What does the published scientific research say about Bacillus mycoides?

The biocontrol literature covers three pest categories. A foliar application study reported 87% reduction in Watermelon Mosaic Virus severity in squash (PMID 40108347). Strain R2, isolated from tomato rhizosphere, produced styrene and achieved 90.94% control of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita in pot trials (PMID 30268676). Isolates from organic vineyard soils reduced growth and mycotoxin concentrations of Aspergillus carbonarius, A. niger, and A. flavus in vitro (PMID 36354903). These are cited experimental findings, not approved label claims.

Strain NR5 is reported in peer-reviewed research to tolerate arsenic up to 1,100 mg/L and to mitigate arsenic stress in spinach (Spinacia oleracea) at 25 ppm via biosorption and intracellular transformation mechanisms (PMID 39439261). Separate confocal-microscopy work documents B. mycoides colonizing Chinese cabbage roots, forming multicellular matrices at root-hair branch points, with noted endophytic lifestyle potential (PMID 29195004). A plant miRNA study also used B. mycoides as a model rhizosphere bacterium, finding it took up synthetic miRNA without transcriptome-level response (PMID 39474459).