Patents Assigned to The Secretary of State for Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food in her Britannic Majesty's Government of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Abstract: The present invention relates to novel bacterial isolates and to their use s agents, or source of agents, antagonistic to growth of rot causing organisms. Particularly the present invention provides novel isolates of bacteria of species Pseudomonas fluorescens, Serratia liquefaciens, Serratia plymuthica, Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus pumilis and Bacillus polymyxa which are particularly effective in inhibiting the growth of organisms of the post-harvest disease causing fungi Botrytis cinerea and Alternaria brassicicola. Further provided are antibiotics derived from the Bacillus species.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 27, 1995
Date of Patent:
January 28, 1997
Assignee:
The Secretary of State for Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food in her Britannic Majesty's Government of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Inventors:
Carlo Leifert, Harold A. S. Epton, David C. Sigee