Biofilm formation is a process in which microbial cells aggregate to form collectives that are
embedded in a self-produced extracellular matrix. Bacillus subtilis is a Gram-positive …

Biofilm refers to the complex, sessile communities of microbes found either attached to a
surface or buried firmly in an extracellular matrix as aggregates. The biofilm matrix …

Cyclic dinucleotides (CDNs) are highly versatile signalling molecules that control various
important biological processes in bacteria. The best-studied example is cyclic di-GMP (c-di …

Twenty-five years have passed since the discovery of cyclic dimeric (3′→ 5′) GMP (cyclic
di-GMP or c-di-GMP). From the relative obscurity of an allosteric activator of a bacterial …

Many bacteria swim in liquid or swarm over solid surfaces by synthesizing rotary flagella.
The same bacteria that are motile also commonly form nonmotile multicellular aggregates …

Experimental approaches primarily focused on genetic and microscopic techniques have
laid the foundation for our current models of bacterial biofilm formation. This work has …

Biofilms are assemblages of bacteria embedded within a matrix of extracellular polymeric
substances (EPS) attached to a substratum. The process of biofilm formation is a complex …

The bacterial flagellum is a complex and dynamic nanomachine that propels bacteria
through liquids. It consists of a basal body, a hook, and a long filament. The flagellar filament …

The genome of the Gram-positive soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis encodes three potential
diadenylate cyclases that may synthesize the signaling nucleotide cyclic di-AMP (c-di-AMP) …

In this study, Bacillus subtilis 9407 showed a strong antibacterial activity against Acidovorax
citrulli in vitro and 61.7% biocontrol efficacy on melon seedlings 4 days post inoculation …