What is Bacillus pumilus used for?
What is Bacillus pumilus used for? Bacillus pumilus strain GB34 is used as an active ingredient in agricultural fungicides. Growth of the bacterium on plant roots prevents Rhizoctonia and Fusarium spores from germinating. Where is Bacillus pumilus found? B. pumilus, is a ubiquitous Gram-positive, aerobic, rod-shaped endospore-forming bacteria that can be isolated from a wide variety of soils, plants and environmental surfaces, and even from the interior of Sonoran desert basalt (Benardini et al., 2003). Is Bacillus pumilus pathogenic? Bacillus pumilus has been widely identified as a pathogen of plant and human, while the genetic information is rarely available for...