A bacterial strain (strain PS) was isolated from the textile effluents carrying Serilene Black BNFS® (C.I. Disp. Blk. Mix) disperse dye. The isolate was able to decolorize the dye without the need for any exogenous carbon source. Full sequencing of its 16S rRNA indicated that Bacillus sp strain PS is related to Bacillus cereus groups.  Silica- gel-thin layer chromatography of Ser...

Bacillus cereus French & French increased the mortality of 3rd-instar gypsy moths, Lymantriadispar(L.), causedbyBacillus thuringiensis subsp.kurstakiBerliner.B. cereusdidnotcause mortality of L. dispar when applied alone. The activity of various B. cereus strains was correlated positively with their accumulation of zwittermicin A, an aminopolyol antibiotic, in culture. When a constant dose of B...

In this study, a Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strain was isolated on MRS medium from gastro-intestinal tissues of Broadhead catfish (Clarias macrocephalus). Out of 50 isolates, 25 isolates were found to be positive on lactose utilisation test and were identified to be gram positive cocci. Using disc diffusion methods, one out of 22 isolates, i.e., a strain A5 demonstrated inhibitions against thre...

Among 200 selected dairy samples 50 each of pasteurized milk, cream, butter and paneer were analyzed for the presence of Bacillus cereus the paneer samples were found to have the highest incidence of Bacillus cereus (52.94%) followed by cream sample (29.41%) and pasteurized milk sample (17.64%) however none of the butter samples were found to be contaminated with Bacillus cereus. These isolates...