacillus anthracis (the one ...

In the rhizosphere, Bacillus subtilis forms biofilms on plant roots and contributes to improved plant growth and disease resistance. Manganese stimulates biofilm formation in B. subtilis3610, but the ...

Bacillus cereus sensu latois a common contaminant of improperly stored food and human milk, capable of causing severe emetic and diarrheal diseases, particularly in infants and immunocompromised ...