ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,801, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Guangzhou University (Guangzhou, China).

"Salt-tolerant heterotrophic nitrification aerobic denitrification phosphorus removal bacterial strain and application thereof" was invented by Hu Shu (Guangzhou, China), Yonghao Ma (Guangzhou, China), Wen Huang (Guangzhou, China) and Chong Han (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application relates to the field of microbiology and presents a salt-tolerant heterotrophic nitrification aerobic denitrifying and phosphorus removal bacterial strain and its application. The strain is Pseudomonas mendocina A4, deposited on Nov. 4, 2022, at the ...