Patent ID: 6689357
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: A01N,C12N,C12P,C12R,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for treating or inhibiting a disease of a plant, said disease caused by a microorganism, comprising applying an effective amount of a substantially pure culture or suspension of Burkholderia casidae or variant thereof, which Burkholderia casidae or variant exhibits biocontrol activity against the microorganism, and hasa) a 16S rRNA gene comprising a sequence that is at least 97% similar to the sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 as determined by Clustal Analysis; and b) a cellular fatty acid composition comprising about 16% to about 20% C16:0 fatty acid, about 18% to about 22% C16:1 fatty acid, and about 35% to about 45% 018:1 (11, 12) fatty acid; wherein the microorganism is a bacterium, yeast, filamentous fungi, protozoan or algae, to the plant.