The invention relates to compositions comprising microbial strains and methods for use of the compositions in removing pollutants in waste, water, or soil, such as remediating dye and lignin, reducing contaminants, degrading paper (such as flushable or disposable or non-flushable wipes), reducing odor, reducing chemical oxygen demand (COD), and combinations thereof, in the water, the soil, or the waste or for use in administration to animals in the feed or drinking water of the animals. More particularly, the invention relates to compositions of isolated Bacillus strains selected from the group consisting of isolated Bacillus strains Bacillus licheniformis MDG-1000 (NRRL No. B-67888), Bacillus licheniformis MDG-1001 (NRRL No. B-67889), Bacillus subtilis/amyloliquefaciens MDG-8001 (NRRL No. B-67890), Bacillus pumilus MDG-1047 (NRRL No. B-67891), Bacillus amyloliquefaciens MDG1607 (NRRL No. B-67666), Bacillus subtilis MDGV18 (NRRL No. B-67665), Bacillus pumilus MDGV17 (NRRL No. B-67664), Bacillus subtilis MDG-1728 (NRRL No. B-67618), Bacillus megaterium MDG-2705 (NRRL No. B-67619), and strains having all of the identifying characteristics of these strains, and combinations thereof, and methods for use of these strains for removing pollutants in waste, water, or soil, such as remediating dye and lignin, reducing contaminants, degrading paper (such as flushable or disposable or non-flushable wipes), reducing odor, reducing chemical oxygen demand (COD), and combinations thereof, in the water, the soil, or the waste or for use in administration to animals in the feed or drinking water of the animals.

Provided are bioactive compositions and metabolites derived from Bacillus and particularly Bacillus megaterium cultures responsible for controlling pests as well as their methods of use for controlling pests. Further provided are pesticidal Bacillus megaterium strains.

A method for loading one or more microorganisms or parts thereof on and/or in pre-synthesized multiphase biomaterials including nanocellulose wherein the microorganisms are resuspended in a buffer or a culture medium and loaded into and/or onto the multiphase biomaterial. Uses of such loaded multiphase biomaterials may be in nutritional, food, pharmaceutical, medical, cosmetic, especially oral, mucosal, dermal and transdermal, ocular, dermatological, or female health applications.

The present invention includes modified and unmodified microbes, compositions comprising these microbes, and methods of using these microbes and/or compositions for enhancing plant health, plant growth plant yield and/or drought tolerance. This disclosure also provides non-naturally occurring plant varieties that are artificially infected with microbes descried herein, as well as seed, reproductive tissue, vegetative tissue, regenerative tissues, plant parts, or progeny thereof.

A method for controlling self-propelled particles includes providing the particles to a liquid crystalline medium having predesigned local ordering. The method may control at least one of: a local concentration, trajectory, and net flow of self-propelled particles.

Provided herein are composition and process for using an electrochemical device for the reduction of the oxidized state of phosphorylated or non-phosphorylated nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide to the reduced state in which unwanted products of the electrochemical reduction are recovered as the oxidized state of the phosphorylated or non-phosphorylated nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and returned to the electrochemical device for reduction.

A method of producing Bacillus spores comprising a step of culturing the Bacillus bacterium using a liquid medium having a C/N ratio (weight ratio of carbon content to nitrogen content) of greater than 4 and less than 9.5.

Provided herein a re composition and process for using an electrochemical device for the reduction of the oxidized state of phosphorylated or non-phosphorylated nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide to the reduced state in which unwanted products of the electrochemical reduction are recovered as the oxidized state of the phosphorylated or non-phosphorylated nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide and returned to the electrochemical device for reduction.

Microbial compositions for application to plants, plant parts and plant seeds are provided for improvement of plant yield and/or other beneficial plant traits. Methods of making and applying microbial compositions or formulations to plants, plant parts or plant seeds or to growth media are further provided to increase or improve plant yield and/or other beneficial plant traits.

The disclosure relates to bacillus having an effect of inducing corn to resist Northern leaf blight and applications of the bacillus. The bacillus having an effect of inducing corn to resist Northern corn leaf blight is Bacillus megaterium which was deposited on Apr. 16, 2019 with a deposit number of CGMCC No. 17573. The Bacillus megaterium of the disclosure can induce corn to generate resistance to Northern corn leaf blight during seed germination and corn growth to activate the immune response of corns and stimulate immune control of Northern leaf blight of corn. The method described herein is long in coming does not pollute environment and soil, is a green, simplified and new control method of Northern leaf blight of corn, and has wide application and popularization prospect.