BACKGROUND The transition from a petroleum-based economy towards more sustainable bioprocesses for the production of fuels and chemicals (circular economy) is necessary to alleviate the impact of anthropic activities on the global ecosystem. Lignocellulosic biomass-derived sugars are suitable alternative feedstocks that can be fermented or biochemically converted to value-added products. An exa...

This study evaluated the effect of probiotics (Clostridium butyricum, Bacillus coagulans) and Chinese herb polysaccharides (Astragalus polysaccharides, APS) on growth performance, immunity, disease resistance, intestinal microbiota rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Specimens O. mykiss (n = 360; 79.9 ± 2.2 g) were fed for 42 days with different diets containing a basal diet (control, C0), sup...

The study evaluated the effect of four treatment compositions on plasticity tropical red soil (Lateritic soil) admixed with Bacillus coagulans (B. coagulans). Samples for Atterberg limits test were prepared using compositional variables. They include 25% B. suspension and 75% cementation reagent, (25%B /75%C); 50% reagent (50% B /50%C); (75%B /25% C) above three being in equivalent volumes corr...

The collection of 621 strains of aerobic mesophilic sporeforming bacteria studied by Smith, Gordon, and Clark (1946) included 8 strains that grew slowly, if at all, at 28 C and required a higher temperature than the others for maximum growth. They were closely related and as a group were distinguishable in several respects from the other species. Pending the investigation of more strains the 8 ...