US Patent Issued to MICROBIAL DISCOVERY GROUP on March 25 for "Microorganisms for plant pathogen inhibition" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,256,740, issued on March 25, was assigned to MICROBIAL DISCOVERY GROUP LLC (Franklin, Wis.).

"Microorganisms for plant pathogen inhibition" was invented by Michael R. King (Oak Creek, Wis.), Sona Son (Cudahy, Wis.), Amy Lange (Greendale, Wis.), Megan Duersteler (Franklin, Wis.) and Elizabeth Galbraith (Franklin, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to treatment of a plant with one or more microorganisms for inhibiting a plant pathogen. More particularly, the invention relates to isolated Bacillus strains, and strains having all of the identifying characteristics of these strains, and combinations thereof, for a use ...