ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,328, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Micreos Food Safety B.V. (Wageningen, Netherlands).
"Phage cocktail against E. coli 0157" was invented by Joel Thomas van Mierlo (Wageningen, Netherlands), Sander Witte (Wageningen, Netherlands) and Steven Hagens (Wageningen, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to the field of microbiology, specifically to an antimicrobial composition comprising a first and a second bacteriophage, wherein the composition has lytic activity against E. coli O157. The invention further relates to a use of the antimicrobial composition for controlling bacterial contamination in a food...