What does the published scientific research say about Bacillus mojavensis?

Eight peer-reviewed PubMed articles cite Bacillus mojavensis — also classified as Bacillus axarquiensis and Bacillus malacitensis — in agricultural and plant-input contexts. The literature covers plant growth promotion, biocontrol, abiotic stress tolerance, and rhizosphere ecology across a range of crops and environments.

Peer-reviewed research reports plant growth-promoting activity in multiple systems. A strain designated I4, isolated from Tunisian saline soil, is cited in the literature as enhancing durum wheat growth and membrane integrity under salt stress. Separate studies report that B. mojavensis produces indole-3-acetic acid, siderophores, and exopolysaccharides, and harbors nifH and nifD nitrogenase genes — traits documented in isolates recovered from mine-tailing rhizospheres.

On the biocontrol side, research on the synonym B. axarquiensis TUBP1 reports a 43% biocontrol effect against Verticillium dahliae in cotton fields and a 40.6% increase in cotton yield in treated plots. A separate study found that B. mojavensis ZA1 metabolites inhibited Colletotrichum coccodes — a potato pathogen — by 60.95% in vitro, while strain dxk33 reduced Fusarium-induced root rot in Chinese fir by 72.19%, as reported in the peer-reviewed literature.