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Patani A, Patel M, Islam S, Yadav VK, Prajapati D, Yadav AN, Sahoo DK, Patel A. Recent advances in Bacillus-mediated plant growth enhancement: a paradigm shift in redefining crop resilience. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2024; 40:77. [PMID: 38253986 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-024-03903-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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The Bacillus genus has emerged as an important player in modern agriculture, revolutionizing plant growth promotion through recent advances. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the critical role Bacillus species play in boosting plant growth and agricultural sustainability. Bacillus genus bacteria benefit plants in a variety of ways, according to new research. Nitrogen fixation, phosphate solubilization, siderophore production, and the production of growth hormones are examples of these. Bacillus species are also well-known for their ability to act as biocontrol agents, reducing phytopathogens and protecting plants from disease. Molecular biology advances have increased our understanding of the complex interplay between Bacillus species and plants, shedding light on the genetic and metabolic underpinnings of these interactions. Furthermore, novel biotechnology techniques have enabled the development of Bacillus-based biofertilizers and biopesticides, providing sustainable alternatives to conventional chemical inputs. Apart from this, the combination of biochar and Bacillus species in current biotechnology is critical for improving soil fertility and encouraging sustainable agriculture through enhanced nutrient retention and plant growth. This review also emphasizes the Bacillus genus bacteria's ability to alleviate environmental abiotic stresses such as drought and salinity, hence contributing to climate-resilient agriculture. Moreover, the authors discuss the challenges and prospects associated with the practical application of Bacillus-based solutions in the field. Finally, recent advances in Bacillus-mediated plant growth promotion highlight their critical significance in sustainable agriculture. Understanding these improvements is critical for realizing the full potential of Bacillus genus microorganisms to address current global food production concerns.
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- Anil Patani
- Department of Biotechnology, Smt. S. S. Patel Nootan Science and Commerce College, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Life Sciences, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan, Gujarat, 384265, India
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- Plant Pathology Division, Wheat and Maize Research Institute, Nashipur, Dinajpur, 5200, Bangladesh
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- Department of Life Sciences, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan, Gujarat, 384265, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Smt. S. S. Patel Nootan Science and Commerce College, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Dr. KSG Akal College of Agriculture, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, Himachal Pradesh, 173101, India
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan, Gujarat, 384265, India.
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Li P, Liang X, Shi R, Wang Y, Han S, Zhang Y. Unraveling the functional instability of bacterial consortia in crude oil degradation via integrated co-occurrence networks. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1270916. [PMID: 37901814 PMCID: PMC10602786 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1270916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/31/2023] Open
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Introduction Soil ecosystems are threatened by crude oil contamination, requiring effective microbial remediation. However, our understanding of the key microbial taxa within the community, their interactions impacting crude oil degradation, and the stability of microbial functionality in oil degradation remain limited. Methods To better understand these key points, we enriched a crude oil-degrading bacterial consortium generation 1 (G1) from contaminated soil and conducted three successive transfer passages (G2, G3, and G4). Integrated Co-occurrence Networks method was used to analyze microbial species correlation with crude oil components across G1-G4. Results and discussion In this study, G1 achieved a total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) degradation rate of 32.29% within 10 days. Through three successive transfer passages, G2-G4 consortia were established, resulting in a gradual decrease in TPH degradation to 23.14% at the same time. Specifically, saturated hydrocarbon degradation rates ranged from 18.32% to 14.17% among G1-G4, and only G1 exhibited significant aromatic hydrocarbon degradation (15.59%). Functional annotation based on PICRUSt2 and FAPROTAX showed that functional potential of hydrocarbons degradation diminished across generations. These results demonstrated the functional instability of the bacterial consortium in crude oil degradation. The relative abundance of the Dietzia genus showed the highest positive correlation with the degradation efficiency of TPH and saturated hydrocarbons (19.48, 18.38, p < 0.05, respectively), Bacillus genus demonstrated the highest positive correlation (21.94, p < 0.05) with the efficiency of aromatic hydrocarbon degradation. The key scores of Dietzia genus decreased in successive generations. A significant positive correlation (16.56, p < 0.05) was observed between the Bacillus and Mycetocola genera exclusively in the G1 generation. The decline in crude oil degradation function during transfers was closely related to changes in the relative abundance of key genera such as Dietzia and Bacillus as well as their interactions with other genera including Mycetocola genus. Our study identified key bacterial genera involved in crude oil remediation microbiome construction, providing a theoretical basis for the next step in the construction of the oil pollution remediation microbiome.
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- Ping Li
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China
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Lamontagne J, Rico DE, Perdomo CM, Ronholm J, Gervais R, Chouinard PY. Effects of direct-fed Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis on production performance and milk fatty acid profile in dairy cows. J Dairy Sci 2023; 106:1815-1825. [PMID: 36710185 DOI: 10.3168/jds.2022-22564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The aim of the study was to determine the effect of a Bacillus-based direct-fed microbial on performance of mid-lactating Holstein dairy cows and on their milk fatty acid composition. Six multiparous cows fitted with a rumen cannula were used in a randomized replicated crossover design. Cows received 200 g/d of either whey powder as a control or BioPlus 2B (Chr. Hansen), a commercial direct-fed microbial providing Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis, representing a daily dose of 6.4 × 1011 cfu, and using whey powder as a carrier. The 2 experimental periods lasted 14 d and were separated by a 7-d washout interval. Samples were collected on d 0, 13, and 14 of each period. Data from d 0 were used as covariate. Significance was declared at P ≤ 0.05 and tendency at 0.05 <P ≤ 0.10. There was a 10-fold increase in the relative concentration of bacteria from the Bacillus subtilis group in the rumen when feeding direct-fed Bacillus compared with control. Treatment did not affect ruminal pH, NH3-N, or concentrations of acetate, propionate, and butyrate. However, direct-fed Bacillus increased ruminal concentrations of isovalerate and isobutyrate (tendency). Treatments did not affect lactation performance. Supplying direct-fed Bacillus enhanced milk relative concentration of anteiso 13:0 by 27.3% and of anteiso 15:0 by 6.5% and tended to increase concentrations of iso 14:0 (+41.8%) relative to control. When expressed on a yield basis, direct-fed Bacillus increased the secretion of anteiso 13:0 and decreased that of 11:0, 15:0, 17:0 (tendency), and cis-9 17:1. These variations, although limited in magnitude, indicate that milk branched-chain fatty acid composition is sensitive to ruminal microbiota modifications without changes in chemical composition of the diet.
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- J Lamontagne
- Département des Sciences Animales, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada G1V 0A6
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- Département des Sciences Animales, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada G1V 0A6; Centre de Recherche en Sciences Animales de Deschambault (CRSAD), Deschambault, QC, Canada G0A 1S0
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- Centre de Recherche en Sciences Animales de Deschambault (CRSAD), Deschambault, QC, Canada G0A 1S0
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- Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada H9X 3V9; Department of Animal Science, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada H9X 3V9
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- Département des Sciences Animales, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada G1V 0A6
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- Département des Sciences Animales, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada G1V 0A6.
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Nas F, Aissaoui N, Mahjoubi M, Mosbah A, Arab M, Abdelwahed S, Khrouf R, Masmoudi AS, Cherif A, Klouche-Khelil N. A comparative GC-MS analysis of bioactive secondary metabolites produced by halotolerant Bacillus spp. isolated from the Great Sebkha of Oran. Int Microbiol 2021; 24:455-470. [PMID: 34100180 DOI: 10.1007/s10123-021-00185-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Revised: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The reemergence of infectious diseases and resistant pathogens represents a serious problem for human life. Hence, the screening for new or alternative antimicrobial compounds is still urgent. Unusual ecosystems such as saline habitats are considered promising environments for the purposes of isolating bacterial strains able to produce potent natural products. The aim of this study is the identification of bioactive compounds biosynthesized by three halotolerant strains isolated from the Sebkha of Oran (Algeria) using gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. Primary screening investigation of antimicrobial activities were performed against reference bacterial and fungal strains and revealed a broad-spectrum activity. Secondary metabolite extraction was carried out using ethyl acetate and chloroform. Crude extracts were tested for bioactivity using the disc diffusion method and subjected to GC-MS analysis. The extracts showed an important inhibitory effect against all tested strains. Fifty-six compounds were identified; they include tert-butyl phenol compounds, fatty acid methyl esters due to the methylation procedure, hydrocarbons, aldehydes, benzoquinones, pyrrols, and terpenes. Literature reports such compounds to have wide biological and pharmaceutical applications. The molecular identification of the three isolates was achieved using the 16S-23S rRNA gene intergenic spacer region (ITS) and 16S rRNA sequencing. Partial 16S rRNA gene sequencing showed very high similarity with many species of Bacillus. This study provided insights on the potential of halotolerant Bacillus as drug research target for bioactive metabolites. The findings suggest that the Great Sebkha of Oran is a valuable source of strains exhibiting variety of beneficial attributes that can be utilized in the development of biological antibiotics.
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- Fatima Nas
- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology in Food, Biomedical and Environment (LAMAABE), Faculty of Nature and Life, Earth and Universe Sciences, Department of Biology, Aboubekr Belkaïd University of Tlemcen, Tlemcen, Algeria
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology in Food, Biomedical and Environment (LAMAABE), Faculty of Nature and Life, Earth and Universe Sciences, Department of Biology, Aboubekr Belkaïd University of Tlemcen, Tlemcen, Algeria
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- Univ. Manouba, ISBST, BVBGR-LR11ES31, Biotechpole SidiThabe, 2020, Ariana, Tunisia
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- Univ. Manouba, ISBST, BVBGR-LR11ES31, Biotechpole SidiThabe, 2020, Ariana, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology in Food, Biomedical and Environment (LAMAABE), Faculty of Nature and Life, Earth and Universe Sciences, Department of Biology, Aboubekr Belkaïd University of Tlemcen, Tlemcen, Algeria
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- Univ. Manouba, ISBST, BVBGR-LR11ES31, Biotechpole SidiThabe, 2020, Ariana, Tunisia
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- Univ. Manouba, ISBST, BVBGR-LR11ES31, Biotechpole SidiThabe, 2020, Ariana, Tunisia
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- Univ. Manouba, ISBST, BVBGR-LR11ES31, Biotechpole SidiThabe, 2020, Ariana, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Applied Microbiology in Food, Biomedical and Environment (LAMAABE), Faculty of Nature and Life, Earth and Universe Sciences, Department of Biology, Aboubekr Belkaïd University of Tlemcen, Tlemcen, Algeria. .,Laboratory of Experimental Surgery, Medical Faculty, Dental Surgery Department, Aboubekr Belkaïd University of Tlemcen, Tlemcen, Algeria.
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Diomandé SE, Nguyen-The C, Guinebretière MH, Broussolle V, Brillard J. Role of fatty acids in Bacillus environmental adaptation. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:813. [PMID: 26300876 PMCID: PMC4525379 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2015] [Accepted: 07/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The large bacterial genus Bacillus is widely distributed in the environment and is able to colonize highly diverse niches. Some Bacillus species harbor pathogenic characteristics. The fatty acid (FA) composition is among the essential criteria used to define Bacillus species. Some elements of the FA pattern composition are common to Bacillus species, whereas others are specific and can be categorized in relation to the ecological niches of the species. Bacillus species are able to modify their FA patterns to adapt to a wide range of environmental changes, including changes in the growth medium, temperature, food processing conditions, and pH. Like many other Gram-positive bacteria, Bacillus strains display a well-defined FA synthesis II system that is equilibrated with a FA degradation pathway and regulated to efficiently respond to the needs of the cell. Like endogenous FAs, exogenous FAs may positively or negatively affect the survival of Bacillus vegetative cells and the spore germination ability in a given environment. Some of these exogenous FAs may provide a powerful strategy for preserving food against contamination by the Bacillus pathogenic strains responsible for foodborne illness.
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- Sara E Diomandé
- INRA, UMR408 Sécurité et Qualité des Produits d'Origine Végétale Avignon, France ; Université d'Avignon, UMR408 Sécurité et Qualité des Produits d'Origine Végétale Avignon, France
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- INRA, UMR408 Sécurité et Qualité des Produits d'Origine Végétale Avignon, France ; Université d'Avignon, UMR408 Sécurité et Qualité des Produits d'Origine Végétale Avignon, France
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- INRA, UMR408 Sécurité et Qualité des Produits d'Origine Végétale Avignon, France ; Université d'Avignon, UMR408 Sécurité et Qualité des Produits d'Origine Végétale Avignon, France
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- INRA, UMR408 Sécurité et Qualité des Produits d'Origine Végétale Avignon, France ; Université d'Avignon, UMR408 Sécurité et Qualité des Produits d'Origine Végétale Avignon, France
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- INRA, UMR408 Sécurité et Qualité des Produits d'Origine Végétale Avignon, France ; Université d'Avignon, UMR408 Sécurité et Qualité des Produits d'Origine Végétale Avignon, France ; UMR 1333 DGIMI, INRA, Université de Montpellier Montpellier, France
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Li Y, Zhong C, Zhang S. Finding consensus stable local optimal structures for aligned RNA sequences and its application to discovering riboswitch elements. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 10:498-518. [PMID: 24989865 DOI: 10.1504/ijbra.2014.062997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Many non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) can fold into alternate native structures and perform different biological functions. The computational prediction of an ncRNA's alternate native structures can be conducted by analysing the ncRNA's energy landscape. Previously, we have developed a computational approach, RNASLOpt, to predict alternate native structures for a single RNA. In this paper, in order to improve the accuracy of the prediction, we incorporate structural conservation information among a family of related ncRNA sequences to the prediction. We propose a comparative approach, RNAConSLOpt, to produce all possible consensus SLOpt stack configurations that are conserved on the consensus energy landscape of a family of related ncRNAs. Benchmarking tests show that RNAConSLOpt can reduce the number of candidate structures compared with RNASLOpt, and can predict ncRNAs' alternate native structures accurately. Moreover, an application of the proposed pipeline to bacteria in Bacillus genus has discovered several novel riboswitch candidates.
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- Yuan Li
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816, USA
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