Origins of Bacillus spp. isolates (n = 27) included in this study.

TType Strain.1Isolates obtained from the Quality Control Department (INFARMED), Lisbon, Portugal.2Isolates FEL 55 from salame felino, UNG22 from salame ungherese and MIL46 from salame milano obtained from the Istituto di Scienze delle Produzioni Alimentari (ISPA), Bari, Italy.3Isolates SE 49 (AP3) and SE 52 (AP7) from cucumber roots obtained from the Culture collection of the Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Alabama, USA.4Isolates Bs31 from African locust beans for Soumbala production obtained from Ouagadougou, Africa.5Isolates FO-36b, SAFN-027, SAFN-037, KL-052, 51-3C and 82-2C from spacecraft and assembly-facility surfaces obtained from California Institute of Technology, California, USA.Origins of Bacillus spp. isolates (n = 27) included in this study.