ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,907, issued on May 20, was assigned to FUTURECO BIOSCIENCE S.A. (Olerdola, Spain).

"Bacillus halosaccharovorans strain, composition comprising the same, and uses thereof" was invented by Jose Manuel Lara Sanchez (Olerdola, Spain) and Carolina Fernandez Castillo (Olerdola, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a new isolated strain of the microorganism Bacillus halosaccharovorans which has nematicidal and insecticidal effect, the bacterial culture and the composition comprising it and their uses in the control of nematode and/or aphid infection in a plant. Also refers to a method to obtain the mutant st...