{"id":84353,"date":"2026-01-27T14:00:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T08:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=84353"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T09:44:32","slug":"bacillus-subtilis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bacillus-subtilis\/","title":{"rendered":"Bacillus Subtilis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bacillus Subtilis Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Kerala officially declared Bacillus subtilis as \u2018State microbe\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bacillus Subtilis<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bacillus subtilis (B. subtilis) is a <\/span><b>type of probiotic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (&#8220;good&#8221; bacteria) found naturally in the <\/span><b>human gut.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s also found in fermented foods.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Characteristics of<\/b> <b>Bacillus Subtilis<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>spore forming, motile, rod-shaped, Gram-positive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, facultative aerobe.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>mostly found in soil and vegetation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with an optimal growth temperature from 25-35 degrees Celsius.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B. subtilis has the ability to <\/span><b>produce and secrete antibiotics.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The genomic structure of this microorganism contains five signal peptidase genes that are important for the secretion of these antibiotics.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has shown to be capable of <\/span><b>secreting polymyxin, difficidin, subtilin, and mycobacillin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is used as a model organism for <\/span><b>studying endospore formation in bacteria<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Endospores of B. subtilis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can tolerate harsh environmental conditions, such as UV exposure and high temperatures.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bacillus subtilis Transmission and Disease: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B.subtilis is <\/span><b>non-pathogenic but can contaminate food<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and be considered an opportunistic pathogen among the immuno-compromised.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Applications Bacillus Subtilis\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are <\/span><b>used on seeds, vegetables, and plants<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a fungicide because of their ability to produce antibiotics.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It inhabits the root system of the plant competing with disease causing organisms. Some B. subtilis strains are <\/span><b>capable of producing toxins for insects<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. These strains are used by farms to protect their crops.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B. subtilis endopores serve as one of the models for evaluating the effectiveness of sporicides and sterilants.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/kerala-declares-bacillus-subtilis-state-microbe\/article70543855.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bacillus subtilis is a type of probiotic (&#8220;good&#8221; bacteria) found naturally in the human gut. 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