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Natto, a Japanese fermented soybean dish, may hold the key to COVID-19 treatment

Natto is a fermented soybean dish usually served by the Japanese for breakfast. Although it actually originated at the turn of the last millennium, it could be the key to a modern problem—COVID-19—reports a new cell-culture-based study.

23 Jul 2021

Collective behavior of bacterial swarms may lead to the emergence of antibiotic resistance

A new study shows that the bacterial equivalent of a traffic jam leads to the formation of multilayered biofilms in the presence of antibiotics.

17 Mar 2021

Research highlights how bacteria can work together to improve plant growth

Certain bacteria, known as plant-growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB), can improve plant health or protect them from pathogens and are used commercially to help crops. To further improve agricultural yields, it is helpful to identify factors that can improve PGPB behavior.

29 Dec 2020

Study shows flotillin proteins have direct influence on cell membrane structure

Similar to all cells, bacteria have a membrane that protects them from the outside just like skin.

20 Jul 2020

A synthetic microbial system can determine location of origin for objects

Every year, an estimated 48 million Americans get sick from foodborne illnesses, resulting in some 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

5 Jun 2020

New Functions Of A Protein May Improve Biocontrol Methods In Sustainable Agriculture

The laboratory of the UMA has proved that Bacillus subtilis cells, when deprived of an amyloid protein (TasA), exhibit a range of cytological anomalies.

19 May 2020

Study shows the dual role of amyloid proteins in Bacillus physiology

When Bacillus subtilis cells are deprived of an amyloid protein, they show a range of cytological dysfunctions and anomalies that cause their premature death.

18 May 2020

Physical properties of extracellular bacterial membrane vesicles are significantly diverse

According to a new study by researchers from Kanazawa University and Tsukuba University, which was reported in Nanoscale, the physical properties of extracellular bacterial membrane vesicles are considerably varied.

8 Apr 2020

Bacillus Subtilis News and Research

Natto, a Japanese fermented soybean dish, may hold the key to COVID-19 treatment

Collective behavior of bacterial swarms may lead to the emergence of antibiotic resistance

Research highlights how bacteria can work together to improve plant growth

Study shows flotillin proteins have direct influence on cell membrane structure

A synthetic microbial system can determine location of origin for objects

New Functions Of A Protein May Improve Biocontrol Methods In Sustainable Agriculture

Study shows the dual role of amyloid proteins in Bacillus physiology

Physical properties of extracellular bacterial membrane vesicles are significantly diverse

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