US Patent Issued to BASF on March 25 for "Compositions comprising recombinant bacillus cells and another biological control agent" (California, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,742, issued on March 25, was assigned to BASF Corp. (Florham Park, N.J.).

"Compositions comprising recombinant bacillus cells and another biological control agent" was invented by Damian Curtis (Davis, Calif.) and Brian Thompson (Creve Coeur, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a composition comprising a) recombinant exosporium-producing Bacillus cells that express a fusion protein comprising: (i) at least one plant growth stimulating protein or peptide and (ii) a targeting sequence that localizes the fusion protein to the exosporium of the Bacillus cells; and b) at least one further biological contro...