In this study, we collected different levels of altered rocks of a rocky mountain and the adjacent soil and characterized the abundance and weathering effectiveness of Bacillus strains. Based on qPCR and culture-dependent approaches, the gene copies or the numbers of Bacillus strains were significantly higher in the soil than in the altered rocks, while the ratio of the gene copies or the numbers of Bacillus strains to those of total bacteria was higher in the less altered rock, followed by the more altered rock and the soil. The relative abundance of the highly active Al-solubilizing Bacillus strains was higher in the more altered rock, followed by the less altered rock and the soil. Among the Al-solubilizing Bacillus species, 30-36% of them were different between the altered rocks and the soil, however, similar Al-solubilizing Bacillus species were found in the less altered rocks and the more altered ones. The results showed the alteration-related changes in the abundance and mineral weathering effectiveness of Bacillus strains and suggested the ecological adaptation of the mineral-weathering Bacillus populations and their role in mineral weathering in the rock and soil environments.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jobm.201800141DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

bacillus strains
24
altered rocks
20
altered rock
16
effectiveness bacillus
12
rock soil
12
al-solubilizing bacillus
12
altered
10
bacillus
9
rocks soil
8
weathering effectiveness
8

Similar Publications

Isolation and identification of the causal agent of gummy stem blight disease in Cucumis sativus caused by a bacterial pathogen in China.

Sci Rep

January 2025

College of Plant Protection, Biocontrol Engineering Laboratory of Crop Diseases and Pests of Gansu Province, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, 730070, China.

Recently, a new bacterial disease was detected on cucumber stalks. In order to study the pathogenesis of this disease, the pathogenic bacteria were isolated and identified on the basis of morphological and molecular characteristics, and further analyzed for pathogenicity and antagonistic evaluation. Pathogenicity analysis showed that HlJ-3 caused melting decay and cracking in cucumber stems, and the strain reisolated from re-infected cucumber stalks was morphologically identical to HlJ-3 colonies, which is consistent with the Koch's postulates.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Probiotics are widely used for their health promoting effects, though a lot remain to be discovered, particularly on their mechanisms of action at the molecular level. The functional genomic approach is an appropriate method to decipher how probiotics may influence human cell fate and therefore contribute to their health benefit. In the present work, we focused on Shouchella clausii (formerly named Bacillus then Alkalihalobacillus clausii), a spore-forming bacterium that is commercially available as a probiotic for the prevention and the treatment of intestinal dysbiosis and related gastrointestinal disorders, such as diarrhoea.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Over the last decade, the environmental and wellness cost of antibiotic drug resistance to the societies have been astounding and require urgent attention Metal oxide nanomaterials have been achieved a pull-on deal with its entire applications in biological and photocatalytic applications. The present study conducts a comparative investigation on chemical and biogenic synthesis of zirconium dioxide (ZrO) nanoparticles aimed at enhancing their efficacy in their applications. The plant extract of Passiflora edulis act as a reducing and capping properties offering a sustainable and eco-friendly alternative.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

MAP Kinase Signaling at the Crossroads of Inflammasome Activation.

Immunol Rev

January 2025

Department of Internal Medicine and Paediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

Inflammasomes are crucial mediators of both antimicrobial host defense and inflammatory pathology, requiring stringent regulation at multiple levels. This review explores the pivotal role of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling in modulating inflammasome activation through various regulatory mechanisms. We detail recent advances in understanding MAPK-mediated regulation of NLRP3 inflammasome priming, licensing and activation, with emphasis on MAPK-induced activator protein-1 (AP-1) signaling in NLRP3 priming, ERK1 and JNK in NLRP3 licensing, and TAK1 in connecting death receptor signaling to NLRP3 inflammasome activation.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Investigation of the anti-Huanglongbing effects using antimicrobial lipopeptide and phytohormone complex powder prepared from MG-2 fermentation.

Front Microbiol

December 2024

National Key Laboratory of Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Horticultural Crops, National Fruit Free-Virus Germplasm Resource Indoor Conservation Center, Department of Horticulture and Forestry, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.

Global citrus production has been severely affected by citrus Huanglongbing (HLB) disease, caused by Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (Clas), and the development of effective control methods are crucial. This study employed antimicrobial lipopeptide and phytohormone complex powder (L1) prepared from the fermentation broth of the endophytic plant growth promoting bacterium (PGPB) of strain MG-2 to treat Liberibacter asiaticus (Las)-infected ' 'Chun Jian' plants. Real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) and PCR were employed for disease detection.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!