Name: Roles of Bacillus endospores in the environment
Creator: Wayne L. Nicholson
Keywords: Spores, Bacterial, 0301 basic medicine, Geologic Sediments, 0303 health sciences, Ecology, Probiotics, Bacillus, 03 medical and health sciences, Disease Transmission, Infectious, Environmental Microbiology

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 2002 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences CMLS, volume 59, pages 410-416 (issn: 1420-682X, eissn: 1420-9071,

Authors: Wayne L. Nicholson;

doi: 10.1007/s00018-002-8433-7

pmid: 11964119

pmc: PMC11337551

Roles of Bacillus endospores in the environment

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Abstract

The occurrence and diverse roles of Bacillus spp. and their endospores in the environment is reviewed, with particular emphasis on soil ecology, host-symbiont and host-parasite interactions, and human exploitation of spores as biological control agents and probiotics.

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University of Arizona
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Spores, Bacterial, Geologic Sediments, Ecology, Probiotics, Bacillus, Disease Transmission, Infectious, Environmental Microbiology, Animals, Humans, Pest Control, Biological, Symbiosis, Soil Microbiology

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