bacillus

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It is approved for use only via a catheter, not through injections, and in combination with Bacillus Calmette-Guérin immunotherapy.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Cereulide is a toxin produced by some strains of the Bacillus cereus bacteria that can cause food poisoning symptoms, which can be quick to develop and include vomiting, and stomach cramps.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

A pressure of 3,000 bar is applied to the cold shock protein B of Bacillus subtilis in a small tube in the NMR spectroscopy laboratory at the University of Konstanz.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2024

A team at the University of California San Diego exposed batches of spores from a strain of Bacillus subtilis bacterium to rounds of successively higher temperatures.

From Science Magazine • May 1, 2024

At various places inside the monkey house, they set out patches of paper saturated with spores of a harmless bacterium known as Bacillus subtilis niger.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston