Interesting Facts
Relatives:
Bacillus anthracis (A type of Bacillus bacteria):
A not so helpful bacteria that causes a horrible disease in animals and humans that forms highly resistant spores. Although anthrax usually infects animals, humans can be infected from eating the meat. Anthrax can be turned into a kind of weapon. Now anthrax based weapons are one of the most dangerous terrorist weapons.
Bacillus spp:
A number of Bacilli species have been associated with food born illness. Most of it has to do with Bacillus spp.
Other Useful Strains of Bacillus:
Bacilli relative that fights against fungal infections:
Some strains make antibiotics which fight against fungal pathogens of plants. They also have ban used to control the "damping off" disease of plants.
Steroids:
A certain strain of Bacillus goes through a process called dehydration which creates steroids. Steroids are very helpful in preventing premature abortion, dealing with disorders of the menstrual cycle, and oral contraceptives.
Random Information:
- Bacillus lentimorbus and Bacillus popilliae are really closely related, so much so that some people believed that they were the same species until they were proved otherwise.
- There are two forms of Milky Disease: Type A is caused by Paenibacillus popilliae and Type B is caused by Paenibacillus lentimorbus.
- These two bacteria make for a dynamic duo in the commercial product Doom, in which they are mixed and sprayed on to plants to kill Japanese beetle larvae and to prevent infestations.
Make sure to look at the top of the chart to locate our bacteria in specific, Paenibacillus (or just Bacillus) lentimorbus.
Found at: http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/49/2/531.pdf
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