US Patent Issued to MICROBIAL DISCOVERY GROUP on July 29 for "Microorganisms for treatment of waste, water, or soil or for feeding to animals" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,355, issued on July 29, was assigned to MICROBIAL DISCOVERY GROUP LLC (Franklin, Wis.).

"Microorganisms for treatment of waste, water, or soil or for feeding to animals" was invented by Michael R. King (Oak Creek, Wis.), Sona Son (Cudahy, Wis.), Claire Heile (Franklin, Wis.) and Megan Duersteler (Franklin, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to compositions comprising microbial strains and methods for use of the compositions in removing pollutants in waste, water, or soil, such as remediating dye and lignin, reducing contaminants, degrading paper (such as flushable or disposable or non-flushable wipes), reducing...