ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,384, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (Jiangsu, China).

"Phage composition and its use in strengthening soil carbon fixation" was invented by Mao Ye (Jiangsu, China), Shuyue Liu (Jiangsu, China), Keyu Yao (Jiangsu, China), Mengke Li (Jiangsu, China), Min Qian (Jiangsu, China) and Ningsha Feng (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A phage composition and an use thereof in strengthening soil carbon fixation, said phage composition including three phages, namely, a polyvalent phage PhiYSZKP that attacks Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa; a Bacillus cereus pha...