StaroviC, M., D. JoSiC, S. PavloviC, S. DraZiC, D. PoStiC, t. PoPoviC and S. StoJanoviC, 2013. the effect of iaa producing Bacillus sp. Q3 strain on marshmallow seed germination. Bulg. J. Agric. Sci., 19: 572-577 Marshmallow (Althea officinalis) is one of the important medicinal plants in Serbia. one of the bigest problem in growing of marshmallow is poor seeds germination. rhyzospheric bacteri...

Title of Dissertation: RAPID HARVEST OF ALGAE FOR BIOFUEL PRODUCTION WITH THE AGGREGATING BACTERIUM BACILLUS SP. STRAIN RP1137 Ryan J. Powell, Doctor of Philosophy, 2014 Directed By: Dr. Russell T. Hill, Professor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science Algal biofuels represent one of the most promising means of sustainably replacing liquid fuels. However significant challenges...

Bacillus represents microbes of high economic, medical and biodefense importance. Bacillus strain identification based on 16S rRNA sequence analyses is invariably limited to species level. Secondly, certain discrepancies exist in the segregation of Bacillus subtilis strains. In the RDP/NCBI databases, out of a total of 2611 individual 16S rDNA sequences belonging to the 175 different species of...

The expression of the neutral protease gene (npr) from the thermophilic Bacillus sp. BT1 strain was studied in its natural host and in mesophilic Bacillus subtilis. In the thermophilic BT1 strain, the transcription of the protease gene is initiated from its own promoter, just 5' to the gene. In contrast, in heterologous B. subtilis this thermophilic npr promoter does not function, and expressio...

Six laboratory experiments were carried out to investigate the effect of the fungicide Benomyl on pure cultures of some plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) and some fungi. The highest LD50 was recorded for Bacillus circulans and proved to be the most resistant to the fungicide, followed by Azospirillum braziliense, while Penicillium sp. was the most affected microorganism. LD50 values for th...