Bacterial teamwork and a single metabolite drive the fierce heat of Daqu fermentation
Deep in the wheat blocks of high-temperature Daqu, the fermentation starter that anchors the production of premium Moutai-flavor Baijiu, temperatures ...
Tag: Bacillus
Bacillus Strain Compatibility Shapes Synthetic Communities, Rhizosphere Microbiome and Tomato Growth
When two strains of soil bacteria meet on a petri dish, the encounter can end in cooperation or in chemical ...
Quinoa Husk Waste Yields a Potent Natural Weapon Against Rice Food Poisoning
Every year, millions of tons of quinoa husks are discarded as a bitter, anti-nutritional waste product of grain processing. A ...
Wax Moths Fed Plastic Diets Reveal Hidden Gut Bacteria and a Cost to Reproduction
A new study shows that greater wax moth colonies raised on diets dominated by PET, polystyrene, or polyethylene produce fewer ...
Cell Shape Holds the Key to Bacterial Power Struggles, Simulations Show
Agent-based simulations reveal that bacterial cell shape determines whether competing populations in confined channels fixate or coexist, with sphere-like cells ...
Good Bacteria Help Tomatoes Beat Salt: Global Meta-Analysis Confirms
A global meta-analysis of 49 studies across 19 countries finds that plant growth-promoting bacteria significantly boost tomato growth, antioxidant defense, ...
Soil Bacterium From Licorice Roots Strips MRSA Biofilms and Silences Their Genes
A Bacillus strain isolated from licorice roots produces a cell-free supernatant that kills MRSA, dismantles over 90 percent of established ...
Desert Salt Flat Bacteria Help Tomatoes Survive Drought, Study Finds
Scientists in the UAE isolated five drought-hardy Bacillus strains from hypersaline sabkha soils and showed they boost tomato growth, water ...
Hidden Microbes Beneath Thailand’s Sacred Red Rice Could Replace Chemical Fertilizers
Researchers combined long-read shotgun metagenomics with culture-based screening to map the rhizosphere bacteria of Thailand's Sangyod rice and identify compatible ...
Hidden Soil Bacillus From India Revealed by Genes, Chemistry and RNA Folding
Researchers in India have combined classical biochemistry, 16S rRNA sequencing, phylogenetics and RNA folding thermodynamics to characterize Bacillus isolates from ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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