Soil samples (n=500) collected from different areas of Pakistan were screened for various species of Bacillus by Gram staining, spore staining and by a number of biochemical tests. Seven identified species i.e. B. thuringiensis, B. sphaericus, B. brevis, B. firmus, B. coagulans, B. stearothermophilus and B. megaterium were then administered to the house flies, Musca domestica to ascertain and e...

Gram positive aerobic or facultatively anaerobic spore forming gram positive bacilli were first identified by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg in 1885 and were later classified by Ferdinand Cohn in to a separate genus Bacillus [1]. Aerobic spore forming gram positive bacteria are commonly referred to as ASB’s and includes members of Bacillus spp which are basically saprophytes living as thermophil...

The aging process leads to alterations of gut microbiota and modifications to the immune response, such changes may be associated with increased disease risk. Prebiotics and probiotics can modulate microbiome changes induced by aging; however, their effects have not been directly compared. The aim of this study was to use anaerobic batch culture fermenters to assess the impact of various fermen...

Antifungal activity of Bacillus coagulans creates the possibility to use this microorganism in biological control of fungal plant pathogens. Activity of Bacillus coagulans (No 6), isolated from lupine compost, against seven pathogenic species of indicator fungi: Bipolaris sorokiniana, Trichothecium roseum, Rhizoctonia solani, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Fusatium oxysporum, Fusarium solani and Fus...

The pressure resistances of the spores of six Bacillus strains were examined at 5 to 10(deg)C and were compared with their heat resistances. The pressure treatments (at 981 MPa for 40 min and at 588 MPa for 120 min) did not inactivate the spores of B. stearothermophilus IAM12043, B. subtilis IAM12118, and B. licheniformis IAM13417. However, these spores had large differences in heat resistance....

The high intraspecies heterogeneity of B. coagulans leads to significant phenotypic differences among different strains. Thus, six coagulans strains were tested in the present study using an IBS animal model determine whether IBS-alleviating effects are strain-specific. results this showed that ingestion GBI-30, 6086, and CCFM1041 significantly alleviated symptoms mice. In contras...

The aim of this study was to extend the options for screening and characterization of microorganism through kinetic growth parameters. In order to obtain data, automated turbidimetric measurements were accomplished to observe the response of strains of Bacillus coagulans. For the characterization, it was decided to examine the influence of varying concentrations of lignin with respect to bacter...

In a previous paper, El-Bisi and Ordal (1956a) reported that increased levels of phosphate, in the growth and sporulation medium, significantly reduced the thermal resistance of spores of Bacillus coagulans var. thermoacidurans. It was postulated that the phosphate anion lessened the availability of divalent cations to the sporulating cells and that spores so produced possessed a reduced therma...

Spore integuments of Bacillus coagulans were prepared containing nearly all the hexosamine and alpha, epsilon-diaminopimelic acid (DAP) present in intact spores. Subsequent autolytic action resulted in the destruction and removal of the residual cortical structure and "cortical membrane" leaving the appearance of the inner and outer spore coats unchanged in electron micrographs. Concurrently, a...