Patent ID: 6287845
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: A01N,C12N,C12R

Abstract:
A biologically pure culture of the micoorganism Streptomyces melanogenes Y31042, or a mutant or variant thereof having the characteristics:a) a yellowish pink to brown substrate mycelium with a grayish aerial mycelium with moderate growth in a culture medium selected from the group consisting of yeast extract-malt extract agar, oat meal agar, or inorganic salt agar;b) grown in a culture medium containing a sugar selected from the group consisting of D-glucose, D-xylose, D-fructose, L-arabinose, raffinose, D-mannitol, and I-inositol; andc) being highly virulent to white flies at a dilution of 1:100 to 1:1000 of a culture broth of the microorganism to water.