BACKGROUND Marine epibiotic bacteria produce bioactive compounds effective against microbial biofilms. The study examines antibiofilm ability of a protein obtained from a tropical marine strain of Bacillus licheniformis D1. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS B. licheniformis strain D1 isolated from the surface of green mussel, Perna viridis showed antimicrobial activity against pathogenic Candida...

We report the presence of a single L-asparagine aminohydrolase activity (EC 3.5.1.1) in extracts of Bacillus licheniformis A5. The synthesis of the enzyme was apparently under nitrogen catabolite repression control.

The objectives of this study were (1) to assess the bacteriocinogenic potential of bacteria derived mainly from seaweed, but also sand and seawater, (2) to identify at least some of the bacteriocins produced, if any and (3) to determine if they are unique to the marine environment and/or novel. Fifteen Bacillus licheniformis or pumilus isolates with antimicrobial activity against at least one o...

Bacillus licheniformis strain 3F-3 is an efficient pentose-utilizing producer of platform chemical, 2,3-butanediol. Here we present a 4.1-Mb assembly of its genome. The key genes for pentose utilization, regulation, and metabolism of 2,3-butanediol were annotated, which may provide further insights into the molecular mechanism of 2,3-butanediol production from biomass pentose.

Alpha amylase family is generally defined as a group of enzymes that can hydrolyse and transglycosylase α-(1, 4) or α-(1, 6) glycosidic bonds along with the preservation of anomeric configuration. For the comparative analysis of alpha amylase family, nucleotide sequences of seven thermo stable organisms of Kingdom Archea i.e. Pyrococcus furiosus (100-105°C), Kingdom Prokaryotes i.e. Bacillus li...

Halophilic bacteria grow over a wide range of salt concentrations. In this study we aimed to isolate and screen out the halophilic bacteria and to determine their activity for production of the bioactive compounds. A total of 50 water, sediments and soil samples were collected from Maharlu salt lake in southern region of Fars-Iran and subjected for isolation of the bioactive compound producing ...

The apparent in viva substrate specificities for six bacilli desaturases, previously shown to insert a c&double bond into position five of palmitate and of one which desaturates in position 10 were determined in whole cells by a variety of methods. In addition, the positional specificity of double bond insertion and the rate of temperature-mediated inactivation of these desaturases were also de...

Leitzmann, Claus (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis), and Robert W. Bernlohr. Changes in the nucleotide pool of Bacillus licheniformis during sporulation. J. Bacteriol. 89:1506-1510. 1965.-An analysis of the amount of acid-soluble nucleotides in Bacillus licheniformis cells showed a 75% increase during presporulation over that in log-phase cells. Cultures in which presporulation was inhibite...

This study was to isolate, screen, and identify microorganisms from fermented food Red Oncom and Tempeh Gembus that can produce fibrinolytic proteases. Forthy-three isolates showed proteolytic activities on skim milk agar, while thirthy-eight of them showed fibrinolytic activities both on a fibrin plate and a fibrinogen zymography. The isolates that showed activity in fibrin plate and fibrinoge...