Patent ID: 6319497
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: A01N,C12N,C12P,C12R,Y10S

Abstract:
A substantially pure culture or suspension of a bacterium Burkholderia casidae or variant thereof, which Burkholderia casidae or variant exhibits biocontrol activity against a 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; andb) 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% C18:1 (11,12) fatty acid;wherein the microorganism is a bacterium, yeast, filamentous fungi, protozoan or algae.