Land degradation reduces soil functioning and, consequently, the services that soil
provides. Soil hydrological functions are critical to combat soil degradation and promote soil …

Novel nonthermal inactivation technologies have been increasingly popular over the
traditional thermal food processing methods due to their capacity in maintaining microbial …

Both spore and vegetative forms of Bacillus species have been used as probiotics, and they
have high stability to the surrounding atmospheric conditions such as heat, gastric …

The increased dependence of farmers on chemical fertilizers poses a risk to soil fertility and
ecosystem stability. Plant growth‐promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are at the forefront of …

There has recently been a surge of literature examining microbial invasions into a variety of
environments. These studies often include a component of biological diversity as a major …

The extreme resistance of spores of members of the Bacillales and Clostridiales orders is
probably the property most closely associated with these spores. In the past, this extreme …

Sporulation in Bacillus subtilis involves an asymmetric cell division followed by
differentiation into two cell types, the endospore and the mother cell. The endospore coat is …

Bacteria can become dormant or form spores when they are starved for nutrients. Here, we
find that non-sporulating Bacillus subtilis cells can survive deep starvation conditions for …

Bacteriophages, or simply phages, are viruses infecting bacteria. With an estimated 1031
particles in the biosphere, phages outnumber bacteria by a factor of at least 10 and not …

Vaccines and other alternative products are central to the future success of animal
agriculture because they can help minimize the need for antibiotics by preventing and …