MUMBAI, India, Feb. 21 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517006940 A) filed by University Of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia, on Jan. 28, for 'bacterial compositions and methods for promoting plant growth.'

Inventor(s) include Wilson, Calum, Rae; Nichols, David, Scott; and Barsolate-Wei, Eda, Marie.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 21, under issue no. 08/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to bacterial strains and compositions, and their use for controlling diseases in plants and for promoting plant growth. In one aspect, the isolated bacterial strain RR15 of the genus Pantoea, deposited under Accession Number V22...