INDEX Bacillus

Anti-amoebic activity. Ethanol (80%) extract of the dried rhizome was inactive on Entamoeba histolytica, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) greater than 1 mg/ mL The extract, administered intragas-trically to male hamsters at a dose of 800 mg/kg, was active vs experimentally induced hepatic amebiasis . A dose of 250 mg/kg, administered intragastrically to rats on days 1-5, produced weak activity and a dose of 500 mg/kg was active " ". Anti-atherosclerotic activity. Ethanol (50%) extract of the dried rhizome, administered intragastrically to male rabbits at a dose of 500 mg/kg, reduced atherogenic index from 4.7 to 1.2 on the aorta . Antibacterial activity. Decoction of the dried entire plant, on agar plate, was inactive on Proteus vulgaris, Staphylococcus aureus, and Staphylococcus epidermidis MIC 125 mg/mL. Bacillus subtilis, Bordetella... 

Index Entries Bacillus subtilis biosurfactant surfactin improved oil recovery oil recovery agent. 

Index Entries Biosurfactant Bacillus subtilis lipopeptide surfactin raw materials commercial sugar. 

Francis C. A. and Tebo B. M. (2002) Enzymatic manganese(II) oxidation by metabolically dormant spores of diverse Bacillus species. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68, 874-880. Galvan A. and Fernandez E. (2(X)1) Eukaryotic nitrate and nitrite transporters. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 58, 225 -233. Glibert P. M. and McCarthy J. J. (1984) Uptake and assimilation of ammonium and nitrate by phytoplankton—indexes of nutritional-status for natural assemblages. J. Plankton Res. 6, 677-697. 

Hoxey EV, Soper CJ, Davies DJG. 1985. Biological indicators for low temperature steam formaldehyde sterilization Effect of defined media on sporulation, germination index and moist heat resistance at 110 degrees C of bacillus strains. J Appl Bacteriol 58 207-214. 

Agent Index A290 Class Index C24 Anthrax Bacillus anthracis Type Bacteria Inhalation Mild and nonspecific (i.e., flu-like) progressing to respiratory distress with fever and shock following in 3 to 5 days. Death occurs shortly thereafter. Routes Inhalation Ingestion Abraded Skin Vector (Biting Flies) Incubation hours to 7 days Mortality Rate Cutaneous < 20% Inhalation < 100% Reservoir Horses, Sheep... 

Bacillus subtilis. The B. subtilis genome also attracts considerable attention from biologists and, like that of E. coli, is being actively studied from the functional perspective. The Subtilist Web site, maintained at the Institute Pasteur, is constantly updated to include the most recent results on functions of new B. subtilis genes. In addition, a convenient index of B. subtilis sporulation genes is maintained at the Royal Holloway University of London. 

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