Application of glutamate dehydrogenase GdhA of Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus in increasing the yield of poly-?-glutamic acid from Bacillus licheniformis. The glutamate dehydrogenase GdhA of the Bacillus licheniformis WX-02 per se is replaced with the glutamate dehydrogenase derived from the Peptostreptococcus asaccharolyticus by means of homologous recombination, which significantly increases the level of synthesizing the poly-?-glutamic acid for the Bacillus licheniformis, and the yield of the obtained poly-?-glutamic acid from strains is increased at least by more than 20% compared with control strains.

An improved bacterial oil treatment composition or pool for handling a decommissioned oil cable, which may be laid in particular as part of a power grid in the ground. The invention further relates to a bacteria growth culture medium containing the bacterial oil treatment composition for refurbishing an oil cable and a corresponding use.

The present disclosure is generally related to compositions and methods for constructing and/or obtaining B. licheniformis cells (e.g., protein production hosts) comprising enhanced protein production capabilities. Thus, certain embodiments are related to genetically modified Bacillus licheniformis strains derived from parental B. licheniformis strains producing increased amounts of one or more proteins of interest.