Patent ID: 9404208
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A61L,C11D,C12N,C12R,D06F

Claim Text:
1. A method of inhibiting the production of laundry malodor caused by a bacterium selected from the group consisting of Bacillus subtilis, Sphingobium ummariense, Sphingomonas panni, Sphingomonas ursinicola, Acinetobacter tandoll, Acinetobacter junii, Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens, Janibacter melonis, Pseudomonas sp., Flavobacterium denitrificans, Micrococcus luteus, Bacillus pumilus, Ralstonia eutropha, Caulobacter fusiformis, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Micrococcus luteus, Rhodococcus opacus, Breviundimonas intermedia, Agrobacterium tumefaciens or a combination thereof, comprising contacting a laundry washing machine with a Bacillus strain having the deposit accession number PTA-7547, in combination with or formulated as a washing product, which inhibits the production of malodor caused by at least one bacterium that causes laundry malodor.