When the bacteria Bacillus subtilis grows into colonies called biofilms, the colony protects itself by forming a coating of BslA, which forms a kind of "bacterial raincoat." Cait MacPhee of ...

A Bacillus subtilis probiotic demonstrated the ability ... of the total number of S. aureus colonies in humans, without adverse side-effects," wrote Otto and colleagues, adding that the approach ...

He grew this "reporter" strain on agar plates, adding a dilute solution of mixed bacterial cells, each of which sprouted a colony on the plate. When one of the B. subtilis colonies fluoresced ...

The new study found that the probiotic Bacillus subtilis markedly reduced S. aureus colonization in trial participants without harming the gut microbiota, which includes bacteria that can benefit ...