Bacillus subtilis: a universal cell factory for industry, agriculture, biomaterials and medicine

Y Su, C Liu, H Fang, D Zhang - Microbial cell factories, 2020 - Springer
Due to its clear inherited backgrounds as well as simple and diverse genetic manipulation
systems, Bacillus subtilis is the key Gram-positive model bacterium for studies on physiology …

Fermented soybean foods: A review of their functional components, mechanism of action and factors influencing their health benefits

Y Qiao, K Zhang, Z Zhang, C Zhang, Y Sun… - Food Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
After thousands of years of evolution and development, traditional fermented soybean foods,
with their unique charm, have gained a stable place in the global market. With the explosive …

Microbial cell factories for green production of vitamins

Y Wang, L Liu, Z **, D Zhang - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Vitamins are a group of essential nutrients that are necessary to maintain normal metabolic
activities and optimal health. There are wide applications of different vitamins in food …

Induced calcium carbonate precipitation using Bacillus species

M Seifan, AK Samani, A Berenjian - Applied microbiology and …, 2016 - Springer
Microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation is an emerging process for the
production of self-healing concrete. This study was aimed to investigate the effects and …

Production of vitamin K by wild-type and engineered microorganisms

MJ Kang, KR Baek, YR Lee, GH Kim, SO Seo - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin that mainly exists as phylloquinone or menaquinone in
nature. Vitamin K plays an important role in blood clotting and bone health in humans. For …

Microbial production of vitamin K2: current status and future prospects

L Ren, C Peng, X Hu, Y Han, H Huang - Biotechnology advances, 2020 - Elsevier
Vitamin K2, also called menaquinone, is an essential lipid-soluble vitamin that plays a
critical role in blood clotting and prevention of osteoporosis. It has become a focus of …

Magnetic immobilization of Bacillus subtilis natto cells for menaquinone-7 fermentation

A Ebrahiminezhad, V Varma, S Yang… - Applied Microbiology and …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Production of menaquinone-7 (MK-7) by Bacillus subtilis natto is associated with
major drawbacks. To address the current challenges in MK-7 fermentation, studying the …

Production and application of menaquinone-7 (vitamin K2): a new perspective

E Mahdinia, A Demirci, A Berenjian - World Journal of Microbiology and …, 2017 - Springer
Menaquinone-7, a highly valuable member of the vitamin K series, has significant effects on
preventing osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease besides its positive effects on blood …

Soy protein hydrolysates induce menaquinone-7 biosynthesis by enhancing the biofilm formation of Bacillus subtilis natto

Y Yi, M Chen, TE Coldea, H Yang, H Zhao - Food Microbiology, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Menaquinone-7 (MK-7) is a form of vitamin K 2 with health-beneficial effects. A
novel fermentation strategy based on combining soy protein hydrolysates (SPHs) with …

Modular Pathway Engineering of Bacillus subtilis To Promote De Novo Biosynthesis of Menaquinone-7

S Yang, Y Cao, L Sun, C Li, X Lin, Z Cai… - ACS Synthetic …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Menaquinone-7 (MK-7), a valuable vitamin K2, plays an important role in the prevention of
osteoporosis and cardiovascular calcification. We chose B. subtilis 168 as the chassis for the …